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Crapulence - Crapulence!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:14:00 -0600

Crapulence - Crapulence

Recorded by C. Slaughter June 2006 at Slaughterhaus,
Mastered by M. Silaski, Art by Jason, Photo by Assacre.
All songs Crapulence 2006. Austin, TX.

Support the worthy bands, buy their records when they're avalaible!

01 - Bonghits & Videogames
02 - What Were They Thinking?
03 - BrownTown
04 - Jazznipple Odyssey Mark VII
05 - Bi-Polar Express
06 - Escape From Ramonia, Pain
07 - Jolly-Non-Stop-A-Go-Go-A-Thon
08 - Ragtrap
09 - Bigmacjustchooseit
10 - Melting Brain
11 - Controllers, Destroyers
12 - A Clockwerk Hateflag (not included)
13 - Neil Dynamics (not included)

Crapulence:
(sources: American heritage, medical dictionary, roger's thesaurus )
Crap-u-lence (krap-yoo-lens) n. 1. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking. 2. Excessive indulgence; intemperance.
[From crapulent, sick from gluttony, from Late Latin crpulentus, very drunk, from Latin crpula, intoxication, from Greek kraipal.] Noun
1. crapulence - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness intemperateness, intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks drinking bout - a long period of drinking.
A selection of the utter drivel that has spewed forth from drunken friends.
Crapulence is an almost exact synonym for a hangover.
See also: Crapulent. NOUN: The condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness. See DRUGS.

Band members:
~Dylan - The Drums, The Electric Bass, The Background Vocals
~Jason - The Electric Bass, The Vocals, The 'Thereguin' Theremin, The Realistic MOOG MG-1, The Kaoss Pads...
~Sean - The Electric Guitars, The Drums, The Electric Bass, The Vocals

Similar artists: Crapulence! and some of the bands they used to be in -
Saturn's Flea Collar, Myra Manes, Tabitha, Assnipple, Rear Admirals, Squat Thrust, the Fuckemos, etc.

Celebrating the release of their branuh album entitled "Don't Ever Change" here's a chance offered to the impious to get enlightened for good by listening to this brilliant psalm one. Repent. Now.
Enjoy and go crapulent, not bananas: support the band!!!
Mind the two last tracks are missing here, just so you can prove your devotion to music and awesomeness by donating to the cause! (click on the logo. Do it. Now!)

Crapule :
Du latin crapula (ivresse) venant du grec κραιπαλη (lourdeur de tête produite par l'ivresse, d'où ivresse, ivrognerie). Débauche habituelle et grossière.
Vivre dans la crapule, tomber dans la crapule. (Par extension) Personne abjecte qui a des sentiments bas et est capable des pires actions.
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Habitués du bloug, vous adulez déjà les incontournables Victims Family, Saturn's Flea Collar, Hellworms, Assnipple, Triclops! ainsi que les divinement inspirés Megakronkel, Jam Jar, Bep, Beuatifuls... quoi de plus normal en somme devant de telles sommités sonores et trébuchores du Jazzcore, d'accord.
Nous, c'est le goût?
N'hésitez-plus et gobez sans plus attendre cette délicieuse galette truffée de fèves, vous serez conquis et empreints d'une gratitude non-feinte...
Cliquez sur le logo pour ajouter votre denier au culte et recevoir la bénédiction crapulesque qu'il vous est due, et ce en sons soniques assurément! Deuxième psaume intitulé "Don't Ever Change" dispo depuis peu à la même adresse, d'où cet opus en dégustation gratuite chez deATh bÜrGeR! Youpi.
(2 morceaux de "don't Ever Change" uploadés dans le Jukebox...)

EAC extracted, 224~320kbs VBR Mp3 encoded.

eD2k: Crapulence.st(2006.VBR) [66.16 Mb]

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Bep - 1st single Ep!

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:07:00 -0600

Bep - 1st single Ep

1992, GAP recordings, Amsterdam ND.

01. Definite Devon
02. Bernt's 'Bronstige Bossanova
03. Irreversible

Do you hear that sound? That scratching sound?
Oops, think i've heard this before... but watch this guys & gals:
I might be lazy these days but since i got this pretty rare single Ep graciously sent to me by this cool dude en Amsterdam-named Evert (evil-ish!) and love it, i think it's about time to share it with the whole starving world... so here you go!
Extracted from vinyl to wav with dbAudioInput through Pioneer PL-200 turntable and SA-508 amplifier. Wavs processed with EAC, tracks encoded to 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 with dbMusicConverter. Pure killer-sound and scans made with love too, what did you expect?! My pleasure.
This while waiting Dog to send that "moodswing" album of theirs back on earth so we at last can feel the grace in its entirety. Da full blessing, meh.

About the cover: The woman on the frontcover is Everts mama, aptly called Bep!Evert is the kid with the swan. The beach is at Le Havre France in 1968 or thereabout (check the Citroen).

(extract from full bio in "Gems" album post):
Guitarist Paul van Dijl and singer/bassplayer Evert Molewijk played together in a jazzcorepunk band called Pubic Hairdo (who didn’t release any material although some of the Pubicsongs, or parts of them, were used on songs of the ‘Gems’-c.d.).
After the break-up they teamed up with Bernt Nellen, a very talented jazz drummer from Germany, to form a band called combining the first letters of their names, BEP.
Within weeks of BEP’s existence (1992) they were asked to tour with the Rhythm Pigs.
They had to release some material too so they rushreleased a single containing 3 songs: 'Definite Devon', 'Irreversible' and Bernt’s 'Bronstige Bossanova' (the first 2 songs were rerecorded for ‘Gems’ and the 3rd is an instrumental that sounds a lot like a Victims Family rip-off).
The single was recorded on 8-track in a rented rehearsalspace and produced by Tijs Keverkamp.
It was released on GAP-recordings, a sublabel to Konkurrel. The actual B-side ‘Irreversible’ was played quite a few times on Dutch radio, VPRO mainly.
After they toured with The Rhythm Pigs, visiting Germany, Poland, Spain and Belgium, they were asked by Konkurrel to record a full length album which turned out to be ‘Gems’.
[...] In this first period they were heavily influenced by Nomeansno, Victims Family and the likes but Paul was also into much slower stuff like Obsessed or metal like Prong which comes out in songs like ‘Lovechild’ and the very slow ‘Trapped’. They sure liked the difficult stuff but always tried to let the song be more important.[...]

Okay people, forget about those nasty black eyed peas and get the real smokey shit for once, straight from Amsterdam Holland... with love!
Take a deep breath, enjoy the hits full speed ahead!
Check out db's channel on youtube to view two cool Bep video clips!

eD2k: Bep.1st.single(1992.VBR)by.stogref.rar [16.32 Mb]

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Ramones - Acid Eaters & Live addictions!

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:50:00 -0600

Ramones - Acid Eaters

Chrysalis Records 1993

1 "Journey to the Center of the Mind" 2:52
2 "Substitute" 3:15
3 "Out of Time" 2:41
4 "The Shape of Things to Come" 1:46
5 "Somebody to Love" 2:31
6 "When I Was Young" 3:16
7 "7 and 7 Is" 1:50
8 "My Back Pages" 2:27
9 "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" 2:42
10 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" 2:22
11 "I Can't Control Myself" 2:55
12 "Surf City" 2:26

One of the lesser-known albums from Joey and the lads this was originally released in 1993, around the time that all the grunge bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden etc.. Were raving about how much they were influenced by The Ramones. It's an album of 60's cover versions done in true Ramones style.
I don't have a bad word to say about this for i love most of the originals of these songs anyway, and I really love The Ramones.
They best moments for me are "7 & 7 Is" originally by Alice Cooper, "Out of time" by The Stones, and "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane.
If you're a Ramones fan and you don't own this already, get a copy.
If you don't have any Ramones albums in your collection, get any of these live albums, you can't go wrong.

224~320kbps VBR Mp33 encoded alright!
Not sharing those on eD2k network anymore, direct linkoz only!

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Ramones - It's Alive!

2 Live lps. Sire records 1978

Legendary first double live album, re-edited on cd with full-on energy as expected, 28 killing tracks! (see backcover below)

MPC~278kbps encoded alright!
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Ramones - Loco Live

Chrysalis records 1991

33 tracks recorded in Barcelona when coming to Spain, a powerful tour and a huge sound, but judge by yourself! (tracks below)

MPC~278kbps encoded damnit!
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Ramones - We're Outta Here!

