Label: Pogar; Year: 1983; Format: Vinyl 7"
The Berlin based label Pogar released between 1982 and 1987 fewer than twenty records, but a good number of them are absolute highlights when it comes to international hardcore punk. This 3-song EP by Malinheads from Spandau/Berlin is probably one of the Top 5 german hardcore punk releases as the band delivered these songs in such a manner that easily put them on a level with Scandinavian bands such as Anti-Cimex, Rattus, Headcleaners, and so on. I heard the song 'Wargames' of this EP for the first time around 1986/87 when a friend of mine made me a compilation tape of various bands from around the world. The Malinheads song was one of the highlights on that tape and stuck with me for ever, hence I had to get my hands on this EP one day, which wasn't until at some point in the '90s. What you get here is scandi/discharge influenced hardcore punk at its best, brutal in delivery, and in my opinion unique when it comes to bands from Germany. While it is not easy and cheap to track down an original copy of this, Thought Crime Records reissued this classic in 2012, so no one needs to spend big bucks to get this must-have.
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