Mafia vs Ninja - Straight Outta Thirsk (2002)

Self released demo / Choke On It Music Anti©

1: Back 2 Da Old Skool
2: Choke On It
3: Happy Addict
4: Why?
5: Kill You Bastard (Mr Bear vs. MvN) Remix

Recorded at the same time as …And Now The Screaming Starts… which were all supposed to be released on an album which we never got round to (story of our lives). Has a couple of real early tracks when we first started out 'Choke on it' and 'Happy Addict' a couple of later ones and even a bastardized remix 'Kill You Bastard' - containing mainly samples we previously used - created by another Thirsk hero, Mr Bear. Again manic, angry, energetic tunes - an ideal soundtrack for smashing up pretty much anything within an arms lengths radius whilst slamming around like an idiot. We had great times in this band and got up to tons of mischief: Manic hometown shows, BeatUp nearly getting beheaded, Broken down vans, blagging lifts on fancy tour buses, getting stopped in the middle of London because the cops thought we were terrorists, stealing Leftöver Cracks rider, banned from the Horseshoe in Portsmouth - lots of blood, chair dancing, Jez in Stockport, Robbo in Notts and many many more. We met some great people, loads of weirdos and played with some amazing bands...those were the days! Even features BeatUp's arse on the cover with his Thirsk tattoo - now there's dedication...



Dave Hero Says: For info check out Mafia's Myspace page

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Mafia vs Ninja - …And Now the Screaming Starts… (2002)

Self released demo / Choke On It Music Anti©

1: House At The Edge of The Park
2: Evil
3: The Last House on the Left
4: Outro (Shogun Disorder)

Brings back great memories listening the the Mafia CDs. A manic punk band featuring all the great Thirsk superstars including The Day of Heroes team. An energetic and eclectic mix of punk rock, rap and ska so we branded ourselves as Darkska Splatterpunk Rapcore whatever that ment; we were kinda a hard band to pin down and pigeonhole. All band members were into different stuff so we dumped all our influences in a big stinking pot and mixed it up to see what we could create. Initially Mafia had 4 vocalists which was pretty mental to begin with but after BeatUp's departure we settled on 3 for a while. Only 3 vocalists!? This CD was self released just to get it out there so it's pretty hard to find and reflects MvN's old school horror fixation with the likes of the 'House' tunes which were just plain hard punk rock; 'Evil'- MvN's ska anthem which starts with one of the best samples ever (taken from The Hammer House of Horrors series) and always used to get the kids toes tapping and bouncing around and 'Outro' a nice little instrumental with samples taken from Shogun Assassin....Check out the MvN Krew and see what all the cool kids were listening to in 2002!



Dave Heroes Says: Grab yo-self a little snippet of some Thirsk punk rock history...

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Louder Faster Vol.1 CD (1998)

(I'll get a better scan of the cover shortly, busy playing darts right now...)

Freaks Union
1: Waste Of Space
2: Waiting
3: Union
Speedurchin
4: Won't Get Fold Again
5: E.G.W.A
6: I Don't Belong
The Write Offs
7: Stupid Things
8: Just A Minute
9: Alien
Mutt
10: Whirlpool
11: Fight Back
12: Right To Choose
Homebrew
13: Dull & Duller
14: Why Don't You
15: Climax
Filter Thrust
16: Let Go
17: Penetration
18: Star Lover

This comp featured a whole bunch of bands that gigged with, and hung out a lot together. One of the best punk rock years of my life... It was put out by Dave from Homebrew, and one of his mates. Hulls very own Freaks Union kick things off, giving an early taste to their ever evolving sound. Punk rock, like early Rancid meets the Misfits... Speedurchin deliver the next tracks, Snuff, Ramones, melodic punk rock at hyper speed. Next we got Thirsk ska-punk legends The Write Offs, with their second line up (no Aaron on vox, Katy joined on sax). Mutt follow with their raw rough street punk, SLF meets the Blitz. Homebrew are next, more punk rock from these old but loveable punk rockers. Filter Thrust close the CD, and they're shit. Honestly. A great reminder of what the Thirsk/Harrogate/Hull/Leeds punk posse were sounding like back then...

