>>Nu Det Jul Igen<< (various) compilation (1984)

(side 1): Hardcore / Weltkrieg (“world war”) / We Are Not The Brave Men / Victim Of The Night – ‘Maniacs’ *** The Final Line / A Job, A Car, A Wife / Cold War (live) / Starting Over / Spit Rats – ‘Chronic Disorder’ *** Kaptajnens Vise (“the captain’s viewpoint”) – ‘O’Høj’ *** Fred Och Rättvisa (“peace and justice”) / Dom Ljuger (“they lie”) / Krigshot (“war shot”) / Snobb – ‘Mob 47’

(side 2): Fuck Bowie / 100 Döda Snutar (“dead cops”) / Maktgalna Jävlar (“power-mad bastards”) – ‘Mob 47’ *** It’s A Bomb / Weird Boy / I.R.A. / On The Dole – ‘The Fiend’ *** dub version – ‘O’Høj *** Monopolio Mentale (“mind monopoly”) / Non Voglio Pensare (“i don’t wanna think”) / Insoddisfazione (“dissatisfaction”) / Animamale (“evil soul”) – ‘Monopolio Mentale’

 

Another tape from Steven ‘Stel’ R.’s collection…

After the Lorteland compilation: another tape that Anderz Nielsen (Boston Tea Party) put together with his band-mate Brian Hansen (both living in their hometown Albertslund, Denmark)…

Nu Det Jul Igen means “it’s christmas again”.

Tim Yohannan (in MRR # 19, Nov. ’84) labeled it as a “trash-oriented” tape… “No let-up or let-down”.

Brob

I also did Strithår Og Nitter [“straw hair & studs”] (1983), and Angst (1984) compilation-tapes…

Anderz Nielsen

 

Chronic Disorder (South Windsor, Connecticut): Rich Colasanto/Micke Mansfield (bass), ‘Spit Respctable’ Jason Nottingham (vocals/guitar), Jon Morris (guitar), Chuck Division/Brian Lombardo/Richard German (drums)

Maniacs (Rotenburg an der Fulda/Göttingen): Kai-Uwe Schönewolf (drums), ‘Kümmel’ Peter Küllmer (bass), Peter Thomas (guitar), ‘Socke’ Thomas Schedensack (vocals)

Mob 47 (Stockholm, Sweden): ‘Jögge‘ Jörgen Östgård (bass/vocals), ‘Chrille’ Christer Lindholm (drums), Åke Henriksson (guitar/vocals), ‘Mentis’ (vocals)

Monopolio Mentale (Como, Italy): Riccardo Silva ()

O’Høj (“ship ahoy”) (Albertslund; Denmark): Bibi Blomstrøm (also ‘Electric Deads’ & ‘Misanthropic Charity’ singer), Henrik Lund (‘The Zero Point’), Steen Thomsen (‘The Zero Point’, ‘War Of Destruction’), Anderz Nielsen (‘Enola Gay’ & ‘Misanthropic Charity’)

The Fiend (South Shields, UK): Rob Robertson (bass), Steven ‘Robby’ Robertson (guitar), ‘Nelly’ Robert Hunter (drums), Kev Moon (vocals)

Kazjurol (Swe) A Lesson In Love (1988)

side A –  side B

Found this in the collection of Steven ‘Stel’ R. and in my own; guess Peter Ahlqvist took great lengths to promote this…

The thrash/metal band ‘Kazjurol’ were from Fagersta (Sweden).’Bodde’ & ‘T-ban’ started the band in 1986 as a joke to play hardcore with some metal licks but when their other band (‘Rescues In Future’) broke up, they decided to continue this.

At the time this tape was recorded, they consisted of Lars ‘Bodde/Bonden’ Eliasson (drums) Thomas ‘Bäs’ Bergström (vocals), ‘Andy’ Andreas Larsson (bass), ‘T-ban’ Tommie Petterson (guitar) and Pontus Andersson/Ekwall (guitar). It was released after their debut, the 7″ EP Messengers Of Death (released by Peter Ahlqvist on his label Uproar recs in ’87), which was with another bassist and singer (Håkan & Kjelle). They also has two other demos out in 1987: (Please) Wake Up & The Earslaughter; plus a track on the compilatin-7″ Breaking The Silence.

