Miles Away - Brainwashed 7"

It's been a while since my last post, so I've decided to write something. This isn't a record I just bought, in fact, I bought it back in '07 on the final Pointing Finger tour somewhere at a show in Germany. I still remember how psyched I got when I saw it on one of the distros there. I honestly thought I'd never get my hands on one, because they are an Australian band and this 7" was released on an Aussie label. It was a damn good surprise even to see it was on white wax. I have no idea what's the pressing info on this one, my bet is that they're probably all white, but still I was really glad to finally get my hands on this one.

I just love the first song on it, Brainwashed. It's so fucking good!! I liked it so much I even tried to rip it off for a Broken Distance song. I'm glad we ended up doing the necessary changed on it so it doesn't sound like it was a rip off. And this one also has a Descendents cover and it's quite enjoyable.

I really like this 7" and right now it just feels like I haven't played it enough.

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A little bit emo, a little bit punk!

I still remember a time when 'emo' didn't mean MTV, stupid hair and girl pants. I remember thinking, this is actually pretty cool, soft music I can listen to in order to balance a healthy dose o Hardcore (I mean, there's always so much you can take). And The Promise Ring were supposed to be one of the best emo bands around at the time (maybe I'm mistaken). Anyway, I remember I liked them so I decided to start getting their records (better late then never). Here's the latest one I got. It's a bit more rock influenced I think, at least the guitars have a bit more distortion and the singer doesn't seem to be crying all the time hehe.

Another band I've always liked were Me First and The Gimme Gimmes. They're records are always fun to listen to and it's always great to add one to the collection. Plus it's even better if it's colored. I sure hope I can catch them live one of these days.

pop is the new black

Time to add some more 7"s I got in the last few days to this blog. This time it's by The Bravery. For those who don't know them, you might think they're just one of those new trendy bands playing disco/club music or whatever. Well they might be, but I like them nonetheless. I usually listen to their last CD at work and I have their first LP on vinyl so it was great to get these two to add to my collection. And one is even in red wax.

To end this post I just wanted to add the Coldplay - Fix You. I used to have this record and now I got another copy. The song is nice and I hope they haven't stolen this one from satriani too. I saw them live a couple of years ago and it was nice. That's it for today. I guess I haven't been buying that much Hardcore records these days.

Morrissey and the sounds

I remember being on tour with Pointing Finger and staying at this german promoter's house and he had so many Morrissey/The Smiths records that made me wanna stop trying to collect them altogether. At the time I only had a few of them and I thought it would be almost impossible to get my hands on half of the ones he had, and believe me he had a shitload of them. Oh well, here's my latest addition to my Morrissey collection.

I also got the Painted by Numbers 7" by The Sounds. I've known this band for years and I've always enjoyed their pop songs so it's cool to finally have this on wax.

Punk Rock pt.2

I've ordered this record from fat wreck chords before xmas but they were already closed for the holidays so I only got it today. Like I wrote on the other post, Lagwagon were always one of those bands I knew, I liked but was never psyched about them. So I've decided to give them a try and order some of the records I don't have. This one was recorded in 1992. Punk Rock wasn't huge back then and I've listened to some of these songs only a couple of times, but I'm looking forward to listen to them more carefully now.

I still <3 punk rock

I've started listening to Hardcore through Punk Rock. Bands like NOFX, Bad Religion, Offspring and Green Day opened a lot of doors for me. I used to search relentlessly for new bands and would try and get money to then exchenge it into dollars so I could order some cds from fat wreck chords. Anyway, one of the bands I loved back in 1999/2000 was Good Riddance. They really influenced me into becoming vegetarian/vegan with their song Waste. For me "Ballads from the Revolution" was the perfect record. It blended flawlessly the melodic punk rock tunes I was accostumed to listening with more aggressive ones. I used to listen to that record non-stop. So anyway, GR always held a special place in my heart even though I must confess I didn't pay much attention to their latter records. I was a bit bummed out when they announced they were going to call it quits. I now regret not seeing them when they played Portugal, oh well who cares. All this to say I got their last record in the mail today and it looks like this:

It's the recording of their last show and it's so great. It comes as a Double LP and each record is in a different color. That's cool right? But on top of that it comes with an awesome book with a whole bunch of photos and a bio of the band. It makes it such a special release. Oh and better yet, it's a limited edition of 1100 and mine is #131.

And together with this cool GR record came the new Lagwagon one. Since I picked up Joey Cape's solo Record I figured I'd pick up the new Lagwagon record too. For me they've always been this cool punk rock band that I used to listen to but never really got 100% into them. I mean I know more or less all their records but I can't say I really have a favourite song. They're all just cool to listen to and I've been enjoying more and more the latter Lagwagon records than their first. Too bad this one isn't colored as well but it's still cool.

Intro

I guess there are a bunch of blogs out there where kids show off their record collection. I've always loved reading them and being jealous over and over again, wishing it was me that owned those records instead. Anyway, I doubt many people out there will be jealous of my records but I still love them very much. So I'll use this space as a medium to write about my favourite records and how they affected me or not.

Thanks for reading.
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