sandblaster releases

Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013

SBR 005 - TELEGRAPH ROAD - DEMO TAPE

TELEGRAPH ROAD were a promising band that broke up way too early.
Due to me being very busy and SBR not really going anywhere at the time (which led to the folding of Sandblaster and the birth of GIHC) I kept putting off posting the release info for this Tape way too long but here it finally is:

year of release: 2011

pressing info:
25 Tapes altogether (sold out)
3 black
4 white
3 clear
3 clear w/ haze
4 blue
4 red
4 yellow

Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011

SBR 004 - GET IT DONE! DEMO TAPE

From the ashes of BLACK FRIDAY '29, SIRENS and SETTLE THE SCORE with the addition of an ex-AYS member comes GET IT DONE! delivering their very own version of melodic old-school hardcore not unlike H2O or CIV. And we are proud to have been able to put out the Tape version of their demo which is also out there on CD and 12".

Date of release: May 3rd 2011

pressing info:
50 regular copies spray-painted on the front and # in silver on the back
13 friends edition Tapes spray-painted on the front & back # in gold on the back
1 SBR friends edition Tape

cover

front

back

lyricsheet front

lyricsheet back

A side for all Tapes

B side of the regular edition

case for the regular Tapes & the SBR friends Tape

B side of the friends edition

case for the friends edition Tapes

B side of the SBR friends Tape

And here's some info for the über-nerdy collectors like me:
Two Tapes of the "friends edition" do have the same case as the regular-edition.
13/13 which stayed with me
9/13 which went to my SBR partner in crime.

Big time thanks go out to Get It Done! for letting us do this, Joe Nice of KTH fame for the blank tapes and Busy B for the tools.

SBR 003 - GRIM S/T 12"

Remember the 90's? The GRIM one-sided 12" delivers 6 tunes of intense and passionate hardcore along the lines of Uranus, Acme, His Hero Is Gone! And... as hard as it is... they could actually hold a candle to their influences. The songs they wrote after the record was out were even better than this release but unfortunately they called it a day before people got to know them so we're stuck with quite a few of their records. Which really is a bummer because it is a killer record. So go on over to the Distro section and pick one up for cheap or if you have an idea on how to craft them into something people might be more into buying than a record from a band they don't know and that doesn't exist anymore... grab a bunch of 'em. In a bulk they are even cheaper.

Year of release: 2008

pressing info:

10 testpressings black vinyl

500 black vinyl

Review:

three chords magazine (issue 10)

"Heißen zwar GRIM, sind aber nicht evil, sondern haben sich eher dem Screamo Hardcore der 90er meets Northcore Einflüsse verschrieben. Das ist zwar alles andere als evil, sondern hat mir eher ein sanftes Lächeln aufs Gesicht gezaubert, v.a. wenn ich mir die Beschreibungen der Texte durchlese, die etwas herrlich antiquiertes an sich haben. "Ich bekriege euren Krieg in dem ich versuche Mensch zu sein und nicht ein von Konsum infizierter Vollidiot." steht da und allen Jutetaschenkriegern dieser Welt dürften die Äuglein tränen. Aber mal im Ernst: die Platte ist nicht nut textlich, sondern auch musikalisch eine perfekte Verbeugung vor den 90ern. Düsterer, manischer Hardcore irgendwo zwischen Uranus, Acme und His Hero Is Gone - knallt volle Lotte und bietet eben den passenden Mix aus intensiven, von unterschwelligen Melodien unterlegten Midtempoparts und schnell-angepissten Prügelpassagen. Die MLP kommt als einseitig bespielte 12" (völlig unterbewertetes Format, I like!) und enthält die 2 Tracks vom Demo plus 4 weitere Songs. Empfehlung des Hauses. (herder)

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back cover

one-sided lyricsheet

only side label

SBR 002.5 - TERRORIZE KIDS - WAR AGAINST WAR MCD

We helped finance this CD of a then promising young Band. They did everything themselves we just chipped in on the costs which is why we don't have any pressing info besides that there was only one pressing. How many? Well i'd like to know that too. Later they did put out a 7“ on the awesome SEARCH FOR FAME RECORDS. But then disbanded and haven't been heard from again. This early 80s Boston style rager still rips though so pick one up in the Distro section.

Date of release: Winter '07/'08

Reviews:

Ox-Fanzine:

"This is Dinslaken not LA, so schallt es in meinem Kopf. Vom zauberhaften Niederrhein stammt das Quartett TERRORIZE KIDS. Folgenden Satz hab ich der Band Bio entnommen, weil er ganz gut beschreibt was es mit TERRORIZE KIDS auf sich hat: Because of the general misinterpretation of Hardcore we all decided to play rough Oldschool Hardcorepunk in the vein of Boston and Washington D.C. bands like Jerry's Kids, Gang Green and Minor Threat. Genau und so hört es sich auch an, runter geschredderter Hardcore as it meant to be mit leichten ANNIHILATION TIME Anleihen. Könnte mir vorstellen das Garage und generell Rockmusik aller Facetten hier Einfluss hatten. Auf ihrem Debüt , das sie auf den beiden jungen Labeln, dem Band eigenen Elmstreet Records und Sandblaster Records rausgebracht haben, wird zehnmal richtiggestellt worum es der Hardcore Szene einst ging, klischeelos und nicht gewinnorientiert seinen Gefühlen, seiner Wut Ausdruck zu verleihen. Das alles in einem Netzwerk aus Freunden die sich gegenseitig Shows besorgen und diese organisieren. TERRORIZE KIDS fügen sich nahtlos in eine neue Generation von Bands die sich auf das Geile zurückbesinnen und den ganzen scheiß Hype hinter sich lassen. Auf Sandblaster Records erscheint in kürze der Hardcore Breakout BRD Sampler. Im März geht es auf eine Minitour durchs Land mit den befreundeten WORLD PEACE aus der Nachbarschaft! Ich bin gespannt wie es weitergeht der Grundstein ist gelegt und War Against War ist augenblicklich nicht aus dem Ghettoblaster weg zu denken. Up the kids!!"

