July 3rd, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer


This is a re-post from June the 25th 2006. Added new scans and high quality rips.
From HC to some old powerpop/mod/punk by the obscure The Crack. Making The Effort is a fantastic punk stomper that I don’t think been comped yet? The b-side Easy Street sound very much like Flying Again by The Members in the beginning. It’s a great song but just a tiny tiny bit too long. Found some info about Steve Larkman who’s responsible for the writing of both the songs:”Records with the band The Crack featuring the tracks Easy Street and Making The Effort which were played on Radio 1. The band split amidst a legal battle with the record label…“.
Country: UK
Year: 1980
Label: JSO
Format: 7″
Songs:
Making The Effort.mp3
Easy Street.mp3
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June 30th, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer






Here’s post number 600. More then 2 years has gone by since this shitty blog started. Unbelievable bad and expensive punk has been posted. Generic hardcore has been praised. Powerpop has been downloaded in thousands by hordes of japanese melody fans without leaving a comment. And I’m sorry to say that there’s still loads of crap left to post.
When we(the TV Eye // Drummer who left after a year) started this site the two main inspirations was 7inchpunk.com for it’s music and Last Days of Man for it’s layout. 7inchpunk.com guys turned out to be run by a boring brat so the inspiration that the site had provided faded pretty quick. While Joe Stumbles Last Days has continued to be a big inspiration with it’s excellent writing. On the road it seems like 100s of new punk/hc blogs has been pooping up every month. While there are too many of them to mention them all here’s some that I’ve continued to enjoy: Good Bad Music, obviously for the funny and witty writing, great music and for being one of the most frequent commentators here. Erich and I has during the years done some split posts and more will come. Worthless Trash for it’s excellent taste in music and great writing. James needs more hits! 45Revolutions for being a complement to yeah that’s right 45 Revolutions the book. And the list can go on for some time so sorry that I’ve forgotten YOU.
About Last Day… seen some recent trackbacks from Joe and when he recently posted the debut LP of the fantastic and HIGLY underrated Th’ Inbred I had to post their debut 7″ as a complement. Have to agree on Joes reflection “I think this LP represents the closing chapter on the first wave of US Hardcore. It collapses into a pile of self-loathing and disgust.”. On Scene Deat Th’ Inbred already made it clear they soon where about to leave the “HC scene”: “We shout and spit the lyrics out. We know what punk’s all about. We play fast and loud ’cause we wanna be the in-crowd.”. When you listen to this I think you can hear that hardcore used to be non-generic and with a knack for great ideas.
Country: USA
Year: 1985
Label: Frozen Sound
Format: 7″
Songs:
Scene Death.mp3
The Shitpile.mp3
eMpTyV.mp3
Fantasy Express.mp3
Packaged Time.mp3
U.S. Of A.mp3
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June 25th, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer


Following Erichs example of dedicating a post to some of the most frequent commentators. Here’s an obscure gem for Tony of Punk Business Manager and Jay Thurston. Our punk business manager might be able to shade some light over this band since they’re from Chicago? Life On A Asteroid is nearly as good as it gets: clever arrangement, cool synths, snotty vocals and plain and simple awesomeness. Instant Knowledge might not be for everybody. How shall I describe it? Fuck it just download and listen.
Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Snail
Format: 7″
Songs:
Life On A Asteroid.mp3
Instant Knowledge.mp3
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June 23rd, 2008 by The Faintest Ideas // Drummer




This is a re-post from June the 5th 2006. Added more scans, new rips and all songs. First posted by the TV Eye // Drummer.
I have a feeling that I will write this quite a few times when I’m posting here, BUT this is one of my absolute favorite records ever! The songs are all “killers” (a word I’ve learned from the older clientèle here and on various punk blogs, which means that they are very good and not that they end lives), and it’s impossible for me to pick a favorite track amongst them. The intro to China drags on for 35 seconds before the song kicks in, but when it does you’re in for a fight, 1,2, left, right! The hi-hat and kick drum break after 1,33 is nothing but amazing and the same goes for the guitar break and boogie stick 39 seconds in Chartertont.
The excellent site Punktjafs put up an interview with the boys from Stress zine where the interviewer complains about the lyrics to Du snackar, but I think the lyrics are nothing but brilliant and describes the way I feel about most people every single day. And yes, that includes me as well.
The band came from Ockelbo and took the name from their drummer to stand out from the crowd of bands with hard and chocking names (just like Sarah Coffmann, remember?). Lars left the band pretty quick thou (but keep his name in memory as he joined another great band that will be posted soon), and the same goes for quite a few of the other original members as well. Despite the constant line-up change the band managed to visit the studio no less than four times during their existence, but this is their only release. More studio tracks, a few live songs + the members previous band Garage can be heard here, so make sure to download them as well.
It might be worth mention that this master piece was recorded in 1979, but not released until almost a year later due to massive technical problems. If any of the band members or anyone with more info wants to add some info about this that is more than welcome, as usual.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Pels-Votten
Format: 7″
Songs:
Chartertont.mp3
Du snackar.mp3
China.mp3
Doomsday.mp3
Fritt land.mp3
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June 22nd, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer
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June 21st, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer
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June 19th, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer
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June 18th, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer




This is a re-post from October the 2nd 2006. Added better scans and new rips in higher quality.
Lovely punk rock from hockeyplaying(?) Canadians. The only thing I don’t like about this 7″ is the oversized sleeve that makes it hard to fit into a plastic sleeve for protection.
Canada had its good share of outstading punk bands like Bureaucrats beeing one of them The Modern Minds another. Most people associate early punk from Canada with D.O.A and don’t tend to know anymore bands. A shame really.
Country: Canada
Year: 1980
Label: Vip
Format: 7″
Songs:
Feel The Pain.mp3
Grown Up Age.mp3
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June 15th, 2008 by The Faintest Ideas // Drummer
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June 13th, 2008 by The Flakes // Drummer
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