De Rondos Destroy The Entertainment

De Rondos were around from 1978 until 1980. Besides being an art-collective who were sharing a building they used as a base to launch their commie rockets at CRASSholes, the police, nihilist punx and the corrupted consumer society at large--they made some fantastic records too. Grating repetitive stripped down angry compositions--songs is maybe not the right word. They introduced a new gestalt in the Dutch music world; aesthetically having nothing to do with rock, playing on their own terms, writing their own zines, creating D.I.Y. platforms to be inclusive and inspirational. Rehearsal spaces, gigs and stencil machines. Power to the people. This double LP collects their singles on the first side, a selection from a live concert in 1978 on the second. The second LP also contains their Redattack LP. The recordings are raw and to the point. No studio trickery, overdubs or hippy noodling here. The sound is more related to English bands like Wire, Crisis, Crass (their friends turned foes) and Gang of four. Packaged with a fold-out LP-sized lyric sheet and a 24-page booklet of the band's history in English, written by Rondos singer JOHANNES VAN DE WEERT in 2009, plus lots of photos and artwork.