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my loveliest vinyl, part 14
Wipers – Over The Edge (Trap Records 8.98, 1983)

Time warp again, and back to the US and back up the coast from LA to Portland, OR. This came accros quite differently but caught the ear: strong, sturdy guitarplay and real emotional voals – and it was DIY although we did not know it back then. And, eventualy, it was a one-man show (also not known back then) but who the fuck cared? This was different from early HC and the speedy stuff we just discovered from out there – here is the verdict:

1977 – yes, this is true 1977 DIY!
published by a cool lable – DIY on his own TRAP Records (later re-issues by Braineater, Enigma and others)
found in a cool shop – Konneckschen, where else back then?
catching sound – driving and sturdy guitar play and building up to great choruses!
not too bad words – often dark and depressing but getting the message accross, great and simple words make it work.

Read yourself:
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It's not the truth I seek
It's just a mockery
Don't need to waste my time
You know I've really tried
You take and never give
It get's so hard to live
I'm hangin on a ledge
Pushed straight over the edge
Don't do the thing's you do
Don't have to oblige you
Makin choises on my own
Don't buy their trite, and drone
Grow up and be a man
Drop dead right where I stand
I hangin on a ledge
Pushed straight over the edge

(c) 1983 Greg Sage, TRAP Records
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Back then this LP was played many times and sure made it onto a C-60 for my Walkman!

And this is lonley Greg 1983, live, in Portland @ 13th Precint – introduced by the humble Pig Champion (of Poison Idea fame – r.i.p.):
2011/12/28
my lovliest vinyl, part 666

Kvelertak – Kvelertak (Indie Recordings CD049, 2010)

Now this time of the year we need to be more concious – so fuck vinyl, this is CD only. And the band is currently on tour in Germany but not playing Hamburg, damn it. I got accross this lovely beast from Norway via the movie “The Troll Hunter” (a “fantasy/horror movie” in the form of a mock documentary from lovely Norway, but this ain’t a place for movies) and they realy rock. And the video to the song they did lend to “The Troll Hunter” also is quite nice – gore gallore! They rock with 3 guitars (!) and blend some fresh black metal into hardcore punk’n’roll. I’d say they took a crossing that Turbonegro walked by in ignorance. And with me, that was a wrong decission by the Turbo guys!

1977 – far from, but speed, speed and speed (and sure 3 axes) make it work!
published by a cool lable – no clue, but an independent metal lable from Norway. Mhhh?
found in a cool shop – no vinyl and modern times, via the Internet (damn Internet)!
catching sound – that the decisive one – their sound. best quote: “their dirty power-chord progression produces aural orgasm instead of disappointment”!
not too bad words – fuck, it’s norweigan. i speak a bit danish, that does not help. it’s screams anyway to me!.

Another comment i did find on this one is “this is live music bottled” and yes, indeed it feels like that. In that fashion, they also offered a limited Kvelerbeer “KVELERBRÄU” (“made out of honey and hate and on Halloween 2011“) with (sic!) 6,66% alcohol:

Now watch the gory video in HD:

2011/12/06
my loveliest vinyl, part 13

Nasal Boys – Hot Love / Die Wüste Lebt (Periphery Perfume ZVpp0177, 1978)

Oh Boy, this is offficialy the first ever Swizz punk record! The Nasal Boys played their first show 01.10.1977 as support for The Clash (@ Kaufleuten in Zürich) and quickly went into oblivion as CBS took them on, moved them to London and tried to make them “New Wave”. The band quickly dissolved. Notable members are sure Rudolph Dietrich (from the punk historican side of view) and later (joining in ~ Dec 1977 after this was recorded) Dieter Meyer (later fame with Yello and as solo artist). The b-side “Die Wüste lebt” is actualy one of the best songs from back then, 1977 non-US and non-UK that is!

1977 – 197,7%, punk: raw, rought and real. Da true thing!
published by a cool lable – Self made more or less. The rest does not matter.
found in a cool shop – ticked, Konnekschen (prior to become “Unterm Durchschnitt”) who had so much great Swizz Punk back then incl. releasing a 10″ compilaton!
catching sound – driving, thrusting and simple chords – perfect gem!
not too bad words – again (aka Razors) a bit of a tricky one, as it is in english and not the native tongue of our southern neighbors. But still a nice rant about the Swizz urban desert and to run away from it (this refers to the b-side).

And how does it sound – crank yer amp up to maximum volume please:

Rudolph Dietrich also did play early on in Nasal Boys, he unearthed a demo version:

It is quite funny, but back then i always found the bands from Switzerland to be “better”, actualy looking back now i have to admit that they sounded actualy much more diverse and “modern” than god old punk from Germany – i still adore eg. Crazy from Luzern!

The internet (remember, damn net never forgets) assures: “In a TV interview from 1977, the Nasal Boys where asked why they didn’t dress punky. “We’re against cliches”, the singer responded, and: “Our main inspiration is U.S. Punk, not U.K. Punk.” Guess one can hear that. Still, the band got famous for opening up for CLASH when they played in Zurich in 1977.”

See Swizz TV from Feb 1978 with a long one on the emerging punk scene and with great live scene from a Nasal Boys show:

Swizz TV – Punk in CH (aired in «Music Scene», 11.2.1978)

2011/12/01