Jan25

>>DC scene<< (USA) compilation (1991)

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(side 1): My Own (‘Rise’) * Stop (‘Disederata’) * Riot Style (‘I-Spy’) * ‘Mother Of… (‘Quill’) * Task Of Thought (‘Blind Ambition’) * Necrofeelya (‘The Bane’) * One Out Of Three (‘Now I Flail’) * Culture Shock (‘4 Walls Falling’) * Bedsprings (‘Snapdragon’) * Earache (‘Bloody Noodles’)

(side 2): Intermission (‘Balance’) * Undertoe (‘Device’) * Bad Man Rising (‘The ChrisBald 96’) * Blame (‘Worlds Collide’) * Summer Spring (‘The Kingpins’) * World Tour (‘Tsunami’) * The Trees And Flowers (‘Repercussion’) * CIA (‘Yggdrassil’) * Happy Fish (‘Food’)

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This tape was a gift of Laura W.: “I picked this tape up in a record-shop in Georgetown [historic neighbourhood in Washington DC], probably in 1991. I love the song Stop by ‘Desiderata’. The singer is Amanda MacKaye (younger sister of Ian)…”.

The bands were all connected to the Washington DC scene: most of them were from the city or the neighbouring area; styles vary (punk, HardCore, indie rock, ska). It was a benefit for the Zacchaeus free clinic (volunteer-run free medical clinic) and it was released by the label More Than Sound recs (Bethesda, Md).

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4 Walls Falling (Richmond, Va): Taylor Steele (vocals), ‘Bo’ Robert Steele (guitar), Brett Winletter (guitar), Kyle Walker (drums), Miky Scheer (bass)

Balance (???): Nathan (?)

Blind Ambition (???): Shawn (?)

Bloody Noodles (???): Eric (?)

Device (Alexandria, Va): JJ Garfinkel (drums), Adam Thompson (vocals), Nathan Camfiord/Dave Smith/Matt Rankin (guitar), ‘Gut’ (guitar), Ernest Miller/Kevin Young/Nathan Camfiord (bass)

Disederata (Washington DC): Amanda MacKaye (vocals), Gabe(riel) Quitslund (guitar), Jon Modell (drums), Syd Butler (bass)

Food (???): Lars (?)

I-Spy (Washington DC): John Selway (keyboards), Charles Ince (drums), Richard John (vocals), Anthony Preston (bass), Nathaniel Carroll (guitar)

Now I Flail (Washington DC): David Ward (drums), Steve Opper (bass), Matt(hew) Squire (guitar), Lucas Banker (guitar), Brian Glick (vocals)

Quill (Alexandria, Va): David Agranov (vocals), Ravi Nair (guitar), Will(iam) Fraley (bass), Anthony Onley/Ryan Nelson (drums)

Repercussion (???): David (?)

Rise (???): Matt (?)

Snapdragon (???): Matt (?)

The Bane (???): Devin (?)

The ChrisBald 96 (Ger): Chris ‘Bald‘ Kirschten (guitar/vocals; ex ‘Embrace’, ‘Faith’, ‘Ignition’), Jon Kirschten (guitar), Julian Weber (drums; ex ‘Everything Falls Apart‘), Ralf Nemetschek (bass)

The Kingpins (Shreveport, La): Barry Creighton (vocals/guitar), ‘Huda Hudia‘ Dan(ny) Jorajuria (?), Tony Faline (?)

Tsunami (Arlington, Va): Jennifer ‘Jenny’ Toomey (guitar/vocals), Kristin Thomson (guitar/vocals), John Pamer (drums), Andrew Webster (bass/vocals)

Worlds Collide (Washington DC): Hillel Holloway (bass), Ken(neth) Olden (guitar), Matt Burger (vocals), Zac Eller (drums)

Yggdrassil (???): Joseph (?)

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I fear I have little information on these bands, though if there is any info on who assembled the compilation (I seem to recall it was someone on the edges of Postive Force but can’t recall who), I might be able to find that person and they are bound to know more. I remember being aware of ‘Repercussion’ and ‘Food’. I saw both ‘Blind Ambition’ (John Sybert might have been in this band. Could he have been the one to assemble the compilation? I can’t recall.) and ‘Rise’ who I recall as a very cool female-fronted (?) band (I liked them a lot). Sadly, I think the band ended before their time, because Noah Eig (one of their members; bass maybe?) died in a terrible accident, struck by lightning, sigh. I went to his funeral at Temple Sinai in upper NW DC. Wish I could remember more…

Mark Andersen, Positive Force

Jan18

Enemy (USA) demo (1988)

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This tape is part of Steven ‘Stel’ R.’s collection.

