REVIEW: ELECTRO HIPPIES - THE ONLY GOOD PUNK

 

ELECTRO HIPPIES - THE ONLY GOOD PUNK (Peaceville Recs., 2002)

Recorded at Lion Studios, Sound Project and Live at Planet X 15/04/89

Tracks: There are 40 tracks on this release from this underground cult band taken from many of their now unavailable recordings.

How can I define Electro Hippies music for those who don´t know them? Well, let´s say that they have a lot of hardcore elements, a lot of grind in some of the tracks too and some death in many of the vocals. Let´s say as an anecdotic thins that Carcass bassist and vocalist, Jeff Walker, Did the vocals on the first Electro Hippies demo. So, this band is a brick in the extreme music wall of history. All the tracks here are taken from their late eighties releases which now are unavailable. They have in this recording a really raw sound that fans of the style would love (even if the songs here have been mixed much better than in the original releases). It is really great to see the evolution of this band going to their most extreme side (which can be listened in the live recording with a lot of grind parts and blast beats in tracks like "So Wicked" or "Profit"). The tracks are short and they are a burst of energy. Favorite tracks: "Things of Beauty", "Meltdown (live)" and " Sometimes I´m so Glad". Contact: www.peaceville.co.uk