DUTCH HARDCORE GRAB-ASSING SOME AMERICAN PUBLICITY -- CLASS OF '83.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Vögelspin Records advert from the pages of MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #6 (May/June 1983) for B.G.K.'s debut album "Jonestown Aloha!" and the 8-band Dutch hardcore compilation LP, "Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit... Nr. 2."
Bands on the "Als Je Haar Maar Goed Zit... Nr. 2" comp included: B.G.K., AMSTERDAMNED, OUTLAWZ, LAST FEW, PANDEMONIUM, HAEMHORRHOIDS, ZMIV, and NULL-A.
I have large-ish chunks of time with very little to do semi-frequently at my new job, so I've gotten back into writing. I had just penned a line about my author insert character missing a warning indicator for something potentially about to go pear-shaped when I heard a clunking sound indicating the machine I work with just made an emergency stop. (Nothing looked out of place when my trainer checked, so a bug probably got in and tripped a sensor. Apparently that's happened before.)
Sometimes life imitating art is a good thing. Thank God it didn't this time.
W Polsce na przeszczep serca dzieci czekają średnio ponad 450 dni. Jak alarmują transplantolodzy, rocznie kilkoro dzieci umiera z powodu braku dawcy.
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"COMPUTERIZED, DEHUMANIZED,
ALL THAT VINYL, WHAT A WASTE!"
PIC INFO: Spotlight on vocalist René van de Meer of Dutch hardcore punk band B.G.K. (BALTHASAR GERARDS KOMMANDO), playing a gig somewhere in 1984. Location and photo credit unknown.
"Synthesizers, Rhythm-box
Electro pop, we know it sucks
Computerized, Dehumanized
All that vinyl, what a waste!
I can't stand Modern Music!
Record labels make the trends
A lot of profit for little investment
But despite their promotion and big campaigns,
We all know: IT'S TOTALLY LAME!
I can't stand Modern Music!
(middle bit)
Switch on the radio... Oh No!
Brainless lyrics, disco beat,
That's gotta be the Human League.