‘Enemy’ was a HardCore punk band from Indianapolis and played “generic but still great snotty teen-core”. The music here was recorded in Jan. ’88 with Lewis Wiggs (vocals; R.I.P.), Sam Ladwig (guitar), Chris Osburn (bass) & Mike White (drums). In the summer they went into a studio to record a 7″ (School Lunch Victim; produced by ‘Zero Boys’ singer Paul Mahern and released on the local label Ozone recs). In ’89 they changed their name to ‘The Wombats’ and then after that to ‘Strike Three’.

review in Metallised #10

Jan10

Upright Citizens (Ger) live (Ludwigshafen, Ger, 87-09-26)

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(tracks):

Cyclone / Arm The World To Death / No Tears For Yesterday / Future Dreams / Fuck The Army / 1984 / Yellow Press / Stand Up / Holocaust / Dead Blood / Swastika Ratss / What Are We Gonna Do Now?

This is a contribution of Koen ‘Sies’ L. a.k.a. Mad Mohawk.

These recordings of ‘Upright Citizens’ live were from around the time of the release of their Kiss Me Now mini-LP. The band already existed several years and had toured the United States (1985). The line-up: Andreas Kunze (vocals/guitar), Uli Kolorz (guitar), ‘Crocker’ Christoph Jess (bass; sometimes replaced by Ralph Hubert) and Mario Pietryga (drums). That year they also appeared on the U-Boats Attack America compilation-LP (out on Flipside recs in the US) with the track Stand Up. The band was from Bottrop (in the industrial Ruhr-area).

This show here – at Haus Der Jugend (youthcentre) Ludwigshafen – was with ‘Heimat-Los’, ‘Razzia’, ‘Kromozom 4’ & ‘EA80’. The recordings were featured on a split-tape released by Happy Rape (?) tapes (the other band being ‘Leberwohlstand’ (‘L.W.S’) live in Lübeck, 87-10-17).

Brob

I played here. Ralph only played live on our 2nd Sweden tour… He was also in the studio, doing bass on the mini-LP, as I was not available…

‘Crocker’

Jan4

Frites Modern (Hol) live (Amsterdam, Hol, 84-04-22)

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tracks:

00:35 Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit / 03:02 Bedankt / 04:43 Bionic Adventure / 06:05 Moderne Moeders / 07:38 Een Droevig Verhaal / 11:26 Sesamstraat / (intermezzo) / 13:37 Leugenaar / 15:17 Een Krachtig Strijdlied / 17:52 USA / 20:07 Wachten / 23:11 Je Bent Een Puist in Mijn Nek

[complete songlist: Daar Gaat Ie Weer (“there he goes again”) / 1000 Aspirines / Heftig, Deel 2 (“heavy/intense, part 2”) / Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit (“as long as your hair fits well”) / Bedankt (“thanks”) / Bionic Adventure / Moderne Moeders (“modern mothers”) / Een Droevig Verhaal (“a sad story”) / Sesamstraat (“sesame street”) / Leugenaar (“liar”) / Een Krachtig Strijdlied (“a powerful battle-hymn”) / USA / Wachten (“waiting”) / Je Bent Een Puist in Mijn Nek (“you’re a zit on my neck”) / HB / Heftig (“heavy/intense”) / Vergeet ‘t Maar (“forget it”)]

One of the things that kept me up-to-date punk-wise during my civil service (early 80s) was the weekly (Sunday ?) punk-show (I think it was called Spleen) on the Dutch VPRO radio. Earning barely any money (definitely no enough for shows/records), this weekly distraction was a lifeline. I taped shows and used to listen to them again and again (only few survived). I remember hearing ‘Frites Modern’ there for the first time. They were a hardcore punk band from Amsterdam playing (for that time) pretty fast tunes with catchy melodies & Dutch lyrics (quite tongue-in-cheeck/sarcastic). People in the band were Jos Belt (bass/vocals), Barend van der Meer (drums) & Arjan Boonacker (guitar/vocals; ex ‘Tröckener Kecks’). The three also played in ‘Frenz Fried & De Frimo’s’…

