PRESS - NO SANCTUARY

IF THE BARKEEPERS ARE UNITED, THE SCUMS WILL NEVER BE DIVIDED

NO SANCTUARY #8 (CHE) - April 1992
Yeah, yeah, the title looks pretty funpunk, eh ? This even might be true for some tracks but is surely not true for all the songs. In fact you will find very political/engaged songs mixed with fun songs and even twelve cover songs. OK, to stay true to the title, first side was recorded in a pub and the second side is live. One side has ten new (?) Scums-songs, while the live side has twelve songs from Sham 69, covered here by the Scums. And I haven't spoken about the booklet ! This has all the lyrix, song explanations, recording details and a complete Sham 69 story/discography. Bloody hell, this is absolutely great and I can only recommend this ! Yours for 250 BEF. (PS. of course you'll find "If the Kids are United" !). P

REALLY HIGH

NO SANCTUARY #0 (CHE) - March 1993
The title here can be taken seriously, The Dirty Scums play for ten years now, and so this is a special release. There are three songs: two own songs that tell you with who these guys are in love, and one medley. Full PunkRock here, dirty and fast, like the bandname already says. Well, what's the special thing then, you might ask ? It's the "Ramones-medley", where they combine eleven songs in one by their fave band. And it is a lot more lively than the originals. The second special thing here is that the EP is limited to 333 copies. After three LP's, two 7"es and three tapes The Dirty Scums offer their third EP and celebrate their tenth anniversary. Happy birthday ! One of the last punkbands that have serious and not so serious lyrics, and after all these years they are still D.I.Y. ! P