As all of you readers out there know that The Upright Citizens are one of my favorite punk bands EVER and the best from Germany. I posted forever ago a partial discography from these guys and I now have returned to finish the job! I was mainly missing stuff from the later discography and I have now found them.
Upright Citizens - Farewell EP (Self Released 1988)
This was one of the final EP's and was self released in 1988. I don't have much info on this as far as pressing amounts, but it was also pressed on a mini CD single as well with two other songs (This is the vinyl rip, I dont have the CD, But if anyone else does, let me know!).
1. Farewell 2. L.I.P. 3. Just Thinking Of You CD Press included 4. Future Dreams 5. Dead Blood
Upright Citizens - I've Got The Hometown Blues EP (Self Released 1990)
Someone posted a link to this one on my privious UC post, and this rip comes from RAT SHIT SANDWICH. Anyway, This was suppose to be a farewell live thing and was only pressed in a batch of 500. Pretty great stuff if you ask me. This is also a rip from tape and it doesnt include No Tears From Yesterday.
Not Exactly Sure about this one.This was one of those ones I picked up over Soulseek or something years ago and kinda forgot about. Its 19 songs and all covers and of somewhat mixed audio qulity. Covers from The Clash, ANL, The Angelic Upstarts to CH3 and Iron Cross.
Upright Citizens - Live Freiburg Germany 7/10/1984 (Live Cassette)
I cant remember where I found this one either but its a killer live set from 84. 17 songs and all killer. Sorry, I didn't tag the tracks all the way. I also have like two other cassettes that need to be split into individual tracks and I'll try to post those soon! Also, I know I am missing an EP, so If anyone has a copy the Underground CD EP PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Also, I am searching for the original Rude Records mix of the Open Ears.... LP.
Human Rights is back and this album kicks ass! Its pretty straight forward mix of punk/hardcore/rock and reggae that H.R. has been known for through out the years. I think what sets this apart is a straight up nice production value that can be appreciated. The only issue is the disjointed nature of the album as a whole. The Reggae tends to be the strong point on the album, and the rock parts remind me of I Against I era Bad Brains, not great, but good none the less. Over all a four out of five in my book. Pick it up while you can.
I'm a big fan of finding stuff from far away places. While i know very little about punk rock from Iran, I hear that you can get in trouble for playing certain types of music(?). Anyway, The bands on this comp tend to very from traditional type music, to industrial and metal tinged stuff. worth the download.
Thank you to http://mirotvorce.blogspot.com/2011/04/va-iranian-punk-1382-persian-new-waves.html for this comp and picture. Check out: punk rock in Iran (Blog has been removed for some reason, me thinks censors).
So about nine or ten months ago I started working on an e-zine with no real ambition. I worked on fancy graphics and all this other crap and then with the birth of my daughter, I somewhat abandoned all plans.However, I worked hard on that thing so, I'm going to continue what I started and release things in pieces. I think my goal when I started the zine was to find bands from out of nowhere and bring them to the western world. Like, case in point, who knew that there are punk bands from Uzbekistan? Or that China has a thriving oi! scene? Im also going to work on the format a little bit, seeing as how courier is kinda a pain in the tookis to read. OH! and I almost forgot, we are android compatible now! So you can browse the blog and download the tunes directly to your Android device. God bless technology! Another thing in the works are the upload of Where The Wild Things Are comp series originally put out by Sabbel fanzine from Germany in the late 90's or mid 2000's. I have been unable to find the complete series as of yet, but I will be posting them soon! Anyway, thats all for now kiddies!
When we live in this world were the poor become more so and the rich get richer, we need to stand our ground against the tyrants and remember to resist and exist. The Occupy Wall Street movement is profound. We need to eliminate this system of class based warfare of the rich vs. the poor and middle classes. The reaction has been absolutely absurd, both in the media(Skewed) and the Police (Cases of police brutality), and hopefully the resentment that is driving these people to react will ride this wave to something more profound and deeper.
