Wednesday 26 August 2015

The Best of Brought To Life - 232

1. THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS - 'Chez Maximes' - Mercury LP - UK - 1975
The English New York Dolls? They were pretty much doing the same thing at the same time but glam went way beyond either band and it was the slightly less sleazy others that ended up hitting the charts. Their debut album 'Grown Up Wrong' wasn't even released until after they'd split up. This was the opening track. Read all about it here.
2. N.O.T.A. - 'Ultra Violent' - Rabid Cat LP - USA - 1985
Our final installment of None Of The Above begins with the opening track from their self-titled album.
3. THE WIPERS - 'D-7' - Park Avenue LP - UK - 1979
Side 2 of 'This Is Real' is a more introspective affair. This was the first track.
4. W.D.M. - 'Brains' Vaihtoehto 7" - Finland - 1985
One of the lesser known Finnish punk bands, but their 'Democracy' E.P. was up there with the best of 'em. Dig the bass lines.
5. KUDDKRIG - 'Trilsk Ventil' - Last Buzz 7" - Sweden - 1981
Meanwhile over in Sweden things were more sedate, but with a few nice na-na-na's to keep us going. Get the rest of the E.P. here.
6. N.O.T.A. - 'Sick Society' - Rabid Cat LP - USA - 1985
Another track from their self-titled debut album.
7. LOS NIKIS - 'La Amenaza Amarilla' - Tic Tac 7" - Spain - 1981
While over at WDM's blog fawning over Kuddkrig, one of his earlier posts reminded me of this fairly prolific band, and since we've had precious little Spanish powerpop on here, here's the title track from their debut E.P. 
8. NORGEZ BANK - 'Springtime In Belsen' Sånn'ja Records 7" - Norway - 1980
And at the same excellent blog you can get the whole debut E.P. by this Norwegian combo.
9. THE WEIRDOS - 'Bad' - Rehearsal tape - USA - 1977
One from a nice, raw early reheasal tape.
10. W.D.M. - 'Democracy' - Vaihtoehto 7" - Finland - 1985
The title track from the E.P. of the same name.
11. N.O.T.A. - 'Self Destruct' - Rabid Cat LP - USA - 1985
A third track from their self-titled debut album.
12. THE WIPERS - 'Image Of Man' - Park Avenue 7" - USA - 1980
One from the flipside of their 'Alien Boy' E.P. Unmistakeably Wipers.
13. THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS - 'Tumble With Me' Mercury LP - UK - 1975
Casino Steel was in the Brats and this is one he took with him when he joined the Boys. They speeded it up, of course.
14. THE WEIRDOS - 'Scream Baby Scream' - Rehearsal tape - USA - 1977
Another rockin' Weirdos blast.
15. W.D.M. - 'War Is Here' - Self Released 7" - Finland - 1985
One from their 'Tomorrow's Gone' E.P.
16. N.O.T.A. - 'Reckless' - Rabid Cat LP - USA - 1985
And another from their album.
17. LOS NIKIS - 'Pasión Por Los Decibelios' - Tic Tac 7" - Spain - 1982
One from second E.P. 'Sangre En El Museo De Cera'.
18. THE WIPERS - 'Born With A Curse' - Demo - USA - 1979
Available on the Wipers 3-CD box set. Essential listening.
19. KUDDKRIG - 'I Min Egen Lilla Värld' Last Buzz 7" - Sweden - 1981
Another catchy tune from their 'Fly The Jolly Jumper & Fight Against The Law' E.P.
20. W.D.M. - '1985' Vaihtoehto 7" - Finland - 1985
A third track from the 'Democracy' E.P.
21. N.O.T.A. - 'Scary Terry' - Demo - USA - 1985
A real treat for you now - an out-take from the N.O.T.A. album.
22. THE WEIRDOS - 'Do The Dance' - Rehearsal tape - USA - 1977
A third track from the Weirdos rehearsal tape.
23. THE RUDE BAND - 'I'm A Punk' - Oz 7" - Australia - 1982
Another Wild Devil Man discovery. 'I sometimes walk around with me shirt tail out, I'm a punk!'  Hilarious, to a point.
24. W.D.M. - 'Confuture' - M&M Productions - Finland - 1988
One from their third E.P. 'Freedom Of Music' which had them careering off into the land of metal.
25. THE WIPERS - 'Pushing The Extreme' - Park Avenue LP - USA - 1981
And one from second album 'Youth Of America'.
***BONUS TRACKS***
26. N.O.T.A. - 'Drugs And Sex' (from their s/t album)
27. LOS NIKIS - 'Medicina Nuclear' (from 'La Amenaza Amarilla')
28. W.D.M. - 'Reality' (from 'Democracy')
29. THE WEIRDOS - 'Go Kid Hugo' (from the rehearsal tape)
30. N.O.T.A. - 'I Should Kill You' (from their s/t album)
31. THE WIPERS - 'Wait A Minute' (from 'Is This Real?')
32. W.D.M. - 'War! Why?' (from 'Democracy')
33. THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS - 'Sick On You' (from 'Grown Up Wrong')
34. N.O.T.A. - 'Angry And Free' (out-take from the album)

Get it here

1 comment:

  1. Wow, I hadn't heard WDM before. Love that 'Brains' track!

    ReplyDelete