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    Songs from the Holy War Archive Volume Ten

    Songs from the Holy War Archive Volume Ten
    Songs from the Holy War Archive Volume Ten

    I can’t stop. It is the music i love. It is the music that makers my life complete. It is the energy that carries me when i need support. And it is the people that i love, on the stage, in front of the stage or in the pit.

    Punk Rock.

    Thanks friends and as ever enjoy!

    Love, D.

    PS: Strictly limited edition not for sale nor for hire. And this is 2014 – forgot to post it, me bad!

    1. Christ On A Crutch – Children Shouldn’t Play With Guns (1:56)
    2. The Bedlam Knives – Here Comes Trouble (2:17)
    3. Nick 13 – All Alone (3:26)
    4. The Lucky Ones – Punk Rock ’til We’ve Parted (3:16)
    5. The Names – Money And Time (1:37)
    6. The DeRita Sisters – Born Without A Punkrock Name (1:17)
    7. Radierer – Angriff Auf’s Schlaraffenland (3:29)
    8. DeeCracks – I’m About To Crack (2:52)
    9. Calabrese – American Rebel Death Riders (1:29)
    10. Prisoner Abuse – Truncheon-tro/Last Mistake (2:17)
    11. The Vivisectors – Werewolf’s Dungeon (3:46)
    12. SNFU – Donald the Dead (3:57)
    13. Violets – 8 O’clock (1:47)
    14. Stereo Kiddies – Yo Yo (2:46)
    15. The Kent 3 – The Palms (3:06)
    16. The Razorblades – Punk Rock Summer (2:35)
    17. The Last – I Know (1:37)
    18. The Struggle – Writing On The Wall (2:34)
    19. Strawberry Blondes – Beat Down Babylon (Feat. John Robb) (2:03)
    20. The Prowlers – Spread Your Bed (3:11)
    21. Hounds of Hate – Hello, Cruel World (1:25)
    22. Skarsoles – Skaramanga (3:14)
    23. Sandwash – Temper (3:39)
    24. Last Seen Laughing – You’re Fucking Dumb (3:19)
    25. SNFU – No Never (3:50)
    26. Yes Mistress – Kiss (1:15)
    27. Rebel City Rollers – Get The Picture? (1:58)
    28. The Bennies – Auto Party Pilot (3:53)
    29. The Flatliners – Straight American Slave (2:42)
    30. Wasted Lives – Divorce (2:17)
    31. Violent End – Shackled (1:31)
    32. The Koffin Kats – Devil Tales (2:26)
    33. Harrington Saints – Sounds Of The Street (2:28)
    34. Rocket from the Crypt – In League with Satan (2:42)
    35. GG Allin – No Rules (1:37)
    36. Crime Wave – Uber-Hipster Holocaust (1:12)
    37. The Freeze – No one’s coming home (1:46)
    38. Radioactivity – When I’m Gone (2:08)
    39. South City Locos – Mama Joined The Black Bloc (2:08)
    40. The Hallingtons – All She Did Was Lie (1:25)
    41. The Fuck Ups – Negative Reaction (2:53)
    42. Tröckener Kecks – Zeeuws Meisje (1:18)
    43. Neighborhood Brats – Total Dementia (2:10)
    44. Teenage Bubblegums – 3 A.M. (1:59)
    45. Subway – Jesus Loves Me (But I Don’t Care) (2:06)
    46. The Brains – The Monster Within (2:21)
    47. Negative Charge – Bad Feelings (3:19)
    48. Sydney Ducks – He Lives for Today (3:56)
    49. Dirt Box Disco – What You Gonna Do About It (3:25)
    50. Tommy Gun – Brutal Rough And Dirty (3:13)
    51. Pork Dukes – Dirty Boys – You Dirty Cunts (2:00)
    52. Violets – Not Alright (1:38)
    53. Latex Novelties – I Don’t Wanna Look Like No Ramone (2:01)
    54. Brass Tacks – Losing Control (2:18)
    55. Dead Ramones – Hear Me (2:36)
    56. The Headliners – The Kids Just Wanna Dance (3:22)
    57. The GC5 – The Bottom Line (3:29)
    58. Calabrese – At Night I Am the Warmest (2:52)
    59. The Union Boys – Welcome To Boston (2:41)
    60. Dead White And Blue – California (3:48)
    61. Killing Time – Personal Hardcore (1:14)
    62. Lion’s Law – 1789 (Feat. Komintern Sect) (3:45)
    63. An Escape For Louie – One More Day In 98 (1:25)
    64. Retros – All Talk No Action (0:45)
    65. Tiger Bell – Don’t wanna hear about your band (2:00)
    66. Junkstars – You Are A Knockout (3:06)
    67. Bulbulators – Nikt Nie Rodzie Sie Zly (2:44)
    68. The Talk – Life In Colour (3:31)
    69. Dead City Riot – Before The Dawn (3:28)
    70. Aspirina Infantil – Violencia (1:12)
    71. The Murderburgers – The Working Week Is A Case Study (2:04)
    72. Poly Styrene – Black Christmas (3:27)
    73. The Pistones – The Pressure (3:04)
