10 March 2011

LAST RITES


All hail home taping! I found this gem on the backside of the tape from which I culled the POST MORTEM shit last week - these tracks from Scottish punks LAST RITES come from 1984's Fascism Means War EP (check out THE BLOOD style guitars on "The Dreams Of Many," subtle but brilliant) with the A side "We Don't Care" from their debut single thrown in (B-side gets cut off before the first chorus). The first single is notably less impressive ('80s Britpunk at its unimaginative worst. This band plods forward uneventfully, spitting out hackneyed lyrical clichés along the way. It sounds like they don't care, so why should anyone else? - Tim Yo, MRR #7), but the next record is a quintessential UK82 scorcher. Cheers to someone in the past for putting this wax on tape - enjoy.


4 comments:

crustybeckham said...

Good band. I really like them actually. But I am sure you mean "Last Rites", right?

the wizard said...

Of course I do, sir Beckham. Corrected and thank you...

RATTUSARTTUS IV said...

I remember that cassette case VERY well LoL! Spent many a time in Alby's (Alan Currie)room rehearsing. I was the drummer on the album and the Fascism Means War E.P.(I drew the cover) You can get some of the tracks on You Tube of the album and the E.P.
Memories man. I had a waist then.

rayss said...

I love last rites. I love we don't care and step down, especially we don't care and every song they wrote also.