My copy of the Mops second 7″ looks like it was found in a dumpster, but as it plays perfect I never bothered to update it to a better looking copy until a few months ago when I saw a copy on Ebay. As I bought this copy for about a dollar or two, I expected that it was still cheap as fuck, but was shocked when I saw that it ended on over $100! I sure didn’t see that coming when I put my bid on $12 and expected to pay less.Thank your lucky star that you’ll get the music for nothing and chicks for free here instead.

IMHO the B-side, that is some kind of cover of a Simon & Garfunkel song, is the real deal on this one, even if the A-side ain’t too shabby either. I guess I prefer Herr Bergstrom as it was included on The roots of Swedish pop compilation that was released in 1995 or 96, and served as my first introduction to the band.

Now get on your scooter and ride Peter!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Trend
Format: 7″
Songs:
Manen.mp3
Herr Bergstrom.mp3

Kontaktlim is such a punky name it’s ridicolous! It’s like calling a punk band the Safety Pins, the Glue Sniffers, the Pogo’s or the Mohawks!

Well, never mind the impact adhesives as this is some fine pop punk from one of the first wave bands that took the longest time to get their shit together and end up on vinyl. The boys formed the band in 1978, never played outside their home town and spent 4 years rehearsing before they managed to put these 3 tracks on a platter. At least I’m glad they ended up with one release under their belt before they stormed on to other bands.

The 2 bonus tracks are taken from the Aktiv PR compilation LP that was released in 1981 and apart from Kontaktlim and a bunch of waveish Eskilstuna bands had a killer song from the band Trick that unfortunately never released anything else to my knowledge.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Pippaluckbolaget
Format: 7″
Songs:
Kom igen.mp3
Johnny.mp3
Ditt liv pa ett papper.mp3
Bonus songs:
Vaga visa vem du ar.mp3
Lordagsalkoholisten.mp3

Here’s a little 7″ I avoided for a really long time, first after hearing friends say that it wasn’t any good at all, and then after hearing it and thought it was too slow and boring. None the less I decieded to pick it up a few weeks ago and realized that it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was the first time I heard it, but rather quite catchy. It’s not as good as one of their songs on the “Vand oss inte ryggen” compilation LP but still worth a post as  I think it might be a new record for a lot of you guys as it still remains uncomped. Both songs were meant to be included on one of the “Fasten your seat belt!” compilations, that unfortunately never got released, but as I’m a very kind man  all 6 unreleased records in that series will be posted here later on.

Pogo Peter labeled this record as 77 punk in The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk, but I would rather say that it’s poppy punk in the veins of Tant Brun, but given more of an 80s feel in the production.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Bitrax Ramp
Format: 7″
Songs:
Ar 2005.mp3
Johnny Rebell.mp3

Maybe one of the rarest and even one of the best USHC compilations from 1982 starts off with Media Disease that sounds like your typical DCHC band ala a mix of Teen Idles, Minor Threat etc and of course it’s great! They could’ve just been a band on Flex Your Head. Next is Chalk Circle that steps on post punk ground and Subversive Pleasure is fantastic. A bit like The Slits. Finishing it off on side A is Social Suicide that rips through four tracks of such a high quality  it’s a mystery that they never released anything else then this. I know that could be said about many USHC bands popping in and out on various comps. during the time. S.V.D.B. comes to mind as one of them. Side 2 and here’s United Mutation which was the main reason why I wanted Mixed Nuts… in the first place. They’re just as crazy and great as ever. They don’t top their debut but thinking they sounded like this in 1982 is just mind blowing. Chaotic, evil and insane. Awesome. Nuclear Crayons, just like Subversive Pleasure, breaks the HC mold with something completely different. That’s what I love with those early us punk/hc compilations. I enjoy three out four tracks by ‘em. Last band out, Hate From Ignorance is the only band on here that do nothing for me. Mixed nuts don’t crack! Indeed.

Country: USA
Year: 1982
Label: Outside
Format: 12″
Songs:
Media Disease – Unwritten Laws.mp3
Media Disease – Life Unfullfilled.mp3
Media Disease – Redneck Asshole.mp3
Media Disease – Sit Down.mp3
Media Disease – Religion.mp3
Media Disease - Concentration Camp.mp3
Chalk Circle – The Slap.mp3
Chalk Circle – Subversive Pleasure.mp3
Social Suicide – Born again.mp3
Social Suicide – Beat Them.mp3
Social Suicide – Foul Appetite.mp3
Social Suicide – 30 Second Holiday.mp3
United Mutation – Out Of Hand.mp3
United Mutation – D.C. Screws The World.mp3
United Mutation – Oh-No.mp3
United Mutation – Lice And Fleas And Vermin.mp3
Nuclear Crayons – Nuclear Crayons.mp3
Nuclear Crayons – Catwalk.mp3
Nuclear Crayons – Blitz Beauty.mp3
Nuclear Crayons – Man In The Big Hat.mp3
Hate From Ignorance – Instrumental.mp3
Hate From Ignorance – Through Posterity.mp3
Hate From Ignorance – What Do You Say.mp3

Two killer tracks: Controversy and Living In Tandem. You Talk is great! Dark and melancholic threading in the land of T.S.O.L.. T.V. Land is a bad. Very bad attempt at Clash reggae. But it’s the first two tracks mentioned that makes this whole record and thanks to Tony The Punk Business Manager(who have written a piece that makes my writing seem to come out of a 3 years old) I went nuts enough to track down a copy for myself. Unlike all the D-Clone, D-Beat bands, the best of the best american USHC/Punk bands had/has a sound that no one else where able to replicate. And that’s why I love it so much I guess. Who needs clones? Not me. No! Not ever! I mean just listen to the intro of Living In Tandem and you just know you’re about to be blown away.

Country: USA
Year: 1982
Label: Bung
Format: 7″
Songs:
Controversy.mp3
T.V. Land.mp3
Living In Tandem.mp3
You Talk.mp3