Templars & The Clichés - Split 7'' (2011)

Tracklist:
01. The Clichés - Promises
02. The Clichés - We won't change
03. Templars - Posers
04. Templars - It's all about you

Released by Randale Records in 2011.

Two small skips on the Templars side that i tried to avoid but they where just to deep. Don't blame me, blame Randale for their poor production value on the record. Other then that it's a decent rip if you ask me.

Two great bands that somehow deliver a halfarsed split way below their other stuff. One good song on both sides but somehow i was expecting more from this clash of titans. Well at least from the Clishés who in my oppinion are way to unknown commercial when considering the amount of superb songs they have pushed out. Templers just keep on falling in my eyes and i have gone from being a hardcore fanatic to not even getting my arse out of the house when they play a show in Sweden these days. Don't know if it's the band just growing old (or me) or if it's the realisation that all their songs basically sound the same and they aint really saying shit anymore. Some grow old and bold while others just turn old i guess. At least i have their old records to enjoy.
7/10

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The record is still available at:
Noise Of Sweden
Interpunk
Rebellion
Runnin Riot

V/A - Every Perfect Gift CD (2011) - Tribute To Templars

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. The Crusaders - The Templars (Germany)
03. Pogon BGD - War On The Streets (Serbia)
04. The Daltonz - Don't Do Anything At All (France)
05. Uchitel Truda - Victims (Russia)
06. Antipati - Another One (Sweden)
07. Vindicate This! - They Don't Care (Sweden)
08. Total Annihilation - The Glory It Once Was
09. 45 Adapters - New York
10. The Cliches - NYPD (Sweden)
11. Bombardiers - You Decide (France)
12. Bulldozer - Never Fade Away (Spain)
13. Outro

A bootleg tribute with various artists that covered Templars through the years and since it's a bootleg i don't think the creators have capitalist intentions behind the product, hell i dont even think it's for sale in the first place so therefore i upload it a bit earlier than i would do a normal release.

Not much to say about this release and i think anyone with as much intrest in the various national scenes around the world as i have have atleast heard 90% of these songs before.

First thing i have to say is thank Allah for Sweden and the amount of bands this tiny little nation of 10 millions has spewed out through the years. The fact that we have as many and if not more internationally current Oi! bands as a nation like say... Russia really says something about the scene here.

My favourite active Swedish band The Cliches make a good cover but get sidelined by a band that i often don't like Antipati, mainly because they have always been a bit to much Stockholm for me (Swedens capitol) with all the "our scene is us" mentality aside they make a nice Swedish version of Another one. This song has more strengt in a nation like Sweden where alcohol-sales is run by the govenrment and dragged down with taxes that would make any full-blooded American cry like a little bitch in fear of the red beast.
Third Swedish band Vindicate This? Nothing new, always great.

As for US both those two bands can be viewed here on the side and as for the rest of the world? Get your own US of Oi! of...... if you want to promote your national bands.
8/10

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New split from Templars.

With no other than the much beloved Swedes from Agent Bulldogg. If the old info from a member is correct the release will feature Templars doing English covers of Swedish Agent songs and Agent will do Swedish covers of English Templars songs. If this is so then it might be the most awesome release in a long time and a fucking brilliant idea at that.

Only info i have right now is that it is a 7'' limited to 1000 copies (900 black/100 orange) and that you can pre-order them from Randale's shop.
The vikings are comming!!

Templars & The new chords - Split Double 7'' (2010)

Tracklist:
01. Templars - Down to the wire
02. Templars - Old days
03. Templars - Blood, sweat & tears
04. The new chords - Back home
05. The new chords - The templars (Templars cover)
06. The new chords - Antisocial today

Released by Randale Records in 2010.

A well nice packaging well worth any collectors hardearned dollars. Thick and nice cover split in the middle with 2 EP's (one for each band) that looks damn nice in the crate or on the bookshelf its just to bad the actuall musical content is a bit lacking.