Discography: 6 MET tape (1983) / compilation-LP Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit (Vögelspin recs ‘82) / compilation-LP Welcome To 1984 (MaximumRocknRoll ‘84) / LP Veel, Vet, Goor En Duur (‘84) / Vernieuwd, Nu Nog Beter (’85; release under the name ‘Frenz Fried & De Frimo’s’) / compilation-LP The Power Of Love (Starving Missile recs ’86)

Tim Yohannan wrote about the 6 Met cassettetape (in MRR #7; Jul./Aug. ’83): >> Six songs that rage at the listener. There’s a lot of ‘Minor Threat’ influence here, in that the songs are delivered with incredible force but have melodies and hooks galore. Great stuff that must be heard.<<

Jeff Bale on Veel, Vet, Goor en Duur LP (in MRR #13; Apr./May ’84): >>This is a magnificent album, one of the best thus far in 1984. First of all, the extraordinarily powerful sound whacks you across the face, then you realize how superb the band is and how well-crafted the songs are. Most are in the hook-filled fast- to medium-paced vein (e.g. Als Je Haar…” & 1000 Aspirines”), but there are also a couple of adrenalin American-style thrashers (the satirical U.S.A. & Bedankt) and some slower, older-style numbers (like Een Droevig Verhaal). The potential hinted at on ‘Frites Modern’s earlier tape has been fully realized here.<<

Nowadays Arjan is an “entertainment marketeer”, he worked for EMI in the past…

Brob

Spleen was indeed a radioshow on the VPRO but ‘on location’. The broadcast was live from Tetterode squat [Amsterdam] on [Sunday] 84-04-22.

We intended to remaster and release the live recordings but that didn’t happen yet, we focussed on vinyl. Last year 6 MET and this year Veel, Vet, Goor En Duur. Next year probably a special vinyl single and after that back to digital. Please don’t put the mp3 online… [written in 2019; so I waited long enough]

Arjan

Dec27

Ataque Frontal (Per) promo (1987)

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tracks:

No Habrá Paz (“the will be no peace”) / Sociedad En Decadencia (“society in decline”) / Asco (“disgust/revulsion”) / Sobreviviré (“I will survive”) / Ya No Formo Parte De Esto (“I’m no longer part of this”) / Memorias (“memories”) / Muerte Dirigente (“death of the leader”)

A tape from the collection of Steven ‘Stel’ R., containing the recordings (1986) that led to Ataque Frontal’s first vinyl release (’87; New Wave recs). The session also included the song (last track) that appeared on the compilation 1984 The Third. ‘Ataque Frontal’ was a HC/punk band from Lima (Peru) that existed from 1984 to ’87 (they reunited briefly in ’95). The band was also referred to as ‘Guerrilla Urbana’ early on; the members were José Eduardo Matute (guitar; R.I.P.), Raúl ‘Montaña’ Montañez Mariluz (bass; he quit a week after the recordings), Fernando Boggio (drums; also ‘GX3’) & Silvio ‘Espátula’ Ferroggiaro Dentone (vocals). In Europe they were known because of their self-titled EP (6 tracks) released by the Parisian label New Wave recs (1987). The year before they had produced their debut-demo.

The insert of the EP mentions “we really believe in anarchy”. >>’Guerrilla Urbana’ means we try to be an attack the the mediocrity and passivity of the people and the media in Lima. We are a true urban guerrilla but without physical violence or terrorism. The change to ‘Ataque Frontal’ is obvious, now that terrorism is growing bigger and lots of people are sent to jail. The picture on the cover is of a massacre where five Peruvian reporters of Peruvian newspapers/magazines were killed because they were looking for information about the guerrilla. It was organised by the authorities.<< [info on Peruvian prison massacres]

Brob

Silvio Ferroggiaro (nowadays living in Miami) did Ahora O Nunca zine. That was together with José Eduardo Matute, who founded the band.

Raúl

‘Ataque Frontal’; L => R: Raúl Montañez – Silvio Ferroggiaro – Fernando Boggio – José Eduardo Matute

Dec20

Family Of Dog (Bel) promo (1995)

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(Listen!) the 4 tracks listed above + a fifth…

‘Family Of Dog’ was a metal band from Deinze (Belgium). Their music was often labeled as “death-core” metal by people from the H8000 scene (which they were nót part of). In their own words: “furious brutal metalcore”; or “the ultimate death-rock x-perience; a brutal mix of metal & hardcore, fueled by manic vocals & distorted emotionz”… The people in the band were: Bert Walgraeve (bass), Stijn Everaert (drums), Peter Staelens & Wim De Taeye (guitar) and Tom Claus (vocals; also sang for ‘Congress’ on their Angry With The Sun CD). After this they released another (5-track) promo-tape in ’96, did a split-7” with ‘Liar’ in ’97 (Genet recs) and a self-titled CD (Midas prods, ’98).

