The Best of Brought To Life - 135

1. INFERNO - 'Wodka' -  Müllemeier LP - Germany - 1984

The opening track from debut album 'Tod & Wahnsinn'.

2. FDS - 'Arabien' - Self-released 7" - Sweden - 1980

From their sole 'Paranoia' E.P. You can almost smell the desert.

3. AGENT ORANGE - 'America' - Agent Orange 7" - USA - 1980

One from the flipside of debut 7" 'Bloodstains'.

4. KOHU-63 - 'Synti' - Poko 7" - Finland - 1981

And another debut release, from the 'Pelimannimusaa' E.P.

5. THE MONKS - 'Johnny B. Rotten' - EMI 7" - UK - 1979

Debut single? Of course! A punk piss-take, but slightly amusing.

6. THE CIRCLE JERKS - 'Wild In The Streets' - Posh Boy LP - USA - 1980

From the first 'Rodney On The Roq' album - a track which Posh Boy put out as an etched 1-sided white vinyl single in 1990.

7. DENNIS THE MENACE - 'Go Go Wah Wah' - Self-released 7" - USA - 1980

From their sole E.P. From Cincinnati, Ohio. Nice contast of dungarees and cellophane on the sleeve.

8. THE INSERTS - 'Doctors' Wives' - Classified 7" - USA - 1981

Another great solo release. Read more here.

9. THE STARJETS - 'War Stories' - Epic 7" - UK - 1979

Third single which even made Top Of The Pops.

10. NOLLA NOLLA NOLLA - 'Silminnäkijä' - Maaemo Levyt 7" - Finland - 1981

From debut E.P. 'Oodeja Simasuille', a nice 5-tracker.

11. THE BIG BOYS - 'Frat Cars' - Big Boys 7" - USA - 1980

Austin, Texas legends. Their debut 7", naturally.

12. APPENDIX - 'Huorra' - Propaganda 7" - Finland - 1983

Their first 7" though they'd already released an album the previous year.

13. THE EXIT - 'Who Asked You?' - City Rock 7" - UK - 1979

Sole release until a retro E.P was released recently on Permanent Records.

14. CAPTAIN SENSIBLE &THE SOFTIES - 'Jet Boy Jet Girl' - Poker 7" - Netherlands - 1978

Recorded after the first Damned split.

15. KSMB - 'Tidens Tempo' - MNW 7" - Sweden - 1980

The umpteenth debut release on this sampler. From the Stockholm area. The name stands for Kurt-Sunes Med Berit, if that means anything to you.

16. FRAEBBBLARNIR - 'Critical Bullshit' - Falkinn 7" - Iceland - 1981

From their second E.P. 'Bjor'. Where else do you find 3 'B's in a row?

17. THE VOPO'S - 'I'm So Glad The King Is Dead' - Red Lux 7" - Netherlands - 1980

Debut 7", from Zwolle. Rumour has it they later went metal but I steer well clear of that sorta stuff.

18. D.O.A. - 'The Prisoner' - Quintessence 7" - Canada - 1978

One of their early releases. Still going strong to this day. Here's a nice vintage performance.

19. THE VEINS - 'Lose Control To Rock 'n' Roll' - Redball 7" - UK - 1979

Second single. From Stoke.

20. THE BIG BOYS - 'Movies' - Big Boys 7" - USA - 1980

Another from the 'Frat Cars' E.P.

21. THE EDGE - 'Newport Gestapo' - Smear 7" - USA - 1983

The final track from their excellent 'Death To A.O.R.' E.P.

22. THE MONKS - 'Drugs In My Pocket' - EMI 7" - UK - 1979

The flipside of 'Johnny B. Rotten'.

23. DENNIS THE MENACE - '1980s' - Self-released 7" - USA - 1980
Another track from their sole E.P.

24. APPENDIX - 'Eliittipiiri' - Propaganda 7" - Finland - 1983
And another from their 'Huorra' E.P.

25. INFERNO - 'Sohn Gottes' - Rise & Fall 7" - Germany - 1985
Their first 7" after a couple of cassettes and an album. I saw this lot rip-up Ferryhill Kings Head back in the day, y' know. Shame there was a single-figure crowd. An 'Injustice' doesn't quite describe it.

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. AGENT ORANGE - 'Bored Of You'

27. NOLLA NOLLA NOLLA - 'Leikin Loppu'

28. INFERNO - 'Steinkopf'

29. DENNIS THE MENACE - 'Working Girls'

30. THE EXIT - 'Out On The Street'

31. KOHU 63 - 'Paavola'

32. INFERNO - 'Administration'

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