Thursday 16 June 2022

Lärm - Straight On View, Extreme Noise & Never Too Old For Pogo


Lärm were a hardcore punk band from Amersfoort, The Netherlands, formed in December 1982.
When they first formed the band had a female vocalist named Dorien. Dorien left the band in 1983.
The band broke up in 1988. Paul, Jos and Olav later formed Seein' Red.


Band members:
Menno van Gaalen - vocals
Paul van den Berg - guitar
Jos Houtveen - bass
Olav van den Berg - drums.

"Straight On View" is the debut studio album by Lärm, released in 1986 on One Step Ahead Records.

Tracks:
1-17 LP Straight On View
18-36 recorded live on 21 June 1986 at O.O.C. Bauplatz in Venlo.

Tracklisting:
1. It's Up To You
2. Sheer Mountains
3. Dollars And Roebels
4. Ignorance
5. Negative Approach
6. Concrete
7. No One Can Be That Dumb
8. Escape To Death
9. Metal Attitude Sucks (M.A.S.)
10. Nuclear Barbeque Party
11. Puppets On A String
12. Home Broken Home
13. Megalo Mania
14. Junk
15. Work/Mad
16. Settled
17. Troubled Mind
18. Puppets On A String
19. Chemical Suicide
20. T.V. Spots
21. O.S.L.
22. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
23. Not What It Seems To Be
24. Escape To Death
25. No Words, No Lyrics
26. It's Up To You
27. Wodka
28. Metal Attitude Sucks (M.A.S.)
29. Junk
30. Non-Conformity
31. Our Future
32. Don't Wanna Pay Their Debts
33. Dollars And Roebels
34. Drunk Freak
35. Vivisection
36. Vader Abraham

VBR ~243K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo






"Extreme Noise" is a compilation album by Lärm, released in 1997 on Coalition Records and Red As Fuck Records.

Tracks:
1-27 split LP with Stanx Campaign For Musical Destruction, released in 1984
28-42 7" No One Can Be That Dumb, released in 1986
43-59 LP Straight On View, released in 1986
60-72 7" Nothing Is Hard In This World If You Dare To Scale The Heights, released in 1987
73-74 are extras
75 as The Sextons. Dutch punk band, they only played one live gig after which they changed their name to Total Chaoz before morphing into Lärm.

Tracklisting:
1. The Complexity Of Life
2. Chemical Suicide
3. Passive Punks
4. Nothing For Us
5. Puppets On A String
6. O.S.L.
7. South Africa
8. Hippies
9. Opium Of The Masses
10. Dance 'Till You Drop
11. Revolting Youth
12. Gesprek Met De Minister-President/Haagse Mafia
13. Pigeon
14. Police Threats
15. Crucify The Pope
16. Only Reality
17. Our Future
18. Red Brigades
19. Wodka
20. Disorder
21. N.R.I.P.
22. Don't Wanna Pay Their Debts
23. Ban The Bomb
24. Vivisection
25. Boredom
26. Too Old
27. The Pogo
28. It's Not What It Seems To Be
29. T.V. Spots
30. Obsessed By Your Image
31. Wodka
32. Ignorance
33. Escape To Death
34. Drunk Freak
35. Chemical Suicide
36. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
37. No Words, No Lyrics
38. No One Can Be That Dumb
39. Dollars And Roebels
40. Non-Conformity
41. Our Future/Don't Wanna Pay Their Debts
42. Up To You
43. It's Up To You
44. Sheer Mountains
45. Dollars And Roebels
46. Ignorance
47. Negative Approach
48. Concrete
49. No One Can Be That Dumb
50. Escape To Death
51. Metal Attitude Sucks (M.A.S.)
52. Nuclear Barbeque Party
53. Puppets On A String
54. Home Broken Home
55. Megalo Mania
56. Junk
57. Work/Mad
58. Settled
59. Troubled Mind
60. Mouth Full Of Teeth
61. Move To Russia
62. Ask More
63. A-Political Dick
64. Woensdrecht
65. Who's One?
66. Animals Have Feelings Too
67. Start
68. Bubba's Revenge
69. Shades
70. Smog
71. Violence Sucks!
72. Outro
73. Destroy Sexism
74. Vader Abraham
75. Victim

VBR ~286K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo






"Never Too Old For Pogo" is a compilation album by Lärm, released in 2003. The album is a bootleg LP.