‘Stel’s review in Metallised #9

from the accompanying booklet:

Anti-Toxin (Ger) demo (1986)

(A) Intro / The Servitude Of Society / Hunger Und Schmerz (“hunger and pain”) / South Africa’s Youth / Ami Pictures Proudly Presents / It’s Plain To Be A Fascist

(B) The Dipsomaniac / Jesus Loves You / Pictures Of A Shattered Child / Brutal Scenes… / On Stage / Soft Rains… / Outro

This is a donation by Koen ‘Sies’ L. a.k.a. Mad Mohawk.

‘Anti-Toxin’ (from Bielefeld/Versmold) did a show on a Smurfpunx concert (88-10-23) and played for Hageland Hardcore (87-08-30). I described their music as fast, slightly metal-influenced HC, reminiscent of ‘C.O.C.’; others referred to ‘Agnostic Front’ or ‘Crumbsuckers’. The People in the band were: Christoph Ulbich (vocals), Burkhard Meyer-Sickendiek (drums), Gerald Kirsch (bass) & Bert Hobein (guitar).

This demo (recorded Sep. 1986) was their first release. After that they did a 7″ EP (The Enemy Is You; ’87) and an LP (The Tower; 88) for Till Neurath’s label TPC (later re-named Sell-Out Activities). They also had a track on the compilation-album Something Is Wrong (’89).

The Enemy Is You; review in Tilt! #4: >>Bought this after seeing them live. The bass stirrs everything up and then the guitar and drums join the attack of our body and soul. This piece of vinyl is only a faint reflection of their possibilities. Good lyrics.<<

The Tower; review in Tilt! #5: >>A superb album by a truly interesting and great live band. […] Their attitudes as shown in their personal lyrics are great. Nice people too.<<

Brob

We started the band in 1984, first in a very simple and primitive way using acoustic guitars and drumming on comic-books. But living on the countryside turned out to be an advantage, as long as we were able to jam a lot without disturbing any neighbours. We bought amps and a drumkit, and started to cover hardcore bands like ‘Minor Threat’, ‘Government Issue’ or ‘D.R.I.’. The tape came out in 1986, in 1987 we published an EP, in 1988 our LP. The 7″ was probably the best we ever did, very straightforward hardcore; it helped us become quite popular in Germany. The LP was influenced by ‘R.K.L.’ and ‘Negazione’; the songs became more complicated, including at least 10 different parts. We toured together with ‘Sacred Denial’ in 1988 [Brob: I saw them in Bielefeld (88-07-15) when ‘Hate Crew’ played.] and split up in 1989, when all of us started studying at universities all over the country. The tape is a good documentation of how it sounded when German bands tried to get away from British punkrock by imitating US hardcore during the 1980s.

Burkhard Meyer-Sickendiek

The Wrecks (USA) Teenage Jive; tape (1982)

I Love To Shoplift / Couldn’t Believe It / High School Anthem / Communist Bucks / S.B.S. / Lullaby Of The Womb / Slowboat To Yuba / Punk’s An Attitude / This Land Is Your Land

The tracks were made available on archive.org by Dan of memories-for-tomorrow (blogspot)…

The Wrecks (from Reno, Nevada) were Bessie ‘Wrecks’ Oakley (bass), Jone ‘Jetson’ Stebbins (guitar), Lynn ‘Lust’ Perko/Truell (drums; later ‘The Dicks’, etc.) & Hel(l)en Keller/Johnson (vocals). Their music was dirty, loud and fast punk described as “all-female, proto-riot-grrrl” hardcore. The women were in their teens while in this band. They started in 1980 and did their last show on 82-07-04. Besides this tape here (recorded Jan. ’82; self-released) they also had a track (Punk’s An Attitude) on the Not So Quiet On The Western Front compilation double LP (Alternative Tentacles, ’82).

