SHORT ONE THIS TIME
After mentioning Raw Power from Italy 2 posts ago, I kept hearing the one song I know in my head; of course I mean their brilliant "Fuck Authority" from their 1983 debut tape (and included on the Max R&R Welcome to 1984 comp LP the year after). For those who've never heard it, here it is. Back then it was just another great HC song, now upon hearing it again I'm tempted to declare this the greatest Hardcore Punk recording ever! (Whew...) Don't listen to a lot of HC anymore, but when I do I notice my taste seems to have changed from the melodic, singalong stuff (was a big 7 Seconds fan, now I can't stand their stuff anymore) to the more aggressive, pissed-off side.
Another song that didn't seem to stick out back then, but in hindsight must surely be one of the all-time Dutch HC greats, is the obscure "Isolation" by Vanalles & Nogwatt. They were a bunch of 13-year-olds from Wormer whose EP (pictured above) was pretty good, but this track (one of 55 tracks on the 1984 Alle 55 Goed comp tape) is their masterpiece! Young, loud, snotty and pissed-off!
O.K., gotta go!
Raw Power - Fuck Authority
Vanalles & Nogwatt - Isolation
posted by Niels at 12:36
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"Fuck Authority" is a good song, but I can't help but think that Raw Power were thinking of "Pay to Cum" when they wrote it: the speed, the simplicity, the cowbell.
Talking about adolescents making Dutch Punk rock, wasn’t the singer of the Helmettes also known as the Heintje of punk? www.helmettes.nl
Frank 'n Stein, I presume?
Yeah, 13-15-year-olds often sound really wild screaming in punk bands; check out early Red Cross, whose singer (Jeff? Steve? McDonald - I forget) was 12. Or early Cockney Rejects (Stinky Turner was 14-15 at the time of their first EP & LP).
Another HC song that contains 1 (one!) well-placed cowbell hit is Deep Wound's "Lou's Anxiety Song" (cowbell in question played by later Dinosaur J Mascis).
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