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

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

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

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

Naming a record Piss And Shit I expected it to be just about that and nothing else. A bit disappointed there but Constipated makes up for it with lines like: “The turd in me has a mind of it’s own. It calls my colon “it’s new home”.” followed by some screams that I think illustrates quiet well how it may sound for some of us while we try to squeeze ‘em out. Armed with drum machine they sing joy to the software known as Beatcraft in Beatcraft Rulez:”I don’t need no fucking drummer. Burn the kits, drum sticks too. Click away from better then you.” great. The songs are a bit too long. Cut ‘em in half if you ask me. Kind of a fun record much thanks to the digital drums. One of the two guys in The Runs are a regular visitor here and his name is Mat. When the package of 5 records arrived they smelled like they’ve lived in a smoking environment for 20 years. Really, I felt the urge to start smoking again(nowadays it’s just snus). Fave song: Beatcraft Rulez.

Country: Canada
Year: 2009
Label: Criminal IQ
Format: 7″
Songs:
Constipated.mp3
Something To Say.mp3
My Job Sucks.mp3
Punk Enough For You.mp3
Beatcraft Rulez.mp3
End Of Days.mp3