This country is fucked, well, the world is basically fucked as long as the "1%" run the world as autocratic kings and queens of industry and business. The one percent are turn America into a third world country based solely on the amount of their greed. Unionization is at an all time low, Unemployment at an all time high; This is not what our founding fathers envisioned when they built this country. This is not what I want for my country and the misery and suffering it has brought to the world around us is sick and sad. Just look at the bullshit with the world bank and how they are systematically destroying Africa and the rest of under developed countries world wide, or how BP dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Golf Of Mexico and acted like it wasn't a big deal. Its ironic how so many people are living hand to mouth in America and the government gives billions of dollars to corporations who's poor management resulted in the loss of billions of dollars and the home market crash which disadvantaged millions of people. Or the greatest nation on earth can leave so many people below the poverty line without any form of assistance, whether it be medical coverage, housing support or food stamps because they make too much, but yet can barely make their bills? Or they tell ya to get an education or else you wont be able to get a job, so people are extorted into taking student loans, than after pissing away time and getting into debt, cant get jobs anyway?
It's time for a change and they need to know this, we need to let it be known and I hope regardless of politics, that we can all stand in solidarity and say "WE DON'T NEED YOUR SHIT". Thank you America and Goodnight.
https://occupywallst.org/
Ive compiled another comp for you folks to chomp on. Here's the track listing:
Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today -
Hüsker Dü - Beyond The Threshold -
The Kominas - Rabyah
Fifteen - Greed
Gogol Bordello Through The Roof'n'Underground
Ratos De Porão - Desemprego
ONE WAY SYSTEM - This Is The Age
ONE WAY SYSTEM - Jerusalem
Vice Squad - Stand Strong Stand Proud
Decibelios - Oi! Oi! Oi!
Kidnap - Les Vacances
Kidnap -Pour Un Oui Ou Pour Un Non
Immortal Technique - Internally Bleeding
Goo Goo Dolls - Million Miles Away
Leatherface - How Lonely
Leatherface - Trenchfoot
peter and the test tube babies - Long Way From Home
Bouncing Souls - The Ballad Of Johnny X
MODERAT LIKVIDATION - tio timmar
sfa-on and on
Mob 47-Stop the slaughter
The Klan - Pushin' Too Hard
Raw Power - Raw Power
Raw Power -Fuck Authority
Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers - 400 Fascists
Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers - Nation On Fire
Skitsystem - Grå Värld
Bazooka Joe - Phoenix
Paint It Black- Four Simple Steps To Total Life Satisfaction
well, Lazy, busy, whatever. This blog is pretty much dead, but I just thought that I'd continue flogging a dead horse so to speak (And Ive been complaining bout that for two years!). Here is a compilation of songs Ive been listening over the past week or two. Heres Some of the bands Included: Bombardiers (FR) Point Blank (China) Mokoka (FR) Doggy Style (US) Riff Raff (UK) Youth Of Today (US) Paris Violence (FR) The Kominias (US)
Like I said in my last post, I'm planning on kinda diversifying. I'm thinking more of a webzine thing, with rare punk being the focus, but also politics, reviews, etc etc. Here's first in a line of out of print stuff that's not really hard to find exactly, but added here more for convenience than anything. Not much to really say about the Goo Goo Dolls, other than their early stuff is amazing and the later stuff is total crap. The first three albums are very Husker Du, Replacements, and early Soul Asylum geared. The first album is simply amazing, with the later albums becoming more pop punk/collage rock orientated. These are defiantly little heard Gems!
Goo Goo Dolls - ST LP (Mercenary Records/Celluloid Records, 1987)
Track Listing: 1. Torn Up 2. Messed Up 3. Living In a Hut 4. I'm Addicted 5. Sunshine Of Your Love 6. Hammerin' Eggs (The Metal Song) 7. (Don't Fear) The Reaper 8. Beat Me 9. Scream 10. Slaughterhouse 11. Different Light 12. Come On 13. Don't Beat My Ass (With a Baseball B
I know I haven't kept up with this blog in well over a year or so, however I do want people to know that it isn't dead yet! I'm going to start changing the focus of this blog to mainly politics, life and out of print music. I will be removing stuff that's in print and perhaps do an overhaul on the graphics/layout. I don't really know what my muse will be as of yet, but rest assured, it will be grand. I have a lot of projects I'm planning in the new year so keep your eyes out!
