Anti-Cimex interview from Problem Child zine
Here is an interview with Anti-Cimex from the UK zine Problem Child, issue 2. It's from the period between the final EP and the first 12" (ie, 1985). Not much revealed here, other than their plan for...
View ArticleDis is getting pathetic...a dubious Shitlickers sleeve variation
After my compendium of all known Shitlickers sleeve variations, I knew—feared—it was likely I would subsequently find out about another one. This one is not exactly what I was expecting. Although all...
View ArticleSkitslickers Remedial
My friend Chris wrote to say that he noticed an ambiguity in my post about the obviously fake Shitlickers 7". Let me be clear: I have never had any doubt as to whether this sleeve was "legit." It was...
View ArticleAnti-Cimex Photos (teaser)
In advance of a Wikileaks-style dump of a cache of Anti-Cimex photos that I obtained from an anonymous source, here is a separate post with some photos recently auctioned on eBay.The auction listing...
View ArticleAnti-Cimex Live Recordings 84-86
Here is a link to one of the best Anti-Cimex live recordings in circulation, posted a couple months back on a Swedish blog. My guess is that the live recording occurred soon after the recording/release...
View ArticleAnti-Cimex Live in the UK Videos
Recently posted to YouTube is a three-part video of Anti-Cimex playing live in Nottingham, England, on their 1986 tour.Part one (including the end of Heresy's set):read more
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Cimexleaks: Photo Dump
I previously posted that I would soon publish a Wikileaks style cache of Anti-Cimex photos sourced from an anonymous operative. Here it is!1. This one you may have already seen. Recently revealed data...
View ArticleAndra Takter: Sixten of Anti-Cimex on film
An archival discovery set the internet ablaze in the last couple days. E-mails have been shooting around the globe, followed by eager posts on message boards and blogs. Everyone is so excited about a...
View ArticleBefore Anti-Cimex: Kloak, Avfall, Bombhot, Bohmann Brinner
Serious fans of Skitslickers and Anti-Cimex may already know that there were at least four bands that included Tomas Jonsson before the classic bands were formed. These bands were Kloak, Bombhot,...
View ArticleInternational Jailbreakers
A few Cimex collectorscenti have been sending e-mails back and forth lately trying to confirm—but really propagating—the rumor of the existence of a band from Göteborg in the early 1980s called...
View ArticleCimexleaks: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
This is the third installment of Cimexleaks. Check the previous ones here and here.read more
View Article"Raped Ass" test pressing (take 3)
Here is another post about a test pressing of "Raped Ass." The previous ones are here and here. Obviously, this archive could easily degenerate into a collectorsfrenzy style log of highly priced...
View ArticleLovely Downtown Göteborg
Here's a great photo of three punks hanging out in the Haga neighborhood in Göteborg, circa 1983. Notice the poster hanging in the window.read more
View ArticleAnti-Cimex in the MRR photo archives
Maximum Rocknroll has been posting some awesome stuff on their website lately to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the magazine. For example, you can download pdfs of some early issues, and there are...
View ArticleAnti-Cimex "Bootleg Live!" Flyer
A buddy of mine just acquired a copy of "Raped Ass" pressed on clear vinyl, with the two-piece R. Cobb sleeve (see here). It includes an advert flyer I've never before seen. The flyer is for a...
View ArticleThe Syndicalist Printshop, Anti-Cimex posters, and the Really Fast Sleeve...
One of the most memorable aspects of Anti-Cimex's oeuvre is the artwork for the 2nd and 3rd EPs. They are iconic. As a teenage punker in the 90s, long before I had heard the music, I knew the sleeves....
View ArticleThe Greatest Flyer of All Time
Here is the greatest flyer of all time, for what was the greatest gig of all time. Thanks to Tony, who reports: "This photo was taken by my friend Masken at Jonsson's house yesterday. This was...
View ArticleAnti-Cimex 3-song Video
A previously unknown (to me, at least) video of Anti-Cimex has surfaced on YouTube. Check it out here. As videos have a tendency to disappear, get your views in now. Otherwise, we may end up with dead...
View ArticleThe Shitlickers 1997 World Tour
Well, this is hilarious.Tom of General Speech wrote with some fascinating findings, thanks to, uh, nutso googling skills.In a 1997 alt.punk usenet posting (if you don't know what that means,...
View ArticleBohman Brinner Recordings Unearthed!
A few years ago, when I posted about the pre–Anti-Cimex bands Kloak, Bombhot, Avfall, and Bohman Brinner, one of the things I said was that no Bohman Brinner recordings or photos seemed to be extant....
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