Dec12

Malicious Grind (USA) promo (1987)

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This was sent to Steven ‘Stel’ R. of Metallised zine and he kindly donated it. It contains the last two tracks (total 6:42) of the band’s demo: the instrumental Malicious Grind, and Squino.

The music was described as “relentless crossover in the vein of ‘D.R.I.’, ‘S.O.D.’ and ‘Cryptic Slaughter’ perhaps, with alternating male and female voices”. The thrash/metal/grind band from El Segundo (L.A. county, California) consisted of Mark Luther (drums/vocals), Ingrid Baumgart (bass/vocals; also ‘Bulimia Banquet’) & Craig Davis (guitar/vocals). Sometimes Charles/Chuck ‘Yuk’ Morel played extra guitars. Someone wrote about their demo-tape: “The loose energy and low-res garage production obscure how much this is a pretty powerful band, jetting between fast blasts of 1987 speed like Fasterspaz and ultra-crunchy mosh-parts like the catchy Stupid Cops. The demo jumps on guitar whammy sweeps back and forth between crunchy metallic crossover and generic 80s hardcore. The band’s centerpiece, the five-and-a-half-minute instrumental jam riff orgy Malicious Grind is epic!”…

Later Eric Wood (nót the one of ‘Man Is The Bastard’ ?) did some vocals; e.g. on the Welcome To Life 12″ (New Wave recs, 1988/89). They also had a track on the Noise Forest compilation-tape (Thrasher magazine) and on Always Catchin Snot in the Wind compilation-LP. There’s also live recordings from a show at 924 Gilman (Berkeley, 1989)…

After ‘Malicious Grind’ Mark Luther & Charles Morel played in the Southbay HC band ‘Shocklore’…

Walter Glaser wrote about the demo (MRR #55; Dec. ’87): >>A new metallic HC trio with a Bulimia Banquet-eer on bass. Vicious, powerful musicianship and mostly personal words add up to a darn hot tape.<< [In My Vein #1: “Lyrics about shit that happens in everyday’s life, from senseless murders like serial and freeway killers, AIDS, police harassment, politics…”]

Brob

Looking back, being in ‘Malicious Grind’ was probably one of the best bands I’ve ever been in and during a great era when thrash metal and hardcore was really starting to take off. Craig and Mark taught me a lot and it raised my level of playing. We were fortunate enough to play with bands like ‘Verbal Abuse’, ‘M.D.C.’, ‘Operation Ivy’ and ‘Nuclear Assault’. As a result of mentioning ‘S.O.D.’ in a ‘Bulimia Banquet’ interview, we met Danny Lilker who came to our practice and jammed ‘S.O.D.’ songs.

After ‘M.G.’ Craig and I kept playing, and eventually got married. Craig switched to drums and I went back to guitar. We did a few bands in Los Angeles but ended up moving to Tucson, Arizona. Around 2014, we formed ‘Ingrate Souls’ where we went through several members before becoming a two-piece band. You can find us on the www….

Ingrid Baumgart

Dec6

W.O.R.M. (UK) BillyNoMates; promo (1997)

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‘W.O.R.M.‘ (World Order Ruling Machine) was a poppy punkrock band from Chesterfield (between Nottingham and Sheffield) with Danny Clark (bass/vocals; later also vocals for ‘Mau Maus’), Mark Openshaw (drums) & Carl Newton (guitar/vocals). Their music was pretty upbeat and melodic. According to Danny the name doesn’t really mean anything, “but people have called us Well Oiled Robotic Mice, Wank Over Richard Madeley”… The tape was a promo for their first album. Before they had a few tapes out and two 7″s released: You’ve Got To Tow The Line (on the label of Ángel Andrés of the Fobia collective in Madrid) & Pray T.V. (on Peer Pressure Productions; David Baird, Alabama, USA).