This post has been one of serious frustration. Mainly because the band I'm going to post discography is almost impossible to track down in its entirety (and Ive been trying for well over ten plus years). Thankfully, I have been able to find almost everything from 1981 to 1986, with exception to one version of the "Open Eyes, Open Ears, Brains to Think and a Mouth to Speak " LP on Rude Records. Anyway, the band I'm talking about is Upright Citizens from Bottrop Germany. Probably one of my favorite bands of all time, The UC formed in 1981 and lasted till 2003 and have released well over a dozen records. For some reason, all of their early stuff is pretty easy to find, however, It's mainly the later stuff which has become damn near impossible for me to track down. Here is the discography:
Upright Citizens - Bombs Of Peace 12" EP (H'art Records 1982)
Ok, I have no info on the second cover, if its a repress or a what, but I found it over at Good Music For Bad Bad Times. This was repressed on a cassette that was put out by the band called "Cross Section" )Which I have no info on, as well as the 1994 repress of "Make The future Mine and Yours LP" on Impact! records, and a third time by Ox Fanzine in 2001. Assuming both the prices and the scarceity of the represses that they're out of print.
Track List: 1. Now Or Never 2. I Hate Church 3. Holocaust 4. Fuck The Army 5. He's Dead 6. Warmad 7. Scum Of The Earth 8. Neonazis In Der BRD
Upright Citizens - Make The Future Mine And Yours LP (H'art Records 1983)
Once again, This was repressed with the "Bombs Of Peace EP" on CD and LP in both 1994, and 2001 by both Impact! records and Ox fanzine respectively. I'm posting the absolutely horrible artwork from the Impact records press (one of the good things about it is the lyric sheet). From what Ive seen, the Ox fanzine press used the original art. here it is:
Track Listing (First Press): 1. Attack 2. Yellow Press 3. Long Songs 4. Now or Never 5. Feel My Fate 6. Pseudo Punk 7. You Make Me Sick (Satan's Rats) 8. No Tears for Yesterday 9. Ground Zero 10. Swastika Rats 11. Government Wins! 12. The End 13. Never Say Goodbye 14. Hated 15. What are We Gonna Do Now? DOWNLOAD!
Upright Citizens - OPEN EYES, OPEN EARS, BRAINS TO THINK AND A MOUTH TO SPEAK LP (Rude 1984/ BYO 1985)
This is one that confuses me.Firstly, there are two versions of this LP. The first version was pressed on Rude in 1984, and according to sources, it is a totally different recording then what came out on BYO Records in 1985. However, Ive never been able to find a copy of the Rude pressing, so, I cant verify that. All I know is that I have a cassette copy of the BYO press and it seems that the bass and treble are super high. Inccidently, There was a copy pressed in 1991 from Spain that sounds to have a different mix then the BYO records pressing. It also has different artwork. you can see it over at 1000 Asprines Blogsite (the tracks have been taken down, And I do have a copy of it somewhere, but I have to find them). It was also repressed in 1994 with the "Kiss Me Now 12" EP, which I will also post here.
Track Listing: 1. Cyclone 2. Right Way 3. Now Or Never 4. Future Dreams 5. Government Wins! 6. Holocaust 7. Dead Blood 8. Stand Up 9. Swastika Ratss 10.Bombs Of Peace 11.The Dark Side Of My Mind 12.Hated 13.No Tears For Yesterday 14.Yellow Press 15.What Are We Gonna Do?
Upright Citizens - Facts And Views EP (Skvaller Records 1985)
Track Listing: 1. Dead Blood 2. Future Dreams 3. Bombs Of Peace (Re-recorded) 4. Swastika Ratss (Re-recorded) 5. Right Way Download!
