" God, insanity and the holy spirit in tape. From Kalamazoo, Michigan. Life in tents without fixed address and telephone. Brillieren otherwise every now and then as local " Woyzeck" actors and lovers of religious illusion torture pictures on the Singlecoverhuellen. Tom (at the Rep boss): ` with concerts of those I observe in each case the public. Bright frightening!"

(SPEX, 12/89) The relationship of Satanismus and rebellion needs naturally first times names such as Aleister Crowley or even olle Manson. Attacks of a Ami citizen against " in god incoming goods trust ".

The God Bullies and its umittelbarer heading Mike hard lives in exactly this electric field. Since their Rumgewurschtel in Punkgefilden they looked the appropriate framework up for their publications. With establishment of the Amphetamine Reptile label by Tom Hazelmeyer in the year 1985 this was found. That Hazelmeyer offers a schizophrene Biografie, which is inferior the one zone citizen in nothing: Viet Nam GI (NVA soldier) and Punk veteran (on Mondays demo user from August to November 89). But with the jet time time of its Biografie, the to, some differences open themselves establishment of rep.: where the zone human being looks his welfare up in clay stone pieces of broken glass and other rebellion rebellions-Surrogaten, Hazelmeyer the specially-common en and excrescences umschiffte HC and appointed themselves to the STOOGES.

The references, which lead the GOD BULLIES into the field, reflect likewise the characteristic to of the rep. label: CRAMPS, STOOGES, BUTTHOLE OF SURFERS, BEATNIGS, BIRTHDAY PARTY, KILLDOZER.

When the Noise skirt in the USA approximately at the same time as the Noise Pop in England (thus starting from 86) by labels as Touch & Go (when direct HC verdict), Sub Pop or evenly at the rep. an indeterminable output in the driving water of the legendary super+important SST label (BLACK FLAG, SONIC YOUTH, MINUTEMEN/firehose, SACCHARINE TRUST/universal CONGREss OF...) submitted, applied tape like the GOD BULLIES just like COWS and Tom Hazelmeyers own tape HOLO OF FLIES, TAR and SURGERY, THE THROWN UPS, BOSSHOG the called its blood brothers (ex-PUSSY GALORE) as well as the CHROME Spacer Helios Creed (its baking catalog alone already the first star Trek party here in Leipzig on 15.04. as the signs AmReps.

In the year 1991 the legendary " Ugly American Overkill " route in Europe took place. There label-politically some began itself to shift. If GOD BULLIES and COWS still came as Headliner auf`s mainland, then was in England easily different. HELMET, which were noticeable still in the year 89 exclusively by 7"es, played in England for the first time as Headliner of the entire to rep. package. The reason for it: At this time the outward and sound-technical hard core deduction with Chucks BW`s, short hair became exact and diven hip enough in order to change logischerweise in England and not on the mainland the Noise skirt status to the disadvantage of first to Rep rep-Gilde in alternative sets (thus outside of the HC). Reason of enough to change on alternative Tentacles. The label by Jello Biafra. Not least by the permanent " Censorship" campaign still terribly important humans.

In Germany one needs major Deals and MTV, in order to find x times beforehand and thus temporally sanded off an album chewed well in the Underground good, like the 9ér of HELMET hiring. Well clearly, the HELMET album was good. But for me well enough as on it spectacularly new to discover to be able straight because of to the sound of rep. and Backgrounds.

Which development strikes the bloom in the meantime, tape such as H-BLOCKX, LOOK A SURGE, MR.ed up JUMPS THE GUN or MACHINEHEAD and, prove and But one remains: GOD BULLIES ever was not Noise skirt more dancable, despite HELMET. And the Groove is white?

Ralf