Templars being one of my favourite US bands and The Veros (same members as The new chords) being one of my favourite French bands (atleast their demo's) i was a bit let down by the result of the split. These songs are way better than most other stuff released in 2010 but not at all as good as what the bands deliver otherwise. Templars do two good songs and it's nice to hear Down the wire which contains some of the Templars old sound but it still lacks something that made the old songs shine.
The new chords make a halfass contribute with the exception of their song Back home that i consider the best song on the split, to bad my crappy rip of the record dont really do it the honor it deserves.
A must have for collectors like me but nothing more than an ok EP for the rest.
8/10

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Can still be bought at:
Pure Impact
Dim Records
Oi!aintdead
Noise of Sweden
Contra Records
Skinflint
Step-1
Rebellion Records
Durty Mick
Punkrock CD's

Great movie, great song (Templars)

Just bought Night of the seagulls last week for my other site VHS-Ploitation and came to think about what great songwriters Templars are.

Heres two other song based on the same movie (no Oi! though)

Templars - Pure brickwall recordings LP (2009)

Tracklist:
01. Bovver boy (Orig. mix)
02. Young warrior (Orig. version)
03. Boobs & braces
04. Somethings wrong
05. The city
06. You're free
07. Templar bootboys!
08. Tell me
09. Police informer (Orig. version)
10. Fooled again
11. Sirens
12. The waiting is over (Orig. version)

Released by Vulture Rock in 2009.

One of the later and quite bootleg looking releases by Vulture's Typhoid Courtney sublabel.
When i got my copy i should have been disappointed since there really isnt much of any coverart just a piece of paper glued on to a bland vinylcartoon with a A4 insert containing the information and none of the vinylsides having any print just a handwritten A and B on each of them. Instead i was overwhelmed with warmth since this is how a lot of D.I.Y. bands here in Sweden used to do it back in the 90's. (Looking through the internet i find tons of LP's for sale with black coverart and a picture of the whole band giving the finger. Does anybody know the differance from the one that i have?)

Except from the "blast from the past" coverart there is not really a whole lot to be gained from this LP if you aint a collector or diehard. Most iof the songs have been released on CD's and LP's before and with a much better quality (the songs here are from two demo's in '92 and '93). As much as i like them their musical quality isnt that high.

The album contained atleast one song that i had never heard before, namely Boobs and braces. A great song that together with Templar Bootboys! and the early version of Fooled again makes it an enjoyable listen.
If your a collector like me you probably already own it. If your not then stick to downloading it and put your money on some other record.
6/10

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The strange version with black cover is still available for purchase at:
Step1 Music
Bandworm Records

Templars - Out of the darkness 7'' (2008)

Tracklist:
01. Out of the darkness
02. Weighed down

Released by Templecombe in 2008.

You know the band, you know their sound. Top band, top songs, top ep.
As one gets older its nice to see the bands evolving with you and this is one of those bands. I hope i can still buy new Templars records when i have passed 60.
9/10

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The record is sold out of most distros but can still be bought at Angry, young and poor and Headline Records.

Live footage of Templars performing The glory it once was

Templars - Outremer (2005)

Tracklist:
01. Forever young
02. True to the cause
03. Frontline
04. On the edge
05. Own free will
06. Situation critical
07. A friend
08. Alone in a crowd
09. Lost & found
10. Nowhere fast
11. PC muscles
12. On my own

-Also added 3 extra tracks that wasnt on any of the pressings-

13. Dawns early light
14. Livsstil (Agent Bulldogg cover)
15. For a while

Released by GMM Records on cd in 2005 and then later re-issued on picture LP by Randale Records in 2007 (the version i have).

A true showing how much i view records as collectors items more than something to listen to is that i didnt understand i had the wrong songlist to this record untill a week ago. Yet i have owned the LP for some years now. I remember downloading the record online and then later buying it on LP. The version i downloaded had 15 songs on it and i thought that was the correct
tracklisting but then i checked the LP that had been collecting dust and realised that it only had 12 tracks.
Anyway i upload the extra songs i thought was on it since this has always been Outremer for me.

