Some have it, some have it not. Kicker, old fart’s of the Oakland, CA punk scene, have a real cool cover designer. Repeat: Real cool covers! Football, Oldpunks and songs like “Lager & Chips” make you wonder if they are not on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean…
A beer at the next St. Pauli game for the one who names correctly all (!) references in these – pls leave a reply!
Now this is Switzerland again and this is something special. There are a couple of all-girl post-punk groups in the US of A that state that their sound was inspired by this 80s Swizz band. The sound actualy was Punk but later it was dubbed “C86” or “Schrammel-Pop” – all tags that i can not reconcile. They made energetic music, with limited abilities at the start and they where not afraid of “letting it all out”. They went to some fame as the were signed by the same lable as the Shop Assistents, a band that got a lot of fame in the UK. The verdict:
1977 – sure DIY! And plenty of Ramones,
published by a cool lable – Farmer Records where a small and cool DIY lable from CH!
found in a cool shop – Konneckschen back then, sure thing!
catching sound – “Never Surrender” is a “ohhh-hoh-ohah” anthem of timeless beauty. Should have been covered many many bands – but by the looks it hasn’t been…
not too bad words – yep, a real youth anthem!
I would realy like to know what happend to these girls!
The record got re-released in 2010 in the US of A and the marketing for that states:
In 1985, Chin Chin's album "Sound Of The Westway" was released on Farmer Records, containing 12 original compositions recorded and mixed in just 7 days. "Sound Of The Westway" is a brilliant mix of punk-informed crunch and buoyant pop melody that shows Chin-Chin tobe true pioneers of DIY noisy pop. As it happens this combination of DIY punk ethic, fuzz guitars and bubblegum pop was also gaining traction in the UK with the nascent C86 scene. Featuring bands like Shop Assistants and The Pastels, C86 was a confluence of youngbands who were as influenced by Phil Spector as The Ramones, and Chin-Chin fit right in next to groups like The Rosehips and The Fizzbombs.
Listen! Volume Up!
I am busy reading an 800 page monster, so rare updates here. But something caught my eye recently, a nice 1977 article in a german youth music magazine (“Bravo”) where the music industry is complaining about the billion $ losses from … recording vinyl onto cassettes.
A gentle reminder that they could not think at all ahead. Now they are faced with the transition from
to
Suggest you enjoy, especialy when your where stupid enough to put your mp3 collection onto “MEGAUPLOAD” and shared it with friends…or strangers. All gone, all gone!
Forza Vinyl!