Dave Heroes says: Its probably best to stop playing this after track 15... Other than that good times, great memories...

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DeadBeat At Dawn - Just Before Dawn CD (2008)

1: Just Before Dawn
2: Rize Up
3: Wrong Turn (Feat Charlie W)
4: DeadBeat Wrecking Krew

From the ashes of Mafia Vs Ninja & BossEye, the Thirsk retards are at it again. More ska punk rap-core retardedness from the sexiest looking boys in town, and this time they only went to a proper studio and managed to sound like a real band... Four tracks of twisted punk rock, with hints of ska, rap, reggae, rock and Diztruxshun MC-ing from these old timers, still struggling to hold on to the glory days of their youth. With a fixation on low budget horror & apocalyptic films, hip hop & graffiti, and making idiots out of themselves, DeadBeat At Dawn are pretty much the perfect cup of tea for anyone, even yer nana.

Dave Heroes says: Poor lads, give em a chance from me...

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Thirsk 2000 - Fanzine (2000)

3 Way Split Fanzine

My God Can Beat Up Your God (Issue 7)
Small Sailor (Issue 8)
Monkey Bizness (Issue 4)

This was the now legendary 3 way split, featuring Thirsk finest underground publications. My God Can Beat Up Your God offered their final issue, and includes interviews with One Car Pile Up, Against All Authority, and Dropnose, aswell as writings on punk, violence and Teletubbies... Small Sailor interview Dave & Becky from Crackle Records, and has bits on squirels, Rob Rhodes cookery corner, and how to preform your own Exorcism with Father Pete Digger. Monkey Bizness delves further into depraved and retarded madness with the likes of Terry Funks guide to the problem with robins, and how to be a pirate. Plus 6 pages of fanzine and music reviews to round things off.
All 3 zines are crazy cut & paste DIY madness, and all have the 'usual unique brand of Thirsk humour.
Oh, and did I mention the Dark Figure center page? Its Mick Shimmer!

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My God Can Beat Up Your God - Issue 6 (1998)

This is a old Thirsk zine from 1998, the print quality aint great, but unless you already have a copy, you'll probably never get to read this. Tons of interviews (some good, some a pish waste of space) with the likes of Oi Polloi, The Selecter, Lowlife, PMT, The Bus Station Loonies, Snuff, Joe Ninety, and a couple of tour diarys from Chopper & The Write Offs. Loads of reviews, plus articles, columns, recipies, letters, and general space wasting... Stuff on David Cronenberg, Shrimps guide to Slasher Films, Punk Rock, Geeks Corner, and the usual heapings of Thirsk humour, all in a scrappy cut & paste fashion...
This pack contains scans of each page of the zine. You can do with them as you please...

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The Write Offs / Homebrew Split 7" (1998)

Potatoe Print Records, Green Vinyl

Side A - The Write Offs
1: Legalise
2: McFuck
Side B - Homebrew
3: Punch Drunk
4: Homebrew

I had just left The Write Offs, and just joined Homebrew when this came about. If I was a lucky lad, I'd have managed to get on both sides off this, but alas, I made it onto neither. Although I did write the lyrics to The Write Offs tracks, so alls not lost here... A great green 7" slab of vinyl, with 2 bands who played countless gigs together back in the day. The Write Offs open with a ska/reggae number called Legalise, a song about that special green herb. They follow with a rawkus punk rock blast full of expletives aimed at McDonalds, which was all the rage back in the 90s. Homebrew are here with an early line up, before Lee from Joe Ninety joined. Punch Drunk is a rocking punk song about drinking and fighting, and they follow it up with their anthem, Homebrew - "Drinking & Smoking, Laughing & Joking... We're In It For Life"... A nice blast from the past this is, hope you's enjoy it...

