Chemicals (Canada, 1985)

Poppy sort of punky obscurity, likely from Montreal.

Chemicals - Out Of My Mind / Run And Hide 7" (VOT 85-01, 1985)

Bud Luxford Presents ... (Canada, 1980 - 81)

From Bloodied But Unbowed aka ThePunkMovie.com: 
"Bud Luxford bands: From 1980-81, promoter, manager and raconteur Bud Luxford began organizing revue-style showcase concerts that exclusively featured fuck bands. Eventually, the mere presence of such concerts spurred the creation of dozens more ad-hoc combos. These concerts and their audiences became a scene-within-a-scene. The light-hearted, fun-first ethic and musical variety provided a welcome change-of-pace from hardcore-style punk shows. The flagship bands of the Bud Luxford stable were Rude Norton, Buddy Selfish, and Los Radicos Popularos (later shortened to Los Popularos). Los Pops were the super-group of fuck bands, featuring Bill Shirt, Art Bergmann, John Armstrong, Zippy Pinhead and Tony Bardach. In January 1981, Luxford released the compilation LP, Bud Luxford Presents; followed a few months later by Volume 2, On Sale Inside. Raising the funds for the albums provided another excuse to stage more concerts. Other bands in the Luxford stable included the Raisinettes (featuring members of the Dishrags), Melody Pimps, Jimbo & the Lizard Kings, Sasquatch, and Mrs Luxford’s Fish. On 25 July 1981, this scene reached its apotheosis with Budstock, a 10-band showcase at the Commodore."

Bud Luxford Presents: LP (Grant Records, 1981) [recorded December 1980]
Los Radicos Popularos - Hacienda
Sasquatch - Bloodsucker Baby
Melody Pimps - Kiss Of Death
Jimbo and The Lizard Kings - I'm Coming For You, Little Girl
Raisinettes - You Can't Hurry Love
Snuggle Bunnies - Looking For Planet X
untitled
Buddy Selfish - Rip It Up
Rude Norton - She's So Ugly
Snow Geese - I'm Not For Sale, I'm Sold
Tots In Bondage - Kicks
Sgt. Nick Penis - Let Go
Pino Rogeletti and The IUDs - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Mrs. Luxford's Fish - Praise Cod


Bud Luxford Presents: On Sale Inside LP (Grant II, 1981)
Melody Pimps - Shell Out
Wrecking Crew - Rock N' Roll Man
Handsome Brutes - Guys Like Us
Young Winstons - Their Finest Hour
Sawhorse - Thinking Of You, Drinking For Two
Corsage - Rome
Buddy Selfish - It's Only Make Believe
Puckhead - Rock The Nation
Mrs. Luxford's Fish - Cha Cha Char
Thirsty Souls - Don't Know What I Don't Know (Yeah!)
Rude Norton - I'm A Hog For You, Baby
Pino Rogeletti & The IUDs - Pino, Row The Boat Ashore
The Masons - Fuckathon

Moonstruck (UK, 1980)

OK, so here's the hype from the time this sold on eBay for £560: "This is A RARE AND UNKNOWN UNTIL NOW UK PRIVATE PRESSING PUNK / POWER POP single by the band MOONSTRUCK from 1980 ...
This is a great PUNK / POWER POP single that is not known at all until now, and all 3 tracks are GREAT PUNK / POWER POP stormers with choppy guitars PUNK vocals and with minor touches of XTC thrown in for good measure, A GREAT FIND AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST UNKNOWN PUNK GEMS FROM THE ERA !!!"

100 copies made, for promotional purposes as indicated by the sticker on the label. No song titles or any other info, just 2 stickers on the label on one side.

How much of that £560 was for the rarity and associated hype? I kinda /sorta like it, especially the 2 songs on the 'B' (non-stickered) side but I'm not sure I'd call them "stormers".

Moonstruck - It's Just A Matter Of Time (Before They Drop The Bomb) // ? / ? 7" EP (no label, 1980)

Behjan Mirhadi (1969 - 2010)

Before continuing with this post, please visit this earlier post for Behjan.

Many collectors of Killed By Death records had at some time likely had some contact with Behjan. He was one of the more knowledgeable and dedicated collectors I had ever met. I think our first contact was sometime in the mid-1990's. In the following years we traded a number of cassette tapes. Many of the records on those tapes later became more known in the rush of Killed By Death, Bloodstains and similar compilations that appeared in the late 1990's.

I didn't have much contact with Behjan over the past several years. We had exchanged several emails last year after he found me on Facebook. Like many, I was shocked to learn via the Yahoo kbd group of his passing on December 8. Here is a sample of the comments in response to the initial posting:

"Behjan was definitely one of the more interesting and enthusiastic folks I interacted with in my early days of collecting"

"very sad to hear this. behjan was a champion detective and a close ally in the 90's kbd discovery era."

"Behjan, such an enthusiastic punkrock fan, and very good at sharing music... I'm sad... Thinking of the great comp tapes he had sent and the cool bands he had turned me on... Can't believe he's gone !
RIP Behjan... wherever you are, your spirit will live on through all those who truly share music before anything else."