    74. EXPO – Rock Or Punk (1:58)
    75. Sudor – Yo Y Mis Ganas De Vomitar (1:26)
    76. Epidemics – Born In The 80’s (3:08)
    77. Gun Crazy – Talk To Jane (2:43)
    78. The Prowlers – Easy Target (1:59)
    79. Southern Front – Militant Takeover (2:21)
    80. The Jack Brews – Brewligans (2:53)
    81. Bishops Green – Christmas In New York (4:16)
    82. Carbona – Semivivo (1:44)
    83. Druglords Of The Avenues – Macgowan’s Seeth (3:13)
    84. Hijinx – Tonight’s The Night (3:10)
    85. Dead End Story – Catch Me If I Fall (2:50)
    86. Chatholic Spit – Dentist (2:45)
    87. Down To Nothing – Sheffield (1:51)
    88. Necros – Raw To The Bone (Club House Sessions) (1:07)
    89. The Chromosomes – Siesta Forever (2:05)
    90. Wasted – How Did I Get Here? (2:42)
    91. The GC5 – Bastards Of Young (2:27)
    92. Bad Sports – Washed Up (2:28)
    93. Kung Fu Devils – A Quiet Life (1:43)
    94. The Camel – Fadia Hamdi (1:31)
    95. Doubling Boys – 1969 (3:12)
    96. Manic Hispanic – Barrio Love (3:36)
    97. The Abusers – Death Wish (2:11)
    98. The Wild Rover – Nothing Lasts Forever (2:56)
    99. Fresh Color – The Source (2:24)
    100. Duffy’s Cut – Tied Tongues (3:07)
    101. The Vivisectors – Sunpowered Surfboard (3:13)
    102. The Effection – Soundtrack To A Moment (3:02)
    103. Kremlin – Sun Never Sets (1:38)
    104. The Studets – One Studet Beyond (1:58)
    105. Murder Party! – I’ll Kill, I Swear (3:07)
    106. The ‘Tone – I Don’t Think (2:41)
    107. Argies – Bailando en mis Zapatos (3:24)
    108. Dead Shakes – Lucky (2:50)
    109. Revilers – Requiem (2:43)
    110. Autistic Youth – Everyday Once More (2:09)
    111. Angry Snowmans – North Pole (1:55)
    112. The Pukes – GLC (1:46)
    113. Spanish Reds – Creeper (2:50)
    114. The DeRita Sisters – War Stories (1:04)
    115. Kicker – I Think You’re Shit (1:14)
    116. Angry Snowmans – Fast Reindeer (0:59)
    117. Brixton Cats – Tranchee (3:27)
    118. Less Than Jake – Sunstroke (3:09)
    119. Saturday’s Heroes – Tear It Down (3:58)
    120. Rude Tins – Radio (2:16)
    121. Kodiak – Predators Won’t Lose Sleep (2:26)
    122. Redd Kross – Lady In The Front Row (3:19)
    123. The Young Rochelles – Cannibal Island (1:43)
    124. Los Ramons – Deck The Halls (2:21)
    125. The ‘Tone – Falling Over (2:33)
    126. Bl’ast! – Tomorrow (2:33)
    127. The Crunch – Down By The Border (2:38)
    128. The Broken Toys – Drugs (3:07)
    129. Suicide Syndicate – I’m Not Like You (1:13)
    130. Drones – For the Record (2:39)
    131. The Mutants – It Came From Orgazmo (3:52)
    132. Brown Sugar – To Fucked to Drunk (2:37)
    133. Young Identities – Convolutions (Let’s All Have) (1:10)
    134. 198X – 3D World (1:34)
    135. Zombie Squad – I Wouldn’t (1:50)
    136. Gasoline Kills – For A Friend (2:57)
    137. Sound Of Ruby – Jane Doe (3:23)
    138. D.O.A. – Donnybrook (3:42)
    139. The Gas – It shows in your face (2:35)
    140. Transistors – Your Life Could Be So Easy (2:44)
    141. Art (The Only Band In The World) – Rock Against Racism Smash The Nazis (1:15)
    142. Ordinarys – We Mean It (2:24)
    143. Crime Wave – American Hooligan (3:05)
    144. The Prostitutes – 1-2-3 Go (1:23)
    145. The Randoms – Let’s Get Rid of New York (2:42)
    146. The Arteries – Grow Up (2:36)
    147. Man or Astro-Man? – Antimatter Man (2:35)
    148. Buck Eejit – Last Bus To Nowhere (3:05)
    149. Nomeansno – Dad (3:00)
    150. Masked Intruder – I Plead the 5th (Demo) (1:15)
    151. Strung Out – Soulmate (3:19)
    152. The Go Set – Drums Of Chelsea (2:17)
    153. Dirtbox Disco – Rock’n’Rolla (2:29)
    154. 800 Octane – Halloween (1:38)
    155. Stand Your Ground – Allein (2:07)
    156. The Visitors – Surfin’ (1:33)
    157. Oma Hans – Apachen Über Hamburg (2:34)
    158. Dedication – My Choice (1:09)
    159. Nightfall – Contamination (1:04)
    160. Giuda – Fat Boy Boogie (3:01)
    161. Modern Warfare – Dayglo (0:58)
    162. Detox – Camel (4:15)
    163. Suburban Legends – A Dream Is A Wish (2:04)
    164. Ocean 11 – Solid as a Rock (2:39)
    165. The Secret Prostitutes – Job (1:26)
    166. Custom Fit – One Hit Blunder (2:29)