Tracks:
1-16 demo 1984
17-22 demo 1986
23-34 7" Destroy Sexism EP, released in 1995 on Wicked Witch Records
35-63 Live In Germany, 1985.

Tracklisting:
1. Our Future
2. Chemical Future
3. Revolting Youth
4. Gesprek Met De Minister-President
5. Haagse Mafia
6. The Only Reality
7. No Masters, No Slaves
8. Don't Wanna Pay Their Debts
9. Is There Life After Lärm
10. Red Brigades
11. Pigeon
12. Country Life
13. Hoera
14. Disorder
15. Too Old
16. Boredom
17. Not What It Seems To Be
18. T.V. Spots
19. Obsessed By Your Image
20. Wodka
21. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
22. No Words, No Lyrics
23. Screaming In A Desert
24. In Your Face
25. Organize
26. Same Old Game
27. Untitled (End All Discrimination)
28. The Way To Go
29. That's Not Good
30. Destroy Sexism
31. Animals Have Feelings Too
32. Dollars And Roebels
33. Mouth Full Of Teeth
34. Sheer Mountains
35. The Complexity Of Life
36. Chemical Suicide
37. Passive Punx
38. Nothing For Us
39. O.S.L.
40. Puppets On A String
41. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
42. South Africa
43. Hippies
44. Opium Of The Masses
45. Escape To Death
46. Dance Till You Drop
47. Nuclear Barbeque Party
48. Not What It Seems To Be
49. Gesprek Met De Minister-President
50. Haagse Mafia
51. No Words, No Lyrics
52. Police Threats
53. Wodka
54. Ignorance
55. Obsessed By Your Image
56. N.R.I.P.
57. No One Can Be That Dumb
58. Disorder
59. Don't Wanna Pay Their Debts
60. Boredom
61. Vivisection
62. Drunk Freak
63. T.V. Spots

VBR ~271K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo





Friday 3 June 2022

Ivy Green - Ivy Green & The Quest


Ivy Green were a punk band from Hazerswoude, The Netherlands, formed in 1975.
Throughout the eighties the sound evolved from punk to more straightforward rock with soul influences (even employing brass). They disbanded in 1990.


Band members:
Tim Mullens - guitar & vocals
Eduard van Bockel - guitar
Bart de Boer - guitar
Kees Bontebal - guitar
Martijn Loos - saxophone, keyboard
Evert-Jan Rietbergen, Sjaak Matze - saxophone
A.J. Bosz, Ernst-Jan Kamphuis - trumpet
Simon Francken - bass
Artur van Dijke - drums.


"Ivy Green" is the debut studio album by Ivy Green, released in 1978 on Pogo Records Ltd. The album was reissued with one bonus track (track 16) in 1990 on VAN Record Company.

Tracklisting:
1. I'm Sure We're Gonna Make It
2. Another Sub-Culture Going Bad
3. Sex On The Radio
4. Mister, Mister
5. Falling In Love (With Myself)
6. Sue
7. I'm Your Television
8. Why Not Tonight
9. I've Got To Get You
10. Stupid Village
11. Wenda Wild
12. Every Day The Same
13. Hunting
14. I'm Lost
15. Troubles
16. The Ivy Green

VBR ~268K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"The Quest" is the second studio album by Ivy Green, released in 1984 on No Bluff Records. The album was reissued with five bonus track in 2011 on 1977 Records.

Tracks:
1-12 LP The Quest
13-14 7" Dreaming Of You, released in 1984
15-16 7" The Damage, released in 1983
17 taken from 7" The Garageland EP, released in 1984.

Tracklisting:
1. Resurrection
2. Searching
3. Turn To Stone
4. Amorous Parade
5. Cool Aid
6. The Law Of Glass
7. The Blue Ship
8. Once There Was A Man
9. Torture Garden
10. Ain't No Sunshine
11. Saving Face
12. The Bells
13. Dream Of You
14. World Of Light
15. The Damage
16. Silent Floor
17. Hamburger Heaven

VBR ~271K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo