Mitch Kramer - Black And Blue

  

  Mitch Kramer (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083093662876) are the New Haven, Connecticut punk collective fronted by Jeffrey Thunders ( The Lost Riots, The Ratz etc...) who first featured on here a couple of years ago (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/mitch-kramer-hate-and-war.html). 

  They're back today with a standout track from a new 6 track ep on Die Hipster Records titled Black Mass. This time around, Jeffrey is aided and abetted by regular guitarist Scott Fitch and by drummer Elvis Belushi. They aren't reinventing the wheel, it's the usual short bursts of primitive punk tuneage with Jeffrey's distinctive vocals on top. You know what to expect and you're glad when you get it. 

  You can get it on (very limited) vinyl or digital download : 

https://mitchkramerband.bandcamp.com/album/black-mass-ep

  This one's a cop song, it's called Black And Blue... 

MITCH KRAMER - Marylin Buck

  

  Today I've been listening to an ep titled Lifetime Problems​-​An International Tribute To The Dicks. It's an ep comprising of 7 covers of songs originally recorded by Texas legends The Dicks and it's officially released on March 10th by Take The City (Spain), Frantic City (France) and Die Hipster! Records (USA). The bands involved are Brat Farrar (Australia), Illegal Leather (UK), Lady Banana (Sweden), Bart and the Brats (France), Mitch Kramer (USA), The Delinquents (Italy) and Goodbye Johnnys (Switzerland).

  It's never easy doing justice to classic songs but all involved make a decent fist of things. It's old school and authentic sounding punk and roll goodness. The ep's streaming here so see what you think https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lifetime-problems-an-international-tribute-to-the-dicks-ep 

  I'm going to play Hate The Police by Lady Banana on next week's show. Today I'm going to post a track by Mitch Kramer (a band I wrote about early last year (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/mitch-kramer-hate-and-war.html). This is their version of a track that The Dicks included on their 1983 album Kill From The Heart. Short and Sweet, it's titled Marylin Buck... 

It's death to the U.S.A
It's death to the U.S.A

Where is the underground?
Could it be surfacing?
Maybe like Carol Durant?
Maybe like Sister Buck?

It's death to the U.S.A
It's death to the U.S.A

I suspect the underground
Says I support the Weather Underground
It's not for the hell of it
It's to tear this fuckin' nation down

It's death to the U.S.A
It's death to the U.S.A

It's death to the U.S.A
It's death to the U.S.A

It's death to the U.S.A

Mitch Kramer - Hate and War

  

(Photo : Patrick Hennessy) 

  "Who's Mitch Kramer?" you might ask after listening to the song at the bottom of this update. "His vocals are familiar but I don't recognise the name."

    Mitch Kramer is a new outlet for the talents of Jeffrey Thunders, the New Haven (Connecticut) punk rocker who first came to my attention as frontman of The Lost Riots (https://thelostriots.bandcamp.com/) and has featured since with a number of other cool outfits including The Ratz and Jeffrey Thunders And The Scabs. Influenced by the likes of Black Flag, The New York Dolls, The Replacements, Joe Strummer, Rancid and Jay Reatard, Jeffrey's been pretty damn prolific over the last few years and can always be relied upon to turn out some top notch punk rock tuneage. 

  On this latest venture, he's decided to utilise a revolving door policy of guest musicians to back him up. The aim is to bring something a little different to the table with every release. The debut offering will be a 5 track ep titled Grand Avenue which will be available soon on lathe cut 7" vinyl. On this recording he's joined by Scott Fitch, Mike Sanchez, Ines Segarra and 3 time grammy nominated musician Roger C Reale.

  This is a teaser track from the ep, those influences are at the forefront of this tale of a volatile relationship laced with remorse and regret. It's titled Hate and War...

 I just came to town and I drove past your house and remember all the times   that we had there

 Hate and war what are we fighting for there's just got to be something better

 Standing by your grave not feeling so great if I could only take those words back

 Hate and war what are we fighting for there's just got to be something better