NAUSEA - "cybergod" shirt

I think those Nausea are way more known than the successor of Majesty. All their stuff has recently been rereleased on two double lp sets.

New York must have been a nice or maybe for me frightening place around that time since all those squatters etc. had many links to the whole Lower East Side hardcore scene; as you might know the singer of Agnostic Front used to be the boyfriend of Nausea' s singer and John John Jesse was designing record sleeves for Agnostic Front or other NY bands and labels. It' s also funny to have one song by them on the "New York Hardcore: the way it is" compilation between Youth Of Today and Y.D.L..

This shirt was done by Napo for their European tour and has the cover of the "cybergod" 7" (nice piece of plastic in my eyes; should I post it? The b-side even has one of the better anti-christianity lyrics - at least literary - within the punk community (where thousands of them were written)) on the front.

Nice remark concerning the blogger: used to wear those with white polo shirts underneath it. I was in a crew and I was the only member: the youth crust. Me you youth crust.

Links:
Official homepage

EXCREMENT OF WAR - shirt

Very worn Excrement Of War shirt done by Profane Existence in the beginning of the 90ies. A real nice crust band from the UK featuring members of Doom, Filthkick and Extreme Noise Terror. Their vocalist is now - together with members of Heresy, Ripcord and Spite (great but blunt singles; blunt? Makes them even greater!) - in Violent Arrest (no, that' s not a coverband of the forerunner of Abolition/Stack). I really loved their splits and the tape but haven' t heard it in a while. Just needed to preserve the piece of textile because with the next stage of the washing programme the print might be gone - just kidding. I think the "making punk a threat again" (I am not going to tell you what I think about it) was also on other PE shirts on the back, or? For example the "fight patriarchy" shirt etc.



(Rehearsal filmed by Oliver from Cluster Bomb Unit)

Links:
Some kind of interview

SABETH - cobrajet (CD) Join The Team Player #05 1999 & compilation tracks

So I was sitting in front of the record player and thought about ripping the compilaton track from Sabeth on the 51 compilation LP but instead I pulled out the album first and it just knocked my socks off. I did not listen to it for about 5 years since I moved here and it is maybe one of the most underrated hardcore records from this time that I know. To complete my Sabeth postings I am including it along with the compilation tracks. The album was released on CD first and then with some delay on vinyl maybe that' s why the sect ignored it?!

No doubt, this is Sabeth' s best stuff including remixed versions of the "zwei" 7" songs. I really love the production which is very clean and not that bass glutted things you get normally while listening to this sound. And while a band like Zorn and later The Men Of Hell wrote overdrawn pathetic - although they were a bit poking fun at themselves - lyrics, those by Sabeth really approached me.

How could I forget... the resolving, drifty part in "caprice"... great. Even the new version of "ein versuch" is fine. Enjoy and get your hands on this record. Quick!

SABETH - cobrajet (CD) Join The Teamplayer #05 1999

1. abschied
2. cobrajet
3. caprice
4. der feind
5. trendkiller
6. herrenvolk
7. memento mori
8. zerstörer (& der versuch)
[OGG Vorbis, 256k, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

Lyrics for "trendkiller":

Nimm mich mit, an die Orte, die ich nicht mag
ich zeige dir die Menschen, die ich nicht mehr sehen will
weil ihr Zeitgeistleben langweilt
ihr Handeln nur auf Wirkung fixiert
Banalität kennt keine Grenzen
sie ist übermächtig...
an jedem Ort.
Wir leben und sterben mit unseren Ansichten
eure sind nur noch sich selbst genügend
Äußerlichkeiten als Selbstdefinition
mir bleibt die traurige Erkenntnis
Dummheit kennt keine Grenzen
sie ist übermächtig...
an jedem Ort - zu jeder Zeit.
Diese Worte sind nicht neu, nur klarer, jetzt,
wenn ich euch sehe, klarer als je zuvor.
Die Freiheit zu fühlen ist meine Waffe in eurem Spiel,
mit der ich mich schütze, vor eurer Apathie.
Und jetzt, da ich begonnen habe, zu sagen was ich denke, wird klar
ich will euer Spiel nicht und ich werde kein Teil von euch sein.

