Monday, March 2, 2009

CASBAH russian roulette 7" (1986)

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1. Russian Roulette
2. death metal

I first read about Casbah in one of Pusheads columns back in the mid 80's(Prolly Puszone). The way he described this Japanese thrash metal band I knew I really needed to hear them. It really did take me forever to finally find the ep by these guys, but it was so fucking good that it seemed well worth the wait. I ended up buying it used at Reckless Records on Haight street for pennies. Some metalheads might find this to primitive and raw to be considered metal. To me It borders right on crossover thrash, mixed with maybe Kreator, and them being Japanese just ads to the frenzy. I know when I finally did get this, and blasted it for my buddies like Zoran, and Kenny(who were true metal types), they thought it was a hardcore band. This was one of the few Japanese bands that I had some knowledge over my Japcore fiend friend Louis J. I recall him telling me "dude... If you like this stuff, you are gonna love this". He would then blast the likes of Gism, Gauze, SoB, and Lipcream for me. The second part of the solo in Russian Roulette makes me want to get out my guitar and learn how to play it.

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14 comments:

  1. is is fantastic stuff! Do they have other records?

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  2. Yah! Japanese Tharsh Gooood!!

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  3. onlky other stuff I know is a four-track demo also featuring these tracks, which rules all the way

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  4. dönt pöst söber!

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  5. hey man I love your taste bro,I would like to send you cd by my band BLADE OF THE RIPPER,I think you might like it.send me an address to
    adamdneal@hotmail.com
    and thanks for all this great music!

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  6. Casbah also released a CD on Roadrunner in 1997 entitled Bold Statement. However, it's really bad when compared to this 7". It appears that they picked up some nu-metal influences along the way. Sad...

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  7. ugh..really? That is sad.

    Thank you for these good musics. I love almost everything you post

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  8. wow...
    Casbah gone Nu-metal? sadly...

    Nate

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  9. Awesome stuff here, thanks for all this great music!!

    Mike Rutherford

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  10. Here's some more Casbah including some live shows.
    Lots of goodies on this blog.
    http://lockjaw-yappy.blogspot.com/search?q=casbah

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  12. Good evening,

    As a matter of fact, it was good to read from someone that still has respect for 80's. Casbah and Russian, Roulette has been fun and all the good stuff.

    Thank you for this post, loved to read and it was good being back in 80s today!

    Thank you

    Anna

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