If you described to me all of the things that make quintessentially Finnish hardcore so distinctly Finnish, you'd probably be describing many of the qualities I seek and enjoy in a hardcore band. So it doesn't make sense that when I first started hearing the Finnish classics....I wasn't moved. It seems unaccessible in a way that's difficult to articulate, but it was also a long ass time ago (and honestly I think that fans of Finnish hardcore might even be pleased to hear that someone heard 'their' music for the first time/s and thought "nah...this isn't for me"). The spell was broken in 2003 when Markku suggested that I guy a copy of The Horse and that record didn't just make TERVEET KADET click, it made the whole damn thing make sense. Anyway, I got this bootleg that says it has tracks from 1983 + 1984 demos plus a 1983 gig in Syke and the tape fukkn rips start to fin(n)ish. So song titles, but your listening device must have a volume control toggle or knob or button so use that instead and think of the years I lost by not "getting it."
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