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SNFU – If you swear, you catch no fish (Better Youth Records BYO017, 1986)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This blog entry already sends shivers down my spine. This is one of the bands that realy mean a lot to me and i have always adored (little did i know about the in’s and out’s of SNFU). Regular records, regular tours and both records and shows where great – with a bonus for a real energetic live show. Over the years they went silent and by the end of the 80’s they broke up. Only to re-surface in the 90’s even stronger, disappear again and pop by another time and then go bust when Singer Ken Chin decided on a full blown meth carrer incl. loosing all property and becoming homeless.<\/p>\n

Nevermind, next to their 1996 Album “FYULABA” on Epitaph this is one of the best hardcore records from over there (and not US, this is CAN) and i think at least one SNFU records will make it into my alltime top 10. Thus the verdict:<\/p>\n

1977 \u2013 sure thing. a variety of speed, great axe-work and eye-watering slow songs like “Black Cloud” – true 1977!
<\/em>published by a cool lable \u2013 Better Youth Records from LA, no question about coolness thanks to the Stern-Brothers of Youth Brigade\/BYO fame (and a cool name too, btw)<\/em>
found in a cool shop \u2013\u00a0that was Konneckschen again, all my 70’s and 80’s records are from there!<\/em>
catching sound \u2013 if this is not catching you, then you have a musick-al health problem!
<\/em>not too bad words \u2013 a song about the struggle with parents who dislike the music with a small shiny light on record collectors feelings – i was touched forever, see yourself:<\/em><\/p>\n

I pride my record collection,\nit's the only thing I like to do\nBut, my dad insists they're evil things\nwith satanic messages in their grooves\nHe says he knows this for a fact\ncause the good lord told him so\nAnd he doesn't want the voice of Satan\nraging through his humble home.\n\nThose records are the devil's music\nAnd no son of mine's gonna listen to them\nSorry son, but you have no choice\nI just can't have you hearing that devil's voice\n\nI told him to shut up and he punched my face\nHe then grabbed a sledgehammer from out back\nand sabotaged my record rack\nHe crushed all my imports and rarities\nHe didn't even save the picture sleeves!\nAfterwards I felt so weak\nwith each broken record died a part of me\n\nThose records are the devil's music\nAnd no son of mine's gonna listen to them\nSorry son, but you have no choice\nI just can't have you hearing that devil's voice\nSorry son, you have no choice\ni said you have no choice\ndo you have choice?\n\n(c) 1986 Better Youth Publishing (ASCAP)<\/pre>\n
And, to round it off, the back cover shows the band with a hockey stick – something that did touch me even more, esp. as i spend all of the 80’s watching and supporting hockey in Hamburg.<\/p>\n
And now listen up:<\/p>\n