Zack Zack - Demo (2010)

Because I'm old and have been listening to Punk Rock for a long time, finding new bands that are interesting and exciting past a few listens is not easy but there are a few. One of those bands is Zack Zack from Berlin Germany. I'd never heard of them before I saw them last summer at Berlin's famous S.O. 36 club. I thought they were very good that night and recently I got this demo that they recorded and have been listening to it constantly since it arrived. They are definitely 70s Punk and Mod Revival inspired.

info here: http://www.myspace.com/boredomreplays
video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Ku2ZCzma4

track list:
01. Arkadengirl
02. Penetration
03. Bla Bla
04. (What The) Economy (Is For)
05. Nervenzusammenbruch

Last Cry - Live Show + Demo 1986

Last Cry were from Lehigh Valley (= the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton) Pennsylvania and were around for only 6 months or so. In that time they opened for some big touring bands - Descendants and Marginal Man among them. They never made it out of the Lehigh Valley and their last act together was to record a 9 song demo tape. They were my favorite band from Lehigh Valley in those days and I recorded this live show with a boom box.

@ West Catty Playground, Catasaque PA 4-12-86
01. Instrumental
02. Friends You'll Never Know
03. TV Evangelist
04. So Much More
05. Last Cry
06. title unknown
07. Catholic School
08. Life Or Fate
09. The Monster In My Head
10. Make Me Shine
11. Take Off Your Clothes
12. title unknown

Demo (1986)
01. TV Evangelist
02. Catholic School
03. Instrumental
04. Last Cry
05. Make Me Shine
06. Life Of Fate
07. Take Off Your Clothes
08. Monster In My Head
09. So Much More

Undertones - Live shows 1978-1983 part 2

Here's two shows from the Undertones 3rd and 4th album periods. Both shows were recorded through the soundboard and the quality is very good.

@ Werchter Festival, Belgium 7-05-81 [from cassette tape]
01. I Don't Know
02. When Saturday Comes
03. Tearproof
04. Positive Touch
05. Julie Ocean
06. It's Going To Happen
07. Girls That Don't Talk
08. Good Looking Girlfriend
09. My Perfect Cousin
10. Teenage Kicks

@ Reading Festival, England 8-27-83 [from cassette tape]
01. Teenage Kicks
02. Chain Of Love
03. Let's Talk About Girls
04. Concious
05. Got To Have You Back
06. Bittersweet
07. Tearproof
08. Julie Ocean

Undertones - Live shows 1978-1983 part 1

Here are some very nice live shows by the Undertones. Of course all the songs on these shows are released but one of the bonuses here is the in-between song chatter from Feargal Sharkey. The Lyceum show is off the soundboard and the other two show are radio broadcasts so the sound quality is very good all around and the BBC show has a very nice introduction from John Peel.

@ Lyceum, London 12-03-78
01. Get Over You [officially released on CD2 of Undertones - An Anthology (2008)]
02. Jump Boys

@ Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3-15-80
01. Male Model
02. Tearproof
03. Teenage Kicks
04. Jimmy Jimmy
05. The Way Girls Talk
06. There Goes Norman
07. Get Over You
08. Whizz Kids
09. Family Entertainment
10. True Confessions
11. Here Comes The Summer
12. She's A Runaround
13. Girls Don't Like It
14. Rock And Roll [Gary Glitter]

@ BBC In Concert 4-19-80 [from cassette tape]
01. Hard Luck
02. You've Got My Number
03. I Gotta Getta
04. Male Model
05. Tearproof
06. Girls That Don't Talk
07. Jimmy Jimmy
08. Whizz Kids
09. More Songs About Chocolate And Girls
10. There Goes Norman
11. The Way Girls Talk
12. Hypnotised
13. Top Twenty
14. My Perfect Cousin
15. Get Over You

Gears - Whiskey, Hollywood 7-80

Let's hear it for the Gears!! Great band, great songs and one of those bands that existed during the transition period from when Punk to turned to Hardcore. They recorded one album and were filmed for The Decline Of Western Civilization but didn't make it in. This show was recorded from the audience and the quality is rough but, nevertheless, a fun listen.

setlist:
01. Intro
02. Sweet Little Sixteen [Chuck Berry]
03. Don't Be Afaid To Pogo
04. Trudie
05. Elks Lodge Blues
06. Keep Movin'
07. I Smoke Dope
08. High School Girls
09. Rockin' At Ground Zero
10. Heartbeat Baby
11. Baby Runaround
12. The Last Chord
13. Teenage Brain
14. You Want Action

Adolescents - Rodney On The ROQ 1981

Here's the Adolescents on the Rodney On The ROQ radio show playing a demo they recorded and talking about the upcoming album they were recording. The four songs are demo versions which were only released a few years ago on The Complete Demos 1980-1986 album. This was recorded off the radio and the quality is good.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. -interview segment-
02. Creatures
03. -interview segment-
04. Do The Eddy
05. Self Destruct
06. Ameoba

Agression - Rollerworks, Chatsworth CA 4-02-83

Here's some California Nardcore skatecore for those who desire it. This show was recorded through the soundboard and the quality is very good. Can anyone fill in the unknown song titles?

band info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agression_%28band%29
more info here: http://www.killfromtheheart.com/albums.php?id=689&band_id=410

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Intro Jam
02. Intense Energy
03. Brain Bondage
04. Secret Sex
05. Non Person
06. Locals Only
07. It Can Happen
08. Body Count
09. Money Machine
10. Dear John Letter
11. No Mercy
12. Don't Be Mistaken
13. S.A.T.C. [no power version]
14. S.A.T.C.