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  • Songs From The Holy War Archive Volume Twenty

    Songs From The Holy War Archive Volume Twenty

    Songs From The Holy War Archive Volume 20 (April 2022 Edition)

    It remains a royal mess – fucking late in the proceedings i got hit by the damn virus despite being three times vaccinated. And my workplace was turned upside down once Towarischtsch Waldimir decided to rage war on Ukraine (where i have a large number of people reporting to me). A real royal mess.

    What has helped was to assemble mu-sick to overcome the frustration, overcome the despair and cheer me up. So i took new stuff, actually sometimes brand new stuff, and then dived way deep into the Archive. And sorting was not left to randomness or alphabet – this one is song-by-song handcrafted when it comes to sequence.

    It is my birthday gift, from me to you. You know who you are. HANX, as ever.

    Now go and re-create!

    1. SFTHWAV20 Intro – Evacuate (0:20)
    2. Lucky Malice – Time For Change (2:30)
    3. Sordid Ship – Au fond de la cale (1:48)
    4. The Blackout Brigade – Pushed Too Far (2:45)
    5. Rocky & The Sweden – People Vs Government (1:59)
    6. C A T P U K E – Eat the rich (2:19)
    7. Heksa – Sal De Mi Vista (2:01)
    8. Aerial Salad – Leave Me Alone (1:22)
    9. The Cure – I Just Need Myself (2:12)
    10. The Moondogs – I Wanna Be A Pop Star (3:27)
    11. Bruise Control – Taxman (2:48)
    12. Beyond Pink – Jag Är En Hund (1:06)
    13. Aloha Haloe – Haole On The Beach (3:11)
    14. Urban Elite – Cold Death (Corona Demo 2021) (2:16)
    15. The Putz – Where Eagles Dare (1:54)
    16. Channel Rats – Night On The Graveyard (1:33)
    17. The Prozacs – Monsters Out (1:39)
    18. Thee Hearses – Insects in my Brain (1:49)
    19. Soda Fraise – Ca Baigne dans l’ huile (3:10)
    20. Stalled Minds – Underground (2:03)
    21. Traje Desastre – Volver A Dar (2:20)
    22. Black Volvo – Punkrock Family (1:27)
    23. Female Troubles – Party With Your Ass (1:45)
    24. Jonny Manak & The Depressives – Wah-Bam! (2:01)
    25. The Depressions – Burning Ambition (1:43)
    26. The Registrators – 1970’s Boy (1:52)
    27. Crazy and the Brains – Punk Rocker (3:48)
    28. Digital Octopus – I Don’t Like You (Skrewdriver cover) (2:24)
    29. Slovenians – Slave (2:05)
    30. Futura – Don’t Let Me Loose (1:12)
    31. Male – Shit Family (0:34)
    32. Debils – Made In Switzerland (2:14)
    33. Black Market Crash – The Buried Dancers (3:19)
    34. The Showbiz Kids – I Don’t Want To Discuss That (3:06)
    35. Shonen Knife – Mass Communication Break Down (3:27)
    36. Christmas – You bore me (1:22)
    37. The Numbers – Me, My Enemy And I (1:35)
    38. Face To Face – Black Eye Specialist (3:34)
    39. The Sinclairs – The Bin Men Found It (1:55)
    40. Postage – Return to Sender (1:57)
    41. Brutal Bravo – Leftovers (2:58)
    42. Destruye Y Huye – Me Encantas (2:20)
    43. The Comes – Stupid Moss (2:04)
    44. Familia Real – Destruye (2:29)
    45. Duck & Cover – Nowhere Fast (2:18)
    46. Hollywood Hate – Kickboy (2:32)
    47. The Dead End Kids – Alternative (1:55)
    48. Brewdriver – Onneks Tein Lapsia (2:15)
    49. Violación Auditiva – En Llamas (1:15)
    50. Die Mimmi’s – Nerd (0:57)
    51. Razzia – Morgen Mahlzeit Nabend Nacht (1:53)
    52. The Front – What Is Love (1:37)
    53. The Misfits – Laughing Lover (2:26)
    54. Flatus – Wasting My Time (1:13)
    55. The Gee Strings – Go Skid Rock (2:06)
    56. Topper – Revival (2:45)
    57. Geoff Palmer – All The Hits (2:21)
    58. Geoffrey Oi!Cott – Bar On The Terraces (2:14)
    59. Grit – O’Duffy’s Ghost (1:49)
    60. Kurstin x Grohl – Blitzkrieg Bop (The Hanukkah Sessions 2021) (2:15)
    61. Hamburg Ramönes – Ham Ram Let’s Go! (1:55)
    62. Luke Yeoward – Soap Box (3:19)
    63. Buster Shuffle – Head To Toes (2:46)
    64. Needle Exchange – She’s A Trip (2:01)
    65. The Alley Cats – Too Much Junk (2:12)
    66. Space Panther – Gimme Some Drugs (3:05)
    67. Kubiak – No Pot (3:54)
    68. NOFX – Six Years On Dope (1:33)
    69. The Lurkers – Heroin (It’s All Over) (2:42)
    70. The Young Ones – March Of The Gutter Kids (2:40)
    71. Heart Attack – Young And Dangerous (Hitler Demo 1980) (1:55)
    72. The Hitmen – Let The Kids Dance (1981 Demo Sessions) (2:00)
    73. Tight Finks – I’m Your Punk Rock Superman Tonight (1:58)
    74. Messed Up – Who Gave You The Right To? (2:44)
    75. Mottek – The Mottek (2:03)
    76. Oi Boys – 200km,h (1:58)
    77. Grober Unfug – Urwüste (0:49)
    78. Home Front – Flaw In The Design (4:36)
    79. The Darlings – Natural Decay (1:41)
    80. Fast Boys – Won’t Let Me Kiss Her (1:41)
    81. Society Dog – The Baby’s Dead (0:49)
    82. Utflod – Virus (3:07)
    83. White Kaps – Germs (1:48)
