T-34 - Release Show!!!

relics #2

re-educating good taste in music #3

V.A. - Hannover Fun Fun Fun LP

first release on NO FUN RECORDS from 1980! live recordings by HANS A PLAST, DAILY TERROR, ROSA, CRETINS, DER MODERNE MANN, PHOSPHOR, ROTZKOTZ, SCHWANZKANNS. the sound is quite rough but this record is an essential relic of hannover´s early punk/wave-scene.

i found this on the brotbeutel blog. a review by Diedrich Diederichsen und Alfred Hilsberg

Im Gegensatz zu den beiden Hamburg-Samplern präsentiert der NO FUN SAMPLER, nur die sehr große Szene einer Stadt, Hannovers, und hierzu nun Alfred: Städte-Sampler haben ihre Nachteile; am Einerlei manches englischen Albums ist das nicht zu überhören. Last not least ist auch hier von den meisten Gruppen nur ein Stück zu hören - die Schubladen und eine Sternchen-Verteilung gefährlich nah für vorschnelle Urteile. No Fun - der Sound einer City? Schon eher, aber was ist Hannoversch dran?
Die Splizz, eine aus Rotzkotz hervorgegangene und schon wieder aufgelöste Gruppe, wärmt einen zum Anfang richtig auf. Auch wenn's am Schluß ins Traditionelle abrutscht, die Gruppe hatte überdurchschnittliche musikalische Qualitäten. Und Phil ist ein starker Sänger. Folgen die Cretins mit einem makabren Song, der "Dachau Disco". Überraschend gut für eine Kid-Band. Deutsche Texte, wie auch beim Modernen Mann, die für mich auf der Studio-EP etwas konzentrierter-überzeugender wirkten.
Von 39 Clocks dürfte noch mehr zu erwarten sein. Ohne Schlagzeug, dafür mit Rhythmus-Maschine, haben sie - mangels Live-Aufnahme - ein im Studio produziertes Stück beigesteuert. Schade, daß sie englisch singen. Hans-a-plast am Schluß der ersten Seite mit "Amerikaner" so gut wie eh und je. Schade, daß kein neues Stück von ihm aufgenommen wurde. Ganz abwechslungsreich, die gesamte A-Seite. Zum Verwechseln ähnlich dagegen einige Aufnahmen der B-Seite. Peinlich fast das Stück von Rosa ("De Sade war hart"). Ihrem Pogo-Revival entsprechend annähernd auch Schwanz kann's ("Ich und mein Schwanz") und Phosphor ("Wald"). Und selbst noch bei Kaltwetterfront (,,Disco Boy") könnte man meinen, alle diese halb-harten-halb-schnellen Bands hätten den gleichen Sänger.
Daily Terror aus Braunschweig zählen zu den Höhepunkten der Platte. Zwei gegensätzliche Stücke: "Andere Zeiten" mit Anleihen beim Reggae, "Schmutzige Küsse", ein reichlich pogoiger Song mit Gitarrensolo. Rotzkotz ("No Name") merkt man die langjährige Erfahrung an; ihre Professionalität kommt auf dieser einen Aufnahme genausowenig zur Geltung wie die Qualitäten anderer Gruppen.
No Fun - ein Muß? Zumindest eine erste Information für alle Auswärtigen. Die Pogo-Fans werden die Platte mögen, und die anderen werden sich ihre Rosinen herauspicken. Fazit: Etwas weniger Bands und etwas mehr Aufnahmen von jeder Gruppe hätten dem Hannover-Sampler gut getan. Und warum immer noch englisch gesungen wird, ist mir ein Rätsel.

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hot news: SCORPIONS split up (finally/soon)

finally hannover´s most shitty band ever THE SCORPIONS gonna split up after their upcoming album and their last tour - that means that we´ll have to wait another 3 years... but it seems to be a perspective, haha.

their statement was something like "uh. we wanna finish before we loose our dignity...blah blah" - WRONG! they are far beyond anything like dignity.

40 years of looking like perverts and playin cheesy hardrock-ballads is enough and the wind of change stopped blowin´ 10 years ago..

for more information check: BILD or ROCK RADIO

BUCKETHEAD - danusha CD EP

another release on EPISTROPHY and the first for BUCKETHEAD. the band existed from ´92 to ´99. this is a very weird piece of funk and jazz inspired 90s indie/college punk with some trumpet in it (which i really like!), but the vocals are most of the time not my cup of piss, except the parts the singer trys to sound like MIKE PATTON. in the music there are some really well played riffs and catchy melodies.

the cover of the cd looks like a childrens version of the cover of "symphonies of sickness" by CARCASS, muhahaha...

i watched their final show at GLOCKSEE last year and that was really good.
related bands: SUCKSPEED, MILITANT MOTHERS


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KOLLATERAL - demo CD-R

formed out of the left-overs of NOT REALLY, KOLLATERAL play a more 80s influenced hardcore/punk sound. nothing new at all, but a good soundtrack to have a drink and hang out in front of a venue with your stereo, haha. unfortunatly the female singer you can hear on this demo left the band... but they are still goin on as a four-piece.

they have a seven inch comin´ up (i guess on D.P.G.). try to get them live somewhere as they´re always a powerfull and raw live-band...

find out more about KOLLATERAL


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CAVE CANEM / THE HOLY MOUNTAIN - split 7"

the usual story. bands get friends on tour and do a spilt afterwards. same here. two tracks by THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (us) and 1 by CAVE CANEM. released by ALERTA ANTIFASCISTA and NO IDEA RECORDS in 2008.

one guy from H.M. plays now in hannover´s best pop-hardcore band IMAGES together with the bear from C.C.! :-)

there are two different versions of this record. it think it were 300 on red vinyl and different colored artwork and 1200 on black.

more info about them:
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
CAVE CANEM

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BOSKOPS, NOVEMBER 13TH & KLISCHEE - re-ups

hey. i uploaded some stuff again...