track from "the 51 comp" (lp) Join The Team Player Records #01 1998

1. moment im mai
[OGG Vorbis, 256k, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

booklet page:








track from "can' t stop this train" compilation (cd) Join The Team Player Records #06 1999

1 . millenium baby
[OGG Vorbis, 256k, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

booklet part:



Links:
Myspace page (found this some minutes ago)
Review von Quebec Hardcore

SABETH - zwei (7") Join The Team Player Records #02 1998

Okay, here is the second Sabeth 7" which was the second release (first one was the 51 compilation lp, which is also worth a posting) from the small - back then - Join The Team Player label. The label is now defunct and the people involved are concentrating on tour booking. Together with Trans Solar they were the first to introduce a higher quality layout comparable to established US labels for their releases. The cover here is no exception if you think of Second Nature/ Edision, Initial, Doghouse etc. and compare it to what German labels were considering artwork (just think of some labels from Berlin or the Hannover area).

Really a good development within a short time from their first 7" to this one. Quite more moshy but not the generic and boring chuggachugga thing and a way more precise drumming. Does anyone remember Mine from Switzerland and Constance? The also had this total unique sound: mosh without being mosh and unpredictable and great changes within the songs.

Especially the lyrics here are taking a great new direction: a quite deep, less naive analysis and of course stricture of structures, behaviour etc. within the hardcore scene but also keeping associated mechanisms of projection while doing so in mind (I' ve been told that this is also a reason that led to the end of Sabeth). That was the moment when I really started to love Sabeth and I know that some people in the Stuttgart area weren' t very pleased with their lyrics which just makes me smile and say: yes!

Although the label doesn' t exist anymore in contrast to the first 7" you might find this one in mailorder lists, at Ebay or even record stores. Just try your luck.

SABETH - zwei (7") Join The Team Player Records #02 1998

side a:
1. der feind

side b:
1. trendkiller
[OGG Vorbis, 256 K, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

Links:
Review on Quebec Hardcore

SABETH - 1st (7") diy 1996/ 1997

The last few weeks I got some e-mails how about me posting some German bands from the last decade since over the oceans people mainly just know the whole Bremen stuff, the Common Cause roster (this blog needs some Abc Diabolo & Ambush postings!) or Love Records things, since they were distributed quite well. Then I started pulling out singles, then I thought about having a series with 90ies emo stuff from all over the world (that' s how the Rights Reserved and The Trigger Quintet ended up here) and in the end about 200 singles were in front of my shelf giving this blog a new direction for the next weeks since there are many Reagan era, KBD whatever blogs or even faceless downloading blogs (horrible institutions) out there and only a few who constantly are posting things from the last decade which is a pity. I mean: fuck pomo and the standard dictum "it was all done before", I grew up with this shit, Seeing Zorn and Abc Diabolo live way before I owned a +Void+ split lp or even This Heat, Can, Terry Riley, Ornette Coleman or insert anything (hey dickheads even Teddie was thinking about his childhood and youth every fraggin minute... hahahahaha) so why should I lie: my heart is still into this crap.

I went through the singles again and stopped with: Sabeth! A band from the southern Stuttgart area featuring a former Dawnbreed (also coming!) member, having fine lyrics and just existing for about three years. They were also a great and powerful live band and I still have some soundboard recordings I' d like to "release" as tape (side note: Antithesis released many live tapes in the 90ies), so if anyone knows where the members are nowadays: please contact me. Maybe I will add one show soon.

