Terveet Kädet - Ääretön Joulu 7"

Today we're off to Scandanavia.
Here's some sceraming Finnish hardcore for you. Terveet Kädet started in 1980 and are still releasing music. Unfortunately I've only heard their early stuff, like this 7" released in 1982. It's a great E.P. Short and fast. Hell Yes!

Ääretön Joulu

J.M.K.E. - Totally Estoned

Here's some very entertaining Soviet (and post-Soviet) melodic hardcore. I searched and searched to find out what J.M.K.E. stands for but was unsuccessful. I did find out they formed in Estonia in 1986 and I believe they still perform today. This 'Best Of' CD was released in 1997. Damn catchy tunes and what I will assume is great 'sing-along' lyrics.

Totally Estoned

Civil Defence - Filthy Youth

Civil Defense. I used the term 'minimalist' to describe a band a few days ago. Well... THIS is minimalist. Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense to us Yanks) is credited with being one of the first punk bands in Russia, if not THE first. Preaching social dissidence in Communist Russia (or any of these Eastern Bloc countries) could not have been easy. It took guts. The music is fairly slow punk tunes.
Filthy Youth

Dezerter - Underground Out Of Poland

Dezerter, from Poland originally formed in 1981 as SS-20. This, their first full length, was released in 1987 on Maximum Rock 'N' Roll Records. They're a good hardcore band, but this L.P. does tend to drag. The band, however, still exists today.


Dezerter

V.A. - Hard-Core Ljubljana

Here's a good sampler of the early 80's Yugoslavian hardcore scene. Five great bands.


Hard-Core Ljubljana

U.B.R. - Corpus Delicti 7"

Here's a band I actually got into back in the day. U.B.R. (Rebels Without A Cause) came roaring out of Yugoslavia. I originally heard them on 'Welcome To 1984' and eventually found this 7". They released a small handful of 7"s and appeared on several comps between '83 and '84. This (and the forth-coming Yugo comp) is all I've heard, tho. Great stuff.


U.B.R.

Trottel - Christmas Demo '86

Trottel was also a Hungarian punk band. Haven't been able to locate too much info, tho. This demo is from 1986 (obviously!). Pretty interesting stuff. It has a 70's punk, or maybe No Wave feel.


Trottel