February 17th, 2010 by The Flakes // Drummer




Wish I experienced Kirk Brandon when he was in The Pack but it wasn’t until Theater Of Hate made it to my hometown Linkoping/Sweden in 1982 I felt his voice inside of me. Seldom have I experienced such a voice that made me physical exhausted. Totally unique. Theater Of Hate was more of post punk and the early stuff is really really great. After TOH he went on to Spear Of Destiny and there I lost all interest. But The Pack. Well known I know but still think they’re a little bit underrated and makes me post it. Hopefully some folks hear them for the first time and get a feel that it’s something they missed. The debut of theirs is a bit boring but this one and the Long Live The Past EP are must haves. I also have a live tape which unfortunately don’t have that great sound but I may post it anyway in the future. Listen to these two anthems which makes a great couple. The melancholic slower King Of Kings to the furious Pistolesque Number 12. Marvelous.
Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Rough Trade
Format: 7″
Songs:
King Of Kings.mp3
Number 12.mp3
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February 16th, 2010 by The Flakes // Drummer




I’m supposed to post something, right? Since it’s like a year since the last post. I know you’re all cry babies so I’ll fulfill your desires then. Think most of you wanted some raw punk so that’s not what you’re going to get. Transistors threads around in powerpop land with a slight nod to the 60’s in Telephone which leaves me completely cold. Not my thing at all. But, and here comes the BUTT, R-Love is such a super duper mega fantastic Powerpunkpop smasher I easily forgive their mistake on the a-side. Let’s talk about the sleeve. It’s pink. Has a radio on it. A killer logo. That’s all you need. By the way Screwball…the label is so familiar. Didn’t they release the Nails-Cops are punks? Yes? No? Anything else?
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Screwball
Format: 7″
Songs:
Telephone.mp3
R-Love(Is Approaching Critical Mass).mp3
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February 8th, 2010 by The Faintest Ideas // Drummer




Well known band and a classic debut, so no need for me to spend my valuable time on trying to come up with something clever to write here. Thank Dan for that!
PS. Bill Grundy is burried if anyone still wonders where he is now DS.
Country: UK
Year: 1978
Label: Rough Trade/ Kings Rd
Format: 7″
Songs:
Part time punks.mp3
Where’s Bill Grundy now?.mp3
Happy families.mp3
Posing at the Roundhouse.mp3
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February 2nd, 2010 by The Flakes // Drummer




Mamma mia. I’m tired. Really tired. But a shemale got to do what a shemale got to do. I have a blog and I have to work on it. So what’s the deal with Jemmy Leggs? You tell me cause I don’t have a clue. There’s four songs. Two of them sucks on daddys bone and the other two don’t. Now you may think that suck on daddys bone is a good thing. It might be. In this case it’s not. The two utterly awesome songs are Blindate and Fireworks. They rule. The other two don’t rule. They suck. End of story.
Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: New World
Format: 7″
Songs:
Blindate.mp3
Pumpkin Queen.mp3
Joella.mp3
Fireworks.mp3
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February 1st, 2010 by The Flakes // Drummer
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