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Mafia Vs. Ninja - Radiation Generation CD (2002)

Self Released EP

1: Crossface
2: Radiation Generation
3: Nobby (Live)

Probably the most crazy, funny and disturbing tour/gig stories I have are from my times in Thirsk Splattercore ska-rap freaks 'Mafia Vs Ninja'. This is probably my favourite MvsN release, apart from the un-released EP we recorded just before we split. These 3 songs are where done while I was on hiatus from the band (but dont let that put you off...). The first track Crossface is ballsy, demented punk rock ska core and rap fuelled mayhem, just bursting with anger and venom, about self-doubt and paranoia. Radiation Generation is a right fucking beauty, more straight melodic punk rock this time, with hints of Bad Religion, about the addiction many people now have with pathetic gadgets, phones, computers and what-not. The 3rd one is a joke song we wrote when we first got together, and is about drummer Nobby, recorded in Hull (I think) and you can catch Jimbo from Freaks Union shouting 'Ay Up, we're from Hull' at the begining... We dropped this from the set early on, so this a chance to relive those foul memories of 7 or 8 inbred morons drunk on stage.

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Tha Gremlnz - All Or Nuthin' CD (2006)

D420 Mu-Sick, CD Demo/EP

1: Aqua Dub Intro
2: Blindfolded
3: All Or Nuthin'
4: Helluva Day
5: World Of Demons
6: The Mush Smack
7: Two Thousand And Nineteen
8: The Ballad Of Mr. Crump

Another biased entry here, but who cares? Tha Gremlynz are/were Mr Bear, BeatUp and Bibbow (who all used to be in Thirsk ska punk outfit BossEye), plus some friends who happened to be around while we were recording or writing in our old flat (Finkle Street Bloods, yo). Its a killa mix of styles, mainly ska and rap. The first track Aqua Dub is a quick little dub reggae ditty with a nice sample we stumbled across watching the God channel. Blindfolded is a blazing punk rock thrashy one, featuring Kristian (original Bosseye vocalist & Right To Riot) on vocals, and sampling Nobby from Mafia Vs Ninjas drumming. All Or Nuthin' is pretty much straight forward white boy rap. Shrimp from Thriskploitation did a video for this, which I think is somewhere on MySpace... Helluva Day is a ragga cover of a BossEye song that we never got round to recording, and is sweetened up by the loverly vocals of Charlie W. World of Demons is one of my favourite songs on this, Bibbows rock guitar solo at the start before it goes all hip hop is just too damn awesome for words. Mush Smack is weird, a stoner track probably best sums it up... Two Thousand & Nineteen starts with a sample from the film 2019 (not heard of it? Its one of the best low budget apocalyptic 80s films ever...) and goes into futuristic rock rap, and its worth noting king of comedy Captain Hotknives plays guitar on this too. The EP ends with The Ballad Of Mr Crump, a nice guitar riff and a sample, we keep our shits simples...
Thirsk DIY at its best...

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The Write Offs - Big Dawg EP (1997)

Peter Bower Records 002 (500 pressed vinyl)

1: Fanzine Girl
2: Cold
3: A Song For Me
4: Words
5: Catch The Pigeon

This is a pretty special record to me, it was me first proper band, and our first outting on vinyl. Long long long out of print, limited to (I think) 500, on Peter Bower Records.
Not awesome recording, and the ska-punk genre got pretty much played to death over the following years, but back in 1997, we were all fresh-faced whipper-snappers and this was what we loved to do. Probably best known for the rowdy Yorkshire cover of that cartoon theme, Catch The Pigeon (which is actually Stop the Pigeon, but we never realised, despite the fact we pretty much watched cartoon 24-7 back then). Fanzine Girl is an ultra cheesey ska-punk love song, about a girl I saw selling zines at an Ignite gig back in 96-ish. Its meant to be cheese, and it does the job well. Cold, Song For Me & Words were eventually re-recorded with the second line up (Katy on sax in, Aaron on vox out)...
The Write Offs put out another 7" which was a split with drunk punkers Homebrew, and a few tracks appeared on some compilation cds, and an awful lot of tracks got lost in time. I think the last Write Offs gig was in 2000, not entirely sure. Cheers to everyone who was a part of one of the best times of our lives.
Enjoy our first little baby...

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