I will post their stuff chronically starting with their first 7" now which came in a nice, self done packaging with high gloss cards of paintings and lyrics on the back (does anyone remember those funny Dawnbreed autograph cards in the Flatline fanzine?). In the US the whole heavy music thing (we degenerated Germans refer to this as "heavy mucke") was just emerging out of hardcore - think about Kiss It Goodbye, Bloodlet, Coalesce, Deadguy and so on - while bands like Sabeth managed to find their own sound, very unique but with a huge influence of emo core (it' s funny how unbiased I am while writing this word today), Bremen (Acme/Carol/Systral...), Helmet, AmRep and Touch & Go artists parallel to this development - at least those things come to my mind while listening to them. This was also the first time besides Dawnbreed I thought that German lyrics might not sound awkward since there were more than 15 years of embarrassment between Fehlfarben, Mittagspause, DAF, S.Y.P.H. (hell yeah!), Die Tödliche Doris, Palais Schaumburg (da bomb yo!), der Plan etc. and what is called "Hamburger Schule" or - like Sabeth - hardcore bands from Bremen or Southern Germany (did someone in the back scream "what about some Deutschpunk?"?; dude, come here and get some!).

By the way: all those bands pay tribute to Bernhard Hahn (Elch Studio) who produced all those records back then giving them this particular sound. Like Kuschelrockstudios did in Northern Germany helped to define the Teutonic sound (hahahahaha) of Acme, Carol etc..

SABETH - 1st (7") diy 1996/1997

side a:
1. Aller Wege Ziel
2. Selig

side b:
1. Umstand
2. Ein Versuch
[OGG Vorbis, 256 K, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

RIGHTS RESERVED - galleons lap (7") La Cocina Records #01 199?

Most just know Rights Reserved from their split 7" with Assfactor 4 or maybe their lp on Assorted Porkchorps, which is really great. I am really jealous about my sister having it and me never buying it (I hadn' t to since we were living together for a long time able to listen to each other' s records).

What most people do not know is that this Durham based band started as a melodic hardcore punk band in the late 80ies having eps that are way different than their early 90ies sound which more or less touched the emo genre and so I thought it might be nice to post a 7" by them that is quite between their early stuff and their lp and shows somehow this development even within songs.

Yeah I am sorry but they are really doing a cover of "young turks". Due to this it will just be up for one week. I am a bit paranoid.

I couldn' t find any informations on the world wide web; but I will post other things by them including the lp.

RIGHTS RESERVED - galleons lap (7") La Cocina Records #01 199?

side a:
1. soup and crackers
2. chicken soup with rice

side b:
1. lemon soda
2. young turks
[OGG Vorbis, 256 K, password: antithesis, mirror 1, mirror 2]

BLOODSPORT - "Massmurder on every scale" demo (CD-R) Repel Records 1998

This is my first Repel Records posting, a small label and fanzine from the Ruhrpott area done by the second and notorious singer of Spawn and later True Blue (very much loved by the political correct ones.... hahahaha). He is currently doing Reaper Records. Anyway Repel was releasing some fine demos in the last century and I am starting with this one since I just pulled it out for a friend; all other demos I own will follow: True Blue, Damage i.d., Buried Alive and the great Iron Skull. I am still missing some stuff which is supposed to be on Repel: Despair live tape, a compilation tape called "return to heaven" and a Born From Pain demo. Maybe someone can help me out or will even contribute them here.

Back to Bloodsport: I think, they started with a drum computer like Rancor did, but added the former Invidia drummer soon (I have their demo tape but I am missing the cover; anyone?) to record this demo. Beside Invidia the band members used to be in Feeding The Fire (maybe the most famous red edge band beside Profound/ ManLiftingBanner), Backdraft, Rancor (I found a homepage... they are back together?!) and Invidia.
We played with them some gigs as a replacement for Brother' s Justice who got robbed and lost nearly all their equipment and merchandise on tour - that was together with Length Of Time. Bloodsport were what you might call a live band. I don' t know how their later album for GSR was, but the demo is just a bit behind their brutal live performance: what the audience was doing while watching Length Of Time was done by Bloodsport on stage before.

What I loved about Bloodsport around this time was that they orientated themselves way more towards the originally 8oies metal bands than most of the bands from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany were doing back then ( maybe besides Liar): less moshcore more metal. Just listen to "sauron". I really love the dry drum sound; not like all those overproduced things nowadays.

