{"id":3032,"date":"2014-02-02T20:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2014-10-28T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:07:55","slug":"my-loveliest-vinyl-part-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=3032","title":{"rendered":"my loveliest vinyl, part 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3033\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3033 \" title=\"Zero Boys  - Vicious Circle (Nimrod Records NIM-001, 1982)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/zb_vc.jpg\" alt=\"Zero Boys  - Vicious Circle (Nimrod Records NIM-001, 1982)\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/zb_vc.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/zb_vc-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zero Boys &#8211; Vicious Circle (Nimrod Records NIM-001, 1982)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boy, there are a couple of records that got me hooked on US\/HC and next to Descendents this one comes sure in the top 5. The Zero Boys basicaly came from nowhere (or, as the US of A would put it &#8220;The Midwest&#8221;) and just like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc took everbody &#8220;left field&#8221;. I think they easily outplayed much bigger and more successfull bands of the early 80s but due to their location never made it big. Paul Mahern went on to become a producer in demand and they had a mass of re-unions and new line ups etc &#8211; their 1982 record though is the testament that there was sound out there in US nowhereland that we could never fathom.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict:<\/p>\n<p>1977 \u2013 <i>it ain&#8217;t but this is early hardcore without all the metal \u2013 just punk rock<\/i><br \/>\npublished by a cool lable \u2013\u00a0<i>DIY on a local\u00a0label, later re-issued by Toxic Shock<\/i><br \/>\nfound in a cool shop \u2013\u00a0<i>Konnekschen, where else?<\/i><br \/>\ncatching sound \u2013\u00a0<em>genre defining hooks and speed, no surprise that Paul Maherns other band was powerpop!<\/em><br \/>\nthe lyrics \u2013\u00a0<em>no bullshit and versatile on viewing the world!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Surprise that i actually like this one most: short, crisp, fast paced and a clear and easy message. But\u00a0there is no bad song on this record, trust me!<\/p>\n<pre>You look So good\r\nBut i know You're no good\r\nWhy do you wanna push me down the drain?\r\nDon't you know your love is drivin' me insane?\r\n\r\nWhat's your name?\r\nDown the Drain!\r\nWhat's your name?\r\nDown the Drain!\r\nDrain!\r\n\r\n(c) 1982 Howe\/Mahern\/Clough - Zero Boys Music (BMI)<\/pre>\n<p>Listen up:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uD1Ip5M8SHE?rel=0&amp;amp\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And see it live &#8211; jot as they where in 1981 (jumpt to 02:57 for &#8220;Down the Drain&#8221;):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hNDUZ8DJbhE#t=177?rel=0&amp;amp\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just class! Nothing to add!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy, there are a couple of records that got me hooked on US\/HC and next to Descendents this one comes sure in the top 5. The Zero Boys basicaly came from nowhere (or, as the US of A would put it &#8220;The Midwest&#8221;) and just like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc took everbody &#8220;left field&#8221;. I think they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[17,459,14,458],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-records-as-in-vinyl","tag-loveliest-vinyl","tag-nimrod-records","tag-vinyl","tag-zero-boys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}