Old glory sent me some old fliers

Blockhead and the 454's - Demo CD (2004)

Tracklist:
01. Lower class
02. One night
03. Am i crazy
04. Those days
05. DFL
06. Don't you scream
07. Hellbound hotrod
08. Society's slave
09. Liar
10. Poser
11. Hooty hoo raise hell
12. Ballad

Thanks to Brandon from the band for sending me this.

A band from North Carolina that started sometime around 2003. The band was only around for about a year and these are the songs they recorded during that year.
The band had an underground all-star lineup with Brit from The Hooliganz on vocals, Brandon from ATF & Aggro-vators on bass, Luke from ATF, Vanguard, Aggro-vators & The Hooliganz on drums and some guy named Tim on guitar.

The sound is basicly the same Oi!/hardcore sound as The Hooliganz had but with some garage/rock'n'roll influenses thrown in for good measures. They played some shows with local friends Beatdowns (members would later play with Luke in Vanguard) and HC band 25 Ta Life.
After the band dispursed in 2004 Brandon joined Luke in a band called Aggro-Vators (that i will get to next on ther site)

A quite divided sound i must say since i absolutely hate most of the songs but love the rest. Not in any way as good as previously named projects and bands with the members in them but not all i bad here since a lot of them show some great potential.
The first song called Lower class is great and probably the most "skinheadish" and reminds me a lot about The Hooliganz.
Hellbound hotrod is some sort of a garagerockin frenzy that sounds like a late night at the pub, it's far from pretty but i find myself comming back to it over and over again.
Liar is probably the best song on the record but thanks to Brit i cant hear a single lyric. maybe it's just me being Swedish i dont know.
Ending the record is Ballad a song that for some reason reminds me about early Close shave. You just have to love a song with a chorus about farmerboys fighting with switchblades.

If you are like me and get allergic reactions to anything containing hotrods and "lucky 13" dont be turned of by the coverart. Tere are some really good songs on here that never got released back in the days.

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2011 made me hate people.

Time for this years summary and just like last years it's more like rantings from a Swedish nerd than anything of any musical depth and value.

¤Best 2011 American release:

The traditional – Steeltown anthems CD

Sometimes better, sometimes worse but never bad. Long runners that are yet to disappoint me. New vocalist brings new life to old songs and some great new ones.

¤Best non-American release in 2011:

Control – Punk rock ruined my life

With so many great UK releases this year from legends like Condemned 84 I expect nothing less than death threats and hate mails (not that anyone cares) when naming Control here. A band that doesn’t try to be unnecessarily hard or in your face but still has that edge to it. Punk rock ruined my life has many sides and I actually liked them all. They even made a musicvideo basicly the worst song on the record but still a video.

¤Worst 2011 release overall:

Razorblade – Gegen die masse

As most of the world now understands and Bandworm Records free magazine is a constant reminder of Netherlands and Germany has now become the international joke when it comes to Oi! (well some of us saw it coming years ago). Being the new breeding ground for PC-fascism, bad taste, bad fashionsense and overall bad punk. What annoys me most is that both the band and their homelands scene was one of my favorites back in the mid 00’s. This album is just complete horeshit from start to finish and I can’t see anyone not familiar with the native tongue ever liking this.

¤Most disappointing album of 2011:

Jenny Woo – Alberta Rose CD

I expected some kind of awesome female Badlands sounding extravaganza but all I got was a huge pile of something soso ok that reminded me more about Dolly Parton if she would have been a tradskin with a preachy dad from Canada. Great looking and great sounding girl but it just didn’t deliver what I expected it would have. Maybe next time?

¤Best new act of 2011:

Not a single new US act worth mentioning this year. But with Stormwatch, First strike, Anti-heros, The beltones etc etc reuniting who the hell needs new bands.

¤This year’s happening:

Condemned 84 being taken of a US show because some German commie told the promoters they should. St George should come down and gutter you fucks for not respecting history. Take your t-shirt store and shove it up yo….

¤My guilty pleasure in 2011:

Oi is the passion but we all listen to something on the side and if 2009 was my garage rock/surf year (Reverend Beat-man, The monsters) and 2010 was the 60’s Italian-American boy bands era (Del Shannon, Dion & The Belmont’s) this year was my new wave year when I picked up old vinyl’s with utterly shameful bands like The cure, Joy division, Gang of four, Cortex and The boys next door from my old dusty record corner.