"His love and dedication for this music was truly amazing, and I guess his love for the oddest of odd is legendary... And he always stuck to it, even through the troubled times that he surely had...
RIP Behjan, and I hope you'll meet some of your KBD heroes wherever you are..."

"I always knew he was a true obsessed fan and championed from his heart. He loved obscure, horrible, black humored, the underdogs and dregs if there could be such a thing in Punk Rock Music."

"We should put together a compilation of all the stuff he obsessed over finding. I remember in recent times The Nothing and Monroe. If anyone want to put together a list it would be a good tribute and well in the spirit of how he interacted with his friends."

The comment from the last quote above is what lead to what you are reading now. The kbd group came up with a list of some of Behjan's favorites over the years. There was a list he made back in 2000:

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BEHJAN MIRHADI : " 10x HEARTFELT Punk songs "
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( NO sequence ):

" STRYCHNINE " by S O N I C S ( forever ! )
1- " hyper-exaggeration " ...ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 80us
2- " prisoners of time " ...MARK TRUTHE AND THE LIARS 79us
3- " into the 80s " ...THE NOW 79uk
4- " feel the pain " ...BUREAUCRATS 79can
5- " teenage lifestyle " ...PENETRATORS 78us
6- " les crepules de camaret " ...FATSY WATAIRE 78fra
7- " you will better know when i'm gone" ...JUMPERS 78us
8- " u.r.e. " (university radio exeter) ...SCABS 79uk
9- " someday " ...GENERICS 83can
10- " nobody loves me " ...BABEEZ 78oz

With this list and contributions from various posters the following compilation was arrived at:
Hand Grenades - "coma dos"
Nick Pagan - "this is not a test!"
XYZ - "long distance"
Les Olivensteins - "fier de ne rien faire" (FRA)
Alcoholics - "going outside"
Rock Bottom and the Spys - "rich girl"
Die Kreuzen - "pain" (from 7")
Koro - "700 club"'
Deep Wound - "lou’s anxiety song"
Willful Neglect - "(white collar) not guilty"
Breakouts - "no more" (from 12")
The Sonics - "strychnine"
Active Ingredients - "hyper-exaggeration"
Mark Truthe and the Liars - "prisoners of time"
Jumpers - "you will better know when i'm gone"
Bureaucrats - "feel the pain" (CAN)
Fatsy Wataire - "les crepules de camaret" (FRA)
The Scabs - "u.r.e." (university radio exeter) (UK)
Generics - "someday" (CAN)
Babeez - "nobody loves me" (OZ)
The Favorites - "I Can't Live (Without You)"
Circle X - "heartbreaker"
Defectors - "Cash Advance"
Nothing - "Scream'n'Cry"
The Desendants - "Unnational Anthem"
Monroe - "Polio for the people" (or "Disco Fever"??) (NL)
Spittin’ Teeth - "2nd generation" (from Siren comp)
Remod - "Life Of The Party" (or "Gaygirls Dance"??)
Hammer Damage - "laugh"
The Essentials - "turn off your radio"
The Features - "job satisfaction"
Sado-Nation - "I'm trouble"
The Fix - "signal" (from At the speed of twisted thought LP)
Hollywood Squares - "hillside strangler"
Revenge – "We’re Not Gonna Take It" (UK)
Those Intrinsic Intellectuals - "Radio Iceland" (UK)
Voice Of The Puppets - "I Don't Want To Know" (UK)
Penetrators - "teenage lifestyle"
Cardiac Kidz - "get out"
Reactors - "i want sex"
Pathetix - "don't touch my machine" (UK)
Remo Voor - "Frogrammer" (or "toilet love"??) (GER)
Opus - "Good Procedures"
Fensics - "Full Time Job"
Karanteeni - "antti" (from Anna palaa, Frank! LP) (FIN)
Helen Keller - "surfin' with steve & e.d. amin"
The Now - "Into The 80′s" (UK)

I've added the song "Hold Me" by The Victims. The other song from that acetate only recording was included on the No One Left To Blame compilation. In one his last emails to me he had mentioned how much he wanted to hear it. Sadly I never got around to sending it to him at the time.  

Some of these tracks (The Nothing, Active Ingredients, Hammer Damage, The Now and Mark Truthe & The Liars) you will find over at the Punk Business Manager post for Behjan, which I trust you have already checked out.

The rest have been gathered together here as Behjan's Punk Hits. Enjoy, and whatever you drink, have one for one of the biggest fans of obscure punk rock that there ever was!

Update April 3 - I had planned to include some of Behjan's favorite Swedish bands but missed them ... so ABKK, Jonström and Morgan were added. I want more ... !!

Xenon (Belgium, 1982)

A nice 60's influenced B side on this, likely their only release.

