Alien Sex Fiend - Whose Been Sleeping in my Brain (1983)

Mandatory listening for anyone interested in the UK Batcave goth bands. ASF practically started it all. This is their first album featuring the legendary track 'Ignore the Machine.'

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1. I wish I woz a dog
2. Wild Women
3. I'm Not Mad
4. New Christian Music
5. Wigwam Wipeout
6. I'm her Frankenstein
7. I am a product
8. Ignore the Machine
9. Lips Can't Go
10. Black Rabbit

Part 1 - Funeral Parade 7" (1982)

Probably the most enigmatic anarcho punk band out of the UK during the 1980's. Part 1 are very much an anomaly alongside their more well known counterparts Rudimentary Peni. Not much is known about this band at all other than whats been documented in Ian Glasper's book "The Day the Country Died, A History of Anarcho punk 1980 - 1984." They happen to share a lot more commonality with bands such as the Apostles and Blood and Roses rather than Crass and Conflict and to their credit could be argued to be one of the first deathrock bands from the UK.

Funeral Parade was Part 1's only 7" (Their only other release was an LP titled Pictures of Pain) and is limited to around two hundred copies. Even Mark Farrelly the guitarist knows of one copy in existence which goes to show just how rare this record is. Featuring a bizarre layout and haunting imagery, this is definitely a record that is worth a listen not only for the brilliant music it contains but also for the legacy it leaves behind.

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1. Funeral Parade
2. Graveyard Song
3. Tomb
4. Ghost
5. Salem
6. Funeral Parade II

P.s this little number goes out to the lead moderator of Anarcho-Punk.net known as Ungovernable, if it wasn't for awesome people like me uploading vinyl that I pay "lots of monies" for you'd have no website. Enjoy you fucking elitist bastard. heh heh

T.S.O.L - First 12" EP (1981)

Right, I've been listening to this all week and I need to throw it up, one of the true underrated classics of American punk. Formed in 1979 in Huntington Beach California, T.S.O.L stands for True Sounds of Liberty, a highly politically charged band well ahead of their time considering the sheer ferocity of their music and of course their influence in the goth quadrant along with fellow punk/goth rockers 45 Grave.

Musically they sound a lot heavier and distorted than the Dead Kennedys and Adolescents and take a less satrical no nonsense approach to their lyrics. Mandatory listening for anyone remotely interested in the early American punk scene, their 12" EP has definetly stood the test of time and is a real testament to punk from the USA unlike the crap that was put out during the mid nineties and onwards by the likes of NOFX, Rancid, The Casualties etc.

T.S.O.L. are still active today with all the original members minus the drummer and still stay true to their name holding the same angry beliefs that were pressed onto this record. Definetly check them out if you haven't already.

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1. Superficial Love
2. Property is Theft
3. No Way Out
4. Abolish Government/Silent Majority
5. World War III

Bellicose Minds - Buzz or Howl Demo Tape (2010)

Holy fucking shit, get out your eyeliner and fishnet shirts because this is amazing. Bellicose Minds from Portland Oregon are one of those bands that have nestled themselves nicely between the darkwave/post punk revival that's recently hit the states alongside other fine purveyors of gothdom such as the Estranged, Spectres and Arctic Flowers. What really blows me away about this tape is its so raw that it could literally fool anyone into believing this was recorded in the early eighties.

There's a bit of everything in this cassette: Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Bauhaus etc. But the vocals are the real treat here: haunting, disturbing and droned and not the kind of droned like Andrew Eldritch's Monster Mash vocals either and both the keyboards and guitars during 'Tension Building' sends shivers down your spine. Massive thanks to Terminal Escape for making this demo available to me. I'm expecting copies of their upcoming 7" very shortly!

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1. Oppression Depression
2. Visions of Pain
3. Tension Building
4. Hammer and Ice
5. Bloody Hands