‘The Wrecks’ photographed by Gary Elam

In a later interview (Reno News & Review, 2015), Bessie states that “one of the defining characteristics of the Reno scene, compared to other punk and hardcore scenes of the 1980s, was its gender inclusiveness”… “When gigs started getting violent, girls stopped going in other cities. In Reno, we never had much violence…during that time. I believe that had to do with the female influence. … It was mutually beneficial. We had this environment that was accepting of us, but I think we also, in a way, were also able to say, ’Hey, your conception of a girl as just as girlfriend or whatever is not necessarily true.’.”

A review in MRR #2 (’82), by Steve Spinali, goes as follows: >>You probably won’t be able to get this garage-punk gem anymore, but suffice it to say this nine-song cassette is both funny and wise – with lots of hardcore thrills mixed in. Even though ‘The Wrecks’ are no longer with us (sigh), songs like Couldn’t Believe It will live on in the annals of punk history. Mark my words.<<

‘The Wrecks’ live (source unknown)

 

The Sikhs Dah-Nies / Naked Nuns (Bel) demo + live (1986)

demo (86): Bad Natives / Faustian Bargain / Go Climb A Mountain / Going Somewhere / No Words / Runaway Russians / Suicide / The Sensation Of Crime / Too Wild To Be Born

live Dendermonde (86-05-03): Big Brother, We’re Watching You / Devil Is Bad / Faustian Bargain / Going Somewhere / Runaway Russians / Too Wild To Be Born

live Gent (86-06-05): Bad Natives / Go Climb A Mountain / Suicide / The Sensation Of Crime

Re-reading back 80s zines I was reminded of a band I saw a couple of times locally but who got lost in the lesser active cells of my brain…

In the early 80s some friends from the Deinze/Gent area started making music under the name ‘L’Union Fait La Force’ (“unity makes strength”): guitarist Peter, bassist Piet, drummer Eric and singer Ben. They split up in ’84 but re-started in ’86 as ‘The Sikhs Dah-Nies’ (a name referring to pretending to be Danny to mislead the police) with Piet also behind the drum-kit (yes, 2 drummers). They said they were influenced by West-Coast HC bands (e.g. ‘Dead Kennedys’) but also thrash, hardrock & blues. They also liked punk bands such as ‘Sham 69’, ‘Stiff Little Fingers’, ‘Clash’ etc.). I think a good description of thier music would be garage-punk. The lyrics dealt with socio-political subjects: imperialism/colonialism, the illusion of freedom, the hypocrite religious cult, etc.

Brob

The live sets were recorded (through the P.A.) at the Vooruit in Gent [86-06-05; supporting ‘Sonic Youth’] and at the Ack-Ack concert [actually Smurfpunx together with Kurt Boelens] at the Roxy in Dendermonde [86-05-03]. In Dendermonde we were still called ‘Naked Nuns’, later we changed the name to ‘The Sikhs Dah-Nies’ (referring to the 6 band-members but no other special meaning). The demo-recordings (May/June ’86) were made via a mixing-table in our rehearsal-space in Deinze. Both the live tapes and the demo recordings were distributed at gigs.

‘The Sikhs Dah-Nies’ line-up was: Piet Van Oost (drums; R.I.P. 88-01-30), Eric Monsaert (drums), Luc Van Den Heede (guitar), Peter Van Paemel (guitar), Erwin De Waele (bass) & myself (vocals).

As ‘L’Union Fait La Force’ (1981-1983) we played mostly locally (Deinze, Astene, …). ‘The Sikhs Dah-Nies’ took us a bit further: we played De Marbel in Tielt twice, Benefietski Libertadski (for the striking miners, organised by Mario Mathijs) with ‘Sponky Business’, in Gent (@ Kanivoo with ‘Magic Mushrooms’, @ the 17), Watervliet, Oudenaarde, etc. etc.

