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The Land Speed Record Department present Punk Speed Vol 1
17.11.25On this month’s show Beta Motive takes a close look at the many strains of punk, noise rock and hardcore that were spilling out of the early 80s underground. Rather than zeroing in on one particular scene, the needle skips between abrasive noise rock experimentation, shit-kicking rock n’ roll turned up to 11 and one minute blasts of gnashing, gnarly punk rock energy. From the instrumental snarl of Merzobw’s unlikely foray into beat-heavy distortion to Swans’ proto-industrial blasts, the sheet metal funk of Big Black to the derailed psychobilly of The Cramps, this hour of intensity is proof of how varied, urgent and inventive punk culture was across the world in 1983.
Merzbow - Untitled
Marginal Man - Fallen Pieces
The Faith - Slowdown
Killdozer - Run To The Jungle
Swans - Right Wrong
Die Haut & Nick Cave - Tokyo Express
Saccharine Trust - The House, The System, The Concrete
Minutemen - Self-Referenced
Native Tongue - Hoodwinked
Big Black - Pigeon Kill
100 Flowers - No Head, No Heart
Bauhaus - Lagartija Nick
Mission - Where Were You
Government Issue - Insomniac
The Cramps - Call Of The Wighat
Dicks - No Nazi's Friend
Circle Jerks - When The Shit Hits Fan
Big Boys - Fight Back
Tragic Mulatto - The Suspect
Hüsker Dü - Target
Laughin' Nose - Get The Glory
Ruefrex - Capital Letters

The Land Speed Record Department
Every month The Land Speed Record Department explores sound and music exclusively from the year 1983. Unrestricted by style but frequently fetishising dub, post-punk, synth-pop, Italo, industrial, new beat, electro, boogie etc, their deep-diving research tackles specific concepts and juxtaposes unlikely musical matches in a blend which can veer from smooth and sumptuous to strange and spiky, depending on the situation. Exclusive edits, accidental new tracks, the odd massive banger - anything can and will happen, as long as it's 83.

