Front cover is from a walk in the Bavarian mountains and the back is the elevator shaft of Teufelsberg in Berlin – both by Florian.
Lyric sheet of PEACEBASTARD (left, by Florian) and by DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE (right, by the band)
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE/PEACEBASTARD Split 7″
To me, both bands bring back the best musical aspects of the 1990s – yes, there were some. I’m not talking about skinny kids, free of animal products and full of self-hate spending entire gigs on their knees. In front of a crowd of kids with their arms crossed, and with backpacks. I’m talking about punk bands that played fast, angry and rough hardcore punk in front of a raging, soap-free crowd.
The split EP was the format of choice for that kind of band and time. But there are few splits that combine two bands that are equally good. This one has.
So this “Dishonorable Bastard” EP was the first split release on HeartFirst in 20 years – since the ANGST/IDORA split.
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE (from Oslo, Norway) had already released two 7″ EPs and a 12″ called “Nightmare Visions E.P.”
PEACEBASTARD (from Berlin) also had two EPs out and then planned to record their first LP, which never materialized.
The songs on this EP are from the same session as their “Global Crisis” EP on HeartFirst.
Members of both bands had a long list of ex- and current bands that I will not mention here.
Tracks
PEACEBASTARD – Intro/Useless 3:06
PEACEBASTARD – Page By Page 1:33
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE – Nausea 1:45
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE – Dogs And Pigs 1:15
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE – Staring Into Hell 1:29
Every copy has hand-stamped labels on both sides.