VA-Tokyo Crusties 7"(DIY Rec.s,1994)

Here is a compilation that delivers some great acts of noise coming from the Land of the Rising Sun: Tokyo Crusties is a 7" released in 1994 by DIY Records and includes Crocodile Skink, Battle of Disarm, Abraham Cross and Collapse Society.
The record comes in two gatefold pieces and includes lyrics and address infos of bands, DIY Records is a label run by Asada, vocalist of Battle of Disarm. My misunderstanding about a Tokyo Crusties vol2 caused by rumors on web was finally cleared when curious guy set things right: There is not any vo2 but Meaningful Consolidation 2x7" (also released by DIY Rec.s and a bunch of other labels), chronologically or because of the label involved could be considered as a vol2
Check this blog for more details about Crocodile Skink and Battle of Disarm, I know only a few about Collapse Society:they had a demo(1993) and a st/ 7" (on Overthrow Rec.s) which came with two different color covers (white and yellow) and there was a clear vinyl version of it. Abraham Cross were from Tokyo, "they began in the mid-90s as a relatively typical, though highly accurate, Tokyo crust imitator of England’s Sore Throat, Extreme Noise Terror, and Doom; today, they combine noisy crust with a krautrock influence to create a hybrid sound quite unlike any other band I have heard. “Message from Forever pt. 1” is their most meandering excursion"(from Shit-Fi.com)... Their discography includes a demo, Peace can't Combine (lp & cd), End of Time tape (Black Konflik Rec.s) and split w/ Struggle for Pride (2003,Paank Levyt), (i dont know if they have released any other shit, any help is appreciated) and appeared in several compilations (Meaningful Consolidation, Crust Night cd (2002,Tribal War Asia Rec.s), Terro-Rhythm, Tokyo Sound System I & II (2002-05,New Smell), Fuck Religion, Fuck War, Fuck The Lot Of Jesus! tape and also appeared in All Crusties Spending Lound Night dvd(2002).
Each band delivers two tracks, Abraham Cross bring the heavier stuff, they sound like a Doom/Extreme Noise Terror blending ( these tracks appear in Peace can't Combine along with the tracks from Meaningful Consolidation and other recordings from early '90's) though Battle of Disarm is the band that have copied the riff of Relief in Murderer is Hero, Crocodile Skink are just fine, Collapse Society come last for my taste but not bad at all..
i said enough.. go get it!

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Active Minds-The lunatics have taken over the asylum 7" (flexi)

There is no much left to say about these punks, they are active since 1987 and in 2009 they keep playing gigs and releasing records, web is full of resources about them and more or less you probably have listened to their tunes before so there is no need to say anything about them or their music. The lunatics... is a flexi released in 1994 on a bunch of labels including Loony Tunes (their own label), Per Koro, DIY Rec.s (singer of Battle of Disarm 's own label), Nikt Nic Nie Wie Rec.s and many others. It comes in a news paper like cover including lyrics sheets in several languages: polish, Japanese, Spanish etc, actually i don't know if these writings are the lyrics or the translation of lyrics explanation that is included in English but in any case its worth to check.
Loony Tunes was Active Minds own label, apart from their records they released records from several other bands including Equilibrium 7" of Atavistic, Totalitar's Luftslott 7" and Satanic Malfaction's I 've had just had about it all i can take
Thats the short short rant. Go get it (all scans included), check also Protest zine for an old interview from 1994

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Battle of Disarm/Fleas and Lice-split 7"

Fleas and Lice from Nethrlands was born from the ashes of Mushroom Attack in early 90's. They have released several ep's and lp's, they have sociopolitical lyrics with a sense of humor(including some songs about drinking..),they also have funny covers and all these make their crusty punk stay away from the "dark crust", a term that describes most of crust bands nowadays...
We have meat Battle of Disarm from Japan in "In the war" ep here. Political punks, activists with strong messages about anti-war and animal rights
The FaL/BoD split was released on D.I.Y. Records in 1995 and 1000 copies were pressed. FaL contribute two tracks with dual(male/female) vocals, fast tempos and a punky crust feeling.
BoD offer two ungry tracks of their japanese hardcore with pissed vocals, political lyrics, fast tempos with the exception of an acoustic intro with some spoken word by Ryuji Asada.
The record was selfreleased, D.I.Y. Records is the label of Battle of Disarm
Tracklist:
Battle of Disarm side:
1. Science have taken our health
2. Think
Fleas and Lice side:
3. Fleas and Lice
4. Enough is enough

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Battle of Disarm-In the war 7"

Battle of Disarm formed in Isigawa, japan in 1989,"originally formed over rising concerns on the cruel treatment of animals, & high usage of vivisection by major corporations. Since they first formed in 1989, they have refused to release any material on compact disk, in protest of the technological advances that has swept across Japan, which they say has lead to worldwide "corruption and murder". Other issues they have focused on is the disarming of nuclear weapons, by releasing songs like Disarm or Die! and , in concern that more bombings, like the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, might occur. (taken from their myspace).
In the war was released in 1994 by Tribal War Asia Records and delivers four tracks of raw and noisy hardcore,nothing more to say about it, let the music do the talking. BoD refuse to release any material on cd cos they believe that technology has taken over the world and has led to corruption. Lyrics deal with animal liberation,anti-war and disarming of nuclear weapons but what really nice is that BoD members are involved in activism and protest.
Despite the animal liberation lyrics, vocalist Ryuji Asada runs an online shop and sells rare insects.. singing about animal rights and selling insects...a bit weird, isn't it? Asada run also DIY Records label
Tracks:
01:In the war
02:Lost
03:For the animals
04:Bloody humans

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