Last Concert. Radioactive records 1997

01. Durango 95 [1:26]
02. Teenage Lobotomy [1:30]
03. Psycho Therapy [2:10]
04. Blitzkrieg Bop [1:35]
05. Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio [2:59]
06. I Believe In Miracles [2:41]
07. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment [1:16]
08. Rock 'N' Roll High School [1:49]
09. I Wanna Be Sedated [2:03]
10. Spider-Man [2:11]
11. The K.k.k Took My Baby Away [2:11]
12. I Just Want To Have Something To Do [2:08]
13. Commando [1:20]
14. Sheena Is A Punkrocker [1:45]
15. Rockaway Beach [2:11]
16. Pet Sematary [3:01]
17. The Crusher [2:08]
18. Love Kills [1:58]
19. Do You Wanna Dance [1:28]
20. Someone Put Something In My Drink [2:31]
21. I Don't Want You [2:00]
22. Wart Hog [1:33]
23. Cretin Hop [1:22]
24. R.A.M.O.N.E.S [1:17]
25. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World [1:40]
26. Pinhead [2:57]
27. 53RD & 3RD [1:56]
28. Listen To Your Heart [1:18]
29. We're A Happy Family [1:58]
30. Chinese Rock [2:31]
31. Beat On The Brat [2:16]
32. Any Way You Want It [3:12]

Last concert of americans punk veterans who opened the way for numerous bands without ever meeting with expected success.
Their 2263th show, nuff' less, but mind no Dee Dee here!
Too bad Joey, Dee-Dee and Johnny left us since then... but we still have the records as a testimony of their talent as a soundwall!

MPC~278kbps encoded again! (get foobar player instead of whining!)
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Dos - Justamente Tres!

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:59:00 -0600

Dos - Justamente Tres

Kill Rock Stars records 1996

1 Down In The Dumps 2:49
2 Dream Of San Pedro 2:49
3 Imagine That 2:32
4 Intense Song For Madonna 1:38
5 'Til The Blood Ran 3:01
6 Sidemouse Advice 2:38
7 Excerpts From A Captain's Log 3:53
8 To Each His Dulcinea 1:42
9 Powerful Hankerin' 2:47
10 Little Doll 1:37
11 Willow Weep For Me 2:26
12 Even The Pain Has Changed 2:11
13 Formal Introduction 1:36
14 Angel Face Is The Devil's Daughter 4:26
15 Number Seven 1:18
16 Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth? 1:57
17 Number Five 3:28

Review by Kurt Morris:
Justamente Tres is a seventeen song doodling by two of the well-known bass players of punk rock past: Kira Roessler (Black Flag) and Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE). Roessler handles the occasional vocal work and comes off sounding like a more modern blues singer akin to Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald but obviously not nearly as good.
Songs like "'Til The Blood Ran" might make one believe that there are electronics utilized on the album, but the whole thing is just bass and vocals, Roessler and Watt in their tripped out, laid-back selves, about as far from their respective beginnings as one can get and be faintly recognizable.
While some of the tunes can be tedious and at seventeen songs it might be a tad too long, real enthusiasts of Watt and Roessler's work as well as fans of instrumental, jazzy bass work will get a kick out of this.

EAC extracted. Batch MPC~278kbs BrainDead encoded.

eD2k: Dos.Justamente.Tres [81.12 Mb]

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Their 2 first albums "Dos" + "Numero Dos" make "Uno Con Dos" (1986-89) can be found on Donut Duck BLOG encoded at 192kbps, so help yourself!

Camper Van Beethoven - st & Telephone Free Landslide Victory!

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:13:00 -0600

Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory

IRS records 1985

Members: Chris Molla, Chris Pedersen, David Lowery, Greg Lisher, Jonathan Segel, Victor Krummenacher
Tracks:
# Border Ska
# The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon
# Wasted
# Yanqui Go Home
# Oh No!
# 9 of Disks
# Payed Vacation: Greece
# Where the Hell is Bill?
# Vladivostock
# Skinhead Stomp
# Tina
# Take the Skinheads Bowling
# Mao Reminisces About His Days in Southern China
# I Don't See You
# Balalaika Gap
# Opi Rides Again - Club Med Sucks
# Ambiguity Song

Official Site

BIO by Denise Sullivan:
At the time of their 1985 debut, Camper Van Beethoven's merging of punk, folk, ska, and world musics was truly a revelation. Self-described as "surrealist absurdist folk," the band formed in Santa Cruz, CA, after singer/songwriter David Lowery of Redlands, CA, with his dry humor and valley-boy voice (sometimes confused for a faux English accent), and boyhood friends Chris Molla and Chris Pedersen disbanded Box o' Laffs. Victor Krummenacher was added on bass and soon they were joined by Greg Lisher (guitar) and Jonathan Segel (violins, keyboards, mandolin). It was Segel's violin that would prove to be the band's hallmark at a time when alternative rock had yet to be invented, and indie rock was still shy of roots music or traditional elements.
The 1985 re-release of their debut, Telephone Free Landslide Victory, made the Top Ten in the 1986 Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll.

Review by Ned Raggett:
They say "never say never," but it's still extremely unlikely something so goofily low-key, inventive, and fun will ever achieve cult status so quickly again, especially in terms of musical range on display.
Not simply a rock group but not anything else, Camper Van Beethoven pulled off a series of entertaining fusions throughout its debut record, as the opening song "Border Ska" indicates by name alone.
Eastern European folk, tropical grooves, post-punk atmospherics, country laid-back good times, psych/garage band aesthetics, lyrics about Mao, Greece, and more -- a lot of stuff went into the Santa Cruz band's brew, and most of it came up trumps on Telephone.
Lowery's lead vocals aren't much like what his more famous work in Cracker would indicate, being more speak-singing through shaggy dog stories (even one about Lassie) of all stripes.
Hearing his tale of woe on "Wasted" -- "I was a punker, and I had a Mohawk/I was so gnarly and I drove my dad's car" -- delivered in a "yeah dude" tone of voice is pretty darn funny. Segel's keyboards and violins color the arrangements with a fun touch, while rhythm team Krummenacher and then recently departed drummer Anthony Guess try out nearly everything at least once.
The production is eminently suited for the proceedings, sounding a bit like the thick, fuzzy flow of many Shimmy-Disc releases but with just enough of a crisp edge.
When it comes to humor, it's everywhere -- for instance, the plaintively sung chorus of "Where the Hell Is Bill?," not to mention the various speculative answers ("Maybe he went to get a Vespa scooter").
Or, of course, the song that kick-started the band's reputation, "Take the Skinheads Bowling," two and a half minutes of chiming, goofy nonsense with references to Jah and incomplete rhymes.

EAC extracted and MPC~278kbs at BrainDead level encoded...

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Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven

IRS records 1986

Members: Chris Molla, Chris Pedersen, David Lowery, Eugene Chadbourne, Greg Lisher, Jonathan Segel, Victor Krummenacher
Tracks:
1. Good Guys & Bad Guys
2. Joe Stalin's Cadillac
3. Five Sticks
4. Lulu Land
5. Une Fois
6. We Saw Jerry's Daughter
7. Surprise Truck
8. Stairway to Heavan (sic)
9. The History of Utah
10. Still Wishing to Course
11. We Love You
12. Hoe Yourself Down
13. Peace & Love
14. Folly
15. Interstellar Overdrive
16. Shut Us Down

Review by Ned Raggett:
CVB's self-titled third album generally differs little from II & III, continuing the blend of wistfully weird lyrics, any number of musical touches from all over the map and good-time vibes.
The opening "Good Guys & Bad Guys" proves that much, with reggae, folk, country and more stewed together as Lowery plaintively sings about lawyers and the people in Russia and the like.
From there on in it's another collection of generally short and generally fun ditties, but with a few more tweaks here and there. The bandmembers definitely have more fun with the studio this time out, thus a lot of tape manipulation and semi-psychedelic oddities sprinkled around the album.
Something of a Led Zeppelin fascination seems to crop up throughout, perhaps not too surprising considering that band's similar fondness for many musical influences and Jimmy Page's more acoustic numbers.
Lowery drawls "Has anyone seen the bridge?" on "Joe Stalin's Cadillac," the following song is "Five Sticks," while later on in the album one gets "Stairway to Heavan (sic)," most definitely not a remake of the referenced song in question. Not to say there aren't reinterpretations here: an obscure sixties track, "Lulu Land," lets CVB fool around with a bit of twinkly jauntiness, while early Pink Floyd gets the band treatment with an impressive, strong version of "Interstellar Overdrive."
Then there's the catchy pop salute to a certain Mr. Garcia of the Grateful Dead, "We Saw Jerry's Daughter," the sitars and kicks on "Still Wishing to Course," the concluding 90-second long "Shut Us Down" and more to fill out this album's corners well.

