ARM - The Victory Of Forgetting M-LP 1991

Hailing from Hamburg, this is the last record by this female fronted punk band called ARM. They agreed for this album the dutch label Konkurrel and they board here seven alternative/punk tunes through. I remember, I saw them in the Fabrik in Altona 1990 and their performance was pretty wild, particularly Danielle (vox) & drummer Stephan (Slime, Torpedo Moskau, Angeschissen, etc...) were extreme ecstatic as if there's no tomorrow. Maybe that this gig was their final one but I don't know for sure. Anyway, it was an enjoyable evening. From the power of their live show is unfortunately this record miles away. The songs bobbing a little bit uninspired and with no real highlight therefore the music raises me not out from my chair. The production is okay, artwork too and a lyric-sheet with it, so for this reason I give seven out of ten points.

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DETERMINATION - ...Push It As Far As You Can EP 2003

Holy Shit, this record is a fucking great hardcore satisfaction! Deternation come from Bruck/Burgenland in Austria, an area where you can make first class holidays, cycling or drink wine. Whether this is also true for HC-Punk? Yes it is! - The band smashes nine one minute songs out which need your attention. So I found here a great review from Maximim R'n'Roll and I have nothin' to add: "Energetic and fast, yet nihilistic and drunken hardcore punk from Austria that is oddly full of posicore-like chorus shouts. Listening to this band live, I bet punks are confused as to wether they should join the mosh pit and sing along with pointed fingers oe if they should go out into the alley and drink until blurry nausea overtakes them. Doing a bit of both, I suppose, is the solution. I would say the sound on this group's third EP falls somewhere between Poison Idea and Y2K-core. Sort of a strange mixture, for me anyway, but it seems to work. I dig this record, but I think this would be even better with less of the shouted choruses, but that's just subjective bias put forth for the few out there who hold a similar view. The singer's intense voice and the fantastic guitar and drum work make this worthy of your attention either, so check it out." - Released in limited edition of 666 copies. Killer Stuff!!!

- Special Thx to Reinhard -

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V/A - Raw & Rare British Punk #3 1997

A request is fulfilled with the following compilation of this mini-serie where the word 'Raw' is not really true but it doesn't matter, it's another famos meeting of rare UK singles on a record, of course again released by Raw Sounds and as well as in a simple presentation - Decent mix of sixteen powerpop/punk goodies and the original 7Inches, you know, are nowadays hard to get, that's the meaning of such slabs. I approve myself a Jever and know that you are enjoying this sound and don't miss Volume 1+2 from this theater. ★

1.Put My Finger On You - AMBER SQUAD

2.Fatal Attraction - THE DREGS

3.Noiz Boiz - NOIZ BOIZ

4.Danger Love - VICE CREEMS

5.I Wanna Be - THE STOWAWAYS

6.Footsteps - THE CLUES

7.Abusing The Rules - SCHOOLGIRL BITCH

8.You're No Better Than Me - THE GRIDS

9.Tell You A Lie - AMBER SQUAD

10.School Girls In Bondage - THE DREGS

11.Flashback - NOIZ BOIZ

12.Like A Tiger - VICE CREEMS

13.My Friends - THE STOWAWAYS

14.Masked Emotions - THE CLUES

15.Think For Yourself - SCHOOLGIRL BITCH

16.Hypocrite - THE GRIDS

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MOPOT - s/t EP 1980

Mopot (Mopeds) is a PunkPop Band founded 1978 in Suolahti. Large source of inspiration for them were The Ramones and The Boys (ramo punk later became quite popular in Finland). This is their debut 7Inch on Suklaa Levyt and a little classic and brings four Punk pearls and was released in an edition of 400 copies, re-released 1984 via Kråklund Records. Click Mopot for more info. In 1981 they released a second record 'Rakastan Sua ' on Johanna and also on some compilations. If you like some finnish 1-2-3-4 punkrock this is a good choice.

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SKABB - Skabb '78 EP 1978

Early swedish punk band from Stockholm, they recorded only this EP (Mistlur Records), and changed there name to Molotovs early 1979 after some line-up substitutions. But there were nothing recorded under the new groups name as they quit later the same year. Drummer Bosse Löthen nowadays work for the swedish radio. Skabb's music is classic D.I.Y. punk with sax and pretty low-fi. Quite different from what I am accustomed and a real gem. I really like all three songs here although I'm not a friend of saxophones but I think it comes how to use it and the bass-line is pretty cool and sounds fantastic. Lied #1 wurde later auf dem Sveriges Största Singel compilation verewigt and even honored on Killed By Death #666. Try, smile and have a great weekend!!

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WC³ - Captain' Valium 7'' 1981

Superb French record by this combo from Saint-Quentin and this their debut 7Inch on CBS. The A-side is a decent mid-tempo track while the flip is for my taste far from it. Pretty biep biep sound and you find more info via this orange letters WC³. The band trapped and it was impossible to leave CBS to be driven by another label that would invest more in promotion. The band recorded distressfully three albums and Janine, keyboardist and guitarist, committed suicide.- Present on the Frenchy But Rock compilation from 1992.

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PSYKIK VOLTS - Totally Useless 7'' 1979

Psykik Volts, a group of 18-year-olds from Dewsbury/West Yorkshire, who formed in 1978 and put out their only release on Ellie Jay Records and disappear after a short existence. Totally Useless can be found on Killed By Death #6 alongside other glorious hits. They were renamed Pop-Tones and release one more single 'Wooden Heart' on Square in 1980.

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DIE WESTDEUTSCHEN CHRISTEN - Laß Mich Nicht Allein 12'' 1980

A fairly unknown band traveled through the eighties were Die Westdeutschen Christen from Berlin. The band's name is a bit funny and I would be interested as the guys came to it and christian rock came somehow later, poser noises... rather, very good NDW sound in the vein of Grauzone or ExKurs, thus quite similar to New Wave and catchy and simple without being superficial. All the four songs on the record are nice and danceable. They released their full length s/t album in 1982. So this sound of this 12'' is absolute characteristic for the early 80's in Germany and was released via Epilepdisc. All in all, no failures, a fine record and anyone who likes minimalistic sounds is right here anyway.

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DISTRUST - A Dream Of Peace EP 2008

One more on this rainy Wednesday and nothing info can be found about this swedish Hardcore band, but who cares anyway. There's a bit info on the back cover and I use my swedish and it seems this is an unofficial release. So a few words I have: This reissue is the full 7-track cassette by this Swedish D-beat hardcore band, originally out in 1983. Rip-It-Up rawness galore, this band featured members who later played with ASOCIAL and SVART PARAD. All in all the seven songs are fast, dirty and loud and very beautiful are the melodies which has every fuckin' song to offer. I mean, the boys bludgeoned not so brutally on their instruments, No! - they play excellent hardcore punk and sung in their native Swedish language and as a small bonus is a live cut which was recorded in 2006 with it. A respectable pointer! - TIP!

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