BOSKOPS - sol12 + f.e.d.i.a. LPs

BOSKOPS - lauschgift + non plus ultra LPs

NOVEMBER 13TH - stillstand /weiter LP

KLISCHEE - normalzustand CD

some info for the record nerds: all BOSKOPS stuff will be reissued on vinyl in chronological order by FAREWELL RECORDS from hannover.

find more infos about the bands in the archive!

highly recommended: ETAE - discography

it´s japan again! ETAE from hakodate (home of CRUDE, MUSTANG) play crushing hardcore with some insane guitar-leads and melodies stolen from IRON MAIDEN. they only had two 7"s and three tracks on the HAKODATE CITY HARDCORE compilation, but that´s enough to damage your stereo.

i also heard some rumors about a official discography on CD (i want vinyl!!!).
you can still find these EPs in some distros here & there...

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PRESSURE FLIP - care free days CD

melodic-sunshine-punk from hannovers suburbs. P.F. formed in `93. they split up after a split 7" with NUMBFIRE and this CD in the late-nineties i think. two of them are now in RAUM 101.

this record was released by EPISTROPHY.

there´s not much information about them on the internet but have a look here.

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where to go: STUMPF - serving warm beer since 2000

the place to be! home of the drunks - home of the punx! placed in hannover´s nordstadt and run by a d.i.y collective is always good for punk/hardcore shows or even if you just wanna meet up with some weird drunks to be the same.

shows are mostly on weekends. there´s a punk bar every 1st & 3rd wednesday. at 1st wednesday of each month there is a "movie-bar". beer is cheap and it´s most a good venue for bands to play.

best shows i´ve seen there were EKKAIA, OBSERVERS, BURIAL, DOOMTOWN, BOMBENALARM, UNION TOWN, CYNESS, CROWSKIN & SKIPLICKERS as far as i can remember!

check out myspace for shows, events and stupid stuff: STUMPF

into the pit: POLICE BASTARD @ Stumpf

should be a good show. last time i saw POLICE BASTARD they were quite good. i had no expectations (to be honest i thought about some old farts making some boring noise haha)... LAST LEGION ALIVE from belgium will bring the booze and a raw amebix-styled stench-sound. so grease your hair, cap, kutte, stretch and get shitfaced!

Record Shop Guide - making punk a record collection again

ROCKERS - is an independent record shop based in LINDEN/HANNOVER carrying tons of 2nd hand vinyl and some CDs. they have a large selection of punk/hardcore & metal and for those who care hip hop/reggae/dancehall and classic rock stuff.

definitly one of the best record shops in and around hannover if you wanna get some out of print or rare records from all over the world. they also have some shirts and a bunch of old zines/gig posters.
it´s always worth a visit - don´t forget to bring some cash, beacuse you´ll find some records anyway and as prices are little higher (as we are speaking about rare stuff) than at your local distro (but much cheaper than shitty ebay). but they are always up for a good deal!!!

they also do mailorder! so check their homepage/shop.

how to find:
Rockers Records
Weckenstr. 1
30451 Hannover

they also have myspace.

SUCKSPEED - the day of light LP + Live Tracks

first album by hannover´s SUCKSPEED on WE BITE RECORDS from 1989. metal/thrash influenced hardcore... ok. let´s call it crossover. they formed in 1987 and split up in 1994/5(?). SUCKSPEED were also a member of the SPIRIT FAMILY.

the guitarist Jochen Gutsch also played in bands like FEEDBACK RECYCLING, PROFESSOR (see the post in my blog) oder BUCKETHEAD. i think he´s still doin´the band HINTERLAND. i saw the two last named bands live at GLOCKSEE last year, but hmmm... while BUCKETHEAD were still sounding like west-coast melody punk HINTERLAND had nothin´ to with HC at all... so i went on drinkin outside the venue, haha.

i found this live video from german tv on youtube:


the download also includes the three tracks from the WE BITE live-compilation with CAPITOL PUNISHMENT & EMILS from 1991.

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relics

some old posters from the UJZ GLOCKSEE basement


CAVE CANEM feature in "Bravo Girl" :-)

i photorgaped this at UJZ KORN HANNOVER

and found this at JUZ MANNHEIM

VEIL - the burden of life LP

metal hardcore from the 90s. first longplayer of hannovers´ VEIL, which were quite popular and well know while they existed. they toured with SNAPCASE, 108 and REFUSED.

i still have problems to get into this because the band later on had a clear krishna influence, what definitly sucks and their style is just to much sportswear for me to carry.

after they split up some of them founded BYRON.

more info: myspace

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MILITANT MOTHERS - hit your heart demo MC

found this one on the tape-attack blog but a friend of mine has a original tape...which doesn´t mean anything at all, because i never got into their weird jazz and funk influenced hardcore. but on this demo they are more straight. essential for hannover punk collectors.

the band features KARL NAGEL who started the SPIRIT FAMILY, a collective of bands to support each other by d.i.y. ethics. later he was the "leader" of the anarchist fun-party A.P.P.D. until he enforced his political suicide! if you want to know more about him try google, haha...

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URGE - why hide the lie LP

one of the well known bands from hannover in the early 90s. but to be honest they never blew me away with their blast, black flag influenced punk. to me the sound was always to clean and cheesy. this is their first LP from 1991.

i also checked their other releases... not my cup of tea, but i´ll upload them at some time...





they played a lot of shows with FUGAZI. later they formed POWER OF EXPRESSION.




more info: myspace

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Video Post

i found these two and many other cool live-videos from hannover and everywhere else on this channel! maybe you can find your ugly face somewhere in the crowd...