History facts for underground nerds:
Outremer is old French and means "Overseas". This was the common name that was given to the crusader states around Jerusalem. Basicly anything that wasnt on the border to France was called Outremer. For instance the French king Louis IV was called "Louis d'Outremer because he was born in England.

The album consists of songs recorded from 1999 to 2003 and has a nice mixed sound. Sure it might lack some of the old raw and brutal sound but asking a band to sound the same after more than 10 years active is just stupid. A well played and mature sound basicly.

I feel comfortable when listening to the album and checking through the sleevephotos. Not only do i see familuar faces from my own country and some known faces from UK but the whole feeling on the record feels much like a dedication to the bands friends and "fanbase".
Sure some songs are utter garbage (Alone in a crowd and A friend) but Templars post-Y2K sound is something that grows on you the more you listen to it.

The three extra songs i added (and always believed was on the album) are all top songs to with the Swedish-friendly flirt on Dawns early light and the English traslated version of the old classic Swedish Agent Bulldogg song Livsstil.

No matter if they play aggropunk like before (Violence etc) or the later Rolling Stones/The who inspired mod-rock they always seem to do it well enough to keep me as a loyal fanatic.

This is as far as i go in the Templars discography for now but will post some later albums in the future. (33 Templars posts.. damn)
9/10

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Still for sale at these distros:
Oi! Aint Dead
Dim Records
Pure Impact
Bandworm
Victory Records
Rebellion Shop
North Records
Corpseclothing

Templars & Crashed out - Split 7'' (2005)

Tracklist:
01. Crashed out - Outcast
02. Templars - Nowhere fast

Released by Templecombe in 2005.

Split with the moloko punks in Crashed out from Britain. A highly overrated band in my oppinion and they dont really blow my mind on this EP either. Some ska influenced poptrack that has been done ten times better by other bands ten times before.

Templars on the other hand deliver a great song with superb guitarparts as ussual.
7/10

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SOld out from all distros i know off.

Templars - The French connection 7'' (2004)

Tracklist:
01. Dawn's early light
02. Anis par le din (Komintern Sect cover)

Released by Bords de seine in 2004 and re-issued in 2005 limited to 500 copies both times.

Templars start the EP by charming my patriotic heart with a ballad about the cold winternights of Sweden. To bad there was no lyrics with the EP. This song was re-released on their Outremer album but also there the lyrics to this song was missing (i own the picture LP and maybe it was on the cd version i dont know). If anyone has the lyrics to it then please contact me.

Second song is a cover and a great one at that. Carl does not sing on this one other than in the chorus. It doesnt sound like Chet singing so probably its KS singer (dont have a clue since i never liked that band and im not familuar with how he sounds).
Anyway both songs are superb in all departments!
9/10

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To my knowledge its all sold out.

Templars - Reconquista 1994-1998 CD (2002)

Tracklist:
01. Running out of time
02. Victim
03. War heros
04. Bovver boy
05. Easy way out
06. Concrete grave
07. No escape
08. No rhyme nor reason
09. Politicians
10. Stick to your guns
11. Another one
12. Just like them
13. Night of the seagulls
14. Never fade away
15. It aint right (Oppressed cover)

Released by GMM Records in 2002.

History facts for underground nerd:
Reconquista basicly means reconquest and is used to describe the years inbetween early 8th century and the late 15th century when various christian groups (The franks, Arian Christians etc.) reconquered old muslim areas in the Iberian kingdom.
The bands Reconquista didnt last for 800 years though, only 1994-1998.

A mixture of songs taken from compilations, EP's and splits during 94-98.

The record that showcases why Templars isnt only one of the longrunners in the US scene but also the kings without a crown.
The record is filled to the brim with classics and unreleased gems such as Night of the seagulls, Carry your guns, Bovver boy, Never fade away and Easy way out.
If it would have been new material it would have been a sure 10/10 but since the majority of the songs has been re-released some times now its welldeserved of a penalty point.
9/10

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Can still be bought at:
Interpunk
Angry, young & poor
Victory records
Rebellion shop

Templars & Devilskins - Split 7'' (2001)

Tracklist:
01. Templars - Last time
02. Devilskins - Simone de Locarno
03. Devilskins - La tua rivolta

Released by Oi! Strike in 2001.