    84. Tomy & The Cougars – Problems (1:55)
    85. Hass – Mama, Was Macht Der Panzer Vor Der Tür (2:26)
    86. Automatics – When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again (2:36)
    87. City Saints – On The Radio (3:48)
    88. The Essentials – Turn Off Your Radio (2:12)
    89. Punktucke – Schnauze Voll (1:55)
    90. Public Image Limited – Religion I (1:26)
    91. Public Execution – American Hardcore (3:15)
    92. SkeeZicks – Sauerkrauts (0:28)
    93. EA80 – Hansen (0:49)
    94. The Poison Ivvy – It Came From Outherspace (0:42)
    95. Plan Nine – I Ain’t No Robot (2:33)
    96. LOOKIT, MARTIANS! – Misanthropogo (2:24)
    97. Hakan – Bike Life (1:18)
    98. Beatnik Termites – Skateboard (1:42)
    99. Bruno Cass & Snobboarders – Cuando Ya No Importa Casi Nada (1:44)
    100. Naked Raygun – Surf Combat (Demo 1983) (1:17)
    101. Fighting Chance – Blamed (1:39)
    102. Nasty Bastard – No One Cares About You (1:21)
    103. Idleminds – Brick By Brick (1:54)
    104. Knockout – Pisando Fuerte (3:14)
    105. The Union! – Anthems (1:55)
    106. Kaleko Urdangak – Txotx (4:17)
    107. Victim – The Teen Age (2:55)
    108. Bannlyst – Liv Og Död (1:21)
    109. The Users – (I’m) In Love With Today (1:36)
    110. Blutverlust – I Want You (1:04)
    111. Die Alliierten – Mein Friseur (0:27)
    112. Cheap Violent Cats – Caffeine Racer (1:42)
    113. Mad Rollers – Let Me Fly (2:40)
    114. Hello – Bend Me Shape Me (2:20)
    115. Smalltown – Go Around The World (3:28)
    116. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Top Of The World (2:09)
    117. The Becks Street Boys – Not A Real Story (2:10)
    118. The Zeros – She’s In Love With Everyone Else (1:00)
    119. Mensen – Sandy Starlight (3:19)
    120. Bahnhof – Fashion (2:40)
    121. The Suburbs – Buy Your Image (1:54)
    122. China Drum – Fall Into Place (2:53)
    123. Sir Hedgehog – Blonde Sabbath (3:48)
    124. Cheap Riot – Blow (2:26)
    125. LA’s Forgotten – I Know The Way (3:07)
    126. Anarchy – Hero (2:37)
    127. AOOUH! – Napalm (2:02)
    128. Something Really Offensive – Hawaii (1:28)
    129. Toltshock – Choisis ton camp (2:40)
    130. Lou’s – Back In The Street (2:34)
    131. Circle Jerks – Letter Bomb (1:13)
    132. Crowd Of Isolated – Be Silent (1:18)
    133. Mecht Mensch – Killer Klowns (1:57)
    134. Boris The Sprinkler – Paid Vacation (1:23)
    135. Molotow Soda – City Punk (3:40)
    136. The Crowd – Into The Wild (1:46)
    137. The Last – Go Away Sunday (2:07)
    138. Monkey – Torture (2:35)
    139. Möped Lads – Burn ‘Em Down (1:39)
    140. 222 – The First Studio Bomb (2:16)
    141. The Nervebreakers – They Were Doin’ The Pogo (3:24)
    142. Blitzkrieg – Erst Mal Eins Auf Die Fresse (1:52)
    143. Breakouts – That Don’t Apply To Me (2:44)
    144. The Vermines – Sometimes (New Version) (2:30)
    145. Teachece – Estoy Re LoCo (1:21)
    146. The Choice – The Garage (2:00)
    147. Moral Decay – America (1:47)
    148. Causa – Ya Callase (1:30)
    149. The Stalin – Head Explosion (2:32)
    150. Nolla Nolla Nolla – Vanhuus (0:43)
    151. The Bronx – Private Affair (Feat. The Saints) (2:03)
    152. Out Of Order – Royal Wedding (1:47)
    153. Permission – The Shine Has Gone (1:25)
    154. The Prowlers – She’s Too Good For You (2:11)
    155. Canal Terror – Saufbauch (3:07)
    156. Stalag – Sauf Nécessité (recorded at Studio Adama 1979) (1:43)
    157. The Pathogens – Instant Verdict (1:42)
    158. The Copyrights with Kepi Ghoulie – That’s That (0:33)
    159. The Replacements – Kids Don’t Follow (2:50)
    160. The Primmers – Police Wheels (1:50)
    161. Maniacs – Crusader (2:05)
    162. Strangers – Where do we go? (1:45)
    163. Radio Stars – No Russians In Russia (3:12)
    164. Dagen D – Mitt Kompani (1:59)
    165. The Dickies – See My Way (3:22)
    166. The Copyrights – Telescope (2:31)
    167. Difuntos – Revolución Ni Pollas (2:20)
    168. Field Day – One Song (2:57)
    169. Rocks – Ain’t She Dumb (1:43)
    170. The Rotters – Disco Queen (2:00)
    171. Violators – Get Out Of My Life (1:07)
    172. Sabotage 81 – 8000000 Datorer (1:37)
    173. Sator – Face Down (Split EP w/ White Flag) (2:00)
    174. The Shanghais – Can I see you tonight (1:36)
    175. Generacion Suicida – Mierda Ciudad (1:17)
    176. Smogtown – Middle Class High (1:36)
    177. The Snivelling Shits – Bring Me The Head Of Yukio Mishima (3:13)
    178. Tastes Likes Chicken – Believer (1:53)
    179. Troublekid – It’s You (1:43)
    180. Upright Citizens – Scum Of The Earth (Demo 1981) (1:19)
    181. Snuff – Hey Boff! (2:57)
    182. The Crash Landings – Billy’s Got Tourettes (1:28)
    183. Wunderbach – 25 Ans (3:00)
    184. Superbean – Fuck Youth (2:18)
    185. Margrit Imlau – Für die Jugend von heute (2:16)
    186. The King Blues – What If Punk Never Happened? (6:38)