    Songs from the Holy War Archive Volume Ten:
    166 tracks in playlist, average track length: 2:28
    Playlist length: 6 hours 49 minutes 50 seconds

  • … oldpunks like it simple: a twang, a sing-a-long and a chorus – and plenty of fun! Undefeated so far!

    … oldpunks like it simple: a twang, a sing-a-long and a chorus – and plenty of fun! Undefeated so far!

    Whilst Thursday was devoted to explore new sounds and see new bands, Saturday was something more traditional and turned out to be equal fun, though with a setting of an average age quite above the K-Town Warm-up.

    The Mad Moiselles (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)
    The Mad Moiselles (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)

    A surprise slot was down for The Mad Moiselles from Hagen and they where plagued manyfold: The audience rather boozed and mingled in the pub, they where singled out by one audience member as ‘… god, they all somehow look ugly’ and in reply someone else made a firm statement as in ‘… i lived for 4 month in Hagen, it is ugly and they all look strange there’. In other words the troops where not up for them but they still delivered some good 1976 styled punk rock with an emphasis on “76” and “Rock” (not unexpected for a band that sported Thin Lizzy and Downliners Sect T-Shirts).

    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)
    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)

    Next Hamburgs own Gerd and the fun element of the evening sure was there, all the classic hits that Gerd did write 38 years ago where served and good interaction with the willing audience was ensured.

    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)
    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)

    I guess it is called the home advantage, where 80% of the audience knows one or more members of the band on stage. Sometimes musicians are lucky!

    And people got carried away, dancing and singing along and demanding Gerd’s 1967 smash hit – and once served celebrated it with fireworks.

    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)
    Gerd (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)

    That done it was time for the headliners. Two brothers on strings and a drummer. The most simple setup but also the most welcome recipe for winning. As in over the audience. See how they lured people out of the pub and back onto the dancefloor…

    And sure thing the audience knew what was being served: Mid paced melodic punk, with great vocals and choruses and sure melodic hooks. And all of that served precise. To the point. No nonsense.

    Guitar Gangsters (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)
    Guitar Gangsters (Monkeys Music Club Hamburg, 20.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)

    They are around for such a long time and they get their show across to small and large audience with a smile and with an eye for detail: For those who read here on a regular basis it is known that i do like consistent stage attire with something special. The Guitar Gangsters did get a 9 out of 10, their hidden gem was 3 ties – in Black, Red and Gold (from right to left) and thus the german flag. Nice hat off to the country where they constantly enjoy success!

    And by the end they had everyone singing and moving, just a few barflies took it easier. How to sum them up? ‘Critically underrated for years‘ makes a good line. They are in it for the fun and they serve it with a smile. Well done lads!

    As they where so great and they never had a hit on MTV here are more pic on heavy rotation:

    And as ever thanks for those who turned up, supported the bands and supported that little gem hidden away in Altona. Love it. Love my pint of black gold too – where else can i have that and see great bands?

