OLD CUNTS NEED A KICK

after years of trying to hunt down a copy of this I finally scored a copy of DROPDEAD's split 8" with RUPTURE! as you can see my copy is on black vinyl but there's a pressing on multi-col. vinyl too (sell me one!). actually as far as record collecting is concerned the last month was one of the most successful in my whole career and I was able to get a lot of records I was desperately hunting for ages - something you'll recognize in my postings here even though I admit a lot is nerdy shit like a 2nd press copy of CITIZENS ARREST's COLOSSUS 12" on red vinyl. but back to the 8" here: 14 DROPDEAD songs and 10 RUPTURE songs is what you get. the DROPDEAD tracks all appear on their discography 11" (or 12" depending on which pressing you got) and you should therefore be familiar with them. as I never cared for the Aussies I can't tell you much about them but music-wise these songs are from their most interesting period when they were fast and still could kick some ass before they became the lame and sad joke they are now. click on either cover to d/l and check for yourself!

WHY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT (the 3rd)

I've added the missing RUPTURE track! click the pic!

A PART OF REALITY

ages ago I made a post that had rips of all 4 REALITY compilations in one folder. as you may have guessed the bitrate and therefore the quality of those rips wasn't exactly brilliant so here's the REALITY PART #3 compilation 12" that features: LOS CRUDOS, INFEST, RUIDO, MK-ULTRA, BLACK ARMY JACKET, CHARLES BRONSON, DROPDEAD, PHOBIA, BENÜMB & HELLNATION amongst some others ripped with 320 kbits, with proper tags and including the lyric sheet!

KEINE WAFFEN AN DER WATERKANT

after arriving at Hamburg mainstation I went to the world's probably most famous red-light district: Hamburg's very own Reeperbahn. when you leave the subway you'll find pretty neat signs like the one below. as Germany has pretty restrictive gun-laws I can't help myself but I find that sign very entertaining!

DROPDEAD played at the VoKü which is in the basement of one of the world famous formerly squatted houses in the Hafenstrasse. it's a pretty small place (they don't even have a stage) and so DROPDEAD played 2 shows that evening so that everybody could see them! thanks to the bastard of a cabdriver who's responsible that I missed the train I wanted to take I just arrived 20 min before DROPDEAD started their 2nd show! I missed RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA as I prefered to talk to MOSH EISLEY's Robi Wan outside the VoKü. again the place was really crowded (a little bit to crowded for my taste) and it didn't take long to figure out that there were a lot of idiots in the crowd! as soon as DROPDEAD started with their 1st song those idiots started to hit people while pretending to mosh (one of them was behind me at the entrance and was arguing with the people cause he didn't want to pay)! when Bob said they would stop playing the situation calmed down a little bit but it didn't make them idiot's stop completely! the sound wasn't that good either. it was thin and Bob's mic refused to do it's job properly! one could see that DROPDEAD were really annoyed by the idiots in the crowd! in spite of the idiots and the shitty sound they blasted themselves through a solid set spanning their complete career that was great to watch! ask Rob how the 1st show was!

BERLIN, BERLIN

nearly exact 10 years ago my old band toured with DROPDEAD in Germany, France and the Netherlands. it was our 1st tour and to do it with DROPDEAD was more than anyone of us ever expected and truth be told it was just pure luck in the 1st place that helped us to end up on that tour. we didn't have the intention to go on tour all I did was offering Ralph and Bernd from SCORCHERED EARTH POLICY / STACK to help them out with the tour by putting up 2 shows for DROPDEAD and it ended in they asking us if we wouldn't like to go on tour with DROPDEAD. I guess we were all very excited! hahaha! and as Devon, Bob, Brian and Ben turned out to be some of the coolest people I'd ever meet in the whole HARDCORE scene it wasn't really a question if I'd go and see them now! the 1st show was 29/10/2008 at the famous Köpi in Berlin. we started our trip a around 4 in the afternoon and arrived in Berlin 5 hours later. on the way we bought some EROTIK BEER and really what better start in a cool evening could there be? after meeting some friends we went to Köpi which was pretty crowded. I catched DROPDEAD while they were eating and they all started to laugh when they saw me as they had just talked about me a short time before cause of some shit that happened in Amsterdam 10 years ago. we talked alittle bit and Brian told me that some of his drumgear didn't come with them cause the airline had decided to send it elsewhere and that Vienna's RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA which would bring the bassbox with them, were late cause they had been pulled over by the cops which decided to search their van while on the way to Berlin! yeah, welcome to Bavaria! finaly the Austrians arrived and entered the stage at once! cause of that the sound was a little bit thin during the first songs but got better during their set. in case you don't know yet: 2 of them are from South America and so their CRUDOS-styled HARDCORE comes with spanish lyrics, done by a woman, alsio! they played a good set and if you haven't heard their split 12" with SOLID DECLINE yet I suggest you give it a try!

here are some pics of RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA from the Köpi show! fast, furious and pissed as hell! in my ears they're at the moment Austria's best band!

and here're some DROPDEAD pics taken at, you guessed it, Köpi! after all this years they didn't loose just a little bit of their anger! it seems like they're more enraged now then ever before! as they couldn't do a proper soundcheck they also had a thin sound during their first songs and Bob had problems with his mic (fucking feedback) during their whole set. when they were here in 1998 they couldn't more than 2 songs that were from the 1st 7" and the split 5" with CROSSED OUT cause Devon was new on bass and didn't know more. this time they played songs from all their releases and some new songs that didn't make it on vinyl yet! an awesome show that would have been brilliant without the sound-problems!