The demo was later rereleased as tape by Spill The Blood records (S.T.B. #05), which is the most known version and you might often find it in trade lists etc. This is the cover (I included the whole scan in the zip file):



As you might know: some members went on to play in Born From Pain. But this is a different story.

Again: please contact me concerning other Repel Records stuff and Invidia. Thanks!

Bloodsport - "Massmurder on every scale" demo (CD-R) Repel Records #?? 1998
1. shadowwar
2. sauron
3. iscarioth
4. with a passion
[OGG Vorbis, 256 K, password: antithesis]

Links:
Born From Pain homepage
Reaper Records
GSR

BIRTHRIGHT shirt

Original Birthright shirt from Catalyst records. One of the most well known 90ies vegan drugfree chugga chugga bands with former members of Jackhammer and Advance I think (both with singles and tapes on Initial and Catalyst). Especially in Germany the band name is misinterpreted due to the background of a vegan drugfree ideology.
I read on the Catalyst homepage once that Birthright wasn' t a full vegan straight edge band either since having constant line up changes etc. and not all members lived up to that; there were only a few bands with all members being vegan drugfree anyway.
Like most ot the vegan drugfree bands they just had few outputs or a few songs on many different records twice etc. (songs from the demos are on the 7", split 7" and MCD etc. and everything on a CD now). A constant phenomenom since many heroes of that area even just did one 7".

Links:
Birthright @ Catalyst
Birthright @ Myspace

THE TRIGGER QUINTET - self titled (7") Twistworthy Records #01 1995

I am not quite sure if someone remembers (at least Used Bin Forever! does) this very, very short lived Texas based band - I think they just existed for one year or so and had only a few outputs (one 7" and two compilation tracks).
If you grew up with all those early 90ies emo core bands who were also influenced by guitar rock you will like The Trigger Quintet. Well played, good and clear production and the typical nice packaging for this time - what else do you want?

So wherever Tim, Brian, Mike and Mark are nowadays: thank you for this nice piece of plastic.


THE TRIGGER QUINTET - self titled (7") Twistworthy Records #01 1995

side a:
1. senseless in drowning

side b:
1. a return home
2. kill me before I die
[OGG Vorbis, 256 K, password: antithesis]


Discography:

- selftitled 7" Twistworthy Records #01 1995
- track on "the ground rule double" lp/cd Actionboy Records & Divot Records 1995
- track on "use this coupon" lp Slave Cut Records 1996

Repost of the C.C.M. LP

Okay, here is the new rip of the C.C.M. LP (original post).

All those reripped stuff will be up for one week and then they are gone forever.

C.C.M. - into the void (LP) Belfagor Records #07 1986

Side a:
1. Feel Like
2. Enemy
3. Sterilized
4. Sorry
5. R.M.

Side b:
1. Daymare
2. Romeo & Juliet
3. Strange Pain
4. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
5. Into The Void
[OGG Vorbis, 256 k, password: antithesis]

Hats off to Rob Halford & Creative Labs!

Okay kids (and old farts), hats off to Creative Labs!!!

I have a brand new soundcard and can provide much better rips now; currently I am reripping all vinyl stuff that has been posted before (tapes have been done at the computer of my convenant and should sound fine - or?).

I just realized how awful for example the C.C.M. lp sounded - I am really sorry.

By the way: never purchase a motherboard with Via chipset. The worst case scenario would be: Asus motherboard, Via chipset and Nvidia graphic card. Argh....