EAC extracted and MPC~278kbs at BrainDead level encoded... isn't life a blast?

eD2k: Camper.Van.Beethoven.C.V.B. [82.86 Mb]

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Bep's Worst !

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:21:00 -0600

Bep - Worst

WERK Records 1999

01. Just Like My Life
02. Eight
03. Louise
04. Theo Vogelaars
05. Pulling
06. Under Scrutiny
07. Up For The Grabs
08. Bloemenhulde
09. The Modern Disease
10. Family Tree
11. Problemchild
12. My Be All And End All

Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bep was born in the winter of 1991 and was created by Bernt, Evert and Paul, which explains the name B E P.
Bernt left the band not long after and Jérôme Geerlings (ex- Jam Jar) replaced him on drums.
Although the band played a lot with such bands as Victims Family, Human Alert, Smear, Fibre, Facehugger or Pane to promote its albums (no less than 4 Lps), it never gained much success...
check "Gems" album post for complete bio!

Extract from bio:
[...] Finally Paul decided to leave the band. Frustrated as hell, playing for minimal audiences, he couldn't be satisfied in being only a 'recording artist'.
Still Jérôme and Evert persuaded him to help them record 'Worst' (the word 'worst' means sausage in Dutch, hence the sausageridden artwork!) as some kind of farewell to him. On the sleevenotes it says, in Dutch, that all guitarparts are played by Paul although in the line up Frank van Vuuren, his successor, is already mentioned as BEP's guitarist.
Of course Jérôme and Evert weren't too pleased of him leaving the band as they were already in the middle of the preparation of making the album. A little anger is ventilated in 'My Be All And End All' the penultimate song on 'Worst'.

Although 'Worst' was not the best album they could've made, soundwise or songwise, they still had a great time making it and Paul was at his best.
They recorded in their hometown Amsterdam in the cosy little Stilteloosstudio with their friend Daan van der Elsken as their producer (better known in Italy as the singer / drummer in God and later Plexus, rocking like fuck bands!), so they could go home and sleep in their own beds after a day at the office.

At this time they were even more extreme in seeking the extreme extremities in music, Evert likes to think.
They even had a song in Dutch! This song 'Theo Vogelaars' took on a life of it's own and became a little hit on Dutch radio.
The subject of the song is the bassplayer of the worldfamous, in Holland, Tröckener Kecks.
Although the Kecks were a cool band, the main reason of singing Theo's name was that his name actually means Bird's Ass (Cloaca in Latin).
Just stupid schoolboy humour of very bad taste, which fits fine with Death Bürger's spirit! (Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Theo Vogelaars (the guy himself) knew about the song but didn't know what to make of it. So he decided not to meet them and rightly so! ^^
Still, the song got them some airplay and even got them to play live on a national radioshow '3 voor 12' of VPRO-radio.[...]

[...] 'Worst' opens with an oldschool 2/4-time punksong 'Just Like My Life' followed by the stoner rock nihilistic 'Eight' (with a bit of mathematics in the chorus).
Then 'Louise' (another Kepone rip-off), 'Theo Vogelaars' and the extreme slow Melvins-like 'Pulling' (in the fade out you can hear Everts 5-years old daughter Isa singing Jingle Bells!).
The next two songs sum up to be BEP's greatest strength: actually putting all influences together into one song.
'Under Scrutiny' is a real bandeffort with the intro gradually fading into the verse which changes within itself followed by some sort of Greenday-chorus, a bridge, which is actually the verse again but played differently, a grand guitarsolo, another bridge (again another version of the verse) ending in two different choruses.
The next song, 'Up For Grabs', is combining a stoner riff played very fast mixed with 2/4-punk (which Evert got to play a lot more in Beyond 93, the band he played in after BEP) and a melodic vocal on top of that.
The album ends with another extreme. The hidden track is a 'Jungle'-mix of 'Blank', from 'Moodswing', called 'Blank'n'Mix'.
The mix is made by Youri (of Mauser FK) under his DJ name Scaven.
Youri played guitar for BEP in the dark days between Paul and Frank, which makes the band so grateful to him.
'Worst' was released in1999 on the W.E.R.K-Works label of Everts best friend JW (who also designed 3 covers: the single, Gems and Moodswing).

Enjoy Bep's final album, sharp and punchy as ever, 224~320kbps Mp3 encoded.
Thanxxx to Evert for all the infos and graceful contribution to my apetite for wicked-good vibes by sending me this fine plate... which i can't help suckin' on!

EAC extracted, 224~320 VBR Mp3 encoded, N-JOY!
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Bonjour Guttentag Hallo compilation !

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:27:00 -0600

Various Artists - Bonjour Guttentag Hallo

Strike Records 2002 compilation.ND
01. Lushus - Beachman
02. Product - Somethin' Fierce
03. Room 101 - Performance 0/1
04. Bep - Childcare
05. Toad - What Goes Down
06. Jim Trauma - Wait!
07. Construct - Not Again
08. Pane - Low
09. Dawidowicz! - 60 Pills
10. De Samboras - Hoe De Koe
11. Jayroon Lovers (feat. Victims Family) - The Fightback
12. Born Loco - Taken Away
13. Spaanse Kraag - Obsession

A fine example of quite twisted rockin' sounds from The Netherlands with this 2002 compilation featuring 13 amsterdamned wildoz, weirdoz, whatever...
enjoy the trip to the other land of cheese and honey!

The Jay Roon Lovers is Evert Molewijk's (Bep's bass player/vocalist) homeproject, featuring the Victims Family (!) as his backing band, mind the class.
They played on ‘The Fightback’ in return for Evert renting out his bass amplifier for free during their "Apocalicious-tour".
The song was recorded by Daan van der Elsken and also features Robert van der Schild, the man behind the compilation, on backing vocals.
They only spent a few hours in the studio.
Larry Boothroyd (bass) and David Gleza (drums) playing together only needed two run throughs to hit the backing track!
Kemo Ball and Ralph Spight (both guitar) did their bit in the shortest of times too.
Next total hit track is "Childcare" by BEP, both are a good reason enough to own this piece, you've been warned.

Thanxxx to Evert for all the infos and graceful contribution to my apetite for good vibes by sending me this fine plate.
EAC extracted, 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded + scans. N-JOY!

eD2k: V.A.Bonjour.Guttentag.Hallo [95.01 Mb]

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Megakronkel - Megakronkel!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:55:00 -0500

Megakronkel - Megakronkel

Konkurrel records 1993. Nederlands

1. Country Jesus (2:53)
2. Collapsing New Love Boat (2:58)
3. Mega Maggie (3:17)
4. Jack Remover (1:36)
5. Krampoline (1:47)
6. Steve Febo (3:56)
7. Kitchen Sink Blues (2:30)
8. Super Brain (2:05)
9. Laura-Ann (2:17)
10. Narco Dollar Rap (1:33)
11. Love's Machinery (1:42)
12. Stress Neck (3:30)
13. Yo Revisited (4:06)
14. Check Mate (1:35)
15. Zonk (2:52)
16. Disharmonic Farin (2:48)

Okay, alors voici comme promis le premier opus de ces petits surdoués hollandais, voyez le post de l'autre alboum incontournable pour les infos, et je remercie les mêmes individus pour ce joyau...
320kbs en-core mais hélas pas de scan, juste cette petite cover mais ce qui compte c'est ce qui circule entre les oreilles, pas vrai?

Here you go with this gifted yet twisted dutch band first opus, see second album post for more infos and enjoy this fine piece of Jazzcore encoded at 320 kbs.
No scans included but this small sized cover, still what comes out of the speakers is what really matters eh?

eD2K: Megakronkel.st [104.65 Mb]

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Megakronkel - Neurotransmitter!

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:14:00 -0500

Megakronkel - Neurotransmitter

1994 konkurrel records. Nederlands.
Mixed and mastered at RDS Studio Sneek July '94.