¤This year’s positive trend:

All the people contributing to the site knowing how important an US discography site is. Keep sending in demo's and records i could never have found on my own.

¤This year’s negative trend:

Spunk mouths like this retard pointing out what is ok and what is not. The more they yell the prouder I feel about being a “fence walker”.

¤This year’s addition to my shitlist:

The last year’s winner of this award actually turned out to be a quite nice guy when we both understood that it was all a huge misunderstanding and went skipping into the sunset hand in hand.

This year I have been flanked on YouTube by some girl who thought I was making money of her music and also on the site by some fat retarded man who was cheated by his record company and took it out on me. Was also healthy pissed at the promoters who banned Condemned 84. Not mentioning all the promoters and labels trying to weed out free speech from an underground multi-political scene.

Bottom line there are just too many to choose from and I don’t want to drag anyone’s name in the dirt so I will keep it all locked up inside and probably take it out on my girl when she comes back from the hospital.

The random best of 2011:

Christmas gift: My girl buying me Joy division's "Closer" Lp in plastered mint condition.

Book: Destroy all movies by Zack Carlsson. 556 pages featuring info and pictures of every single skinhead and punk (mainly cyberpunks) ever featured in a movie since the 70's to present day.

Movie: The action/drama "Drive". Bringing vigilante action to a whole new level.

Nerdy confession: I watched every single episode of the new tv-show Game of thrones.... twice.

V/A - Cashing in on christmas CD (1996)

Tracklist:
01. Wretched ones - The christmas song
02. Headwound - Merry christmas, i fucked your snowman
03. Limecell - Christmas
04. Jumpin' landmines - Santa's suspect
05. Stuntmen - Shopping center santa
06. Showcase showdown - Ho ho ho chimihn
07. Timebomb 77 - Snowman
08. Thorazine - Merry stupid fucking christmas
09. Lower class brats - The drinking song
10. Bomb squadron - Run run Rudolf
11. Dead end cruisers - Father christmas
12. Stocks and bombs - Cashing in on christmas

Released by Black Hole Records in 1996.

This is the worst and cheesiest bullshit i have ever imported from overseas. It personifies bad humor, bad taste and bad musicianship. Naming a song Merry christmas, i fucked your snowman is something i might have thought funny when i was 8 years old... maybe i am just getting to old for this sort of music.

You should check out Bomb squadrons song if you download since its the only decent song on here. Gigglepunk for farmerkids with tribalshirts but nothing for me.

Anyway happy Yuletide to you all.
3/10

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Broken heroes new recordings.

Oi! like it used to be but recorded in 2011. Broken heroes going back to its roots with this great recording. The band has 10 songs ready for their record called This is Oi! that they hope to release in 2012.
If you are a recordlabel this is the record we want released..... just letting you know.

Burden of proof - Selftitled 12'' EP (1988)

Tracklist:
01. Refusenik
02. Throw that switch
03. Blame someone else
04. Beat the clock
05. Faceless youth

Released by Union Records in 1988.

"Skincore" band from New York that was around in the late 80's glorydays of hardcore.
The band only released this one EP but recorded a couple of other songs to that never got released. The band consisted of Pete on vocals, Brian on guitar, Mike on bass and Jon on drums.

Thanks to Brian Welsh for sending me the EP.

Me and modern hardcore dont really go together at all but i often like the pre-90 hardcore bands that lacked in the noizy crust-department. This being one of them.

The sound they bring is hardcore but actually quite melodic though with Pete "Sketch" on vocals it sounds like a clusterfuck of brutality in a RACish sort of way.
The best song is by far the opening song Refusenik. Why dont they make hardcore like this anymore?
7/10

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ATF - On the hunt DEMO (2006)

Tracklist:
01. On the hunt
02. All seeing
03. A nation devided
04. Ordo Ab Chao
05. Worth fighting for
06. Iron chin (The bruisers cover)

Many thanks to Brandon from the band for sending me this demo.

This is the first recordings by the band before Ross joined the band on drums but it sounds just as good as any of their later stuff.

Like most good bands this one ended before it even got started so i was pleasantly surprised to find three songs i had never heard before. Those of you who are familuar with the band will know what to expect from this demo. Lyrics about the new world order and conspiracies delivered by Luke over heavy bass and drums.

Best song is the "brand new" Ordo Ab Chao (basicly means "order through chaos") about lies being spread and the illuminati. Paranoia or truth? Hell if i knew.
Some really good stuff here not counting the Iron chin cover.

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