New Zealand punk ain’t something I hear everyday. We’ve posted Spelling Mistakes and the more New Waveish Split Enz before. Here we have Suburban Reptiles with a bad ass record that I heard for the first time today. A haunting guitar melody and some mysterious synth sounds that fades in here and there makes Saturday a true keeper. Voted as the best song of the 20th century in 2003 on that little Lord Of The Rings iland. Oh yeah that track can also be found on the infamous AK79 compilation.

The flip 45 Single is just as great but more of a traditional punk rock ditty. Produced by Philip Judd from the hated and beloved Split Enz.

Rumored to have a pressing run of 200 copies. Sorry but a New Zealand rat have taken a bite on my sleeve. VERY common among them rats. THANKS AWESOME! SHRED ON!!

Country: New Zealand
Year: 1978
Label: Vertigo
Format: 7″
Songs:
Saturday Night, Stay At Home.mp3
45 Single.mp3

Here’s some dumb and raw true KBD punk from Holland. Why did we name this blog Killed By Death Records? Ha ha it sucks. Anyway now we’re stuck with it. And you know it was just a matter of time before someonelse started a blog with that name and would probably post worse records than we do.

Back to Molesters a band who I know nothing about except that they’re from the country of dope heads. Niels? Any information?

Country: Holland
Year: 1978
Label: Plurex
Format: 7″
Songs:
Plastic.mp3
I Am.mp3

This is a re-post from April the 8th 2006. Added more scans and recorded it from the original vinyl. Notice the difference from the boot. The boot is rawer and they normalised everything. And that is revising history. Come on boot guys are you David Irving of punk rock boots? Here the sound goes up and down. Fades in and then fades out a little in the middle parts on some songs etc. A great mess!

One of the best punk rock 7inches from UK ever. I wish I knew anything about this band but I don’t. A pressing of 500 and is on many collectors want list and for once I understand why.

Re-issued a couple of years ago without the original sleeve. And now Detour Records have made yet another reissue: grab it! From the back of the sleeve: Recorded in 1/2 hour, at 8 quid and hour.

Country: UK
Year: 1978
Label: Wax Records
Format: 7″
Songs:
True Life.mp3
Everythings Technical.mp3
You Better Hear.mp3
Evening Radio.mp3

Second and last release of the original line up of swedens Kriminella gitarrer. Not as raw production wise as their first blaster Vardad kladsel nor the less equally great.

Those guitar melody lines is something for the new breed of emo bands to pick up on. Simple and not as winy as for example My Chemical Romances or Panic At The Disco extremely annoying licks. Do I glorify the past? Allways!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: Kloaak
Format: 7″
Songs:
Silvias unge.mp3
Hitlers barn.mp3

Legendary first release by PF Commando. To get the whole picture of how great this one is you really need to know swedish. The lyrics to Svenne Pop is THE perfect anti radio pop lyric:”Det är bara en massa svenne pops beat. Å fan vad det låter skit. Det är bara en massa svenne pops skit. Och man spyr åt varje bit.”. Perfect rhymes and lot’s of swearing in here. In the two other songs they manage to slag of the swedish phenomenon Raggare and sing about poor kids in the suburbs without a future and nothing to do. How punk is that?

P.F. Commando released what to be rumoured the first punk LP here in Sweden in early 1979: Manipulerad Mongon. Anyway this is great badly played punk. Slow. Yes, but sounds like they can’t play faster.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: Comm
Format: 7″
Songs:
Svenne Pop.mp3
Raggare.mp3
Suburban Kid.mp3

Do I need to tune the bass? No, cause we don’t care what the people say. Then we borrow the famous “rrrrr” accent from Rotten to make it sound punk. And punk it sounds. Incredible great punk too. Raw and enthusiastic. Two blasting tracks that actually makes we wanna pogo, spit on the band and strangle my mates.

One of the Top 10 from 1978. On the same label as Mecano Ltd posted earlier. From Holland and reformed some years ago: Helmettes. It’s full moon and that makes me tired so I stop here.

Country: Holland
Year: 1978
Label: No Fun
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Don’t Care What The People Say.mp3
Half Twee.mp3

This is a re-post from April the 3rd 2006. Added more scans and Cuties Wrong Now.

How come there are so many punk 7inches with just one good song on it? Seizures record is just one in the line of too many out there. “Front Line” the b-side is a full on blasting punk cracker that makes this a classic. Never issued with sleeve.

Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Regressive
Format: 7″
Songs:
Cuties Wrong Now.mp3
Front Line.mp3

The first set up of Kriminella Gitarrer formed in September 1977 and disbanded in July 1978. During this time they recorded two classic 7inches: Vardad kladsel and Silvias unge. It’s raw. It’s primitive. It’s sloppy. It’s fantastic! Scanned the lyrics for the swedes so they know how great punk lyrics are written.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: KLOAAK
Format: 7″
Songs:
Vardad kladsel.mp3
Forbjudna ljud.mp3

Classy title from a classy band. Continues where Televesion Addict left off but with a slightly more polished production. Four great tracks while the fifth drags on for 5:48. Ok it’s punk to be annoying right? You know that Dave Faulkner went on to Hoodo Gurus and all that.

Here’s all the scans for you to chew on. I scanned the innersleeve too since the guys wrote The Victims with a yellow pen on there and that’s rare. Record collector shit you know!

Country: Australia
Year: 1978
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Understand.mp3
Open Your Eyes.mp3
High School Girls.mp3
T.V. Freak.mp3
Disco Junkies.mp3

This is a re-post from May the 2nd 2006. Added more scans.

Oh my! What is there to tell you about The Germs that you don’t allready know? The intro to No God is taken from one thing that Darby, Pat and I had/have in common: we all love/d Yes. It’s from “Roundabout” the first song on “Fragile”. A fantastic record.

The special guitar sound was aquired through a direct line in to the soundboard since Pat had forgotten to bring with him an amplifier. Some people told me that the new version of Germs without Darby shall be pretty great so it may be worth catching them live if they come around.

Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Slash
Format: 7″
Songs:
Lexicon Devil.mp3
No God.mp3
Circel One.mp3