I snagged this because it reminded me of all the good things I've downloaded over the years from WhyDoThingsHaveToChange. I started visiting because they'd post up some great bootlegs, as well as some real solid records I'd never taken the time to rip on my own. I keep visiting for the insanely deep selection of European punk, power pop, Oi!, and hardcore they share, very little of which I've ever been exposed to. Just this week, they've paired a Steve Roberts (ex-UK Subs) solo record with a KBD classic from Victim. To keep it 100, today's post is T.S.O.L.'s 1981 deathrock classic "Dance With Me". It's a daily visit for me.
Just like the cover says, this is the second sampler from Düsseldorf's Teenage Rebel Records. The primitive cover was what grabbed me; it made me think of those limited-to-25-copies CDr's with handdrawn covers that you'd encounter on a band's merch table. I flipped it and recognized a few bands: Terrorgrupe, Artless, and Male. Once I ripped it and gave it a spin, I found it quite worth the $3 I paid. It's a small price to pay for 30 tracks of (mostly) German language punk, with a smattering of hardcore and power pop.
It also makes me miss the days before the common market, when I had to try to remember the basic conversion rates for 15 different countries, instead of two. I also enjoyed walking to school in the snow...uphill...both ways.
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