This is one of the more obscure NYHC bands. They played a bunch of shows in the very early days for example at the A7 with the likes of Cause For Alarm, Agnostic Front, Abused, Kraut...
They released a demo Tape in 1982 and a 7" in 1983. Now you might say that this isn't really very early considering that the first hardcore record was released in 1978 but NY was a little late to the game with the first releases dating back to about 1982.
That 7" is among the pricier records you can buy and hardly ever pops up. The demo is probably even harder to get a hold of. So I was stoked to find out about this:
No Thanks - are you ready to die - discography LP - Lengua Armada Discos LA-51 - 2007
I wanted to get copies for my distro but of course 6 years down the road it was sold out from the label. But I didn't stop there and found someone who told me that the bands singer, Donna, still had a few copies for sale and put me in touch with her which is where a bit of a nightmare started. We purchased some copies and Donna put them in the mail. So far so good. But then nothing happened. Me being the patient boy I am I waited a bit too long until investigating the whereabouts of the records and had to find out after several calls with different people who told me different stories that the records had been returned to sender because I didn't pick them up from my customs office where they had been held without notifying me. WTF!! I let Donna know and asked her to inquire about the package at her postal office which apparently she wasn't really into as she told me I'd have to do with with the german postal service. Well, I had already done that. The records were sent back to the US. At that point neither german institution, customs or postal sevice, were able to do anything about that. After a tedious back and forth the terrible truth manifested itself. The records were lost.
How come I can post pictures of one of the copies then? Well, after some tough negotiations we were able to have her send, what she told us were the bands last copies. We had her mail them to a friend of my GIHC partner in crime's place where they were picked up and taken on a plane to germany.
We still have copies available here. Due to what you just read they are a little more costly than we would like though. Also Donna is still selling copies on facebook despite her sending us their alleged last copies. Smells a little funny to me but I don't feel like investigating the matter any further. I'm just glad we finally got what we paid for. Even though we had to pay through the nose.
Not the best memory this record triggers but the music's still great and should be in every self respecting NYHC collection.
As should be the following....
