SMERSH-Ordinary People-(Atlas King-USA-c60-1985)

Smersh was Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard. And from 1981 until 1994 they released far too many cassette tapes. They also contributed to far too many compilations throughout the known world. In the early eighties, they established a unique sound that is known and loved, combining cheap electronics and wild guitar sounds with distorted vocals. They were, in fact, a bit The Ramones of the industrial scene. But were they industrial? The Smersh sound had so many faces that it is next to impossible to categorize their music. Smersh recorded on most Monday evenings for a couple of hours. Each song was improvised over the course of the evening and then recorded. Once it was finished they never played it again. They never rehearsed, they couldn't read music, and they never played live.from their official webpage)

 Atlas King was the tape label of Smersh, founded by Chris Shepard and Mike Mangino in 1981. Until 1991 the label had no official name and the cat.no. looked like this: SC000, from 1991 it was officially Atlas King and the cat.no. looked like: AK000.
The last release with the SC prefix is SC032, the first with the AK prefix is AK033.
In 1994 the last tape was released.
The follow-up label is Mirandette Popular.

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CANCER SPREADING-Ep`s Collection 2008-2012-(Tunes From The Dumpster-Italy-2013)

Cancer Spreading was born in 2006 int eh area of Modena/Bologna, this tape is a  compilation of all the ep's and splits of the band until 2013 plus some unreleased bonus tracks, a Discogs page about them is here, and here their Bandcamp page where this tape is not listed.

Inside the cover-sleeve, you`ll find lyrics, some info and a brief biography updated `til 2013.

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Under The Flag n9-(Magazine-Belgium-Feb. 1997)

Number 9 of this small yet very good free magazine from Belgium in English language.

I have already posted the number 10 released later in the same year.

Created in Liege by Didier Delhez this free magazine was a great tool for people into industrial/goth/electro and cyberpunk music-culture.

In this issue interviews to Ivan Iusco (Nightmare Lodge, Minus Habens), Diatribe from USA, Testify from Germany, Malaise from Sweden + an American scene report and a good selection of music reviews and general info.
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v.a.-Suburban Life Sentence-(No Front Teeth Recs-UK-2001)

The first release by this London based English punk label, they have been very active releasing tons of great productions, here their actual webpage where this compilation appears to be sold out. 

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ORDER 1968-Il Giardino Delle Rune-(Hate Productions-Italy-c60-1992)

Order 1968 is the personal project by Claudio Dondo,who later founded the project Runes Order.He also seems to be the mastermind behind the label Hate Productions.

In this tape, Claudio plays 8 tunes reminding me some experiments of early esoteric electronicks and ambient/drone.

Here a note from LastFM:

"Order 1968 was a dark ambient project formed in 1988 in Genoa, Italy by Claudio Dondo. The name of the project was changed to Runes Order in 1992. Order 1968's compositions were inspired by ritualistic and industrial atmospheres and were composed using synthesizers, pre-recorded tapes, and self-made metallic percussion instruments."

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Most Punks Are Total Arseholes n3-(Fanzine-UK-2007)

Radical fanzine with crititcs and ideas about the punk scene and other interesting subjects.

Some music reviews, few interviews to bands, some comics and then rants and articles: students rights, drugs abuse, working class actions, zine and films reviews, revolutions and evolutions...

A nice and totally diy fanzine that reminds me a lot of good stuff from the 90s.

With few graphics very sarcastic this is well worth checking out.

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KRANIO-Monotonia-(Self Released-Italy-2011)

Kranio was a short lived anarco-punk band from Benevento (Southern Italy),as far as I know they only recorded this totally diy cd-r back in 2011.

They play a raw form of HC punk, singing about revolution,wars +

rage against this society and its injustice. 

My copy has a reversed inlay graphic layout, I wonder if this is just a mistake or if they printed it like this intentionally.

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