Continental
Europe
There was a time when people thought
the idea of good rock and roll coming from Europe was pretty funny. There's nothing for
those people to laugh about any more, because in the mid 80s Europe was smitten by guitar
band frenzy, and with a few pioneering bands to lead the way they took off on their own
rock and roll trip. Now there are good bands in nearly every country in Europe, and the
European fans often seem far more aware of what's going on than their more complacent
counterparts here in the States!
A
great place to start if you want a taste of what kind of music Europe can produce is the
NKVD CD
The Violence Inherent In The System
compilation,
a collection of 22 of the greatest European rock and roll bands of the late 80s that pulls
together some of the best single A sides and album tracks available in Europe at the time.
There's been tons more since then, so start digging!
REVIEWS OF EUROPEAN
LPS, CDs AND 12" RECORDS
REVIEWS OF EUROPEAN 7" SINGLES
past Noise
For Heroes features:
THE BACKSLIDERS - French band featuring Francois Lebas, former
singer of Fixed Up, playing a high energy, soulful brand of punk rock
THE DOGS - France's seminal band - the group that
every French rock'n'roll band owes a debt to
DIRTY HANDS - French band with cool droning guitar sound
THE JET BOYS - Shades of Johnny Thunders and the Hollywood Brats
from Paris
KAMBRONES - Chuck Berry meets Johnny Ramone at Versailles
LOVESLUG - Holland's raunchy Birdman-influenced rockers slam
into everyone and everybody. Their theme song? "You're No Good", of course!
LES MANIACS - Switzerland's answer to the Nomads; loud guitar
rock of the finest water
THE MISSING LINKS - French band with a great sense of rock and
roll
REAL COOL KILLERS - Stooges and Aussie influenced French rock
THE RICHIES - The art of German engineering applied to rock and
roll music brings you the ultimate driving machine...Ramones styled
SCUBA DRIVERS - French band with great power pop songs and
fat&tasty guitars
LA SECTA - Spanish band with strong influence from the Stooges
and the Scientists
LES SHAKING DOLLS - French band with Les Thugs influence
THOMPSON ROLLETS - Another gutty rock and roll band from France
LES THUGS - One of the most important French bands
ever...they've influenced a generation of French bands with their sound and their ideals
