ug. 806 / 2 tracks / 1981

RI: brain transplant. btx / 1998

No sleeve with the original, reissue has a sleeve. 200 pressed, but only 106 in circulation since the others weren't picked up from the pressing plant. Check www.breakmyface.com/bands/absentees.html for the full story.

This 7” from LA is one of the grandaddys of ultrarare (and ultra-expensive) KBD punk. A side is noisy mid-tempo punk, like a more aggressive lo-fi version of the Damned's “New Rose”; still powerful and competently played. B side has more noisy punk, sounds an awful lot like the Misfits' Teenagers from Mars (minus the chorus). A bit derivative, and actually a bit late for the first punk wave, but still a very cool record. [7]

Zu Beginn der 90er Jahre war diese Single der heilige Gral aller KBD-Sammler; der Beginn der unheilvollen Entwicklung, immer obskurere Platten zu “Klassikern” zu hypen. Krachiger, mittelschneller Punk, die A-Seite klingt nach einer aggressiveren Lo-Fi-Variante von New Rose von The Damned, die B-Seite nach Teenagers from Mars von den Misfits. Nicht sonderlich originell, und etwas zu spät für die erste Punkwelle, aber trotzdem eine coole Platte.