Now this brings back memories! Toy Dolls show in Bremen with lot’s of stress between punks from Bremen and Hamburg (as always, remember Bad Brains at the Schlachthof?) and a nice chat with a hungover Olga in their tour van. The famous Toy Dolls riot show in Hamburg at the Markthalle a couple of years later with a big fight between “the left” and “the right”. The arrival of the first Toy Dolls LP and everybody being stunned about the fun, wisdom and energy of the songs…i could go on forever. It is quite strange how Olga (aka the Toy Dolls main man) has kept his little something afloat for so many years and basicaly recording the same set of songs over and over again. But if it is sing-a-long then it ain’t bad!
Nowadys the Toy Dolls still put out records, the latest in 2012 and with Duncan from Snuff on the drums – not a surprise. When not around with the Toy Dolls Olga also served for The Dickies as their bass player. And he turned 50 in 2012, like so many others! Wow, thanks indeed and thanks for some great tunes!
The verdict:
1977 – too speedy, too hectic but nevermind, it’s punk!
published by a cool lable – local Volume Records from Newcastle up on Tyne -. both a local record shop and independent lable.
found in a cool shop – … Konneckschen, sure thing!
catching sound – guitar, guitar, guitar and great sing-a-long!
The lyrics – simple might be an overstatement but they go hand-in-hand with the catchy tunes!
Alfie, can see Johnny and Freddie outside of the Bronx And he, will be Happy with this memory And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes The Bronx is in his head Alfie's home is through, the life he knew Has all gone down... with the Bronx Alfie, sadly Misses the only true friends that he had Now he, can't see Himself ever being happy And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes The Bronx is in his head Alfie's home is through, the life he knew Has all gone down... with the Bronx Alfie's home in the Bronx He belongs in the Bronx Alfie, now he Johnny and Freddie remember the Bronx And the family Alfie once had in the Bronx And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes The Bronx is in his head Alfie's home is through, the life he knew Has all gone down... with the Bronx (c) 1983 Michael "Olga" Algar
Now listen up (and do listen up to the vinyl cracks!):
And see them live in 1984:
And even better – Brasilian TV 1988, that is a real stunner:
And i do like cover versions and i do like classical covers of punk songs, so listen up here:
