I really WANT to recommend this compilation. It’s greatly designed with a cool looking photo on the front of…yeah who? It’s small details like this that is missing here. A detailed story about every band and the recording is also missing. Too bad. Some interesting and fun stories by Duane Travis of Wax Trax and others is in the 6 page booklet.

My biggest concern about this release is the quality of the mastering job though. I’m sorry to say that it’s horrible done compared to the originals(those records I own and can compare with like Frantix, Defex, Bum Kon and White Trash). Listen to I Hate Toes here to the one ripped from the vinyl a couple of weeks ago. The difference is just too big. It’s noisy, thin and too much treble. Sounds like it’s a 128 mp3 rip. Sad sad sad cause I really want to recommend this comp to everyone since it got the whole EPs from Frantix, Bum Kon, White Trash, Your Funeral, Young Weasels, Gluons with Allen Ginsberg, Jeri Rossi, Rok Tots, Defex and Nails.

Get it from www.smoochrecords.com

Gluons with Allen Ginsberg - Sue Your Parents.mp3
Frantix - My Dad’s A Fucking Alcoholic.mp 3
White Trash - I Hate Toes.mp3

It’s a mod world. As you all know I have a weak spot for high quality powerpoop and mod bands. Start from the land of the wonderful food chain the Hooters dosen’t try to hide that they love Jam on their mod toast. But who cares as long as they crank out nuts like No Direction. Invisible Man start out great but just as with GG & The Amputators b-side they get lost in some psychedelic rush and drag on for 4 minutes and 44 seconds. During the song I managed to do my laundry, drink coffe, take a look at my willy(3 inches) and call my soul mate Sid Vicious and tell him to fuck off.

Start where from from San Francisco which might explain the length of the b-side.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Win
Format: 7″
Songs:
No Direction.mp3
Invisible Man.mp3

Oh how I mourn for the non Swedes who can’t understand the magic poetry in Kat katt i mars. If there’s any Swede who can translate the lyrics so that the rimes and the meaning don’t gets lost please do so in the comment section. Two ultra great and short,just slightly above 1 minute each and that’s right up my ally, tracks with a bass sound that makes me think of the Offenders. And you know by now that Mikey “Offender” Donaldson has been reported dead.

On the back of the lyric sheet they describe exactly how much this record of 300 copies costed, where the labels where printed etc all in a real DIY fashion. Nice to see that the prices haven’t changed that much since the early 80s.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: EFMD
Format: 7″
Songs:
Jag vill ma bra.mp3
Kat katt i mars.mp3

So here’s two great songs by The Lizerds. Is It Late? being a punker with some hints of HC. Amazing stuff in my book. Out Of My Hands is where the pop meets the punk to deliver a song just as great as the a-side but with a much less desperate touch. Hell yeah this rocks! You can read some stuff about The Lizerds here. Among the trivia is that Bruce Brink from The Rotters where in the band while recording these two scorchers. May the punk god be with you.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Demos-Tones
Format: 7″
Songs:
Is It Late?.mp3
Out Of My Hands.mp3

Two absolutely awesome tracks: Life Is Cheap which kills and Expectations who destroys. Why did Teenage Popeye have to ruin it with the two other completely shit tracks: Peter Principal = worthless cock rock without the big dick just a moist little penis and She’s Only 16 = crap poop without the hooks. Schizo band indeed. Sad they didn’t stick to what they where good at namely cranking out awesome punk rock.

The sleeve is actually florescent green but my scanner can’t handle it so black and white is what you get.

Pierce McDowell who plays bass now has a project togheter with the former Gong(they did some good stuff back in the 70s) man Gilli Smyth.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Alien Nation
Format: 7″
Songs:
Life Is Cheap.mp3
Peter Principal.mp3
She’s Only 16.mp3
Expectations.mp3

Not as catchy and intense as their first killer that will be posted later on. In the meantime you can check out Erik of Something I Learned Todays post of it: Ultimate Orgasm. Still this has its moments. While I Used To Know You is poppy and soft Quick To Compliment got some more distorted guitars. I like both of them and they got that special NCM sound: weird stuff that roles in and out here and there and the knack for hooky melodies.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: VVV
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Used To Know You.mp3
Quick To Compliment.mp3

Had to watch American Hardcore for the second time today. There’s something I really like about the movie that the book didn’t accomplish: I get inspired when I see it. And as long as a movie does that to me it serves it’s purpose. Yeah, I know we all miss some bands in there. Government Issue is one of them. I can’t recall their name being mentioned one time. Remember the first time hearing this. It was so atonal much due to John Stabbs vocals. But it was just as great as the Teen Idles, played the same night, which I heard for the first time in 1981 on Radio Ryd a student show hosted by Mats Nilsson from Massmedia/Huvudtvatt.

Found this podcast interview with John Stabb that might be interesting:
http://dissonance.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187184

This piece really offended me back then:
“Groups like Crass still believe in it
That’s why their music’s fulla a shit
It’s not music is just a sermon
Groups like Crass are all just vermin
Anarchy is dead!”

