Worshipping japanese hardcore since the day before yesterday!
„The Girl Who Rapes Boys“ is quite the title for a record… Bad Brains lovin’ FVK released their 3rd ep in 1988, and musically it is in the same manic, high speed, USHC-inspired vein as their two previous ones. It was recorded and mixed in 5 sessions over 5 months, which is definitely unusual for a 7“. You can hear the different sessions in some of the tracks; even though all all of them have a pretty thin sound, some tracks are even tinnier than other. Still, this is a cool ep.
Though both e.p.s were released in 1988, Return To Roots is stylistically a bit different from the Target e.p. First of all the recording quality is better, but most of all the song writing has evolved and is now closer to actual Bad Brains worship. The tempos are less frantic, plus there are more melodies and guitar leads. Also there are the Bad Brains allusions in the song titles and then there’s -obviously- the cover of Rock For Light.
As can be deduced from the name (ignoring movies and presidents), this compilation was a) the follow-up to the Smashing Odds Ness and b) the second release on the Smashing Odds Ness label. What you can’t quite deduce is that it was also the last one. Many of the bands on this 1989 compilation play late eighties thrash, with the mighty Bastard and the stenchy Asbestos definitely delivering the heaviest stuff. F.V.K., DONDON, Sic and Idora are among better known and more prolific bands on the comp, with Complete, Sicilian Blood and Sweats having fewer releases to their names.
The Fearless Vampire Killers from Yokosuka were (as can probably deduced from their name) among those late eighties thrash bands that were heavily influenced by USHC. Target is their first 7″ from 1987, with 6 tracks of extremely fast thrashing, stop-and-go-parts, wild drumming, background shouts and mid-tempo breaks.
After this 7″ they would go on to release another big load of 7″es and splits.
I don’t even want to know just what a “Smegma-O-Mara” is supposed to be!
The biggest names on this compilation are probably the Fearless Vampire Killers, SIC and Don Don. All the other bands here only ever released tapes, 7″es, compilation tracks or splits (Mad Conflux, Scum Bag, Vulgarity Kids, Oil Shock, Disclaim, Bad Smells, Discust Boys, Final Count, Jelly Beans, Crück, Mino-5). Except for Scum Bag (Oi!-ish funny punk) all these bands play typical late eighties, US-influenced thrash with the typical japanese twist. Crück are definitely my favorites here, with great, noisy high speed thrashers like “Smash Your Friends”!
The Virus Compilation features pretty typical thrash from the later eighties. With tracks from Sic, Lip Cream, Fuck Geez, FVK, Systematic Death, Mad Conflux and D.O.N.D.O.N. it’s got a mixture of big and lesser known bands.
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