1. Regrinder 2:17
2. Music For Pleasure 2:08
3. Frysian Psyche 3:20
4. P.O.D. 1:43
5. Future Hits And Fingertips 3:47
6. Love = Dead + Buried 1:56
7. Europenis 0:46
8. Silver Lips And Elvis Songs 2:40
9. Flying Lure 0:45
10. Credit Card Smile 3:50
11. Big Black Boats 2:43
12. Kronkel A Go-Go 3:48
13. Mr. Flagpole 3:08
14. Dump City 2000 1:09
15. Shelter 2:29
16. Soft-Focused B-Movie Soundtrack 4:57

Biography, with crucial help from Koos:

Megakronkel began as a duo in 1990. Guitarist Robin van Velzen and bassplayer Jan Folmer (both ex-members of Umberto Di Bosso) enjoyed making music that was playfull and had unexpected changes and breaks, accompanied by a drumcomputer.
In 1993, their debut album 'Megakronkel' is released by the Dutch label Konkurrel. The drumcomputer is replaced by Koos van er Velde, thank dog!
The following year, their second album 'Neurotransmitter' is released.
Megakronkel plays a lot, especially in Germany and Austria.
They tour with Victims Family and in 1994 the group plays at the big Music Festival Pop-Komm in Germany.
At a show in Nürnberg, Robin van Velzen meets the love of his life.
He later moves to Germany for her which will mean the end of Megakronkel.
In 1996, Koos leaves Megakronkel and is replaced by Peter Veenstra.
At this time, Megakronkel course changes.
The complex compositions make way for more improvised playing, which can be heard on the third album 'Microlowmanic'.
This album is the result of jamming for a week, added with vocals and sax.
In 2005 Megakronkel gets together for a one time reunion at a festival in Nürenberg.

About the name Megakronkel, Mega of course means big/huge.
In dutch language if someone thinks in a weird way it's said he has a "kronkel in zijn hoofd". A kronkel means curved/zig-zag.
Megakronkel's music is somewhat like this, with unexpected curves and changes. That's how this name was chosen!

Members:
Robin van Velzen: guitar
Jan Folmer: bass
Koos van der Velde: drums

Discography:
Megakronkel (album, 1993, konkurrel)
Neurotransmitter (album, 1994, konkurrel)
Microlowmanic (album, 1996, eigen beheer)

On continue la série hollandaise façon jazzcore possédé et c'est pas dommage, jugez-en plutôt.

320kbps Mp3 encoded, thanks to Andreas (a cool german dude) for providing and Koos (hellatious drummer) for his help and kindness,
now enjoy the wicked tunes and cheer-up, you fools!

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Redd Kross - Show World!

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:29:00 -0500

Redd Kross - Show World

Quicksilver Recording Compagny/Island 1998

1. Pretty Please Me
2. Stoned
3. You Lied Again
4. Girl God
5. Mess Around
6. One Chord Progression
7. Teen Competition
8. Follow the Leader
9. Vanity Mirror
10. Secret Life
11. Ugly Town
12. Get Out of Myself
13. Kiss the Goat

"Show World" is Redd Kross at their most commercially viable. While "Third Eye" was ALMOST too pop, and "Phaseshifter" was ALMOST too hard rock, this album was a perfect mix of both.
The songs here are orgasmically catchy and the production is tight, in your face, and tough. This is the one that should have finally put them on the map.
I especially dig, "You Lied Again," "Mess Around," and "One Chord Progression." But there really isn't a bad song in the bunch. (Mark, North Carolina)

Simply put, this is one of those great lost treasures, a true classic in Rock And Roll. This rocks from start to finish, and every song is a gem. What we get on "Show World" are catchy pop songs with hooks a-plenty, gorgeous, lofty melodies, rip roarin' riffs, killer drumming from Brian Reitzel, and more off beat, heart-felt, witty lyrics from Jeff(who sings lead, he's a great rock singer, truly a lost art these days) and Steve McDonald, who plays bass.
Favorite tracks are "One Chord Progression", "You Lied Again" "Follow The Leader", "Ugly Town" and the killer opening number, (a Quick/Dickies cover) "Pretty Please Me".
Also, this album features some of the best rock guitar playing ever, from the late, great Eddie Kurdziel, who passed away in 1999.
Eddie's playing was a crucial element to the band's sound, for sure.
"Show World" is a cd I can put on at any time, in any mood, and still be amazed at how brilliant it is.
Redd Kross is a great band, and this is their masterpiece. (Mike Acquisto)

No, I'm not a member of the band....just a fan of good music. Red Kross, probably one of the most overlooked bands ever kicks it with this album.
The album starts off with "Pretty Please Me" from the seminal punk band the Dickies, and this tune rocks!!! A fantastic cover.
"Stoned" is probably the strongest tune on the album, great power pop with fantastic riffs. Brit pop influences are perfected in "You Lied Again", which plays off of The Beatles. The songs "One Chord Progression" and "Ugly Town" also stand out as fabulous tunes. (misternefarious)

People laugh when I tell them that "Show World", by LA's finest Redd Kross, is the greatest album of all time. This is for several reasons: the album is too recent, it's not by Radiohead, and that it is too "lightweight" or "bubblegum" to be a serious contender for such a status. Bubblegum it may be, but never before has an album been available that is truly deserving of full marks like this album is.
"Show World" plays like a greatest hits collection to rival even "Abba Gold" in terms of truly uplifting, passionate music pop music. It may seem an absurd statement to be accepted the average ignorant sceptic, but this truly is THE ultimate pop LP.
Potential Criticism 1:- track one is a cover version - how unoriginal.
Response:- Pretty Please Me simply contains the best chorus written by a human being, regardless of who performs it.
Potential criticism 2:- On "Show World", Jeff McDonald has become a shameless Lennon copyist.
Response:- JEFF McDONALD IS MORE TALENTED THAN JOHN LENNON, RAY DAVIES & PAUL McCARTNEY PUT TOGETHER BY GENETIC SCIENTISTS. There really isn't that much else left to say, except that there really is no excuse for not at least wanting to own this fantastic LP.
It really is the greatest album of all time. (a customer)

Qu'ajouter? La magie Mc Donald bros opère une fois de plus sur ma cervelle et leurs albums sont trop peu nombreux pour qu'on puisse se refuser la jubilation toute légitime que nous procure l'écoute de chacun d'eux, je kiffe les Kross, yeah!
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King Konk - A Royal Compilation!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:52:00 -0500

King Konk - A Royal Compilation

Konkurrel records 1994

1. Victims Family - Product
2. Showbusiness Giants - Fun Working With Chuck
3. De Kift - Der Mond
4. Dog Faced Hermans - Viva
5. Jam Jar - Mama
6. Betty Ford Clinic - Calling All Trucks
7. Shovlhed - The Hostage Dreams Of Home
8. Schwartzeneggar - Art XX Craft
9. Scram C Baby - Jaye
10. Rhythm Pigs - Spun And Exploded
11. LUL - Dead Sea Scrolls
12. Swell Prod. - Bullshit Keeps Us Happy
13. Megakronkel - Yo Revisited
14. Seein' Red - Waste
15. BEP - Blue Peter
16. Do Or Die - This Misery
17. Ex, The & Tom Cora - War OD
18. Nomeansno - The Day Everything Became Nothing

A fine selection of bands signed on dutch independent label Konkurrel, some are well-known and some deserve attention...
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Bep - Gems!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:12:00 -0500

Bep - Gems

Konkurrel records 1993

01. Pest Control
02. Blue Peter
03. Your Decision
04. Trust
05. Irreversible
06. Bell Bottomed
07. Lovechild
08. Hypochondria
09. Definite Devon
10. Who Are They?
11. As If I Care
12. Trapped
13. Civilization
14. Truth Hits Everybody

BEP lineup on Gems:
Bernt Nellen - drums
Evert Molewijk - bass, vox
Paul Van Dijl - guitar, vox

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BEP's story gracefully told by Evert (the rockin dude w. bass), enjoy an exclusivity that comes uncensored and straight from the heart & guts!

Guitarist Paul van Dijl and singer/bassplayer Evert Molewijk played together in a jazzcorepunk band called Pubic Hairdo (who didn’t release any material although some of the Pubicsongs, or parts of them, were used on songs of the ‘Gems’-c.d.).
After the break up they teamed up with Bernt Nellen, a very talented jazz drummer from Germany, to form a band called combining the first letters of their names, BEP (also Evert's mother’s name, short for Betty).
Within weeks of BEP’s existence (1992) they were asked to tour with the Rhythm Pigs

They had to release some material too so they rushreleased a single containing 3 songs: 'Definite Devon', 'Irreversible' and Bernt’s 'Bronstige Bossanova' (the first 2 songs were rerecorded for ‘Gems’ and the 3^rd is an instrumental that sounds a lot like a Victims Family-rip off). The single was recorded on 8-track in a rented rehearsalspace and produced by Tijs Keverkamp.
It was released on GAP-recordings, a sublabel to Konkurrel. The actual B-side ‘Irreversible’ was played quite few times on Dutch radio, VPRO mainly.