    Songs From The Holy War Archive Volume Twenty:
    186 tracks in playlist, average track length: 2:09
    Playlist length: 6 hours 41 minutes 20 seconds

  • Bücher, schnell gelesen: Teil 1.577

    Bücher, schnell gelesen: Teil 1.577

    Doug Johnstone – Eingeäschert (Polar Verlag, 2022)

    Gelesen: 25.03. – 05.04.2022 (netto 399 Seiten plus ein kleines Nachwort)

    Doug Johnstone hat es drauf. Sein Buch “Der Bruch” war mein #2 Hit in 2021, ich bin mir sicher dieses Buch schafft es auch in diverse Hitlisten – wahrscheinlich auch in meine. Aber was kommt nach einem perfektem Krimi?

    Es kommt ein Buch voller Toter, voller Gewalt … und mit 3 Generationen von Frauen als Helden. Und das beste: Nicht eine Leiche wirkt aufgesetzt, unstimmig … fehl am Platz. Und der Kniff von Doug Johnstone um das zu erreich ist absolut großartig und bietet dazu endlos Platz für schwarzen Humor (nicht umsonst heißt das Original A Dark Matter).

    Sagt Hallo zu Dorothy Skelf, neuerdings Witwe. Hobby: Leichen ausgraben. Sagt Hallo zu Jenny Skelf, neuerdings Mietprellerin. Hobby: Privatdetektiv. Sagt Hallo zu Hannah Skelf, neuerdings Ermittlerin. Hobby: Ihre Freundin.

    Und die Familie Skelf betreibt in Edinburgh ein Bestattungsunternehmen mit einer Detektei als Nebenerwerb. Als Intro in das Buch wird der grad verstorbene Patriarch der Familie Skelf mal eben im Hinterhof verbrannt. Was für ein cooler Start.

    Dannach nimmt sich Doug viel Zeit die einzelnen Geschichten mit Leben (als Kontrast zu all den Toten) zu füllen: Klasse Charaktere und vor allem – unfassbar Glaubhaft. In einem Krimi gibt es das so selten das nicht ein Dialog, nicht eine Handlung einen Hauch von “Konstruiert” hat.

