In The Trashcan
Records GEM037
"From the day that punks in the street still were a
freak show..."
One of the classic Sham 69 songs is "There's gonna be a Borstal breakout". This is the flipside from 1978. Working class punk rock as it should be: honest and straight forward.
Great third single by this Manchester punk band from 1977, released by Valer Records. Like the Buzzcocks they formed after a SexPistols gig.
Roland Kruger had his record label RKM, which not only released Plastic Bertrand's "Ca plane pour moi", but in 1977 also this English translation by Alan Ward aka Elton Motello. A year later it was also recorded by The Damned and many other punk bands would follow, such as Chron Gen.
Hardest UK punk band in 1980 that changed the punk sound and showing the way to bands such as The Exploited, GBH, and hundreds more. This is the last song on the 5-track "Fight back" EP on Clay Records.
Arthur May wrote both sides of this 45 release on Cuntagious from 1977-78. It's funny early punk rock. Look at the label and think of the little dog of His Master's Voice.
Detroit punk outfit on Las Vegas record label, Behemoth Records. Lo-fi punk trash from 1987 on a 4-track EP entitled "Childhood games".
I never really liked "Promises". The flipside, however, is great and it contains the guitar riff that re-emerged in "Shot by both sides" by ex-Buzzcocs' Howard Devoto's Magazine, both from 1978.
Reggae and punk got mixed in the late 70s and also dub can be mixed with anarchopunk. Just check out this Subhumans recording from 1981 on Spiderleg Records. Later some were also active in Citizen Fish. See also vol 49 for another song from this 6-track EP.
Dutch punk rock from around 1978 with this 4-track EP on P.P.O.P. Records.
Very first release of this highly influential second wave punk band fronted by Wattie, the only survivor of constantly changing line-ups. Wattie = The Exploited. Released in 1980 on their own label The Exploited Record Co. Trademark song and hardly ever equalled by later versions of this Scottish punk outfit.
Bob Geldof was a punk before you were a punk, no matter what he thought he had to do in the mid-80s. "She's so modern" is a fine punk pop song, released in 1978 on Ensign.
First 45 from this Belgian punk combo with a heavy psych sound. They were fans of Cosmic Psychos, Sneaky Feelings and The Dentists. Released on a Belgian label called Steaming Moose in 1990.
Their second release (see vol 1 for their first) on Beggars Banquet, 1977, produced by Steve Lillywhite. One of the most underrated UK bands from the '77 punk scene.
Released by 702 Records in 1998 as flipside to a song called "Fingered" on this Spit It Out EP. It's two guys and two girls in a trashy punk rock band from San Francisco. (see vol 62 for the rest)
Fronted by Malcolm Owen, who overdosed in 1980, a year after this 45. Then the band's name changed to Ruts DC. In the meantime "Babylon's burning" and "In a rut" have become left-wing anti-racist punk standards.
Legendary Oregon based garage punk band formed in 1992 and active for about 10 years. Later they reunited. They were a big influence on lots of garage trash rock bands including several outfits on Crypt Records. This is from a 1999 EP on Killer Records from Finland.