Never bought it and never really searched for it. Cant really see anything good with this release.

Templars side is a weak attempt to make some 60's ballad rock but the poor quality of the singing and production just makes it weak. Is it just me or does even Phil even skip a couple of beats in the song?

Devilskins delivers one of the most missplaced and noisy guitarparts i have ever heard on any song in the start of Simone de Locarno. Painfull and bad. I am blushing.
4/10

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Templars - The horns of Hattin CD (2001)

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Video age
03. Heroin street
04. Shift the blame
05. Nowhere to play
06. Consequences
07. Enemies
08. Breakdown
09. Lies
10. Demagogue
11. Ockhams razor
12. Backstreet kids (Skrewdriver cover)

Released by GMM Records on CD in 2001.

History facts for underground nerds:
The horns of Hattin are two vulcanos overlooking the village of Hittin in Israel. It is said that it was here that the templars fought and lost their major battle against the muslim forces occupying the region.


The tracklisting on the back of the CD says its only 10 songs but i have cut and devided the first song into an intro and the song and also the last song that had the "hidden" Skrewdriver song after 24 minutes of silence following the song Ockhams razor (why even do that?).
If i didnt have this record on cd i would have thought that i had picked the wrong RPM when playing it. Templars seem way slower than on earlier releases. This is not a bad thing though but on songs like Ockhams razor Carl sounds so pitched down that i even searched for a pitch funtion on my CD player.

Some really great songs can be found here in the rac'n'roll smelling track Breakdown, the lyricly intresting Demagogue (does anyone know who this song is dedicated to) and also one of the few uptempo songs on the record Enemies.

It's also nice to hear an excellent cover of Backstreet kids.
9/10

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Cant find it in any distros but available at ebay.

Templars & P38 - Marseille meets New york 7'' (2000)

Tracklist:
01. P38 - Skinhead revolte
02. Templars - Somehow

Released by Disagree Records in 2000.

A split done with the higly underrated P38 that has Remi on vocals (used to sing in the classic and highly highly underrated Oi! band R.A.S.). Always been a sucker for his rough vocal delivery and even if P38 ended up more of an Oi!sounding streetpunk band (or the other way around) it was still a great band. (uploaded some of this band material here)

Templars choice of split partners isnt that strange since i know they are big fans of R.A.S. (even did a song for their tribute album i think). Templars song Somehow has a nice early Skrewdriver sound to it but ofcourse with a familuar templars-twist to the guitar section.
9/10

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Sold out.

Templars - Biaus seignors freres CD (2000)

Tracklist:
01. East side boys - The oi! years (West side boys cover)
02. East side boys - L'Unite
03. TNT - Laboro (Nabat cover)
04. Sons of acre - Cries of yesterday
05. Templars - Just another rebel
06. Templars - Unemployed again
07. Templars - Hopeless
08. Templars - The only way out
09. Templars - Terror tactics

Released by TKO Rekords in 2000 as a 10'' vinyl and CD.

A cd with various Templars sideprojects and the songs that Templars had on the Oi! this is dynamite compilation as a B-side.

Starting of is their projects with Riton from West side boys. Carl sings on the first song and the second song has Riton doing the vocals. The first is a great song first recorded by West side boys and sung in Frensh but unlike most other times this cover is actually better than the original song (probably because i finally understand the lyrics).

Second band is TNT that had Carl and Phil teaming up with Ivano from Italian Devilskins (also used to play in Asociale i think). Also this one is a cover but a quite lame cover when compared to the raw and brutal sound that the original had.

Third sideproject is Sons of acre that consisted of Carl and Phil and Aaron Trumbo on bass (Plays for Las Vegas band Yesterdays heroes). A great song that sounds quite templarish.

