Killed By Death Records

In Active Dogs we find some members who later found fame in more known Canadians bands like Modernettes(John Armstrong/Buck Cherry) and Pointed Sticks(Gord Nicholls and Robert Bruce). They have a really great track on the infamous Vancouver Compilation named Fun While It Lasts. And here’s their one and only record. Rat Race leans more to the powerpop of punk while Good Filthy Fun is hectic punk the way old men likes it. In my humble opinion(IMHO as the kids say) two awesome tracks from an underrated Canadian band that will help you through the weekend.

Country: Canada
Year: 1979
Label: Active Dog
Format: 7″
Songs:
Rat Race.mp3
Good Filthy Fun.mp3

Here’s a real treat for the crust punx, UK82 punx, dis and that punx, nych kids, i-can-only-dig-it-if-it’s-fast-cause-i’m-a-sissy, kbd-punk-is-the-best-cause-the-records-cost-lot’s-of-money-which-means-they-have-to-be-great-punx, all-music-on-major-label-is-crap-cause-that-means-it’s-not-punk and most of all here’s a treat for YOU! Yeah I’m talking to YOU! How does that feel? Too personal? Don’t be shy. I love you. Yeah you and your mom and your dad. Sure I love your sister too. Send her over.

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: CBS
Format: 7″
Songs:
Fizz Pop(Modern Rock).mp3
(I Lost My Love On A)747.mp3

What the fuck shall I write? I’m not a reviewer. I listen to music and I play music. Reviewer is someone who listen to music and make up words that most of the time fail to describe the music or to get you and idea of how it sounds. There’s very very few times I’ve encountered a review that I’ve read then bought the record and agreed that “yeah I know what you mean”. 

Here’s Disco Students. South Africa House is great. Kafkaesque is great. They got a sound of their own. A member later went on to play bass in Marillion. Disco Students have a website: http://www.discostudents.com. You click the link. It will open a new window. Click the News section to read some funny shit about a compilation they where on: ”The portents looked promising: the album was favourably reviewed in Sounds and they were promised a review in NME. But when they went up to the NME offices with a couple of thugs hired from the Ugly Model Agency, and confronted Tony Parsons, they freaked, failed to see the funny side, and the LP was subsequently blackballed! (clearly, the Spirit of Punk was too much for the fearless NME!!).”

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Format: 7″
Songs:
South Africa House.mp3
Kafkaesque.mp3

Just incredible! Laugh = 3:14 and I don’t want it to stop. Total killer punk complete with loud guitars and snotty vocals. Listen to the background guitar how it builds up from a low chugga chugga on one string up till the chorus. And the Ha! Ha! Ha! parts oh my… The solo works too. It’s a complete dorky rock solo but fuck me if it dosen’t blend in perfect. Automatic Lips ain’t as bad as it’s reputation. A little quirky powerpop song that suits me just fine. Actually I think Automatic Lips is great. Give it some spins.

How does their 12″ from 1982 sound? Anyone?

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Broken
Format: 7″
Songs:
Laugh.mp3
Automatic Lips.mp3

The Skunks from Texas did one REALLY great song: Earthquake Shake. Amazing blend of hard rock and punk. Great licks, intense drive, great sound and clever lyrics to follow along. The a-side tells you more how The Skunks sounded most of the time. Yeah like a tired bar band with songs too long. Sorry.

Since I’m tired after a hard weekend with wine, roast beef and Xbox 360 gaming I’ll leave you with this link:
Young, Loud, and Cheap: The Skunks, the Band That Broke Austin Out of the Seventies

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Skunks
Format: 7″
Songs:
Can’t Get Loose.mp3
Earthquake Shake.mp3

Though punk is dead powerpop is alive. One of my most beloved pop records is the only released as demo record by the mysterious Zoot Alors. Former member, Paul Sneap, had a site up some years ago with some demos. Too bad I didn’t download it. I got in contact with him to ask for other stuff but of course there wasn’t any according to Paul.

So pull down your Dis-records in a little box. Put on the skinny tie. The war ain’t coming today. And listen carefully to what Zoot has to tell you. Oh, yeah I got an extra copy to trade/sell in case anyones interested.

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Decca
Format: 7″
Songs:
Send Me A Postcard.mp3
It’s A Crime.mp3

Sew me. I’ve changed the order of the songs. Cause I think Library Book is THE a-side. Be prepared the bas is very loud on this marvelous punk/powerpooper. Cheatin’ is a good 60’s flavored stomper with some sweet back up vocals but can’t really match the high standard of Library Book.

Library Book was featured by James/Worthless Thrash a long time ago. Visit his blog! It’s worth it. And talking about James(or Steve/LDK) I’m sure he/they knows a lot more about The Faders then I managed to dig out from Google. Which is nothing except their inclusion on England Belongs To Me Vol. 2.

Country: Ireland
Year: 1979
Label: Rip Off
Format: 7″
Songs:
Library Book.mp3
Cheatin’.mp3

Wow! Another re-post from May the 9th 2006. The reason to all these reposts is that I’m trying out my new gear and compare it to the old ones. Added more scans and new rips.

Stry Terraries characteristic voice is one of Swedens best. You recognise him from Kriminella Gitarrer. Here his band is going into a more moody dark direction that became more evident in the band after this: Garbochock. “Anna Greta…” have become a swedish punk rock classic. Hmm is their a none swedish classic released pre 1980? Maybe not. Can’t think of anyone right now. I “shoulnd’t” like the b-side since it’s a mid tempo quite long song but it manage to get a grip on me cause of the catchy keyboard.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Heartwork
Format: 7″
Songs:
Anna Greta Leijons ogon.mp3
31 timmars skrack.mp3

This is a re-post from March the 23rd 2006. The first record we posted here actually. Added more scans and a new rip.

Bjorn Borg! You haven’t made a descent thing in your life! A somewhat swenglish translation of the famous chorus that I was huming on a lot as a kid. It felt so good cause I generally hated all kind of sports. GBG Sound or Göteborg Sound was of course from Gothenburg. Compared to bands in Stockholm the Gothenburg bands had more of a “progg” feeling and weren’t so punk in their outfits. No studs, leather jackets or mohawks.

The Bjorn Borg 7″ was a self released one sided ditty pressed in 200 copies. No sleeve just the ugly face of Bjorn on the label. Now download.


Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
Bjorn Borg.mp3

This is a re-post from April the 4th 2006. Added more scans, new rips and Vild i skogen(he he that track ain’t that bad after all).

Sweden had some of the best punk bands in the 70’s beginning of the 80’s. Here’s just ONE example of many to prove it. Dr. Zeke only released this master piece then dissapeared. “Aldrig Do” have been living on diffrent comps during the years though and recently swedens Heart Attacks covered it.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Schmajlers
Format: 7″
Songs:
Jag ska aldrig do.mp3
Vild i skogen.mp3