Black Vinyl! Holland’s Lärm was a band that had something for everybody: sincere leftist politics, a strong straight edge philosophy, a lighthearted, humorous attitude, and most importantly devastating music played at never-before-heard speeds. They played extreme noise” style: short, fast, and out of tune. The band known as Lärm evolved from other projects sometime around 1981. The line-up was Olav on drums, Paul on guitar, Jos on bass, and Dorien on vocals. The three boys had previously been in a band called the Sextons. Their 1981 demo was recorded before Olav had a drumset, so he played the chairs.The original Lärm line-up went by the name Total Chaoz. Soon after the name change they added a second singer, Menno, to the mix. Paul would later say that the Lärm philosphy was “start a fucking band no matter if you can play your instruments or not.” That DIY spirit was part of what made Lärm so special. Because they were still learning their instruments, they adopted a style of playing that centered on playing very fast, noisy, short songs. At their first show the sound man asked them when they were going to fix the guitar amp and start playing actual songs. When they answered that they liked the guitar sound and had just played three songs, he shut off the PA and went to get something to eat. Thanks to their amazing records and extensive touring with the likes of Heresy, Lärm became a huge name in international hardcore. The band members were beginning to question their future however. They were uncomfortable with being treated like punk rockstars at shows, and felt that the trendy, apolitical hardcore scene was ignoring their messages about revolution, personal choices, and animal rights in a blind thirst for really fast music. By the time they decided to change their name to Seein Red, Menno was leaving to finish his legal education in Amsterdam. Menno was last heard from practicing law in a low income neighborhood in that city. The other three have continued on as Seein´ Red, and although they initially tried to distance themselves from the ultra-fast pace of their old band, they eventually started writing faster material – admitting that it’s in their blood. The Discography double LP contains the following records:
Complete Campaign For Musical Destruction LP
Originally released as a split LP with Stanx on “Er Is Hoop/Eenheidsfront Records” (1984)
No One Can Be That Dumb EP
Originally released as a EP on “Lärm Records” (1985)
Straight On View LP
Originally released as a LP on “One Step Ahead Records” (1986)
Nothing Is Hard If You Dare To Scale The Heights EP
Originally released as a EP on “Definite Choice Records” (1987)
Tracklist:
A1 The Complexity Of Life 1:04
A2 Chemical Suicide 0:48
A3 Passive Punks 0:28
A4 Nothing For Us 0:33
A5 Puppets On A String 0:53
A6 OSL 0:43
A7 South Africa 0:48
A8 Hippies 0:49
A9 Opium Of The Masses 1:06
A10 Dance ‘Till You Drop 0:34
A11 Revolting Youth 0:43
A12 Gesprek Met De Minister-President/Haagse Mafia 0:47
A13 Pigeon 0:39
A14 Police Threats 1:00
A15 Crucify The Pope 1:06
A16 Only Reality 0:06
A17 Our Future 0:32
A18 Red Brigades 0:58
A19 Wodka 0:34
A20 Disorder 0:34
A21 N.R.I.P. 0:28
A22 Don’t Wanna Pay Their Debts 0:51
A23 Ban The Bomb 0:43
A24 Vivisection 1:10
A25 Boredom 0:36
A26 Too Old 0:22
A27 The Pogo 0:35
A28 It’s Not What It Seems To Be 0:56
B1 T.V. Spots 0:18
B2 Obsessed By Your Image 1:15
B3 Wodka 0:29
B4 Ignorance 0:58
B5 Escape To Death 1:28
B6 Drunk Freak 0:29
B7 Chemical Suicide 0:48
B8 Somewhere Over The Rainbow 1:16
B9 No Words No Lyrics 0:51
B10 No One Can Be That Dumb 1:09
B11 Dollars And Roebels 0:29
B12 Non-Conformity 2:46
B13 Our Future / Don’t Wanna Pay Their Debts 1:28
B14 Up To You 1:35
C1 It’s Up To You 1:49
C2 Sheer Mountains 0:57
C3 Dollars And Roebels 0:25
C4 Ignorance 1:05
C5 Negative Approach 1:52
C6 Concrete 0:39
C7 No One Can Be That Dumb 1:12
C8 Escape To Death 1:34
C9 Metal Attitude Sucks (M.A.S.) 0:57
C10 Nuclear Barbeque Party 1:01
C11 Puppets On A String 0:56
C12 Home Broken Home 1:08
C13 Megalo Mania 1:13
C14 Junk 0:51
C15 Work/Mad 0:58
C16 Settled 0:49
C17 Troubled Mind 1:57
D1 Mouth Full Of Teeth 1:14
D2 Move To Russia 0:40
D3 Ask More 1:14
D4 A-Political Dick 1:35
D5 Woensdrecht 0:40
D6 Who’s One? 0:59
D7 Animals Have Feelings Too 0:58
D8 Start 0:39
D9 Bubba’s Revenge 0:54
D10 Shades 1:35
D11 Smog 0:31
D12 Violence Sucks! 0:23
D13 Outro 0:50
Bonus Tracks
D14 Destroy Sexism 1:16
D15 Vader Abraham 0:53
D16 Victim 1:24
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