{"id":1388,"date":"2012-07-10T11:42:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T09:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2022-12-17T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:32:09","slug":"my-loveliest-vinyl-part-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"my loveliest vinyl, part 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1433,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/staticshockmusik.com\\\/catalog\\\/product_info.php?products_id=11269&amp;osCsid=0llege987gephc8g2rhkjbn4m7&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/staticshockmusik.com\\\/product_info.php?products_id=11269&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_1389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389\" title=\"Crazy - 12&quot; EP (Self produced, CRAZY S 8105, 1981)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_ep.jpg\" alt=\"Crazy - 12&quot; EP (Self produced, CRAZY S 8105, 1981)\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_ep.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_ep-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crazy &#8211; 12&#8243; EP (Self produced, CRAZY S 8105, 1981)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hamburg was obsessed with Swiss punk, no sursprise that plenty of records made their way to Hamburg and some records got either re-released (like Crazy&#8217;s 1980 LP &#8220;No Chance&#8221; was put out for Germany by Tom Meyer&#8217;s Moderne Music Lable) or even soley released. Also plenty of personal contacts between people from Hamburg and punks mainly from Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy where not &#8220;first generation punks&#8221;, started in 1979 but made it to THE key event in Swiss Punk history: &#8220;Swiss Punk Now!&#8221; in Nov 1979 in Emmen and burned quickly &#8211; just after finishing their 12&#8243; EP they called it a day after feeling that hardcore punk was no longer them. But they made a clear stand, mixing high energy hardcore punk with outspoken vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict:<br>1977 \u2013&nbsp;<em>yes, yes, yes \u2013 early Swiss Punk definitly was 1977!<br><\/em>published by a cool lable \u2013&nbsp;<em>self produced, self issued, self marketed &#8211; that is DIY Punk!<br><\/em>found in a cool shop \u2013&nbsp;<em>Konneckschen, where else?<br><\/em>catching sound<em>&nbsp;\u2013 Yes, back then so much better than german bands! Great driving chorus underpinned by pressing drums!<br><\/em>The lyrics \u2013&nbsp;<em>one of the biggest assets of Crazy, also not shy to theme homosexuality or eg. the death of punk as such!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The lyrics are in German (with a play of words on &#8220;Rechtsstaat&#8221; (state of law) and &#8220;Rechts Staat&#8221; (right(wing) state)) &#8211; so you need a translation, mate:<\/p>\n<pre>polizeilich, sagte man zu mir\nwir leben frei, frei, wir\nunsere stimmen and der urne z\u00e4hlen\nviele projekte d\u00fcrfen wir w\u00e4hlen\nund doch tun sie gewalt\u00e4tig klagen\nwenn linke ihre meinung sagen\n\nschaut nach z\u00fcrich\nschaut nach bern\nsolche freiheit habt ihr gern\n\nfrei\nfrei\nfreiheit im rechts staat\n\n(c) 1981 Crazy<\/pre>\n<p>For my english friends it roughly translates to:<\/p>\n<pre>by the police i have been advised\nwe live free, free, we\nour votes count at the polls\nmany projects we may choose\nand yet they do complain violently\nwhen the left expresses their opinion\n\nlook to Zurich\nlook to Bern\nsuch freedom you do like\n\nfree\nfree\nfreedom in the right state\n\n(c) 1981 Crazy<\/pre>\n<p>Make sure you crank up your audio:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crazy - Freiheit im Rechtsstaat\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/718Y0mW-oLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See some rare live footage on one of their own DIY videos rescued through times:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRAZY &quot;Kinder von Heute&quot; (Swiss Punk 1981)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q1NMDtfma5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When i was a young punk in 1981 this stage pic from Crazy burned itself into my brain as &#8220;that&#8217;s where i want to be&#8221; (and susequently i tried to play bass but failed):<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1408\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1408\" title=\"Crazy - great live shot from back then (no clue where, no clue when - historicans please!)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_live1.jpg\" alt=\"Crazy - great live shot from back then (no clue where, no clue when - historicans please!)\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_live1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_live1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy_live1-373x300.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crazy &#8211; great live shot from back then (no clue where, no clue when &#8211; historicans please!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Update 12\/2022:<br>A cool re-release of the first Crazy LP (not this 12&#8243;) is out now with additional live songs added. Included is a massive (and massively great) 52 page booklet. Limited to 500 &#8211; be quick! Available from Static Shock in Berlin, click below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staticshockmusik.com\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=11269&amp;osCsid=0llege987gephc8g2rhkjbn4m7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/crazy_kvh.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/crazy_kvh.png 786w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/crazy_kvh-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/crazy_kvh-768x263.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamburg was obsessed with Swiss punk, no sursprise that plenty of records made their way to Hamburg and some records got either re-released (like Crazy&#8217;s 1980 LP &#8220;No Chance&#8221; was put out for Germany by Tom Meyer&#8217;s Moderne Music Lable) or even soley released. 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