After they toured with The Rhythm Pigs, visiting Germany, Poland, Spain and Belgium, they were asked by Konkurrel to record a full length album which turned out to be ‘Gems’ (which means jewels in English but is a kind of mountaingoat in Dutch, hence the cover!).
They recorded it in 2 weeks on the houseboat of Paul’s dad in Amsterdam. Production again was in the hands of Tijs Keverkamp. Released in march 1993.

In this first period they were heavily influenced by Nomeansno, Victims Family and the likes but Paul was also into much slower stuff like Obsessed or metal like Prong which comes out in songs like ‘Lovechild’ and the very slow ‘Trapped’. They sure liked the difficult stuff but always tried to let the song be more important.

‘Gems’ didn’t do too well and in these frustrating times they had innerband clashes which resulted in the dismissal of Bernt.
He was replaced by Jérôme Geerlings, who was the drummer in Jamjar (their guitarplayer Eric Huijsen designed the sleeves of ‘Ripper’ and ‘Worst’!).
Within a month of Jérôme being in the band they recorded ‘Ripper’ in the Metrostudio in Hengelo (NL), produced by Andre Zweers and released in October ‘94 on Konkurrel.

Jérôme, although technically a great drummer, made the songs sound much simplier than they actually were when Bernt used to play them.
They still played songs that were in strange times like 5/4 (‘I’m’), or 7/4 (‘No Compromize’), 6/4 (‘Change’) or all of these times put together (‘Overkill’) but always tried to disguise it in such a way you wouldn’t notice it listening to the songs.
Around this time they started to incorporate their love for straightforward punkbands like Greenday and Snuff (‘Calm Down’ and ‘That’s Alright’) and also their growing love for stonerbands like Kyuss and later on Queens Of The Stone Age (‘Takeaway’).

They toured ‘Ripper’ supporting Alice Donut through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Paul took a year off to spend some time in South East Asia, he was temporarily replaced by Martijn Braun (also from Jamjar!).
They demoed some songs with Martijn (‘Timi Yuro’s Ass’ was released in 2000 on a benefit-album on Strike-records for ‘Ravage’-magazine which also features Nomeansno and Chumbawamba among others) and with him played some memorable shows including one or two supporting one of their all time favourite bands Kepone (check their 1^st album ‘Ugly Dance’ for a fine example!).

Because they didn’t make any money playing in BEP but still wanted to make records, they designed a clever system selling sleevespace (i.e. a picture on the inside for 25 guilders, around 12 euro per person) so they could at least partially pay the release of their 3^rd and 4^th c.d.’s.
In return their ‘sponsors’ would get the album for free. Remember this was in the time that recording records was analog and pretty fucking expensive!

‘Moodswing’, arguably said to be their best album was recorded in ’96 in Studio 195 in Wernhout (NL). Produced by Patrick Delabie and released by W.E.R.K (a sublabel to Konkurrel) in ’96.
Finally they had a sound of their own, they realised.
Going from loud and fast to slow and low (that is the tempo!).
From straight punk (‘Backbiter’, ‘Blank’), Kepone rip-offs (‘Who Invented The Wheel?’), emopunk avant la lettre (‘Hard To Trade’, ‘Holy Spirit’, ‘The Test’), strange counting songs with two hoovers playing the solo (‘All’s Well’) and some slower groovebased songs (‘Avoid’, ‘Topdog’).

But what was their strength (being as eclectic as they could) became their weakness in the end. Nobody was waiting for a band mixing punk and stoner!
The moment they got a crowd going for them with some fast songs, they used to put in some slower groovy ones, sometimes leaving them as the only ones in the building… Quite a bit frustrating, as you can imagine!
They thought that maybe the livesound wasn’t full enough so they asked Tijs Keverkamp (former producer) to be their second guitarplayer.
He played with BEP for at least a year which means that BEP grew to a fourpiece. With Tijs they appear on a Bitzcore-compilation called 'Holland Sux' featuring among others NRA, Human Alert and Seein’Red.
The fun thing was that all the bands had to play live in the studio with possibly some minor overdubs. They contributed 3 songs: ‘Louise’ (also on ‘Worst’), ‘Trapped’ (much faster and tight than the ‘Gems’-version) and ‘Beg To Please’ (mistitled ‘Back To Please’, this one with only Paul on guitar).
The record took a long time to get released. It was released almost a year after the recordings took place (release date: 1998).

Finally Paul decided to leave the band. Frustrated as hell, playing for minimal audiences, he couldn’t be satisfied in being only a ‘recording artist’.
Still Jérôme and Evert persuaded him to help them record ‘Worst’ (the word ‘worst’ means sausage in Dutch, hence the sausageridden artwork!) as some kind of farewell to him. On the sleevenotes it says, in Dutch, that all guitarparts are played by Paul although in the line up Frank van Vuuren, his successor, is already mentioned as BEP’s guitarist.
Of course Jérôme and Evert weren’t too pleased of him leaving the band as they were already in the middle of the preparation of making the album. A little anger is ventilated in ‘My Be All And End All’ the penultimate song on ‘Worst’.

Although ‘Worst’ was not the best album they could’ve made, soundwise or songwise, they still had a great time making it and Paul was at his best.
They recorded in their hometown Amsterdam in the cosy little Stilteloosstudio with their friend Daan van der Elsken as their producer (better known in Italy as the singer / drummer in God and later Plexus, rocking like fuck bands!), so they could go home and sleep in their own beds after a day at the office.

At this time they were even more extreme in seeking the extreme extremities in music, Evert likes to think.
They even had a song in Dutch! This song ‘Theo Vogelaars’ took on a life of it’s own and became a little hit on Dutch radio.
The subject of the song is the bassplayer of the worldfamous, in Holland, Tröckener Kecks.
Although the Kecks were a cool band, the main reason of singing Theo’s name was that his name actually means Bird’s Ass (Cloaca in Latin).
Just stupid schoolboy humour of very bad taste, which fits fine with Death Bürger's spirit! (Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Theo Vogelaars (the guy himself) knew about the song but didn’t know what to make of it. So he decided not to meet them and rightly so! ^^
Still, the song got them some airplay and even got them to play live on a national radioshow ‘3 voor 12’ of VPRO-radio.

‘Worst’ opens with an oldschool 2/4-time punksong ‘Just Like My Life’ followed by the stoner rock nihilistic ‘Eight’ (with a bit of mathematics in the chorus).
Then ‘Louise’ (another Kepone rip-off), ‘Theo Vogelaars’ and the extreme slow Melvins-like ‘Pulling’ (in the fade out you can hear Everts 5-years old daughter Isa singing Jingle Bells!).
The next two songs sum up to be BEP’s greatest strength: actually putting all influences together into one song.
‘Under Scrutiny’ is a real bandeffort with the intro gradually fading into the verse which changes within itself followed by some sort of Greenday-chorus, a bridge, which is actually the verse again but played differently, a grand guitarsolo, another bridge (again another version of the verse) ending in two different choruses.
The next song, ‘Up For Grabs’, is combining a stoner riff played very fast mixed with 2/4-punk (which Evert got to play a lot more in Beyond 93, the band he played in after BEP) and a melodic vocal on top of that.
The album ends with another extreme. The hidden track is a ‘Jungle’-mix of ‘Blank’, from ‘Moodswing’, called ‘Blank’n’Mix’.
The mix is made by Youri (of Mauser FK) under his DJ name Scaven.
Youri played guitar for BEP in the dark days between Paul and Frank, which makes the band so grateful to him.
‘Worst’ was released in1999 on the W.E.R.K-Works label of Everts best friend JW (who also designed 3 covers: the single, Gems and Moodswing and that was instrumental in their existence).

As already mentioned, Frank van Vuuren was Paul’s successor.
While Paul and Evert got on pretty well, Frank and Evert were not the best friends except when Frank strapped on his guitar... because of his playing style.
Though Paul was a lot tighter in the rhythm guitar parts (but not that much), Frank was the better soloplayer and he could actually sing backing vocals, which Evert really missed before. Of course Paul did his bit and Jérôme too (he was often too busy drumming), but Evert thought that was the one bit missing in their liveshows. One can hear it on the ‘3 voor 12’-recordings on the VPRO. Although they were in the middle of recording a new album, already 6 songs were recorded (3 in Daan’s Stilteloosstudio’s and another 3 in Studio 195), so there are only two songs released that actually feature Frank on guitar.

