Stiff Little Fingers was formed in Northern Ireland in 1977 and for a few years played rockcovers before they discovered punk. Their first album was realeased in 1979 and this one from 2003 is their 9th. Their kind of punk is kind of melodic and not very fast but it's certainly features punkelements. It's an okey album but some songs are a little too lightweight. When they're heavy and fast they are at their best in my opinion.

Ian McCallum is from Scotland and lives in the USA. He has on one occasion played with his favourite band Lindisfarne.

Bruce Foxton played with The Jam before joining Stiff Little Fingers. He also had a solocareer in between playing with the two bands.

Steve Grantley has played with The Alarm and has written books about Slade and The Who.

1)Guitar and drum (6,0) Very melodic pop-punk.

2)Strummerville (6,5) About Joe Strummer.

3)Can't get away with that (7,0) Nice melody in this midtempo tune.

4)Still burning (8,0) I love this aggressive rocker with a great supersimple riff and vocals with attitude.

5)Walkin dynamite (7,0)

6)Dead man walking (6,5) Very melodic but I like it.

7)Empty sky (8,0) Yeah! Fast and angry!

8)Be true to yourself (7,0) Slow ska/reggae-rhythm mixed with rock, cool!

9)Best of fools (6,0)

10)I waited (6,5)

11)Achilles heart (5,0) Too melodic and strange ending.

12)Who died and made you Elvis? (6,5)

13)High and low (6,5) Sounds exactly like Offspring.

14)Protect and serve (5,5)

Score: 6,57

Jake Burns-vocals and guitars (b.1958)

Ian McCallum-guitars and vocals (b.1965)

Bruce Foxton-bass and vocals (b.1955)

Steve Grantley-drums and vocals

This is the first german-speaking record I have reviewed. Die Toten Hosen is from Düsseldorf and released their 1st album in 1983. They are considered a punkband and involve humor, politics and nonsense in their lyrics.

1)Entschuldigung, es tut uns leid! (6,0) Spoken intro that goes into a punky singalongrocker.

2)Lesbische, schwarze, behinderte (6,5) Punk.

3)Warum werde ich nicht satt? (7,0) Crazy song with jazzy happy upbeat mixed with a furious metalrefrain. Cool.

4)Wofür man lebt (7,5) A nice ballad with cello and good melody.

5)Helden und diebe (6,0) Midtempo rocker.

6)Sonntag im zoo (7,5) A fast punksong.

7)Schön sein (6,5) Midtempo singalong.

8)Container-lied (-)

9)Alles wie immer (5,0)

10)Unsterblich (6,0)

11)Intersex (-)

12)Call of the wild (7,0) In english.

13)Unser haus (6,5) Ballad with orchestra. Nice.

14)Regen (6,5)

15)König der blinden (6,0)

16)Bayern (5,0) Halfboring song about a soccerteam.

17)Der mond, der kühlschrank und ich (5,5)

18)Die unendlichkeit (6,0)

Score: 6,28

Campino-vocals

Breiti-guitars

Kuddel-guitars

Andi-bass

Wölli-percussion

Vom-percussion