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Singles. Period. The Vinyl Years 1980-1990 (CD)

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The Ex Artist Snapshot:

Dutch anarcho punks the Ex have been making an exhilarating, politically charged racket since 1979. Over the years, the band's sound--at its core a taut No Wave-inspired style of post-punk--has come to incorporate Eastern European folk music, funk, free jazz, Ethiopian music, and other disparate styles. The Ex have maintained a fierce leftist stance, and have fully integrated their political beliefs into their art and lifestyle. Heroes of the underground, and something of a European answer to Fugazi, the band have collaborated with, among others, Sonic Youth and Tortoise, and have made two famed albums with the late cellist Tom Cora.

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DISC 1 for Singles. Period. The Vinyl Years 1980-1990 (CD) Album By The Ex (Artist)
1   Human Car
2   Rock 'N Roll-Stoel
3   Cells
4   Apathy Disease
5   Stupid Americans
6   Money
7   Curtains
8   Weapons For El Salvador
9   Dust
10   New Wars 2
11   Constitutional State
12   Gunna Rob The Sperm Bank
13   When Nothing Else Is Helpful Anymore
14   Memberships
15   Trash
16   Crap-Rap
17   Long Live The Aged
18   Enough Is Enough
19   Rara Rap
20   Contempt
21   Stonestampers Song
22   Lied Der Steinklopfer
23   Keep On Hoppin'
 

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Spin (p.108) - "[T]he Ex quickly swore allegiance to a jagged, dub-blurred, internationalist hammer-groove."

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SINGLES. PERIOD. THE VINYL YEARS 1980-1990 compiles 7" single releases previously unavailable in the US.

The Ex: G.W. Sok (vocals); Dolf Planteijdt, Terrie, Ferry Heyne (guitar); Coby Laan (piano); Gert-Jan Blom (organ); Rene, Bas, Yoke, Luc (bass guitar); Jon Langford, Ome Geurt, Wim, Sabien, Kat (drums).

Additional personnel: Andy (acoustic guitar); ? Of Awara (violin); Marion Coutts (trumpet, percussion, background vocals); Jeroen (sampler); Dog Faced Hermans, Colin, Wilf, Martin.

Recording information: Raketbasis, Rotterdam, Holland; KG Music Studios, Bridlington, England; Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, Holland; ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Holland (1980 - 1990).

The Ex has explored many musical directions through the years, including avant-garde jazz and experimental music. But on this decade's-worth of singles and B-sides released as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations the Dutch anarcho-socialist outfit hews close to its early-'80s punk ideals. The primitive punk polka of "Stupid Americans" is a raucous vehicle for the band's anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist worldview, while the angular "Human Car" wears its affinity with late-'70s punk groups like Gang Of Four and the Mekons on its ripped sleeve. Unapologetically political yet never dull, lyrics are screamed or chanted, scrambling for attention through a tumultuous mix of primal drums, clanking bass, and searing guitar.

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