First is a double-album compilation of live recordings called ‘De Groote Weiver Gaat Hard – Live 1999-2000’ which contains songs by Nitwitz, Mihoen and Human Alert. All the other bands, mostly punk ones, filled their 7 minutes with at least 3 songs, but BEP did it with only one!
It’s called ‘Blowjob’ and it’s a very slow sexy groovy stonerditty.
The other release with Frank is on the ‘Bonjour Gutentag Hello’-c.d., compiled by another friend of Everts, Robert van der Schild for Strike Records.
The song is called ‘Childcare’, one of the songs recorded by Daan, mixing metal and punk in a nasty way!

Approaching their 10^th anniversary, they got very frustrated by the lack of success. Innerband troubles finally got the best of Evert and after Frank and him almost came to blows one night, they decided to throw the towel.
The next night, Evert seems to remember, the three of them went to see QOTSA, with Dave Grohl on drums, at the Milky Way.
By that time, he was really convinced they had blown the chance to be in a band like that, great songs, great sound and really fucking ass tight as can be.

Frank went on to play in Barby Pop, a band singing in Dutch. What he’s up to these days isn't said. He putted a few live videos of BEP playing at the Milky Way on YouTube though. If you google BEP and for instance ‘Rasti Rostelli’, ‘Theo Vogelaars’ , ‘First Hand Info’ or ‘Family Tree’ you should find some...

Jérôme doesn’t play anymore, he became a taxidriver…
Paul is into webdesign or some other shit concerning computers and the net.
The three of them are secretly planning a reunion of BEP.
For the umpteenth time… Tijs Keverkamp, their former producer and guitarist, still is in a band called KONG.
Martijn Braun went on to live in the United States and is never to be heard or seen again.
Bernt Nellen still grooves around in numerous jazz bands around Amsterdam.

Evert retired as a musician after BEP until a while after when he was asked to team up with Beyond 93, a very fast and tight poppunk band from Hoofddorp (near Amsterdam) with already one album under the belt (‘Stop Looking Back’, on Sony for God’s sake!) and one in the can.
The latter, ‘Would You Give Up On The World?’, was produced by Daan van der Elsken who recommended Evert to the boys when their bassplayer had to quit. Evert played with them for 2 and a half years and as a ‘retired old man’ had a great time! (in his own words)
They got to tour England and Belgium and even supported Bad Religion in a packed Milky Way and got the crowd really going!
At the time ‘Would You Give Up On The World?’ was released, they simultaneously released a video for ‘Someone Else’ which got a lot of airplay on Dutch television.
At that time they did a few national radioshows as well. If interested, check beyond93.com out for photos, music and all that jazz.
Again the lack of success made them quit a few years back.
Let's all wish for a forthcoming BEP reunion guys, so the fun just never ends!

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I just need to add one thing: I'm always amazed to see how cool can some artists reveal to be. And once again with Evert contacting me and helping out, i feel like Holland must be one kind of a great country to be living in...
People are so nice and friendly there it seems, when everybody's an asshole here round where i crawl. Including myself. Ha!
Well i guess everything's relative...
Cool first opus, can't wait to listen to all their stuff and yep, last track is a Police cover, and a good one too! Dig it mutha! Cheers Evert!
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Bep - Ripper!

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:17:00 -0500

Bep - Ripper

Konkurrel records 1994

01. I'm
02. Calm Down
03. Change
04. Unreal
05. That's Alright
06. Calling Ralph
07. Love (Don't Shave)
08. Tatort
09. Takeaway
10. Long Time No See
11. Overkill
12. No Compromize
13. U-Turn
14. Brian Roi

Okay, you might know how tough it gets when trying to get infos about independant dutch bands, and this one gets particulary difficult when all results you get for Bep are links on this Black Eyed Peas suckaz one!
So all i got(with a little help from my friend Koos) is this Bep homepage, all written in dutch of course... so if you can read it just go for --> IT! (some pics & free Mp3s avalaible there as well).

I tried some online translator and got some pretty fucked-up nonsense translation so here's the best i could figure out from it:

Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bep was born in the winter of 1991 and was created by Bernt, Evert and Paul, which explains the name B E P.
Bernt left the band not long after and Jérôme Geerlings (ex- Jam Jar) replaced him on drums.
Although the band played a lot with such bands as Victims Family, Human Alert, Smear, Fibre, Facehugger or Pane to promote its albums (no less than 4 Lps), it never gained much success.
(didn't get the second part AT ALL!)
(and all i understood from the last one is that) the band calls it quit in the summer of 2001 after a 10 years long career. But here's the best, today saturday november 7th:

BEP's history by Evert himself in "Gems" album post, don't miss it!

Lyrics:

So anyway, if you like mixed influences technical rock-jazzcore whatever, you should enjoy this 2nd release of BEP, and some more might even come sooner or later...

BEP discography:

-Definite Devon 7” (GAP-recordings) 1992

-Gems CD (Konkurrel) 1993

-Ripper CD (Konkurrel) 1994

-Moodswing CD (W.E.R.K. Works) 1996

-Worst CD (W.E.R.K. Works) 1999

compilations:

-Zootje Ongeregeld CD (Strike Records) w ‘Timi Yuro’s Ass’ (?)

-Schorremorrie CD (Red Ear Label) w ‘Theo Vogelaars’ (?)

-Holland Sux CD (Bitzcore) 1998 w ‘Louise’,’Trapped’,’Beg To Please’

-De Groote Weiver Gaat Hard – Live 1999-2000 2CD (DGW) 2000(?) w ‘Blowjob’

-Bonjour Gutentag Hello CD (Strike Records) 2002 w ‘Childcare’

The Jay Roon Lovers is Evert Molewijk's (Bep's bass player/vocalist) homeproject, featuring the Victims Family (!) as his backing band, mind the class.
They played on ‘The Fightback’ in return for Evert renting out his bass amplifier for free during their "Apocalicious-tour".
The song was recorded by Daan van der Elsken and also features Robert van der Schild, the man behind the compilation, on backing vocals.
They only spent a few hours in the studio.
Larry Boothroyd (bass) and David Gleza (drums) playing together only needed two run throughs to hit the backing track!
Kemo Ball and Ralph Spight (both guitar) did their bit in the shortest of times too.

Now this is what i call a blast or i dunno shit bout nuthin'!
Thanxxx to Evert for all the infos.
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Flipper - Fight!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:19:00 -0500

Flipper - Fight

MVDaudio/Reppilf Music/Public Flipper Limited. out: May 19, 2009

1. Way of the World
2. Shine
3. Be Good, Child!
4. Why Can't You See
5. Night Falls
6. Ha Ha Ha
7. Triple Mass
8. Sacrifice
9. The Light, the Sound

Fight was recorded in 2007 at Dante's in Portland and The Funhouse in Seattle. Both were recorded and mixed by Seattle's legendary Jack Endino.
This album includes classic Flipper songs as well as songs from Flipper's new studio album, entitled Love. Fight, along with Love, are bookends that encapsulate time spent recording in the studio and playing live shows with former Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic.
Fight is the live companion to Love and serves as a perfect balance to the studio album experience. Love and Fight should exist side by side in your album collection. The return of Flipper, just in time.

There's some hackneyed cliché about it being impossible to record a punk band. It's a feeble excuse for a poor trip to the studio, a producer who's in over his head or a band that just can't write a good tune to save its life.
You can record punk, and Flipper's here to prove it.

Fight rounds up live tapes from a couple 2007 shows, one in Seattle, the other in Portland, Ore., and puts them out there next to new cuts on Love. Sure, the band's more polished while it's in session than on the stage, but Fight's more of a testament to how well the band captured its ramshackle noise-punk sound in the studio than to how well it performs it in the real world.
With four of the nine songs on this live collection showing up on Love, it's a back to basics affair that isn't flashy, isn't reliant on Flipper's heyday as '80s punks and isn't anything but direct. It's definitive proof when placed against Love that, at least for Flipper, the differences between a live set and a studio one are slim indeed. (Matt Schild @ aversion.com)

On Fight, lead singer Bruce Loose opens with a sardonic and bitter quip to the audience which kicks 'Way Of The World" into high gear. "Hi, we're a band. Are you an audience?? I think the rest of you are bystanders!" Needless to say, after all these years, Flipper sounds like their former 1980's disjointed selves. Former bassist Will Shatter would be proud to hear from above all this fucked up noise these San Francisco skate rats would be kicking up this late into the 21st century. The doom-punk charades keep it going with the anarchy battle cry of "Shine". Novoselic's bass thumps and weaves its contrapuntal melodies between Falconi's bombastic guitar work and DePace's sonic drumming. Loose so to speak lets loose here with yelps and wails certainly beckoning to a lost forgotten age. While this is 2007 mind you, 1982 is literally just down the street and in plain sight of these guys. (read full review by Jay Ziegler)