    Ein ganz tolles und durch und durch feministisches Buch mit einem großartigen Kaleidoskop an … Leichen. Toten. Betrug. Geheimnisse. Untreue. Täuschung. Und einer Katze mit dem Namen Schrödinger.

    Unbedingt verfilmen!

    Soundtrack dazu: Penetration – Life Is A Gamble, was sonst?

    PS: Listen to Doug!

    PPS: … die leidige Umschlaggestaltung? Polar hat das clever gelöst, wenn auch auf Kosten des schwarzen Humors. Das englische Original kommt da weniger subtil daher…

  • … listen to friends and you do get to see surprises (even at odd places)!

    … listen to friends and you do get to see surprises (even at odd places)!

    As i don’t want to be bogged down in only historic mu-sick i tend to listen to advice when it comes to discovering new stuff. My pal Nickel did sing hymns of praise for Christmas so i checked them out on Bandcamp. I did like what i heard and i did like what i read:

    Everything was better in the old the days. Everything but CHRISTMAS, whom became more unstoppable from year to year. While other bands pop up and quickly burn again, CHRISTMAS have decided to simply survive all assholes.

    Sold. And as Rudi (of Meine Schuppen fame) graced Hamburg with his presence and was looking for some entertainment too there was even more company.

    It was early and it was at a place that i would normally not touch with a bargepole, bang on the Hans-Albers Platz and where the restless youth goes to “make party” (a term that evades me anyway). Never mind, we decided to go commando, ie. jump in, listen, drop back out quickly and leave the Reeperbahn for good.

    First on where Drunken Swallows from Oldenburg in Holstein and they got the … pain of playing an empty place with about 15 of their friends/fans. Plus some who where there for Christmas.

    Drunken Swallows (Drafthouse, Hamburg, 25.03.2022 (c) gehkacken.de 2022)

    Those who give this shit a regular read know that i do give any band a chance to convince me, unfortunately Drunken Swallows did not. Too much mid-tempo Rock. Too much – for my liking – professional run down of a set. And the worst: As an encore they put out an abysmal version of a Ramones song. Puh, that was a tough one to stand. I wish them good luck but they will not find me in front of their stages.

    During the short switchover even more abysmal Rock was played on the PA, even louder than the band did play. Boy, where was I?

    Luckily Christmas came quick and they immediately took ownership of the place. Those yearning for deutschsprachigen Rock where driven out, the few that wanted sleaze, speed and wanted it in your face stayed on (i guess another 15 odd folks).

    Christmas (Drafthouse, Hamburg, 25.03.2022 (c) gehkacken.de 2022)

    What did we get? The little Brother of the Bronx Singer on Vocals. A small but energetic Drummer. A wizard on the Guitar and a young madman on Bass. And without large pedal boards and other nonsense they unleashed short but precise killer songs like “You Bore Me”:


    Yep, that is what i need to cheer me up though it happened simply at the wrong place, wrong time and in the wrong context. I hope sometime in the near future they can come back to eg. the Hafenklang and get paired with some out of country H/C. And then they deserve 100+ folks, if not a packed house.

    Setlist (c) gehkacken.de 2022

    I needed to look at the setlist, as with every new song they played a yearn for Vinyl was created within me – so i had to make sure i pick records that featured these songs.

    But they also can do more complex, longer songs. “Good Times, High Fives” is also from their 2018 effort with the cool name “Scum As You Are”. And you can see how much joy they actually had on stage and how that is being emitted down into the void in front of the stage.


    And whilst they pressed ahead the striking difference between Drunken Swallows (a horse cart passing by outside) and Christmas (a JR-Maglev Shinkansen at 600 KM/H passing through your living room) became so apparent.

    I have no clue where the have hidden from my view so far, but there is no looking back – one more down on my “they convinced me live” list. And all of the poses they did throw, they all came natural and fitted into the song – you could see that eventually this band is on the cruise for quite some time.

    Christmas (Drafthouse, Hamburg, 25.03.2022 (c) gehkacken.de 2022)

    Well done lads, as a mate pointed out on the spot: “That was international quality“. And right he was. Nickel also pointed out that he had seen the singer before, over in Blackpool, when he was filling in on European dates for Reagan Youth. Noted Matthias, noted.

    A band that sells these beauties as merch … can not be bad.

    I took home two records, both with Raymond Pettibon memorial covers. They sported hand made covers, each a large booklet, a CD and a download code. One was white, the other black. My #recordcollectorsarepretentiousarseholes self was happy as a fuck.

    Some more chatting with the band and off we went, through way to many youngsters crowding the street and looking for enjoyment. A quick hop into the S-Bahn and like 42 years back i parted with Rudi and Frosch in Barmbek.

    Whatever it takes, please all take the effort to allow yourself inspiration from friends when it comes to discover new stuff. I did and i did hit jackpot.