Ha ha!

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Dischord
Format: 7″
Songs:
Religious Rip Off.mp3
Fashionites.mp3
Rock And Roll Bullshit.mp3
Anarchy Is Dead.mp3
Sheer Terror.mp3
Asshole.mp3
Bored To Death.mp3
No Rights.mp3
I’m James Dean.mp3
Cowboy Fashion.mp3

Yeah I know the title track is terrible!! Flip the plastic around and you’ll get Chinese Chive which is a great hectic weirdo synth punk track. Their debute shall be great too but I haven’t heard it. If anyone knows about temporary bands that plays this kind of stuff please let me know.

Take a look at the back of the sleeve. I swear to god it’s Sty Terrarie from Kriminella Gitarrer etc second from the left. And the first guy from the left has to be Binke from Garbochock. What did they do down in Austria?

And by the way I don’t know a thing about Chuzpe. Do you?


Country: Austria
Year: 1981
Label: GiG
Format: 7″
Songs:
Charlie Chan.mp3
Chinese Chive.mp3

Also known as SSG. A low fi swedish master piece. Side A and the last song on side B is studio recordings and the rest sounds like it’s done with a tape recorder in their rehearsal space. I got an email from Jan Jansson(guitar and vocals) some days ago so I guess he can tell you the whole story behind this.

Along with Unter Den Linden they’re criminally underrated. Maybe cause they ditched the whole dis look that was the law over here. They also sounded more US HC inspired then most of the early Swedish bands. But most of all they developed their own unique sound. Though I like both their EP’s they can’t can be compared to SSG live. Extremly well skilled musicians as far as I remember them.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
Du ar bevakad.mp3
Skolhets.mp3
Utsatt.mp3
TVapparaten.mp3
Cloz.mp3
Gubbarna.mp3
Sla dej sjalv.mp3
Insatt.mp3

The first press of this classic HC/Punk compilation didn’t come with the inserts that later versions did.

Void: It’s Void ya know! Awesome and original US HC. Remember having a snippet of Condensed Flesh at the end of the Finnish Punk Ei… compilation tape and it fucked with my head for a long time before I knew what it was.

Husker Du: It’s Husker Du ya know. Awesome and original HC before they went more poppish which I love too. Bricklayer is from one of the best if not the best Live LP ever made Land Speed Record.

5051: Yeah oh well.

Rebel Truth: One of the best and most original US HC bands ever. EP tracks here are different recordings. Reagan Youth is the worst track on here. Ouchy!

Personality Crisis: One of Canadas finest punk/HC bands ever. What a great singer. You’ll either love or hate his voice. Wonder What They’re Thinking is my fave track on the whole comp. Swinging rocky HC.

Sin 34: Cool teen HC. Not too interesting.

Violent Apathy: Great HC yet a little too generic that reminds me a lot of the first White Cross 7inch posted earlier.

Dogs Of War: This is what Gentle Men Of Horror became after their great 7inch. Really good but not as good as GMOH.

Misguided: Delete.

Articles Of Faith: Have been a long fan of AOF. But this is a big disappointment. Articls Of Faith is an ok song. The rest is too boring.

Die Kreuzen: Different recordings then on the Cows And Beer 7inch. Awesome!

Double O: Not in pair with their EP yet is an ok DC HC song.

District Tradition: Waste of space.

Toxic Reasons: From their first War Hero 7inch. Great song!

U.X.B.: Oh no!

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Version Sound
Format: Cassette
Songs:
Side 1
Void - Condensed Flesh.mp3
Void - War Hero.mp3
Husker Du - Bricklayer.mp3
5051 - Too Late.mp3
Rebel Truth - All I Know.mp3
Rebel Truth - Dreams Of A Boy.mp3
Rebel Truth - In The Red.mp3
Rebel Truth - Reagan Youth.mp3
Personality Crisis - Wonder What They’re Thinking.mp3
Personality Crisis - Waiting.mp3
Personality Crisis - Shotgun.mp3
Sin 34 - Runaway.mp3
Sin 34 - Not No Fun.mp3
Violent Apathy - Real World.mp3
Violent Apathy - Hunger Strike.mp3
Violent Apathy - Hypocrite.mp3
Dogs Of War - Crime Watch Block Parents.mp3
Misguided - Doomsday.mp3
Articles Of Faith - Street Fight.mp3

Side 2
Die Kreuzen - Pain.mp3
Die Kreuzen - Hate Me.mp3
Double O - The End.mp3
Articles Of Faith - Ghost In The House.mp3
Articles Of Faith - Articles Of Faith.mp3
Articles Of Faith - Poison In My Sweat.mp3
Articles Of Faith - Belfast.mp3
District Tradition - Psychedelic.mp3
District Tradition - Vast Realms.mp3
Toxic Reasons - Somebody Help Me.mp3
U.X.B. - El Salvador.mp3