Thursday, March 13, 2008

SONGS - DANCES - DRUMS

I found this 7" 2 days ago in a local record shop for 2 bucks! and as I knew END OF THE CENTURY PARTY from some comp. I bought this 7" that´s called SONGS, DANCES, DRUMS! good decision! fast, spastic HARDCORE that reminds me of COMBAT WOUNDED VETERAN. even the lyricsheet reminds me of them! 8 tracks on this 7"(that was released on ENSLAVED) from these Florida dudes!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

CAUSE OF MR. 7INCH CRUST

as Billy a.k.a. Mr. 7INCH CRUST asked for it in a privat e-mail I took of the 2 posts concerning CRUSTPUNKPERU! as he approached me via my private E-mail account I´m not going into the whole thing any deeper here and now! say thank you to Billy! I´ll just add this: in my eyes you´re scum and if I get the chance I´ll keep my promise!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

ABANDONMENT

RÖCKIN NÖIZ has their 7" SCROUNGING CIDER HIDDEN FLAGON has the 12" and here you got the 10" (their split 7" with VOORHEES is up somewhere here too). STALINGRAD is METAL with CRUST influences and one of the most brutal bands I´ve ever heared and seen!

ARMENIAN UNDERGROUND

ok, this one´s for Mark Underground who does the really great DOWN UNDERGROUND blog! he requested Armenian PUNK - he gets Armenian PUNK! this 7" was released by TIAN AN MEN 89 records which was done by Luk Haas who was working for the red cross an therefore had the chance to travel the whole world and look for PUNK / HARDCORE / METAL bands which would get the chance to do a 7" on his label or, if he found more then one decent band appear on a comp. musicwise NATO is like old U.K. PUNK with keyboards! not my cup of coffee and I didn´t play this for more then 10 years and just kept it for obscurity reasons!












Saturday, March 8, 2008

WHO STANDS STRONG?

the following text was stolen here. I know that I had posted LIFE´S BLOOD before but the links were down and the demo was not included! the radio liveshow will be posted soon(er or later)! The late 80s were a strange time for the New York Hardcore scene. While there were a ton of great bands that came from this era (far too many to name), the scene itself was becoming a little too big for its britches. The shows and music were infested with large promoters, major labels, and plenty of violence. Straight Edge had become an enormous fad that was giving way to Krishna Consciousness, and the rest of the bands seemed to be "going Metal". In the middle of all of this, one band stepped up and loudly challenged the whole shit, and that was Life's Blood. With a sound that was an updated, slightly slowed down version of 1982 style NYHC, their ferocious brand of iconoclasm would lay the groundwork for what was to become the monster known as Born Against. This band never seemed that obscure to me, but damn near every person I know that likes Hardcore from that era has either never heard of them or has heard of them but never heard them. I think that's a damn shame, so that's the reason for this post - but also to hopefully get some things cleared up for myself. The details of this band are sketchy at best for me, so if anyone out there has any further details, please share.
Life's Blood got together in 1987, recording a demo in February of 1988 and playing a ton of shows in and around the city that year. At least two of the guys were also involved with a hilarious zine called Tubesteak Gazette that took to calling out scene "celebrities", record labels and so on (you can actually read an issue over at c-rap). Later in 1988 they recorded and released the "Defiance" 7" on Combined Effort Records, which promptly sold out. The band also appeared on the Blackout! Records compilation "NYHC: Where The Wild Things Are" released in 1989, though I was never clear as to whether or not those songs were from the same recording session as the EP (my guess is yes). And then I believe that they were gone by the Summer of 1989, as guitarist Adam Nathanson (who is listed as Adam Woodrow on this record for some reason, more confusion) was playing in Born Against by that time (he also went on to found The Young Pioneers). So posthumously, Vermiform Records released the song "Human Power" on the compilation 7" "Murders Among Us" in 1990, and that song was obviously from the same sessions as the EP. Radcore Records released a split 7" between Life's Blood and Sticks & Stones, both of which were songs recorded live on WFMU Radio out of New Jersey (LB's was 3/17/88). Vermiform then reissued "Defiance" in 1991 (selling out of 4 pressings), and also a discography CD in 1993 (long gone as well).
So what's sketchy for me? First of all, I'd like to know if Jason O'Toole, the singer on "Defiance", is the original vocalist or not. I used to think that they had a different singer at first since the vocals on the demo and the live tracks from that era sound incredibly different than the vocals on "Defiance" and the other songs from those sessions, but now I'm not sure. I've seen pictures with O'Toole singing that are labeled 1987, so these days I'm under the impression that he was indeed the original singer - some clarity would help. Second, I'd like to know whether or not O'Toole ever left and was replaced. Over the years I've heard people mention recordings of the band "without" or "after" Jason O'Toole, so my curiosity is working there too. A definitive time on their breakup would be nice as well. And of course, the whole Woodrow/Nathanson thing could use clarification. click the covers!