  • … 6 Bands, 10€ and great surprises paired with best in class hardcore: K-Town warm up was a blast!

    … 6 Bands, 10€ and great surprises paired with best in class hardcore: K-Town warm up was a blast!

    A bargain. Nothing more and nothing less. And an early, daylight plagued start. But where else would you get 6 bands for only 10€? Hamburg nicely lay en route to København aka K-Town and the massive K-Town Hardcore Fest at the famous Ungdomshuset. The Hafenklang made a nice effort to persuade some bands to do a stop-over, much appreciated indeed.

    Arriving on time just ahead of the start the outlook was grim, more band members than paying audience. In the end some 100 odd folks where around, definitely a too low turn out for some great bands.

    Maailmanloppu - Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    Maailmanloppu – Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    First on Maailmanloppu (that is Apocalypse for all you being ignorant of the mighty finnish language) and they took the stage with energetic and fast paced hardcore and the angry vocals it deserves. In finnish though, so no clue what they where complaining about.

    Bam. Bam. Bam. Done. Me mate directly marched to the merchandising and got all the 7″ and LP’s they had. They where a big surprise to me too i have to admit – setting aside the language they where classy US Hardcore material by all accounts.

    Lapinpolthajat - Hafenklang, Hamburg 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    Lapinpolthajat – Hafenklang, Hamburg 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    It kept my finnish language capabilities busy with the next band (Lapinpolthajat, something with Lapland and Politics is my wild guess), as much as the sound engineer tried to communicate with them in non-finnish (that steered some blank faces on the stage). And it got more melodic but kept the pace and the harshness. Just great stuff, delivered by an outfit that could not be stranger (in terms of the different personas and styles).

    By now there where a couple of more people, in front of the stage and also now on the stage. All the way from Singarpore (or சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு) came Daily Ritual and they crowed the stage with 3 guitar players and a massive wall of sound as a result.

    Daily Ritual - Hafenklang Hamburg, 18-.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    Daily Ritual – Hafenklang Hamburg, 18-.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    They sure looked different and they sure got a different sound. And pleasant that sound was, great guitar play and rather soft dual singing. They have their niche and they create something unique in that – a worthy setup for K-Town Hardcore Fest!

    And they where the first band that actually did make an effort to connect to the audience with more than a single word. Again, they where a surprise and the next mate went to the merch to get the LP. Deal! Half time that was and it already felt like something special, like a small youth center show in the early 80s (though today’s bands generally have better abilities i need to confess).

    Eu's Arse - Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    Eu’s Arse – Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    Ups, next on some Italians that clearly rather had my age (50+) then the other bands. They formed in 1981 and they did play the mid-80s metalcore that Italy got famous for back then. I did not like it back then and i do not like it now, so did spend time outside chatting – actually like many others.

    Orden Mundial - Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    Orden Mundial – Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    Back inside it was time for Orden Mundial (or World Order, for those who did let go the spanish class) and boy where they different. If there was a price to be won for unique sound (the guitar player played through two amps left and right on the stage) and unique singing (the tall singer yelled at the audience with a very angry stare) they where by far the winner. I was not really thrilled by their sound but it definitely had the aura of something unique. Muchachos bien hecho!

    No Problem - Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de
    No Problem – Hafenklang Hamburg, 18.06.2015 (c) gehkacken.de

    No Problem. To be honest they where the reason for being down at the Hafenklang. I missed their raunchy show on the MS-Hedi (a small tourist boat in the harbor that is being used for live shows whilst cruising the river Elbe) last year and people assured me that i missed something big time – they take no prisoners (to the extend that the captain had to stop the cruise to order order ….).

    And where Maailmanloppu started No Problem took off and the ‘bam-bam-bam’ was multiplied by 10. Wow. Stunning. Fast. Precise. Energetic. And the singer the loose cannon that makes a difference. When he was not playing guitar next to singing he did throw himself into the audience, no matter what.

    Gosh. Punk-fucking-rock served at breakneck speed and with true style, from Canada. The only disappointment was that they did not play that one song that i do love so much (but the internet allows me to insert it anyway, turn it up fucking loud).

    And there was no slowdown and there where indeed no prisoners. And there was also the sure thing that they deserve a larger space, a bigger audience and even more success. They simply got it all right. Word.

    6 Bands. 10€. Loads of Merch. And you where not there. Why? The next time such a great package get’s served please get you ass up and show up. Thank you. And thanks to all 6 bands for giving Hamburg the opportunity and og nu nyde Kopenhagen og killt det på Ungdomshouset!