John Peel's Record Box: Electro Hippies
34. Electro Hippies 'Mega Armageddon Death' Peel Session 1987
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The 7" record with the most tracks on it, at least so far, and the first complete Peel session to be included. The title track is a single second burst, a short sharp exclamation mark, and all 9 tracks total just over 8 minutes. Electro Hippies were (the less well known) contemporaries of Napalm Death, the Stupids, and Extreme Noise Terror. This kind of punk/ metal was popular in the late 80s, it kind of blends 'Land Speed Record' Husker Du with speed metal, and it always reminds me of school and the first times I became really attached to the Peel programme. I had taped a Stupids session from the same year as this, and someone at school was so appalled by it they took it out of our communal tape player and flushed it down the loo.
Nearly 20 years later this sounds tamer than it did at the time, but it still has an edge to it. I enjoyed rediscovering this one.
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