tim kerr records. / 14 tracks / 1993

+ info sheet. Pink, grey, white and blue vinyl. All records come in sleeves. LP/CD versions have more tracks and are renamed accordingly.

Wipers tribute box set, with Napalm Beach (pals of the Wipers, so they hit their depressive guitar sound pretty well), M99 (mediocre rock version with a female singer, still better than their own releases), Nirvana (great version, straight and powerful), Poison Idea (the usual fat PI sound, good), Dharma Buns (a somewhat whiny neo country version), Crackerbash (beautiful melodic punk, a blend of Wipers and Ramones), Hole (no one should be covering this classic, especially not Hole… well it’s not THAT bad after all) and Whirlees (horrible grunge/scum rock version). Crackerbash, Nirvana and Poison Idea win (in this order), and for god’s sake get rid of the 4th 7”. [7]

Wipers-Tribute mit Napalm Beach (waren ja Kumpels der Wipers, dementsprechend gut treffen sie die depressive Stimmung der Band), M99 (mittelmäßige Rockversion mit Sängerin, immerhin besser als ihre übrigen Platten), Nirvana (wirklich gute Version, straight und kraftvoll), Poison Idea (der übliche fette PI-Sound, gut), Dharma Buns (etwas weinerliche Neo-Countryversion), Crackerbash (schön melodischer Punk, lustige Mischung aus Wipers und Ramones), Hole (niemand kann diesen Track gebührend covern, schon gar nicht Hole… aber es ist gerade noch erträglich) und Whirlees (grrr, entsetzliche Grunge/Scumrockversion des Klassikers). Crackerbash, Nirvana und Poison Idea gewinnen in dieser Reihenfolge.

Tracks: Napalm Beach - potential suicide // M-99 - astro cloud /// Nirvana - return of the rat // Poison Idea - up front /// Dharma Buns - on the run // Crackerbash - i don’t know what i am - mystery /// Hole - over the edge // Whirlees - land of the lost (/Nation Of Ulysses - telepathic love / Honey - no one wants an alien / Hazel - tragedy / Calamity Jane - alien boy / Saliva Tree - soul's tongue / Thuston Moore/Keith Nealy - pushing the extreme)