The compilation Oi! this is dynamite was released back in 1994 so expect some fast early templars sound on the last songs. All good but Just another rebel takes the price here. Damn thats a good song.
8/10

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Can be bought from AL-Outlet for 22$ otherwise try Ebay.

Templars - Milites templi 7'' (2000)

Tracklist:
01. Violence
02. Carry on

Released by TKO Records in 2000.

History facts for underground nerds:
Just like Omne datum optimum the Milites Templi was an order signed by the pope to give the templars free hands to further their cause. Milites templi is latin and means "Soldiers of the temple" and was a call to civilians to support the templars in any way they could. It was issued in 1144.

A superb EP displaying Templars ability to play both harder and softer songs.
The ep starts of with Violence that is a heavy battering-ram of violent soundwaves directed at the listeners ears. It might not have the most advanced lyrics but it does its job well.

On the b-side they slow down and bring the layed back song Carry on that is more on the ballad side of the Templars sound. First time i heard this song i thought it sounded more painfull than good but after the years went by i can easilly say this is one of my favourite songs by the band.
Super EP!
9/10

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Pops up on Ebay from time to time but sold out from all distros i know of.

Templars with Stomper 98 & Vortex - The I.S.P. Connection 10'' (2000)

01. From Göttingen to New York
02. Robert "Modeskin" (Vortex cover)
03. Real enemy (The business cover)
04. Bring back the skins (Judge Dread cover)
05. Arme armee (Die Lokalmatadore cover)
06. Violence in our minds (Last resort cover)

Released by Cargo Music in 2000.

A selfproclaimed "All-star project" with Templars, Stomper 98 and some members from old Vortex. I am a big fan of the early German Rock-O-Rama years but Vortex is probably my least favourite band from that time, add to that that this socalled allstar team fills the 10'' with covers of such cliché songs as Bring back the skins, Violence in our minds and Real enemy.

It was missing from my collection so i bought it anyway some years ago in vintage. When i got it i first noticed that the former owner had missplaced the insert's so all i got was the vinyl and the cover. When i put it on i noticed that Carl didnt even sing on most of the songs and most of them where in German with sleazy saxophone in the background on every fucking track.
Out of all the releases by Templars this is the one you can still find for sale at most distros. Probably cause it isnt a Templars release. Buy some real good German sung classics by OHL, Böhse onkelz (early stuff), Endstufe or some of the great newbands such as Kampfzone but dont waste your cash on this garbage.
4/10

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Templars & Gundog - Split 7'' (1999)

Tracklist:
01. Gundog - Middle of nowhere
02. Templars - I dont need you

Released by New blood Records in 1999.

Never got my hands on the real deal but downloaded this from some guy at soulseek years ago. Cant remember who but whoever it was i think he just put together 2 cdsongs and "made it" into this EP. It all sounds to pollished to be comming from a vinyl.

Good split with one of my favourite late 90's UK bands. Even if their song on this split is far from my favourites by the band like Son of mine and Bouncer its still a decent track.
8/10

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Sold out! But if you find it for a decent price let me know.

Templars & Stomper 98 - We stick together 7'' (1999)

Tracklist:
01. Templars - FTW
02. Templars - N.Y.P.D.
03. Stomper 98 - Skinhead
04. Stomper 98 - Päderast (Combat 84 cover)

Released by DSS Records in 1999.

(Update 15 Sept 2011: Phil started playing drums for Stomper 98 in 2005.)

A split with Stomper 98 from Germany that Phil nowdays play drums for (though i dont belive he was a member at this time).
As much as i respect Stomper i have always had trouble enjoying punk or oi! that has trumphets or sax in the songs, something that Germans seem to be obsessed wth (Stage bottles etc.). Even so they deliver 2 ok songs with one being a German speaking cover of Combat 84's classic song Rapist. Nothing rememberable really.

Templars on the other hand deliver 2 great songs with FTW being the best. A pissed off anthem with good lyrics and a great bassline.
8/10

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Sold out from all the distros i am aware off.