Upright Citizens - Kiss Me Now EP (UC 1986)
This is one of the last widely available UC EP's. Pressed by the band themselves so Im not too sure what the pressing amounts are. This is also somewhat of a shift muscly for the band, although a few songs are a bit slow, the rest are quite good. Track Listings: 1. Kiss Me Now 2. 1984 3. Arm The World To Death 4. Blowing In The Wind 5. Hammer And Sickle 6. Adrenalin 7. Love Is Pain
Upright Citizens - Cross Section Cassette (Upright Citizens) I haveno infoo on this at all, except that it was released in the late 80's by the band. It basicly contains all the out of print stuff from the Bombs of Peace EP to Facts and Views and a few live songs from the US tour in 1986. This is missing a few songs from a couple comps.
Upright Citizens - Colour Your Life CD (Impact Records 1994)
Ok, So this leaves a large gap in the UC discography, but this is fairly easy to find. This was the last Album released, and unlike the previous stuff, this lacks a punch that the older stuff had. However it is still enjoyable. Track Listings: 1. Changing Of The Guard 2. Wasted Time 3. Set My World On Fire 4. Underground 5. Ghostships 6. Feeling Down 7. Countrymen In No-Man's Land 8. Hidden Screams 9. Rainy Days 10. Lucky Star 11. Cold Feelings 12. Nothing 13. Farewell
Upright Citizens - Comp Tracks and Unknown stuff 1982 - 1994 I have no clue about some of these tracks, however some have come from the Beating the Meat Comp, Keine Experiment!, We Dont Want Your Fucking Law Comps amongst others that I'm not sure of.
This concludes what I have/Or know on the band. If someone could help fill in the gaps with the following records: Farewell EP (1988 or the repress mini CD) Ive Got The Home Town Blues 7" (1990) Underground Mini CD (1993) If you have a rip, or can make one, Please please please! GET IN TOUCH!
I've basically gotten sick of blogging. I'm not planing on stopping, I just need to figure out in what direction I want to take this. I feel that having a blog that focuses mainly on punk is a limiting thing, considering my love of music of all genres. Also the frustration of the blogosphere being as expansive and huge as it is, it's kinda hard to be original . I also deleted several older post that had stuff that was fairly easy to find, In favor of more obscure and harder to find items, out of print stuff and KBD/Bloodstains type stuff, but not limited to any specific genre. So, I guess with all that, Today I shall be posting some various Metal/Crust demos and EP's/singles that I've found. PS. Thanks to Audio Heaven for the first Nuclear Assault demo, and Metal Soldiers blog for the Mayhem Demo.
First off is:
Anthrax - Neil Turbin Demos 1982
Track List: 1: Across the River - Howling Furies 2. Hate 3. Pestilence 4. Satans Wheels 5. Bud E Lovebomb And Satans Lounge Band DOWNLOAD
1. Voice of a Tortured Skull (Intro) 2. Carnage 3. Ghoul 4. Black Metal (Total Death version) 5. Pure Fucking Armageddon 6. Mayhem (Unmixed) 7 .Ghoul (Unmixed) 8. Pure Fucking Armageddon (Unmixed) 9. Carnage (Unmixed)
I guess some albums change peoples lives in profound ways, and I know I've posted a lot of rants and raves about the "Welcome to 1984" comp in the past, and this is another related post. Ive spent years tracking down most of the output of the bands on the comp, and i have almost succeeded. Here is a chronicle of another band whom out of all of the bands on that comp, Ive loved most. Olho Seco formed in San Paulo in 1980, with members of Colera. I don't know much about them other then they still play, there from Brazil and they are AWESOME! There's a good link at Kill From The Heart.
Olho Seco -Botas, Fuzis E' Capacetes (Punk Rock Discos 1983)
This is one of my favorite releases of there's, It has been repackaged as an a sorta incomplete discography CD on Gravacoes Sem Qualidade records. Track Listing: 1. Nada 2. Botas Fuzis Capacetes 3. Muito Obrigado
Just as good as the First EP, the only thing that its lacking on is the live side (mainly because for the most part I hate live recordings). It has one of my favorite Olho Seco songs ever (Isto e' Olho Seco). Track Listings: 1. Isto é Olho Seco 2. Castidade 3. Sinto (Live) 4. Lutar matar (Live) 5. Vida violenta (Live)
With this release, we see Olho Seco taking a more Noise/Thrash approach. Not one of my favorites, but here for the completest nerd.