FÜR MIKES pt. II

on request from my old pal Mikes who´s going to be the new STAGNATION`S END drummer b.t.w. here´s the WUTENTBRANNT split7" with SUBKUTAN. WUTENTBRANNT´s tracks were recorded in their rehearsal room with just 2 mics somewhere in the room so the quality is a little rough but still ok. musicwise you get fierce CRUST with dual vox. I´ll reup the complete tape and their never released 7" soon(er or later). SUBKUTAN were based on the other side of Germany. rough sound quality too! musicwise this is fast PUNK!

Friday, March 7, 2008

JAPAN MEETS HOLLAND

nice split 7". BEYOND DESCRIPTION give you what you expect: fierce JAPCORE! 3 tracks in the same style as all their stuff in older posts! ABSCONDED are way more melodic and give a somehow strange bedmate! reminds of old SKATEPUNK. not bad but not really what I prefer musicwise!

CIVIL WAR WASN`T HELL IT WAS PRACTISED

this COMES bootleg was made from someone in Germany I´d guess. backcover says that there were only 200 pressed so I think that moneymaking was a reason for this one. 8 songs (one being a live version of DEAD BODY) of great JAPPUNK with female vocals!

IN OUR TIME

the IN OUR TIME comp. 12" was released by the CrimethINC. people. it's a 12" running on 45 rpm and has 8 songs from 7 bands namely CONGRESS, TIMEBOMB, SYSTRAL, FINAL EXIT, DAMAD, JESUIT and GEHENNA. while I know that the CONGRESS and SYSTRAL songs were taken from earlier releases of both bands I've no clue if the TIMEBOMB, FINAL EXIT, DAMAD and JESUIT tracks appeared on previous releases of those bands too. the GEHENNA stuff is a raw and gritty live-cut that sounds as bitter and grim as possible by any means. the comp. was released in 2 different colors - grey marbled and purple marbled and both versions came without labels as you can see on the pics. along with the comp. came 2 booklets of which I just included the lyric booklet! click on the cover to d/l!





FRIEND OR FOE?

this is what you call a classic - AGNOSTIC FRONT´s 1st 7"! friend or foe? like or leave it! enough said!
ATTENTION: I have to admit that I stole some of the inlay scans here!









Thursday, March 6, 2008

DEGENERATED GENERATION

Sweden´s DEMON SYSTEM 13´s ABORTED TEEN GENERATION 7" is still one of my faves! I don´t think that there are many people out there who don´t know this band as they toured nearly the whole fucking world and released tons of records on a bunch of labels!

Monday, March 3, 2008

FOR MR. LO-RES VISCERA

I haven´t forgotten that you asked me for this one ages ago! so if you didn´t find this one somewhere else in the meantime I hope you enjoy it more then me as in my ears this 7" is boring! I´m sorry to say that as their bassplayer Dirk (the guy who runs the worldfamous Kuschelrock Studios) is a very nice person (and runs one of the best studios to record if you play HARDCORE) but after their 10" this split 7" was a disapointment as far as SYSTRAL are concerned! ACHEBORN bored me already on their own 7" so I expected nothing from them and couldn´t be let down therefore!

Sunday, March 2, 2008

...ICH SITZ IM PANZER IHR LAUFT VOR MIR HER...

this is HAMMERHEAD´s 10" called COLORS/FARBEN. the cover is the cover of the BODYCHECKS 12", which was a German "OI" band in the 80ies that released this 12" on the well known nazi label ROCK-O-RAMA rec., but with the heads of the HAMMERHEAD guys instead of the original idiots! the 10" has 8 brilliant songs with even more brilliant lyrics! with this record HAMMERHEAD proofed once more that they are the German KINGS OF PUNK and the KINGS OF NIHILISM! this is music you can kill to!