'nuf said, now fish for it suckaz!
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Flipper - Love!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:17:00 -0500

Flipper - Love

MVDaudio/Reppilf Music/Public Flipper Limited. out: May 19, 2009

1. Be Good Child
2. Learn to Live
3. Only One Answer
4. Live Real
5. Triple Mass
6. Love Fight
7. Transparent Blame
8. Why Can't you See
9. Night Falls
10. Old Graves

Flipper est fondé en 1979 à San Francisco par Ted Falconi, Will Shatter, Steve DePace et Ricky Williams, tous provenant de formations punk locales telles Rad Command, Negative Trend, Sleepers.
Ricky Williams est viré au bout de six mois, son seul fait d'arme ayant été d'avoir mis KO Shatter par un coup de micro lors d'une première partie de X.
Il laisse aux membres restants quelques souvenirs mémorables ainsi que le nom Flipper, appellation dont il affublait invariablement ses animaux domestiques.
Il est remplacé par Bruce Loose qui chante sur le premier enregistrement du groupe.
Flipper demeure sous ce line-up jusqu'au décès de Shatter en 1987.
Durant cette période le groupe sort trois singles et cinq albums. En 1990, les californiens se reforment avec un nouveau bassiste, John Dougherty. Avec lui est enregistré l'album American Grafishy qui sort chez Def Jam. Flipper splitte après le décès de John Dougherty. La séparation durera dix années.
Le groupe mythique californien se retrouve à l'occasion des concerts de soutien pour le CBGB en août 2005 avec un vieil ami à la basse Bruno DeSmartass
(Bad Posture).
Après le départ de Bruno, Flipper effectue quelques festivals avec l'ancien bassiste de Nirvana, Krist Novoselic, et enregistre un nouvel album, Love. Avant de partir en tournée, Novoselic renonce, remplacé par Rachel Thoele (ex-Frightwig, LE groupe 'riot grrrl').

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Love, the brand new studio album from the incredible Flipper was recorded with the great Jack Endino at the helm, known for having recorded many of Seattle's greatest Grunge albums, including Nirvana's Bleach.
Recording took place at the Murky Slough Studios, on Krist Novoselic's property in Washington. Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, and Steve DePace would regularly travel to Krist's for writing and recording sessions, and affectionately referred to it as 'Band Camp."
With Krist providing bass, the band dug in and recorded one of their best efforts yet combing noisy guitars with that perfect low end bass and the grind of life and love.
Love was designed to be a twin and companion to Fight. A well balanced experience from the one and only Flipper.

As many of you know, Flipper are one of the most influential bands of the past 30 years, garnering praise and credit from Nirvana (whose bassist, Krist Novoselic, plays on this album), the Melvins, and virtually every band playing within the doom, stoner and sludge metal genres.
And yet, despite this enormous influence, the band itself has existed in a state of relative obscurity throughout the past 30+ years. This, along with a tumultuous history of band member deaths (the most damaging being the death of bassist and co-vocalist Will Shatter in 1987), leaves one in sheer amazement that the band has even survived at all -- let alone release new recordings.

Flipper's last official studio album was 1993's Rick Rubin-produced American Grafishy -- an unfortunately little-heard, but admittedly strong entry into Flipper's discography (although nowhere near approaching the greatness of their previous albums, Generic and Gone Fishin'.) Now, after what seems like (for me, at least) years of anticipation, the band has returned with a new studio album entitled Love.
Over the past four years or so I have had the pleasure of being able to watch Flipper play in all of their live glory multiple times and, after viewing classic Flipper videos from the early 1980s, I can honestly say that the band is currently at their tightest and visceral career best (a rarity for bands of their age). This energy, combined with the classic "Flipper" sound that these guys could play in their sleep, shines through on this wonderful record. The band explores both the more speedy delivery of old songs like "Get Away" on new tracks like "Night Falls" and "Learn to Live," and also the sludgy dirge of "Sacrifice" on tracks like "Only One Answer" and "Why Can't You See." They also revisit territory similar to "Life Is Cheap" on the fantastic closer "Old Graves."

From what I'm saying, it sounds like this album is one big trip down memory lane, but it isn't, due mainly to the fact that there really is no one else out there (now or before) that sounds quite like Flipper. Also, it's thanks to the amazing Bruce Loose, who is much more aggressive and fiery with his vocals this time around. Krist Novoselic's bass playing also adds a wonderful dimension to the record and, quite honestly, sounds the closest to Will Shatter I have ever heard from the band. When you hear the bass opening to "Night Falls" you will instantly feel like you're hearing the same bassist who blasted through the opening of "In Life My Friends" from Gone Fishin'.
Finally, there is Jack Endino (the famous producer behind Nirvana's Bleach), whose production is, quite frankly, perfect for a Flipper album. The bass pops just the way it should, the guitars sound distorted as all hell, Steve's drums sound strong, and Bruce's vocals tear through it all with beautiful anguish. (BrandonSideleau @ punknews.org)

Flipper c'est le suspense d'une série B, genre Vendredi 13 ou Amityville. Au début tout est beau, le soleil brille, les oiseaux chantent. Puis on envoie le gosse au lit et l'atmosphère se délite, la vue se brouille et les lieux sont envahis par des Poltergeist. A peu de choses près.
Flipper c'est l'autre visage de la Californie. Pas celui des vagues du Pacifique le long des plages qui défient le temps (ou l'inverse). Celui des blondes péroxydées, des Monsieur Muscle, des aberrations touristiques en tout genre, des meurtres en série, sordides émanations d'une société qui finira bien par crever de ses excès. Cliché comme vision mais on ne peut plus réelle. Plus Bukowski que Capra. Plus Ellroy que Wilder. A croire que seule la pourriture inspire.
On pensait Flipper satisfait par le semi-scoop de sa reformation. Pratique pour éprouver les nouvelles capacités du marché à écouler disques, tee-shirts et casquettes. On est parfois mauvaise langue. La preuve. De Smartas parti, qui mieux que Novoselic pour reprendre un flambeau qu'il a indirectement contribué à garder allumé au sein de son ancien groupe, Nirvana ? Le serbe est depuis rentré chez mémé non sans laisser ses traces comme l'aurait fait une limace. La tache était pas aisée. Faire oublier la basse de Will Shatter le temps d'un ultime album. Le pari est réussi. Love comme un gros mot, une insulte, un besoin de cracher ces syllabes, se convaincre que çà existe encore.
La méthode Flipper est simple : se saisir d'une boucle et la faire tourner de manière incessante, qu'elle vienne s'imprimer dans le cortex définitivement, qu'elle hypnotise les derniers restes rationnels, qu'elle râcle la cavité cranienne. Imparable. Love est aux antipodes de la lubie de vétérans sur le retour; une entité ne demandant qu'à vivre, à exploser. Flipper est une hydre à quatre têtes, un être multicéphale où chacun oeuvre dans son coin pour le bien commun, un guitariste autiste ennivré par ses mélodies acides, un chanteur tantôt exalté, tantot plongé dans sa torpeur une fois le speed retombé. Proche d'un Rollins lorsqu'il écumait pour Black Flag. En temps normal on n'aurait pas envie de se perdre dans le monde qu'inspire Flipper même lorsque celui-ci flirte avec le psychédélique zeppelinien ("Why Can't you See"). Mais l'envoûtement est inévitable, l'attirance incontournable. Vingt ans après l'inégalable Generic, Flipper ressemble toujours à un ovni dans un monde en survie.

Love est l'émanation froide et désabusée d'un groupe toujours hanté par les mêmes démons, démons qu'il parvient à renfermer à coups de pied dans leurs sépultures le moment venu ("Old Graves"). Flipper n'est pas le gentil dauphin que l'on croit mais un requin lubrique nageant au milieu des étrons et des serviettes hygiéniques usagées. (Fragone @ metalorgie.com)

Being a longtime Flipper hardcore fan, my opinion wouldn't be objective so make your own by listening to both these long awaited new releases.
I've waited 4 months before sharing them on donkey network, now is the right time i guess for some miracle drug to ambient boredom...
And if you don't agree, well ask me if i care!

Etant un hardcore fan de Flipper, mon opinion ne serait pas objective alors faites vous la votre en écoutant ces deux nouvelles galettes attendues depuis longtemps.
Attendu 4 mois avant de les balancer sur le réseau, maintenant me semble le moment venu d'administrer le remède miracle à l'ennui ambiant...
Et si vous êtes pas d'accord, retournez à la pêche au thon!
EAC extracted, 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded + scans, enjoy mais gaffe au garde-pêche...