(UNION OF) URANUS - backhand (Tape) Daybreak Records 1994

These songs are also on the split 12" with His Hero Is Gone (became something like a neo crust and emo scum wet collectors dream) and again on something like a discography cd (which no one needs (?) because it just features the songs from the split 7", the 2x7"/12" and the demo (which means those lazy bastards didn' t record more songs?)). I just thought it might be a nice posting including scans of the tape cover. Union of Uranus, Uranus or (Union of) Uranus were an ignition for a whole wave of bands especially in Germany and France many bands originated who were mainly or directly influenced by them (Uranus nearly had the same impact like bands like Unbroken, Born Against or His Hero Is Gone/ Tragedy/ Remains Of The Day had concerning waves of new bands). The demo is still a bit behind the great 2x7" but a damn good offbeat by a new band. Released on Daybreak back then which is one of the many names of the label most of you know as Great American Steak Religion or Feral Ward or Witch Hunt. One band member went on to play in His Hero Is Gone and Tragedy as you might know.

(UNION OF) URANUS - backhand (Tape) Daybreak Records 1994
1. backhand
2. one eye strengthens
3. weight of tomorrow
4. equilibrate
5. pressure (Negative Approach)
[OGG Vorbis, password: antithesis)


Links:
Myspace Fanpage

Grundpfeiler der Demokratie #2. Heute: Amtsgericht Frankfurt.

Spiegel Online

( @Krauts) Neue Serie: Grundpfeiler der Demokratie. Erste Folge: die Berliner Polizei.

Berliner Zeitung

Netzeitung

Blinded by ideology

Here is a real tough one:

http://www.xcatalystx.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=83&highlight=israel

Someone is trying an impossible thing among those blinded by ideology; Hats off to this dude.

I pissed my pants - although I should cry - concerning the "semites" statement taking from a Wikipedia entry. Can you believe this?

Another day in the western world

When I am taking a shit, I read some Heinrich Heine while doing so (you should too). I think even Heine would love it while others won' t.

STRUGGLE shirt

Original Struggle shirt printed by Ebullition. There was a different version with colours for their US tour I think. When I was younger - I got into punk and hardcore at the peak of the 90ies political hc - I was obsessed with Struggle. I had this friend Axel in a great band called Liederkranz Seemann-Kahne who wore a wornout Struggle patch on his jeans jacket not willing to give it to me and I thought about a hundred ways how to steal the patch off his jacket or his whole jacket.
Their 7" from which the front motive is taken is a real great hardcore record and was the missing link between Downcast and Rorschach. Their lp was even a huge step towards the whole later San Diego stuff. No wonder since later members of Swing Kids (Eric Allen), Locust and Bread and Circuits played in Struggle.
The backprint is oh so 90ies but still causes some reactions. I think the bandmembers wouldn' t print such stuff today and they even left out some booklet pages from their vinyl releases on the discography cd which makes me feel quite comfortable about them progressing (with a huge "intifada worldwide" in their lp booklet they just had to!). GSL once had a nice tree graphic about all the members of those bands and how they are connected to each other but this one seems offline now. But try this one on BandToBand.com.

CONFLICT shirt

German bootleg with a slogan/ song title from their first lp ("meat means murder"1) and the motive from the compilation which included remixes of single songs. Really poor printing quality.
The band is constantly repeating itself since the late 80ies and all their stuff is in print (Emi not Mortarhate! Hahahahaha...).

Update: I just saw that some of the official shirts have a comparable bad printing quality anyway.

Links:
Homepage

1 yeah, we all know about Conflict' s sophisticated, eloquent and deep going lyrics and how they managed to postulate a progressive world-view.

AVAIL shirt

Early poor looking Avail shirt. I can' t believe what people were thinking back then and all of course in xl or even xxl. Used to be a great band especially live. "Over the James" was the last album I purchased nine years ago. Don' t know what their later stuff sounded like maybe I' ll try to get my hands on that.

Links:
Homepage
Myspace

ASSÜCK shirt

Original Assück shirt; there are probably hundreds of bootleggs floating around.
One of the best bands in the world for me. At least for this one record and the early singles. There were some horrible - punk typical witchhunt? - stories about them and ABC Diabolo on their European tour with infamous Daryl Kahan (known from Born Against, Citizens Arrest and Taste Of Fear) on vocals. Honestly: I couldn' t care less.

Links:
Wikipedia entry