Orange World-Fun,noise and message 7"

Orange World were from Switzerland, they were a pre-Earth Citizens band: According to the text on back cover, they formed sometime in 1986-87 as Garbage Pail Kids, they played two gigs, they split,they formed back in 1990,they played two more gigs and finally they became Earth Citizens.
"Fun, noise and message" was recorded in July of '88 but wasn't released on vinyl until 2001 by Strongly Opposed Records and this is their one and only official release. There are five tracks here in rough mix coming from several demo recordings (there is a little mess :The short bio on back cover says they formed in '87 but "Bombs from the sky" is noticed as a recording from '86).
Music wise this is hardcore with some thrashing outbreaks ("Thrash attack") and slower parts ("Forever young") and there are moments they sound like a UK punk band("Holy war").
Lyrics are printed on cover, Ninja (vox/guit) wears a Napalm Death t-shirt in this photo so we know some of their inspiration (back in these days i had this Life? t-shit)
No much infos about Strongly Opposed Rec.s on the web, Earth Citizens appeared on "Think Globally,act locally" double 7" comp of Profane Existence in 1993 and some of their releases float on the web and can be found in obscure distros here and there.
I know this is going to be a let down:because of the funny name instead a Dis-whatever, the funny artwork instead some black/white anti-war stuff, because of the title, because its an unknown band...so what?

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Pack - (S/T 7")

Let me (who's stopping me anyhow?) start by saying that this is a repost, as others beat me to the chase - you can check out crustcracker's post as well as this post in a site I don't think I've ever seen in the past.

So, Pack - swiss chaos at its best. This tight gem was released in 07/2003, according to the label's website - the 1st press consisted of 800 copies with gold-tinged covers; the 2nd press (01/2004) came up to 500 copies with silver-tinged covers, though I've never seen any of those (anyone?) I believe that I first came across this in Profane Existence's distro in the beginning of 2004; I ordered it immediately based on the description, hoping for something decent. What I got was the best 7" of the year, as anyone who has listened to "Skinned Alive" can certify. That same summer I got my hands on the Kaaos/Svart Aggression split 7" (can't believe we haven't posted that here yet - MUST do a.s.a.p.!) from Hibernation's own Last Scream distro & Alekos asked had I heard the Pack 7" already? So, it was due to him that I learned how Pack's history dates back to an unbelievable swiss band named Bagger (which he had witnessed live & which I now hope was also true of me - if you also haven't & are wondering why, check this...). This led to my tracking down the Bagger/Liselotte split LP (still trying to track down the Bagger/Nula tape release) with its über-brutal sound & amazing artwork (I threw in the artwork in a separate file of pretty big size - you can get it here for a while, though I will eventually delete it). Thus, if 7"s can be said to be lucky, this would have to be my own lucky 7" I guess...

So, Pack - the offshoot of Bagger, a crazy, crusty, grindy collective from Switzerland which operated in the mid-to-late '90s if I'm not mistaken. In particular, niggu (drums), bänz (guitar), & dömi (bass) all played in the aforementioned record with Liselotte. To top it off, they also have ties to Victors Hofnarren who were featured in the Whispers compilation & had a split LP (on Maximum Voice) with the amazing Jobbykrust (of which band more in a subsequent post), as niggu & bänz played in that record, too. Back to the 7" at hand, this has been their first (& in my opinion their best to date) offering, & it was followed by a split LP with grinders SOL (Rinderherz, 2004 - great artwork there, too, & still available in a few distros) & the "Booze For Future" 7" (released in Rinderherz in 2005, still available for purchase, & also to be found in crustcracker's blog). Nothing followed, though their myspace account says they're drunk but not dead & what else could humble I possibly wish them but to hold on to that blissful state but also assume affirmative action towards releasing the new track "Ich Bin Harter" (feat. a swiss rap artist, of all possible people, & available at the aforementioned myspace), if possible with other material of that caliber? Nothing, I guess.

One more thing, this one regarding the name: according to this interview, they got named Pack because dömi was working at the post office at the time & was really fed up with packing stuff & then packing some more stuff - hilarious, just like the rest of the interview.

Seeing as I have little other information to offer, I deem it wise to stop boring the hell out of you & end this missive somewhere............ here. Bang your head like there's no tomorrow to this one, it deserves it.