OK, first things first. There seems to be disagreement as to the actual name of this early 80s trio from Toronto. Are they United States, or United State, or United Stats, or United Stat (with “stat” likely pronounced “state”)? The consensus on Canadian music websites appears to be be United State. But their one and […]
Tag: 1982
Rokk Í Reykjavík Soundtrack (1982 / 2025)
Where do I even start? The documentary film Rokk Í Reykjavík explores the Icelandic punk music scene of 1982. It is, quite frankly, a gift – the fact that a marginalized scene populated by young outsiders living in a very insular, small society (Iceland’s population in 1982 was just a bit over 230,000 people) was […]
Vono – “Dinner Für 2” (1982 / 2017)
This cover reached out and grabbed me as I flipped through the used New Arrivals bin at St. Paul’s Agharta Records the other day. It’s truly arresting, the simple pink lettering overlaying the not-quite-avantgarde black-and-white photo of brothers Volker and Norbert Schultze (the band name is a combo of the first two letters of each […]
Overlord – “Broken Toys” (1982)
I didn’t know much about Overlord when I picked up this copy of Broken Toys at Tacoma’s Hi-Voltage Records the other day, other than that they were from Seattle. Fortunately, however, I have a copy of the essential guide to music in the Pacific Northwest, the 900+ page tome Rusted Metal: A Guide to Heavy […]