*Records of the Year – 31st December 1985

1980:
Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

1981:
Restricted Code – First Night On
Nine Below Zero – Three Times Enough
Dead Kennedy’s – Too Drunk To Fuck
Crass – Penis Envy

1982:
Black Flag – Damaged

1983:
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
Minor Threat – Out Of Step

1984:
Husker Du – Diane
DOA – Bloodied But Unbowed
Anti-Sect – In Darkness There Is No Choice
Subhumans – Cradle To The Grave
Black Flag – My War
UK Decay – Werewolf
Cult Maniax – Cold Love
Black Flag – Slip It In
Black Flag – Family Man
Subhumans – Rats
Wasted Youth – Wild and Wandering

Phone Numbers:
Paul Chambers
Andy Anderson
Justin Butler
Simon Bradbury
Dave Brown
Alan (Josh and John)

Double-O-Egg – 2nd December 1985

My parents scream, but I never listen
Just get into those lysergic emanations
They get me up when I’m feeling down
Now the dog’s whining with the shock of sound
The turntables whizzing, it’s starting to fry
All the plants in the garden are starting to die
The law came round to inspect our home
We got barbed wire fences, we’re a danger zone

Turn on the vibes, I love that sound
I just I scream I leap around
You’re a rock ‘n’ roll junkie the doctor confessed
Certified insane, you should be under arrest

Hey man, can’t stop that buzzing in my head
The police tell me our neighbours are dead
My ears are bleeding as I stamp on the floor
My mum’s OD’d, she couldn’t take any more
The first track’s finished, the next has begun
Never knew music could be such fun
People outside run past, hands to their ears
Dad’s downstairs and he’s close to tears

Whirlwind – 18th November 1985

In a whirlwind of psychotic dreams
Comes the echo of sadistic screams
Dancing through the stars too far away to see
Floating ever onward in anxiety

You’ve buried your problems – deep inside your head
Keep your eyes closed – and scream in dread
Clasp your hands tight – you have sinned
You’ll be consumed – in a whirlwind

Travelling through the blue and into the red
Your skin is itching and beginning to shed
Let us pray, for you have sinned
Let us dance into the whirlwind

Into the vortex, your body falls
Dropping away towards your master’s calls
whistling around your body, dirty coils of dust
Now you are in doubt about your master’s trust

You’ve burning the problem – deep inside your head
You’ve cut the strings – but this is final thread
Hold yourself tight – you have sinned
But you can free yourself – from the whirlwind

Castle In The Sky – 3rd November 1985

My mind is always saying, I’ve gotta leave this place
Take that alcohol to help me keep the pace
But one day I decided and I just up and went
And forgot about the wasted days I’ve spent

I took a trip, took me far away
Closed my eyes, woke up another day
I took a trip, took me up so high
Took me up to a castle in the sky

The sun came out to shine that day
I rode a rainbow, took me far away
Chase the gold that shone before my eyes
I stretched out to reach that richest prize

I saw the nights in armour as a maiden calls
I just stare in horror as she falls
Now I am returning from the castle in the sky
I sit back and wonder if I’ll die