There was once a band called Hungry. They released a demo, an album, played some gigs with well-known bands, and then spun the personnel carousel at full speed. Constantly new musicians and new ideas eventually led the band nowhere.
How do you turn a dead band into a living band? You give yourself a new name and try again from the beginning.
This is how the band history of THROWOUTS from Saarlouis can be briefly described. New name, new luck.
With “Working Class Tradition,” the band's first EP is now available.
The cover greets you with artwork that could have borrowed its band logo from the tower blocks of Berlin. The graphic of the cover consists of a microphone, roses, a safety pin, razor blades, and a padlock with the number 77 on it. Every element from the punk subculture is represented here. It feels like too much to me. The cover already makes me think a lot about commercialization and that the band wants buyers from every subculture. Especially with the title “Working Class Tradition,” many better covers could have been made. Many more credible covers. Well, let’s see how the music is.
The first song has a rhythm and vocal part that sounds a hell of a lot like “Sometimes Antisocial, but always Antifascist” by the Stage Bottles. I also notice similarities to de Heideroosjes from Holland. The drum intro of the second song also reminds me of the Dutch band, which unfortunately will be taking their farewell tour on stage in 2012.
The seven songs of the EP are all held in a slightly different style. From hardcore to Oi punk to folk punk in the style of Dropkick Murphys. It gives the impression that this CD-EP is being launched as a test balloon, and depending on which subculture accepts it, the further career will be planned for that.
The EP has too many similarities to existing bands and shows too many scene symbols for one to take the band seriously.
