Montag, 23. Februar 2009

Öffne nackt!


Last time we took a jump out of the window for pure joy, this time we merely open it and shout out into the night, out to the beasts of the forest: "Ich bin tot im Kopf, ich bin krank im Schwanz ! I am dead in the head, I am sick in my dick!" (repeat)

Hotel Morphila Orchester 1981/1982
O.K., this is most essential. What we have here is probably the greatest subculture spawned Rock'n'Roll ever to be released in Austria.
And believe it or not, it was produced by some bloody ahtists! Yes, those punkers were ahtists in disguise, that even gigged in rotten galleries and museums. The head of the orchestra was none other than Peter Weibel, who zampanoed through each and every aht movement since the 60's as practitioner, curator and communicator. (if you're from around these parts and ever been interested in the european aht scene, you'll immediately recognize his voice.)
The band played in the vein of the Modern Lovers and every snappy minimalist song would turn into a Roadrunner. This sort of On-and-On-Motorik Rock then provided the ideal playing field for Weibel, for it put no constraints on his swirling ramblings full of surprises with unforgettable and quotable lines all over. (It's a shame you don't speak german.)

First, listen to the dazzling "Sex in der Stadt". Here Weibel takes the unique approach of using found footage lyrics from the Kronen Zeitung, Austria's monopoly boulevard paper; that is, he recites the classifieds, mixing the explicit offers of hookers with ads for buzz saws and Rottweiler pups to exhilarating effect. And when he starts into the desperate chorus of "Sex in der Stadt ist was keiner hat!" [Sex in the city is what nobody has] ... Oh, have mercy, this is too great! The Anguish! The Exasperation!
>>>Hotel Morphila Orchester - Sex in der Stadt

Next, we learn what love is:
Liebe ist ein Hospital, doch jeder ist nur Patient und keiner Arzt, der die Krankheit kennt. Ich bin Patient und du bist Patient - darum ist Liebe so katástrophal (with the accent set quite wrongly)
[Love is a hospital, but everyone's a patient and noone's the doctor who'd know the illness. I am a patient and you are a patient - that's why love is so catástrophic.]
>>>Hotel Morphila Orchester - Liebe ist ein Hospital

Dead in the Head:
Streber als Heilige apostrophiert, Verbrechen mit Staat poliert, sprengt mein Auge ein Loch in die Welt! Ja! Multi-AKW und Bankkonzerne! Was verwandelt Liebe in Haß, was verwandelt Liebe in Tod - die Todestrippgruppe! Die Todestrippgruppe! (and on and on)
[Careerists called saints, crime polished with state, my eye blows a hole into the world!
Yes! Nuclear power plants and banking groups! What turns love into hate, what turns love into death - the deathtripgroup! The deathtripgroup!
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Two songs you got already, the remaining five of this Greatest Hits set you'll find on 4Shared:

- Die Straße ist naß
- Scheiß Polizei
- Dead in the Head
- Vereinsamt (Nietzsche Rock)
- Married Women

>>>Download

(pics are from www.punk-disco.com)

Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009

You shan´t blow up the embassy


not even in celebration of 30 years of islam-fascism.
An addendum to the previously posted "Get rid of" album: Three songs from the first 7" of Those Who Survived The Plague, that live from the duetting powers of Astrid and Gerald. Great A-side with the tumbling "Joke Paket" and a ripping cover of The Fearless Iranians From Hell (Texas)´s hit tune "Blow up the Embassy". (You could get the original at 7inchpunk)
The amok-scenario on the B-side is of somewhat lesser appeal- Alice Donut were more successful with this sort of thing.


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In ´93 TWSTP were:
Andreas «Mops» Breitwieser - guit.
Günther Castanetti - dr.
Astrid Hammer - voc.
Werner Khol - eb.
Gerald Waibel - voc.


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Download the "Genealogical Research By..." EP here:
TWSTP - Jokepaket
TWSTP - Blow Up The Embassy
TWSTP - Everyday & Everywhere

Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009

Pogo Punks - a compilation of early original swiss punk rock ´77 -´82


A01- Rebels - Mayday.mp3
A02- Rebels - Mental Disaster.mp3
A03- Jack & The Rippers - I Feel Like A Tram.mp3
A04- Dieter Meier - Cry For Fame.mp3
A05- Bellevue - DeinFreund.mp3
A06- Glueams - 365.mp3
A07- Negativ - Glitter Hair Cream.mp3
A08- Bastards - Impossibilities.mp3
A09- Sperma - Zueri Punx.mp3
A10- Fresh Color - No Chance.mp3
B01- Rebels - Sweet Society.mp3
B02- Jack & The Rippers - No Desire.mp3
B03- Dieter Meier - The Hook.mp3
B04- Bellevue - Marchin Men.mp3
B05- Glueams - Mental.mp3
B06- Negativ - Terrorist.mp3
B07- Bastards - Danger.mp3
B08- Bastards - Schizo Terrorist.mp3
B09- Sperma - Bombs.mp3
B10- Fresh Color - The Source.mp3


Oberlippenbartpunk (Moustache Punk)

Ooh I'm so excited - this legendary Bootleg compilation from '99 is probably one of the greatest Punkrock comps around and I found it sitting in a Viennese record shop - waiting just for me.

Most of the stuff here clearly draws it's influences from England - from minimalist '77 stylings to the fabulous Pubrock/Powerpop of Jack & The Rippers - except for the Bastards who get a fine Black-Flag-push-and-cronk going with "Danger". (How did that happen, I wonder?)
And who'd have thought that the one person responsible for the fuckin soundtrack to each and every bleedin motor sports TV transmission in the 80s and 90s could produce such urgent and harsh sounds? He oozes urgency, so to say. I'm talkin here of course of Dieter Meier, later part of "Techno pioneers" Yello (god, I hated them). Among the other singles collected here are the Glueams "365" and "Mental" live ep (which is so great, I probably gonna have to jump out of the window) and the "Züri Punx" single from everyone´s favourite Schrengl-Dengl combo Sperma. (This is the version with "Bombs" on the flip - the other one you´ll find on Good Bad Music, go there now and read Erichs piece on Sperma!)
In short, maybe apart from Bellevue's rather uninspired "Marchin´ Men" really every song here is a winner.

Now let's roll the r's like a terrorist, a TERRORIST, A TERRORIST and sing all together "I don´t know where I´m going and I don´t know where I am - my life is in a rut and I´m just like a fucking tram!"




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Listen to the Glueams' Mental while downloading the whole set - first class vinyl rip, high quality VBR, covers and all - here:
Pogo Punks