Killed By Death Records

I can’t really put my finger on why I like this so much. Maybe cause it’s oddness pointing in the direction of XTC(a band which I love beyond reason). Monotonues and perfectly capturing the lyrics in Bridgeport Lathe. Little Cities is more of the same but a little bit more uptempo with a rubber sounding bass. A perfect piece of plastic.

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Bessemer Process
Format: 7″
Songs:
Bridgeport Lathe.mp3
The Little Cities.mp3

Almost 5 years ago Peter posted the second version of Docent Dod’s Krig och karlek and claimed that it was their second release. Not entirely correct as this 7″ was their second release, even if they did it under the name Mats Olofsson med Docent Dod. Released on the bands own Jaktskivan the same year as they got picked up by the major label Sonet, this flat and round disc has an earlier version of the title track and a much better b-side. It’s once again time to get the punks to sing dut-dut-dut-dut-dut-dut, as well as na-na-na-na-na-na-na on the flip.

Now let’s see if we can get some people not invloved with postings on this site to comment on both versions of Krig och karlek.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Jaktskivan
Format: 7″
Songs:
Krig och karlek.mp3
Hur kan det komma sig.mp3

Punk rock out of Mississippi. Love or hate it. Either way you can’t deny the solid musicianship. The precise tuning, the drummers hard and steady beat, the singers wide tone range and the high production value. Too commercial? Maybe.

Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Sexo
Format: 7″
Songs:
I’m Gonna Be Everything.mp3
You Sucker.mp3

Northern Londoners who formed in late 1979 under the influence of the mod scene as well as Gen X, Buzzcocks etc, but according to themselves they never managed to be “good” enough to be a mod band, so they decieded that punk was the thing for them. After recruiting local Mensi impersonator Cliff Hanger the band was ready to take the world by storm… or maybe not if you ask Gary Bushell who called this EP the worst Oi! record ever! Guess that makes this the second Oi! record posted here after the Introze magnificent 7″ Kids In Uniform. I’d rather call this rama-lama-shitty-shitty-bang-bang-punk, but if you wanna insult the band by calling it Oi!, just go ahead.

If anyone’s got a copy of their tape release for sale, or MP3′s for that matter, let me know and I’ll post their flexi 7″ as a thank you.

Country: UK
Year: 1981
Label: New Puritan
Format: 7″
Songs:
Orders.mp3
The man they could not buy.mp3
Eviction.mp3

Yup, a classic debut from the Jerks who made their Leeds stage debut under the name Simon Snake & The Amputed Leg Band. On this 7″, that also made the cover of Killed By Death #4 they show that you don’t need more than 41 different words to fill up 2 great punk songs. I needed more words just to write the first two sentences for this post! Maybe they were the forefathers to all the Dis-bands, but with more skills in song writing? Their second 7″ is cooler than this one and it’s in the posting queue.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: Underground
Format: 7″
Songs:
Get your woofing dog off me.mp31
Hold my hand.mp3