Track Listing: 1. Fome Nuclear 2. Johnny Black 3. Vencer Regras 4. Sintomas Dementes Olho Seco - Olho Por Olho LP (Cogumelo Records, 1989)
The First and only LP before the first break up, and follows in the manner of the Fome Nuclear EP. One big cacophony of noise, and is somewhat akin to what Ratos de Porão where putting out at the time. Track Listing:
1. Vencer 2. Regras 3. Condenado 4. Sintomas dementes 5. Erupação 6. Canibais 7. Johnny Black 8. A vingança (de Johnny) 9. Olho por Olho 10. Pó em ruína 11. Fome nuclear 12. Desintegraçáo 13. Olho Seco 14. Vai tomar 15. Besta humana DOWNLOAD! Olho Seco - Havera' Futuro? CD (Gravacoes Sem Qualidade Records, 1997)
I dont have a lot of info on this CD, it apears to be a re-recording of a bunch of early stuff. Frankly, I think this fucking rocks and everyone needs to have a copy, that is if you can find it, not sure if its in print, but I found a copy on Soulseek.
Ive always had a big thing for Scandinavian and Finish thrash and hardcore. I think M.R.R.'s "Welcome to 1984" exposed me to some amazing shit, Mainly Rattus, The Bristles, The Headcleaners( or HUVUDTVÄTT as they are also known). It was as always downhill from there. The First offering is something that Ive been on the lookout for a good long while is the AMAZING "Beating The Meat" comp. It was released on the Xcentric Noise label (who also put stuff out by the Cult Manix, The Headcleaners, and Born BC). It features 25 awesome tracks by Olho Seco, Rattus, Colera, The Neos, Upright Citizens, Most of which Ive never heard before.
VA - BEATING THE MEAT (XCentric Noise Records, 1984)
Track Listing:
Huvudtvätt - huvudtvätt (Sweden) Cult Maniax - american dream (UK) S.I.B. - no one rules (Italy) Neos - opposition to violence (Canada) Neos - typical (Canada) Upright Citizens - swastika rats (Germany) Ohlo Seco - nada (Brazil) Suicide - violent games (UK) Colera - suburbio geral (Brazil) Colera - palperbrite (Brazil) Plastick - races (UK) Powerage - vengeance of youth (South Africa) Plastick - i feel like batman (UK) Protest - troubles (UK) Terveet Kädet - pissau + passkau (Finland) Terveet Kädet - heislelltat (Finland) Upright Citizens - stormy monday (Germany) Huvudtvätt - stryk (Sweden) Huvudtvätt - ren logn (Sweden) Powerage - wwIII (South Africa) Ohlo Seco - castidade (Brazil) Ohlo Seco - ohlo de gato (Brazil) S.I.B. - secret life (Italy) Rattus - miks haluat (Finland) Rattus - ruumia ruumita (Finland) Cult Maniax - road to nowhere (uk) DOWNLOAD
Ok, The next two are by the mighty HUVUDTVÄTT! I don't really have a ton of info on them except that they where from Sweden, Put out five records, and only played live once. Here are the first and third EP's. I also at one point had a tape with a bunch of there stuff on it, but have no clue what happened to it. IF anyone has the following please let me know: Panic Boys/Huvudtvatt split EP and the Huvudtvatt/ Kurt I kuvos split LP. THANKS!
HUVUDTVÄTT (The Headcleaners ) Disinfection EP (Malign Massacre, 1981)
Track Listing: 1. Dying In A Maze 2. Kill The Royalties 3. Death Threat 4. Where Is 5. Disinfect 6. Over The Wall 7. Police Perversities
HUVUDTVÄTT (The Headcleaners) - The Infection Grows (XCentric Noise, 1983) Note how this cover was recycled for the Beating The Meat comp, and yes, It was draw by Pushead.
Track Listing: 1. With Medication 2. Epidemic Infection 3. No Sense 4. Invented Crap 5. Piles Of Flesh 6. Destruction In Mind
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