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Jam Jar - Teknicolor Yawn!

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:12:00 -0500

Jam Jar - Teknicolor Yawn

Konkurrel records 1992

01. Wash' n' Go
02. Confused
03. Blije Bijen Bloes
04. Desert
05. Mama
06. Friend
07. God
08. Click Bang

Jam Jar is:
Jérôme - drums
Mark - bass
Martlin - guitar & vox
Eric - guitar & vox

Okay, don't harass me now because i tried my best to find infos about this dutch band without any success...
All i can say is that it's their one and only album signed on Konkurrel label and that it's great jazzcore, technically impressive and performed with maestria.
It's only lasting 20mn, it's fast and it's like a slap in the face.

Got a copy of the cd from a friend (thanks Gillouz!) who himself owns a copy of it from some other friend, and this explains the poor quality of the scans which doesn't even allow me to read the insert infos, aw well... fuck it.
So anyway, EAC extracted and ~224kbps VBR Mp3 encoded, enjoy!

eD2k: Jam.Jar.Teknicolor.Yawn [35.38 Mb]

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Project Fake - A Tribute to The Minutemen!

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:02:00 -0500

Project Fake - A Tribute to The Minutemen

7'' Ep on Easy Money Records 1997 (EMO #4)

A
1. Rhythm Pigs - Corona
2. The Bugs Know Best - God Bows To Math
3. Pendikel - It's Expected I'm Gone

B
1. Victims Family - Jesus And Tequila
2. Megakronkel - The Politics Of Time

This is an obscure release of a now defunct german indie label containing interesting cover versions of Minutemen songs done by great bands from the US, Netherlands and Germany.
Original vinyl rip by Koos (Megakronkel drummer) i had to edit and tag, so credits go to him with gratefulness.
256~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded, enjoy the rare shitte!

eD2k: VA.Project.Fake.A.Tribute.To.The.Minutemen [29.11 Mb]

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Joe Jack Talcum - Home Recordings 1984 - '97!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:09:00 -0500

Joe Jack Talcum - Home Recordings 1984 - '97

Valiant Death Records 2004 (now out of print)

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Genaro founded The Dead Milkmen in 1983, initially establishing the group as a bedroom-based home-recording project with a mythological back-story prior to their evolution into a traditional four-piece band shortly thereafter.
The members of the group regularly employed pseudonyms, and Genaro most frequently called himself "Joe Jack Talcum" (stemming from the character of Jack Talcum that Genaro had imagined as the leader of the band in their mythology) in the context of the group, although he also used the names "Butterfly Fairweather" and "Jasper Thread" on certain records. (read more at wiki)
See back cover for track listing (i'm getting tired of typing today):

One happy Amazon customer opinion:
This record's great. It kind of reminds me of Daniel Johnston's early stuff. It features a track or two with Rodney Anonymous, Joe Jack's bandmate from their Dead Milkmen days, and a track or two which, I think, may be demos from Joe's post-DM band The Town Managers. The Town Managers also featured Chris Peelout, with whom Joe Jack Talcum formed the still-going Philadelphia band The Low Budgets. Interestingly, the bass player in the Low Budgets, who seems to only go by the name Dandrew, played with the Dead Milkmen when they reformed recently to play Dave Blood's memorial concert at the famed Trocadero Theatre in Philly. I caught one of the shows and he really nailed all of Dave's weird basslines.
Most of the songs on here are raw, acoustic and uncluttered by overdubs, though some tracks stand out as seeming a bit more produced than others. There is a simple, direct feeling to the earliest tracks; you get the feeling that these are kind of personal songs that were never intended by the artist to be released. I'm certainly glad that the fine staff at Valient Death Records thought otherwise. (by Real Name "Badge")

If you guessed it's more folk than punk, you guessed right.
EAC extracted, 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded + scans, enjoy and don't be a cow: Share!

eD2k: Joe.Jack.Talcum.Home.Recordings.1984.97 [125.28 Mb]

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Anarchy 6 - Live Like A Suicidal!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:45:00 -0500

Anarchy 6 - Live Like A Suicidal

Gasatanka records/Dutch East Tapes 1990 (1981 live show)

I Love Living In The City
State Of War
Lost In Space
Skank/ Beverly Hills
12 Hour Trip
Rich Brat
Institutionalized
Shutdown
Slam, Spit, Cut Your Hair, Kill Your Mom
Louie Louie

Anarchy 6 is:
Chemical Warfare; (lead vocals)
H. C. Skinner; (bass, vocals)
Spike Geek; (guitars)
Mark Davey; (drums, vocals)

Anarchy 6 were basically 2 guys of Redd Kross and 2 of Sin 34 doing a parody of 80's hardcore punk with all the trappings and stereotypes in tact.
They released one LP called "Hardcore Lives!" in 1988 and a live/cover record called "Live like a Suicidal".

"Slam, spit cut your hair, kill your mom" infamous track from their only Lp "Hardcore Lives!" also appears in the 1986 David Markey "Lovedolls Superstar" movie and soundtrack. (check my shares for them and youtube for this very track).
"Live like a suicidal" is a 1981 live show at The Masque in Hollywood released on tape in 1990 on Gasatanka Records, mostly containing infamous hardcore punk covers.
Seems obvious Anarchy 6 was a kind of friends 'joke' band around Redd Kross Steve & Jeff Mac Donald (starring in both D.Markey movies), David Markey himself on drums and Mike Glass on guitar (Sin34).

TEAC W-750R cassette deck extracted then 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded + scans. Enjoy and kill some hippie!

eD2k: Anarchy.6.Live.Like.A.Suicidal [62.02 Mb]

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Kwik Way - Box Set!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:46:00 -0500

Kwik Way - Box Set

2001 Foodstamp records. 1986 Lp+more!

Go Die
Geezers/Nation's Capitol
Bald
Whatever
Don't Stop
Urban Wildlife
Pacifica On Saturday
Drink 'n' Drive
Da Plane Trooth
Piggly Wiggly's Great Adventure!
My Feet Stink
Playing Doctor
5 Song, 3 1/2 Minutes Op. IV
Rock Alcocide
Suburban Wildlife
Interlude
B. F. T.

Kwik Way were one of Oakland, California's only hardcore punk bands. The band got its name from the Oakland fast food restaurant Kwik Way.

Kwik Way was formed in 1981 by high school kids Dave, Jules, Al and Lito. Originally billed as "The Pubescent Necrophiliacs" (or "The Pubes") the band played their first kegger in February 1982. Having just began playing their instruments, the band's first set comprised mostly cover songs by some of their heroes such as JFA, The Circle Jerks and TSOL. Before long the band had scrapped the covers, and started playing more keggers doing all original material. Tired of their embarrassing name, they decided to change it. When a friend jokingly recommended that the band change their name to Kwik Way, a fast food restaurant in Oakland that they often visited, they did just that, going so far as to steal the franchises logo, a move that cost them their first record deal.
The band played their official debut in August that year at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens. Within the next year Lito and Al left the band and were replaced by Craig and Eban.

Having grown disillusioned with the hardcore scene, the band began to feel that punk rock had become a parody of itself. This attitude was reflected in the band's lyrics, which began to poke fun at what they considered the close-mindedness and clichéd conformity of hardcore. This approach actually helped the band gain a cult following as they continued to play shows throughout California.

Kwik Way's debut LP (Produced by Kevin Army) was released by Golden Star Records in 1986 and debuted on KALX radios playlist at the number 3 spot. Within a month, it moved to the number 1 spot. The band issued a cassette only release "Kwiki" in 1987. Decidedly more experimental than their debut, "Kwiki" showed the band taking many risks, including the use of "unhardcore" instruments such as piano and acoustic guitar. Tracks from this release are on the groups 2001 CD reissue, released by Food Stamp Records.
Kwik Way disbanded in 1987. The band has been approached many times to do a reunion. The answer is still no.
Dave played drums with Kover Band and wrote novels and collections of short stories for Caffeine Machine Publications, including the critically acclaimed "The World Owes Me Lunch". He sadly passed way in 1994. Jules continues to perform and record music in Oakland, CA. Eban enjoys success as a soundtrack composer in Southern California.
Craig is a photographer living in Washington State. (wiki)

EAC extracted, 224~320kbps VBR Mp3 encoded + scans, enjoy the kwiky meal!

eD2k: Kwik.Way.Box.Set [102.40 Mb]

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