Nov29

Emils (Ger) demo (1987)

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(side 1): Wir Müssen Draußen Bleiben (“we have to stay outside”) / Der Söldner (“the mercenary”)

(side 2): Das Schöne Leben (“the good life”) / Kosaken Kaffee (“cossack coffee“; a liqueur) / Hungerlied (“hunger song”)

Tape from the collection of Steven ‘Stel’ R.

‘Emils‘ (from Hamburg) was a HC/thrash band consisting of Ilhami ‘Ille’ Dolma (vocals), Oliver ‘Olli’ Makris (guitar/vocals), Carsten Zisowsky (drums) & Sven Carstens (bass). After this demo they signed to We Bite recs. Their music was referred to as ‘ami HC’ (american-style HardCore). Smurfpunx did a show for them on 87-12-11 (when they were touring with ‘Attitude’). I already made the recordings of their set in Scherpenheuvel (87-11-15) available.

The band is still active (doing shows).

review Metallised #8

Nov23

>>Kitsch ‘En Squatt<< (Can) compilation (1989)

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(side A): Ants Have No Chance (‘Groovy Aardvark’) / Rise Up (‘Northern Vultures’) / Unwanted Fair (‘The Birth Defects’) / Scourcing Canine (‘Cremains’) / Defective Child (‘Glorius Fail’) / Sea Monkeys (‘Hazy Azure’)

(side B): The Safe Side Of The TV Screen (‘Capitalist Alienation’) / Human Life Pit (‘Hazy Azure’) / Mass Cremation (‘Treblinka’) / Birth Defects (‘The Birth Defects’) / Governement Ways (‘Local Rebels’) / Tu Cries Contre Le Système [“you scream against the system”] (‘Possession Simple’)

 

Benefit for the Maison des Jeunes (youthcentre) in Laval and Ahuntsic (Montréal district) with local hardcore/ rock/ metal bands. The project was an initiative of Patrice Bergeron (who worked there). Jean-Yves ‘Blacky’ Thériault (‘Voivod’s bassist) was in charge of the recording. The tape is a donation of ‘Stel’ Steven R.

There was also a Volume II in 1990…

Brob

Kitsch ‘en Squatt might just be the most important thing to come out of the Montréal underground in a long time. It’s important because it features ten previously unrecorded bands and shows there’s still some life in this here scene. It definitely tends towards hardcore, and a tad of speedmetal, but is amazingly well recorded for what is essentially a demo-sampler. The politics might be a little simplistic at times but the music always makes up for it, and my personal fave is the ‘Northern Vultures’ track Rise Up. If you like your music hard and fast, pick this up, and find out…

Richard Hanes

 

Groovy Aardvark (Longueuil, Québec): Vince(nt) Peake (vocals/bass), Marc-André Thibert (guitar), Stéphane ‘Steve’ Vigeant (guitar), Danny Peake (drums)

Northern Vultures (Montréal, Québec): Fritz Dilligaf (guitar/vocals), Kelly Backs (drums), ‘Big Eric’ (bass), ‘Beans’ Sylvain Binette (vocals)

The Birth Defects (Laval, Québec): Patrice Boileau (bass), Patrick Fournier (drums), ‘Sonny’ (Steve) Jalbert (guitar), Pierre ‘Stony’ Desautels (vocals)

CRemains (Montréal, Québec): Chris Eldridge (vocals), Dany Côté (guitar), Pierre Côté (drums), Yves Hébert (bass), Yvon Hébert (guitar)

Glorious Fail (?, Québec): ???

Hazy Azure (Westmount, Québec): Chris Eldridge (vocals), Bill MacRae (vocals), Ramachandra ‘Ram’ Borcar (drums), Trevor Thomson (bass), Angelos Drosopoulos (guitar), Dave Brulé (keyboards)

Capitalist Alienation (Montréal, Québec): Carl Bouchard (guitar), Eric Bourque (drums), Joël Tremblay (bass), Tamiko Watanabe (vocals)

Treblinka (Saint-Bruno, Québec): Pascal Desjardins (vocals), Patrick Lalancette (drums), Pierre-Olivier Ferland (bass), Richard Martineau (guitar), Stéphane St.-Pierre (guitar)

Local Rebels (Saint-François, Laval): Jean-François Tétrault (bass), Martin Limoges (drums), Martin Dussault (guitar), Martin Jalbert (vocals)

Possession Simple (Longueil, Québec): Éric Goulet (guitar/vocals), Nicolas Jouannaut (bass), Olivier Renaldin (drums), Luc ‘King’ Lemire (sax)