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Saturday 5 June 2010

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Stress* - Self-titled 12''lp
Rock-O-Rama Records - 1982

01 - No time
02 - Okay
03 - Reggae
04 - Die grünen Jungs
05 - Erdbeermund
06 - No permit
07 - Lili Marleen
08 - Breakout
09 - Die Kriminalpolizei rät ...
10 - Useless
11 - Solidarität
12 - Für Bea
13 - BRD
14 - Stress
15 - Folter

Not many information available about this German punk band except this entry on KFTH.
So according to their bio, Stress started in 1979, recorded these songs in 1981, the vinyl was released one year later by the famous label Rock-O-Rama records before it turned producing white supremacist material, and then the band called it quits. Musically, this is mid tempo classic german punk, with clean sounding guitars, nice melodies and sing-a-long choruses, with an overall sad and melancholic feel...
they had a quite negative review in MRR back then,
"
Again, flat production and mundane material make for an unsatisfying German punk album. This record is positively laid back, the worst possible attribute for a hardcore release. Much of the problem here is no doubt due to the wimpy recording, but the songs themselves don't show much promise, either. There are rare glimpses of potential, but they never develop into anything substantial."
which i find a bit hard, the reviewer was probably expecting a hard hitting thrash record from these Krauts, but from a 2010 perspective, the flaws depicted in this review, especially in terms of sound and recording, makes it a refreshing and interesting record...
Love the front cover picture, a crowd shot coming out of an administrative building, with faces blacked out, is a little bit creepy, disturbing and violent, if you come to think of it...


http://www.mediafire.com/file/xzxd3yde3yn/Stress - Self Titled 12''lp - Rock-O-Rama 1982.zip

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