I STILL HAVE NO FATE!

here's the promised re-up of the 3rd NO FATE compilation 2 x CD! klick on the cover to download!

THE HIATUS IS OVER

Toxic Molar who runs BUDDHA KAHN blog asked me if I could post DROPDEAD's 2nd 12" that was released in 1998. after it's release DROPDEAD toured nearly the whole fucking world and the exhaustion from the intensive touring lead to the hiatus that has just been interrupted by the release of a split 7" here and there but seems to be over now as there are 4 shows in Europe! 10 years ago my band toured with DROPDEAD and I´m really looking forward to see them again! they are not only very nice and sincere people but a vicious liveband as well! their singer Bob said that their show in my hometown was the worst show they ever did but even if that would've been true they were better than 90% of all other bands I've seen! the PROMOTINAL USE ONLY flyer came with every copy of the 12" sold in Europe to avoid paying taxes. as you can see on the pic the 12" was on colored vinyl but the color is so dark it looks like it´s black vinyl unless you hold it against the light! this record is also known as the "needlekiller" cause the 1st side runs from the inside to the outside and if you aren't standing by your turntable to catch the arm that holds the needle when the side is over it will crash on your turntable and fuck it up! which, according to their guitarplayer Ben was exactly what they wanted as they thought that there were to many people who refuse to think any further than the music and so they tried to force people to at least think about catching the needle when listening to DROPDEAD! nice idea!

DROPDEAD - 2nd 12"

WHY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU`RE NOT? (the 2nd)

I´ve re-upped the REPROACH comp. 7"! click the cover!

edit: the link is fixed!

FIVE INCH SLAUGHTER

one of my all time fave records is the DROP DEAD / CROSSED OUT split 5"! this 5" is packed with rage 110% no matter if it´s the 6 DROP DEAD tracks or the 4 CROSSED OUT tracks! all killers - no fillers! the only sad thing about this 5" (and most 5"es in general) is that it´s difficult to place the needle on the little fucker! that´s why there´s some awful noise on the beginning of the 1st DROP DEAD song!

DROP DEAD / CROSSED OUT - SPLIT 5"

PERVERSE CREATION

SCAPEGRACE are not my cup of coffee! a little SCREAMO, a little noise, a little looped feedback and some METAL... as their lyrics are hard to read I´ve to guess the songtitles. could be: crumbs of crumbs and smokescreen... maybe they do something for you, but I´m sorry to say they don´t do anything for me except that they bore me! the reason why you should dowload this no matter how boring you might find SCAPEGRACE is: CONNIPTION as they are GRINDCORE at it´s best! Devon, who played bass in MONSTER X and now plays in DROP DEAD, handles the bass and the vocals for CONNIPTION which might give you a hint of what to expect!

SCAPEGRACE / CONNIPTION - SPLIT 7"

IT´S FROM THE WEST COAST

sad but true the sound is absolut shit! very sad as DROPDEAD is such a powerful liveband!

DivShare File - DROPDEAD - live @ WMFU Radio 8.8.93.rar

WHY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU`RE NOT?

well...I HATE COVER AND/OR TRIBUTE COMPILATIONS! this one is an exception to the rule as I love NEGATIVE APPROACH and most of the bands on this 7"! look at the tracklist and click on the cover! nuff said!

DEAD IN YOUR GRAVE

it´s true DROPDEAD are another notch on UNHOLY GRAVES bedpost! I don´t think I need to introduce these 2 outfits? 5 songs by each band [some DROPDEAD songs have already been released on their 2nd 12"]!

DivShare File - dropdead_unholy_grave_EP_2003.rar

IT`S AN ALL AMERICAN THING YOU WOULD`T UNDERSTAND!

DROPDEAD don´t need an introduction, right? 6 tracks that sound like they should! good lyrics as usual! LOOK BACK AND LAUGH on the flipside lean more to the hc side of things. this means they´re slower as DROPDEAD, but they´re a great band too!

DivShare File - Dropdead _ Look Back And Laugh And Laugh .rar

EMPIRE OF BONE

DROPDEAD offer 6 tracks of their powerviolence/fastcore/crust/whatevercore! it´s not important what ever you call it as it´s great musicwise anyway! I love this band since I heared them for the first time and I love them even more since I know them personal! TOTALITÄR are a great band in their own right. one of the few crustbands that really knows how to play their instruments! 3 tracks here with no let down!

http://www.mediafire.com/?aa43tidw94z

ONCE AGAIN HIROSHIMA

DROPDEAD live in HIROSHIMA in 1996! destroying the city once again with an musical onslaught of powerviolence/fastcore that´s played with conviction!


http://www.mediafire.com/?4id1xpkjjyv

NO FATE [Vol. III]

just take a look! there should be no questions!

* by the way: I still got some unplayed copies - if anyone is interested? *

NO FATE VOL. III [DISC 1] / NO FATE VOL. III [DISC 2]