BANNLYST: how we made the new EP – the tape
Written by: Trond Sættem/CEASE FIRE! OK! About time to let this rabid cat out of the bag! We didn’t mean to let you wait this long, but the covers were kinda slow. But here it is:…
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SKEEZICKS discography and liner notes
Refuse Records just released a discography of the 80s German hardcore band SKEEZICKS as a double LP. Robert, who runs the label, asked me to write some liner notes. Here they are: SKEEZICKS’s 1986 debut…
BANNLYST in the UK, “The Station” book
BANNLYST went on tour in the UK in 1985. Now we also have photographic evidence. The best-documented gig from the tour is the one at “The Station” in Gateshead on July 5, 1985. BANNLYST were…