Dangerous Girls - Man In The Glass 7"

The Dangerous Girls were from Birmingham, England, and guess what - THERE WERE NO GIRLS IN THE BAND! Blimey. The band name came from a newspaper headline.

I was happy to note that both this and their first (eponymous) single was recorded really near to where I grew up - Kempsey in Worcestershire, I believe at the same studio as the 1st Lurkers album. Both sides of the 1st single have just been reissued on Messthetics, so I'm posting this one instead - the B side has been on one of the older bootleg Messthetics albums. The song Dangerous Girls is an all-time classic. So Buy Messthetics!

Human Records 1980

Tracks:

A - Dangerous Girls - Man In The Glass
B - Dangerous Girls - MO7S

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Jeri Rossi - I Left My Heart But I Don't Know Where 7''

Jeri Rossi used to be in Your Funeral, about whom I know nothing, so if anyone has any of their stuff please let me know! This is all she released solo, unless I'm mistaken. The A-side was reissued on Hyped 2 Death's Homework series a few years ago.

Local Anesthetic 1983

Tracks:

A - Jeri Rossi - I Left My Heart But I Don't Know Where
B - Jeri Rossi - It's A Mans Mans Mans World

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Teddy & the Frat Girls - I Wanna Be A Man 12"

This 12" came out on Alternative Tentacles in 1984, it was a reissue (with 1 extra track) of a 7" by Sheer Smegma from 1980. Sheer Smegma had changed their name in the meantime so the reissue came out with the new name, apparently named after Ted Bundy.

One of the songs, Clubnite, was comped on Killed By Death #5. That's how I first heard of them. It's totally fucked up punk noise, I love this EP.

Tracks

A1 - Teddy & the Frat Girls - Clubnite
A2 - Teddy & the Frat Girls - Alophen Baby
B1 - Teddy & the Frat Girls - I Wanna Be A Man
B2 - Teddy & the Frat Girls - I Owe It To The Girls
B3 - Teddy & the Frat Girls - The Egg Man Don't Cometh

The last track, The Egg Man Don't Cometh, was not on the original 7".

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Stormtrooper - I'm A Mess 7"

This single was originally recorded in 1975, but wasn't released until 1977. The A-side was on one of the Bloodstains Across The UK comps. The band weren't consciously trying to play punk, so the story goes, but were accidentally ahead of their time due to their ineptitude! But I love the snotty lyrics. The B-side's OK I suppose, nothing special.

2 Tracks - Solent Records

A - Stormtrooper - I'm A Mess
B - Stormtrooper - It's Not Me

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Bad Actors - Strange Love 7"

Doesn't seem to be much information out there about this band - this single came out in 1981 on Sophisticated Noise Records. The B-side was on England Belongs To Me #2. The A-side is more arty/post punk.

I thought this was their only single, but then I found this blog post with another!

Tracks:

A - Bad Actors - Strange Love
B - Bad Actors - Energy Society

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Radio Free Europe - It Likes You 7"

This band was from Austin, Texas and features on one of the Hyped 2 Death Homework comps (with one of the tracks from their debut 2x7" History Of The Invisible Dog).

I also have their LP LaughOnCue, which I can post later if anyone's interested. The title track from this single is on it, the rest of the album is much more arty and experimental, similar to the B-side A Couple Screams.

Now if anyone has the History Of The Invisible Dog single in digital form, I'd love to hear the rest of it, as the Homework track "Alien Day" is my favourite song of theirs! I can't afford the EBay prices for that one...

2 tracks - MiG Records 1980

A. It Likes You
B. A Couple Screams

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The Pigs - Youthanasia 7"

Don't have much information about this band, the single was recorded in Bristol, England in 1977. DIY punk sound, would fit on Messthetics (if it's not on one already, I didn't check). As far as I know this was their only release, if anyone knows otherwise, please let me know!

4 tracks - on New Bristol Records

A1. Youthanasia
A2. They Say
B1. Psychopath
B2. National Front

Welcome to the blog, I have no idea how much time I'm going to spend on doing this at the moment...

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