NO IDEA

Jag Hatar Punk

7"



It almost seems impossible that there are still a lot of lost hardcore/punk gems left for the reissue scene to mine, but holy smokes, this is some crazy obscure shit that’s actually pretty fuckin’ great. NO IDEA were a very short-lived Swedish band that recorded a bunch of demo tracks in 1986, the best of which appear on this disc. This release isn’t going to change our understanding of hardcore history, but it is amazingly well developed early crossover with a hot-shit guitar player. You can hear bits of everything from ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT to LARM to MISSBRUKARNA in the mix, with the punk influence fading as the record goeson. The B-side is almost exclusively metallic thrash except for the barked hardcore vocals. Fuck, “Hellraiser” is a goddamn monster of a track, what a sick riff! If you have any interest at all in early crossover, this is an absolute must-have. I have to say this with depressing frequency lately, but don’t let the shitty graphic design and badly pixelated photos put you off, this is quite a find (and you definitely get your money’s worth as the record comes with a download of 30(!) tracks, includingall demos and live takes