Ox-Fanzine

Ausgabe 76

Anti Youth:

hey, du. ja genau du. psst! na, fresse voll von den ganzen lackaffen und posern? keinen bock mehr auf überproduzierte und saubergeleckte hardcore scheiben? du willst mal wieder ne echte vollbedienung in sachen old school? nen satz neue hardcore thrasher gefällig? anschnallen! hier kommen die TERRORIZE KIDS aus nrw. auf diesem silberling (ich glaube, das ding gibts nicht auf vinyl) werden in einer guten viertelstunde mal eben der grossteil namhafter bands vorgeführt und wirken anschliessend nur noch lächerlich und langweilig. hier sollten einige leute besser mal genau zuhören - nicht nur textlich - denn so wirds definitiv gemacht. das ist old school, das ist spirit, das ist echt. 4 typen im besten alter zelebrieren hardcore punk in reinkultur und lassen im boston style quasi ordentlich die sau raus… auf gar keinen fall verpassen! erschienen auf elmstreet records / sandblaster records.

zitat: "FUCK A HARDCORE-SCENE; WE CLAIM, WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CLAIMED: "THE SCENE IS DEAD!" IT HAS BEEN STARTED AND ENDED; ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO!""

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booklet outside

booklet inside

SBR 002 - CHEAP THRILLS s/t 12"

This 12" contains CHEAP THRILLS' amazing s/t MCD on Side A and their awesome "we're all broken" Debut-MCD on Side B! They supported this release with a heavy touring schedule w/ BORROWED TIME among others and recorded a final 7“ before they disbanded due to time constraints of some of the members.

Their singer went on to a short stint with the dutch band WORLD GONE MAD to then form LOOK MY WAY which I strongly suggest you check out. If you're not already into them that is. If you are pick this one up. You will like it.

NYHC in full effect!

And the MOD is currently working on a new band HANGIN' TOUGH with our very own Jaybeez and Joe Nice of KTH fame while still being busy with his main band THE ICE. Keep your eyes open for HANGIN' TOUGH. Straight Edge in your face motherfucker!

Year of release: 2007

Pressing Info:

10 rejected Testpressings aka Crunchpress

10 Testpressings

86 transparent green (pre-order; sold out)

2 transitional yellow/green copies (sold out)

105 transparent yellow

About 40 of those do have some more or less visible black streaking. Due to the fact that these are some kind of transitional copies the streaking fades from what you can see in one of the pictures below to none at all. Which made it hard for us to decide how much black streaking there has to be in a record for it to be counted as a transitional copy. So this is why there is no exact number.

30 of those with the most heavy streaking were used for a Save My Soul Records edition in 2010 (sold out)

318 clear

A couple of those do have some light black streaks. Which we decided are to light to be counted so there is no info on how many of those there are. In the according picture below the streaking is more visible than it is in reality.

20 clear copies were used for a ltd. Westside Unity Festival edition in 2008 (sold out)

cover

back cover

A side lyrics

B side lyrics

A side label

B side label

all regular vinyl variations

1 out of 2 yellow/green transition vinyls

1 out of about 40 w/ black streaks

slight back streaking on clear vinyl

Westside Unity '08 extra cover

Westside Unity '08 front

Westside Unity '08 back

SMS edition

SMS edition stamped innersleeve

SBR 001 - V/A - HARDCORE BREAKOUT BRD LP

This is where it all began!

In 2006 Germany brimmed with great bands so I got the idea to acknowledge that by putting out a compilation. I knew I wasn't able to handle everything myself which is why I talked to my friend Jaybeez and sure enough he was in on the game. Late summer 2006 had us send out the first e-mails asking bands if they were in on the idea to contribute to that project. In the end we had 16 great hc/punk-bands (Cheap Thrills, Black Friday 29, Kingdom, AYS, Ritual, Empty Vision, Settle The Score, The Italian Stallion, Nothing To Hide, Sirens, Cobretti, Watch Out, Annotation, Teenage Angst, Dean Dirg, Bleed Into One) contribute 22 songs to make this monster of a record including a Reagan Youth style fold out poster cover.

Now you might already know how difficult and time-consuming it can be to do a record with just one band. Well time and even more time went by until this record finally saw the light of day. Actually so much time that the CHEAP THRILLS LP we worked out a deal for while being in touch with the bands for this compilation shot ahead for a release a couple of months prior to this.

Year of release: 2008

Pressing Info:

10 Testpressings

100 black vinyl w/ special pre-order sleeve - SOLD OUT

10 black vinyl w/ regular sleeve which will stay with us until we decided what to do with them

165 yellow vinyl

270 red vinyl