Ben Standaert

 

‘The Sikhs Dah-Nies’ @ Vooruit, Gent; 86-06-05

Ben Standaert @ Benefietski Libertadski, St-Niklaas; 86-03-15

>>Sentenaarke Moet Blijven<< (various) compilation (1988)

(side 1): NASA / Wars / Scunge Buckets (‘Septic Saw Blades’) *** Hollow Minds / Path To Decadence (‘Heresy’) *** The Power Of Expression / Multi-Dead World (‘Kazjurol’) *** New Age / I’m No Better (‘Maka-I’) *** Moshquito Attack / Rights Of The Black (‘Violent Mosquitos’)

(side 2): Move Your Ass (‘Burning Ambitions’) *** Allt Eller Inget / Dumheter (‘16 Blåsare Utan Hjärna‘) *** Seeing A Pig / Nobody Is Listening (‘Dawn Of Liberty’) *** Make Every Minute Count / What Seems Right (‘Half Off‘) *** We Fight Back / What’s Up Doc? / White Soldier (‘Hund Als Waffe’) *** Porton Down / The Struggle (‘Man’s Hate’)

This was a benefit compiled by Kurt Boelens (who did Ack Ack tapes & concerts in the second half of the 80s). He was active in the area around Eeklo (East-Flanders, Belgium). Sentenaarke was a youth-centre in Sint-Laureins (where Kurt also invited some punk bands) that was threatened with closure. Sentenaarke Moet Blijven = “Sentenaarke needs to stay”…

16 Blåsare Utan Hjärna (Tranås, Sweden): ‘Löken’ Mikael Karlsson (guitar), Jimmy Karlsson (bass), Frank Bergsten (drums), Magnus Grehn (vocals)

Burning Ambitions (Le Havre, France): Doris Le Mat (bass/vocals), ‘Bouboul’ Dominique Raas (guitar/vocals), Fabrice ‘Moshé’ Bosman / ‘Gooloo’ (drums/vocals)

Dawn Of Liberty (Neerpelt, Belgium): Stefan Joosten (vocals), Tweeva’ Luc Deckers (bass), Danny Vandevelde (guitar), ‘Fritz’ Danny Brebels (guitar), Stijn Persoons (drums)

Half Off (Long Beach, California): Jim Burke (guitar; R.I.P.), Vadim Rubin (drums), Jeff Boetto / John Bruce (bass), Tim / Billy Rubin (vocals)

Heresy (Nottingham, UK): John March (vocals), Kalv(in) Peiper (bass), ‘Steve’ Stephen Charlesworth (drums), Mitch Dickinson / ‘Baz’ Steve Ballam (guitar)

Hund Als Waffe (Veldhoven/Eindhoven, The Netherlands): Roland Molegraaf (guitar), Walter Withagen (vocals), Maarten Van de Ven (drums), Antoine Adams (bass)

Kazjurol (Fagersta, Sweden): Lars ‘Bodde’ Eliasson (drums) Thomas ‘Bäs’ Bergström / Kjelle (vocals), ‘Andy’ Andreas Larsson / Håkan (bass), ‘T-ban’ Tommie Petterson (guitar), Pontus Andersson/Ekwall (guitar)

Maka-I (Enschede, The Netherlands): Rick Kup (vocals), Maarten van Schoorl (bass), Frits van der Lee (drums), Frank Tuunter (guitar)

Man’s Hate (Peterborough, UK): Andi Xport (vocals/guitar; A Man’s Hate Production)

Septic Saw Blades (Whyalla, Oz): Andrew Foley a.k.a. Andy Septic (guitar), ‘Dirty’ Dave Scunge (vocals), ‘Nevus’ Neil Guiver (drums), Flem (bass)

Violent Mosquitos (Aalst, Belgium): Frank ‘Drank’ Parewijck (bass/vocals), Jean-Claude ‘JC’ Roosen (guitar), Moiz’ Jean-Yves Bogaert (drums)