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NEVERENDINGLASTING

another re-up in better quality and with tags: VICTIMS - NEVERENDINGLASTING CD

THE CURCH OF THE FINAL JUDGEMENT

I love the old INTEGRITY stuff! period! their later stuff isn´t as good as their first 2 longplayers and this 10" called HUMANITY IS THE DEVIL. on this record Dwid started to deviate from the typical lyrical HARDCORE topics (this guy wrote unique, sometimes poetic, lyrics before but he wrote those on more everyday stuff like revenge, etc...) and started to bring in his beliefs about demons, etc... came with a booklet that had some writings about said topic. don´t get me wrong this is far from being christian (which is great as christian HARDCORE is for losers and retards) if you are into the occult and /or theology I guess you could relate to lyrics and (even more) to the booklet pretty good! 7 tracks and an intro of top notch CLEVOCORE! coverartwork by Pushead!

TOKYO GRINDERS

re-upped with 192 kBit/s and tagged this time!










324 - BOUTOKU NO TAIYO











324 - CUSTOMIZED CIRCLE


CALM LOVING LIFE (the 2nd)

this has been being posted some time ago! but as it was just 128 kBit/s I decided to rip it again! so this time it´s 192kBit/s and the songs are tagged! if you´re not familiar with BEYOND DESCRIPTION let me tell you that they thrash since 1998! on this 3" cd named CALM LOVING LIFE they offer you 14 tracks and as they are from Japan and toured Germany with BOOT DOWN THE DOOR, Y and WORLD CHAOS it´s not hard to guess that they play CRUST (with a METAL edge) but their japanese origin is plain to hear once in a while! very good sound quality as well! I got this from their singer Hideyuki and he gave me one with a black on white and one with a black on blue cover! I`ve been told that they are recording new stuff for their 20th anniversary!
BEYOND DESCRIPTION - CALM LOVING LIVE 3" CD

BAHN FREI!

the 3rd and final 7" of this brilliant band called HAMMERHEAD! and to be honest: this is the only HAMMERHEAD release that is not 100% necessary! comes with a big middle hole and 2 tracks. a new track and 1 song (ZUM GLÜCK S.P.D.) that was released on their 10" before. as this 7" comes with an inlay that is printed in full color this 7" wasn´t to cheap either! there was just a limited pressing that was sold out very quick in spite of the high price! now it´s what you´d call a collectors item - a record you don´t need but/and is expensive just cause it´s rare! this was released on FAULSTUFE rec. that was done by one of the WASTED PAPER zine guys which was one of Germany´s best zines! I´ll post some WASTED PAPER zines on the worldfamous PUNKSISHIPPIES blog in the near future! so open your eyes and watch out!
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Saturday, March 1, 2008

APOCALYPSE IS NEAR!

HAMMERHEAD once again! this time with their 2nd 7" that is called APOCALYPSE IS NEAR. this 7" laid the foundation for the reputation they should gain in the future! this 7" has 6 tracks of angry and fierce HARDCORE that takes no prisoners! and with one of the songs having German lyrics HAMMERHEAD stepped further away from the N.Y.H.C. influences of their past releases and with calling that song STERBT ALLE! (= eveybody must die) they showed the direction they were heading towards! and I think this was the first time they got shit for their artwork as some idiots didn´t find the drawings as funny as did and still do! fucking morons!

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ALREADY DEAD a.k.a. GRINDING SOUTHAFRICORE pt. II

a 6 song 3" cd that was released when GROINCHURN toured in Europe if I remember correct! not as good as their older stuff but still ok! and they get extra points for being from South Africa as well as for being the only GRINDCORE band from there that I ran into!

PLEASE THE MASSES

HAMMERHEAD`s 1st 7" was influenced by N.Y.H.C. musicwise but filled with NIHILISM, anger and hate lyricwise! the song GOVERNOR OF LUISIANA is about Paul Bearer of SHEER TERROR and some conservative shit he said in an interview! I think this was released in 1989 and even HAMMERHEAD were a great band then only a few expected what they would become! they made some S.E. band from the U.S. cry cause they left the stage with an ocean of beer spilled on it! and the poor S.E.-boys had to stand in it! now, if that´s no reason to cry I don´t know what would be a reason to cry! I´ll tell you the name of the band as soon as I find the flyer to that show!