Reviews SPY KIDS - "The End of the first Decade..."

 Spy Kids - The End of the First Decade

Skinhead Beat Records - CD - 19:13

CD which maps the end of the first decade of this Oi! band from Weimar which you may know from split CD/LP with Czech punkrock band Normals!?. This CD is released also because singer Schmotti is leaving the band. On Cd you can find 6 songs which are previously unreleased (except Der Rächer which was on their first EP) except some which were on their myspace profile. It is songs like Way of Life, Der Rächer, Spy Kids Oi!, Du bist es, Nicht versteh´n and Kopf hoch. The band is playing nice Oi! music with punk rock touch in German language (except the opening of one song when you can hear Czech countdown from Zdenka who comes from our country and Spy Kids Oi! is mixed with English). CD is opened by hit Way of Life about being a skinhead forever with cool guitar solo. Other songs are about revenge (Der Rächer), love which causes you joy but also pain (Du bist es, which is the best song from album i think), society standards and laws which tight your hands (Nicht versteh´n) or about pride (Kopf hoch). The band is working mainly with singalong refrains which are spiced up with female vocal and also with light guitar solos. CD is limited to 500 copies (100 are in digipack, which I have) and handnumbered. Graphically it is collage from poster from many gigs and band photos from the live shows, lyrics and thankslist. Nice CD from the band which has bindings to the Czech scene and I hope that they will play at least ten more years with the new singer and that they will released more songs (not just 14 during 10 years). [Backstreet Battalion- Zine]

 

SPY KIDS 'The end of the first decade' MCD

My first introduction to this German Oi! band, even though they already have some (vinyl) releases under their belts. This release celebrates the band's first 10 years in which they released a 'whopping' 14 songs, this album included! Not the most prolific band as far as releases goes, but they have played numerous gigs and the experience really shines through in their music: powerful, uptempo Oi! with catchy singalong melodies. A pleasant surprise. Limited edition of 500 copies, 400 regular CD's and a digipack version limited to a 100 copies. This is the digipack version. [Pure Impact Records]