B.G.K. - A Dutch Feast... The Complete Works Of Balthasar Gerards Kommando

B.G.K. were a hardcore punk band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, active from 1982 until 1988.
The band were named after a Dutch historical figure named Balthasar Gerards, who assassinated Prince William of Orange, the ancestor of the later Dutch royal family in 1584.

Rejecting the then-popular trend to emulate British Oi! bands, B.G.K. took their musical cues from American hardcore bands such as MDC and soon developed an ultrafast style of their own. The band was also committed to following through with its leftist political stance, both in terms of the punk scene (the band set up DIY shows with low door prices and put out affordable records on their own label Vögelspin Records) and in a wider political spectrum (they often played benefits for various causes and helped run the Emma squat in Holland).

Band members:
René van de Meer - vocals
Steven Walraven - guitar
Tony Leeuwenburgh - bass
Mathijs Houwink - bass
Marcel Verhoeven - drums.

"A Dutch Feast... The Complete Works Of Balthasar Gerards Kommando" is a compilation album by B.G.K., released in 1999 on Alternative Tentacles.

Tracks:
1-20 LP Jonestown Aloha!, released in 1983 on Vögelspin Records
21-22 LP Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit... Nr.2 compilation, released in 1983 on Vögelspin Records
24-31 7" White Male Dumbinance, released in 1984 on Vögelspin Records
32-47 LP Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, released in 1986 on Alternative Tentacles.

Tracklisting:
1. Pray For Peace And Kill For Christ
2. Holiday In Lebanon
3. Isolatiefolter
4. Honor And Justice
5. Race Riot
6. Buy Or Die
7. Arms Race
8. Electroshock
9. Allegiance To No-one
10. Freeze Me
11. Police Crimes
12. Spray Paint
13. Vivisection
14. Membership
15. Up To You
16. Regering (Krijg De Tering)
17. Soylent Green
18. Tout Les Flics
19. Get Killed
20. Pill Party
21. Video-Voodoo
22. Cross Criminals
23. Arms Race (Unreleased Version)
24. Gone Mad
25. Action Man
26. Kids For Ca$h
27. Crime Pays
28. Rules
29. White Male Dumbinance
30. Bite The Hand That Feeds (Shit)
31. Follow The Trend
32. Pencil Pusher
33. Blank Stare (Sharp Shot)
34. Civil Terror
35. Bloodsuckers
36. Jonestown Aloha!
37. Have A Coke (& No Trial)
38. Pay To Die
39. Computer Control
40. Safety Last
41. TV News (Distorted Views)
42. Institutional Mentality
43. Injected Insanity
44. No Limbs
45. The Greatest American Zero
46. Youth For Crime
47. Sad And Saintly (Untitled)

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