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Damn, that was almost 30 years ago and I still know the lyrics by heart!!! How I loved this German punk band! SLIME, TOXOPLAMA, HASS in that order! And then of course MIDDLE CLASS FANTASIES, ZK, and DAILY TERROR. Not to forget A+P, HANS-A-PLAST, CANAL TERROR, MOLOTOW SODA (my first concert!), NORMAHL, INFERNO, BOSKOPS, NEUROTIC ARSEHOLES (concert with a broken collarbone!), RAZZIA and so on and so forth...
"Oh, what times they were!!!" TON STEINE SCHERBEN were of course also there....
And now, almost 30 years later, HASS has reunited, 6 years after their farewell tour, 14 years after their last album "Endstation". Not quite in the old lineup, but essentially.....
To make it short, "Kacktus" is fucking awesome, as if the 5 guys from Marl or Recklinghausen had never been away!!!! The music is like it was 30 years ago, but recorded with today’s technology, so the sound is excellent.
"With flying flags", "Dead Fish", "Back to the Psychiatric Hospital", "Relentless" and "Pretty Stupid", the first 5 songs seamlessly connect to the old HASS classics, lyrically not as "naive", but still with a socially and politically raised finger and musically like back then... From the very beginning, you indulge in memories....
In the 6th song "Bube, Dame, König, Arsch", the melody of the chorus reminds me of "Kopfüber in die Hölle" by DIE ÄRZTE, but otherwise the song is 100% HASS.
In the following songs "Rattengift", "Zeit zu gehen", "Terror von oben" and "Hungersnot in der BRD", you can tell that HASS has also developed significantly. More guitar work and solos, softer vocals (the distinctive voice of Tommy Sohns is still clearly noticeable) and even an accordion at times.
"I would love to sing beautiful love songs, but unfortunately I can’t think of any, and when I do, they sound as if someone else had thought them up, and then there’s this fear that someone will laugh at me...." a wonderful lyric in the 11th song "Liebeslieder". Sounds familiar, but I can’t think of any lyrics at all ;-)
But I can draw conclusions and even continue the lyrics of unknown songs. This is actually the case with all songs from "Kacktus", the lyrics are structured in such a way that it is relatively easy to rhyme the lyrics further and remember them. Unfortunately, in my case, this is also necessary, as I don’t have any lyrics available :-( and this is usually punished with a point deduction! This time, however, I’ll turn a blind eye because the lyrics practically continue on their own...
Next up is the song "Anarchie", which musically reminds me strongly of DIMPLE MINDS, just not a typical DIMPLE MINDS song about alcohol but about "Love and Respect".
In "Komatag", it’s about drinking ;-)
In the last two songs "Superpunk" and "Schwarz Rot Gold", HASS again shows their political side and that’s a good thing!
31 minutes are up, 15 awesome songs and within 3 days I’ve listened to the album about 10 times! Just as many points there are...
Full score, simply awesome album!
