Minimal Gang

On to the last Hamburg pick up.


Chain & The Gang - minimum rock'n'roll LP - 2014

Fortuna Pop! FPOP166LP
Radical Elite Records RE 001

Chain & The Gang is the 4th band I know that lead singer Ian Svenonious is in. There were a couple more but I don't know anything about those.
For me it started with The Nation Of Ulysses which I don't like that much but then came The Make-Up. Great! They were followed by Weird War who were not that far from The Make-Up and then one day after that band came to an end I was hit over the head with this, his latest band.

The video clip to "Certain kinds of trash" from "in cool blood", which was their 3rd output, was my initiation into this truly minimalistic universe and it got me hooked right away. I went and bought that record. A little later I was able to get a hold of LP no. 2 "Music's not for everybody". How great is that album title and it's also very much true. Everything from the bandname through the lyrics down to the visuals fits together perfectly and despite the minimalism they manage to keep their songs interesting on "minimum rock'n'roll", their 4th and most recent record, as well. How many bands these days manage to put out 4 LPs without becoming a different band and still be interesting? I can't recall any.
I need to pick up that debut record and if you think music is for you you should definitely check out the first piece of gangmaterial that you can get your hands on.

suicidal rebellion

I've been trying to score this record at a decent price for ages. Now finally it's mine. Pick up no. 2 from my latest Hamburg trip. The record shops in this city always deliver.


Suicidal Tendencies - the art of rebellion LP - 1992 Epic Records

There are only two vinyl pressings of this record and they are both from the year it was originally released. It was never repressed on vinyl. So it's not hard to find an original copy. The hard part is finding one that doesn't have a ridiculous price tag attached. My copy is a european pressing which is kind of a stupid categorisation as the other pressing is from Spain. Does that mean the spanish pressing was only for sale in Spain and the other one wasn't available there at all? Major label licensing. It's weird.

In my opinion this is the last good Suicidal record and it is the last one that was missing from my collection. Now I have a copy of each of their full length releases up to this one including the "feel like shit..." 12". I know that's not really a great collection but it's all I need. Well, maybe I will pick up the other 12" and even the 7" releases at some point but that task doesn't even make it onto my wantlist so it'll be a while I guess.