Xenon - Lies / Miracles 7" (Blitz 106, 1982)

Børres Kork (Norway, 1979)

Punk 'n' roll from Norway in 1979. You may have heard "Pop Star" on the Bloodstains Across Norway LP.

Børres Kork - s/t EP (Stumblin / Rock // Pop Star / A Growing Society Part Two) (City Records CR E7901, 1979)

Moog & Morkoonit (Finland, 1980)

I was going to wait until Christmas to post this one, but since that is still almost 280 shopping days away I decided to do it now. From Tampere, this is their only release. Vocalist Moog Konttinen was also in rock bands Kontra and Kylmä Rinki. These songs are also available on the CD issue of the Kontra "Mieto Levy" LP.

Moog & Morkoonit - Joulu Auschwitzissä / Kellopeli omena 7" (Gold Disc GDS 269, 1980)

Reasons (Canada, 1982)

Sometimes it feels like I've dug through almost every record store Canada in the past 20 years and yet I still keep finding out about things I hadn't heard of before. Until someone left a comment on a previous "Obscure Canada" post I hadn't heard of The Reasons. Recorded in 1982 at Elora Sound, near Guelph, Ontario there were 5000 copies pressed. Where they all ended up is beyond me but now there are 4, 999 out there somewhere. Of the 4 songs on the EP 3 are excellent (power)pop/rock. The other song is a longer, slower ballad that didn't interest me as much but 3 out of 4 ain't bad. A slightly different version of the line-up that recorded this EP also released a cassette single in 1989 under the name CB4U. The name then changed back to The Reasons in the 90's. Peter Rea is still playing - check out the current version of The Reasons. 

Reasons - Reasonable Rock EP (The Fall / Boy, He's Got A Girl // Playing With Your Heart / Take Me Back) (REA Records / JM 82103, 1982)

Missex (Sweden, 1981)

All I could find on this Swedish record was one entry listing it as "alternative / punkrock". I guess "Transplation" is "Transplantation"? In any case this does have some punk sounds and seems pretty amateurish, which isn't always a bad thing. The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk says "uneven and dark but may attract 77 [style punk] collectors".

Missex - Brain Transplation EP (Rosornas Ö / Marmelad // How Could You Do This? / Heavy Plastic) (Whale HUV 5, 1981)

Bleu Néon (Canada, 1985)

Formed in 1982, this 12" EP was released in 1985 and is the only release that I'm aware of. Synths feature prominently.

Bleu Néon - Cité Promise 12" (Néon blafard / Exorcisme // Survivance) (Les Editions du Champ de Mars CDM-7001, 1985)

Térapi (Canada, 1982 - 83)

Sometimes described as a punk group, Térapi were from Montreal and released a 7" EP and a 12" EP. There's also a promo 7" with 2 tracks from the 12". I wouldn't call it punk though at times the vocals might be considered so. I found the 7" more interesting than the 12".

Térapi - Le Maraudeur EP (Maraudeur / Therapy // Capitaine / Camisole) (Etiquette Bleue TER 0001, 1982)
Térapi - Térapi Primale 12" EP (Rock'a'tchooka / Espèce de stress // Breadus Fongus / Lève-toi!) (Rockbec 698-01, 1983)

Al Pic & The Shovels (Canada, c1980)

I saw the song "Sleazy People" once described as "cool ultra new wave" so I decided to take a chance on it for $5 but I couldn't find much info about Al Pic & The Shovels. Likely from the Niagara Falls / St. Catharines, Ontario area,  I know of 3 7"s that were released sometime in the late 70s or early 80s. None of them have a picture sleeve that I've seen or any release dates on the labels. One list gave a date of 1978 and another said "early 80s". Other than "Sleazy People" I don't care much for any of their other songs. The B side is best avoided but if you do like it, their other 2 7"s (On My Mind / Fortunate Fool (Cherry CR 1001) and Sunday Behind / Love Passing By (Cherry CR 1003)) might interest you.

Al Pic & The Shovels - Sleazy People / Climbin' The Mountain 7" (Cherry CR 1002, c1980)

Ric Bytnar (USA, 1980)

Powerpop from Van Nuys, California.

Ric Bytnar - I've Been In Love / A New Heart To Kill 7" (Horseplay HPR-1001, 1980)

S.P.Q.R. (Sweden, c1980)

Another Swedish powerpop/rock 7" from the Pang label. I don't see any date on the sleeve or record but I've seen it listed as 1979, 1980 or 1982. 1982 seems too late since it one of the earlier Pang releases (PSI-004 on the sleeve, PSI-003 on the label). There doesn't seem to be much other info about this anywhere that I could find.

S.P.Q.R. - Plugget / Giljoe Kid 7" (Pang PSI 003 or 004, c1980)

Big M (Sweden, 1982)

I've been way too busy these days to even think about posting but here's a mystery record from Sweden that I couldn't find any info about. The A side is a decent powerpop song while the B side is more of a rocker. Not a bad song but maybe it goes on a little too long.

Big M - I Want You / Don't Wanna Leave Her 7" (Dg Records Dg-007, 1982)