Singles Period the Vinyl Years 1980-1990

The Ex | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Touch & Go Records
• ASIN: B000AMJD4W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Human Car

2. Rock 'N' Roll -Stoel

3. Cells

4. Apathy Disease

5. Stupid Americans

6. Money

7. Curtains

8. Weapons for el Salvador

9. Dust

10. New Wars 2

11. Constitutional State

12. Gonna Rob the Spermbank

13. When Nothing Else

14. Memberships

15. Trash

16. Crap-Rap

17. Long Live the Aged

18. Enough Is Enough

19. Rara Rap

20. Contempt

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

At the end of the seventies, somewhere in Amsterdam, a band called The Ex was formed. More than 25 years later the band is still around - and so is the demand for their old vinyl singles, especially those made between 1980 and 1990. None of those singles were released in the States and all of them have been unavailable for entirely too long. Touch & Go. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent raw noisy political punk, October 16, 2006

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Ludwig J. Pluralist "avantepopgospeler" (Beacon, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Singles Period the Vinyl Years 1980-1990 (Audio CD)

The Ex are committed philosophical idealists and political activists, who also happen to be a long existing and deeply influential punk band. The Ex - from the Netherlands - formed in the late '70s, and began recording in the early 80s, releasing singles, EPs and LPs on various indie labels, and participating in the creation and maintanence of politcal punk scenes in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere. This recording compiles much of their early work, and sounds very raw and abrasive, as well as minimalist and lo-fi. Most of the songs are sung in English (though some, such as Lied Der Steinklopfer, are not), and offer socially critical and political themes and topics. While a number of the songs sound a bit same-ish, some do stand out. Among these are Human Car, which explores the analogy of man:machine, and does so over classic hardcore punk riffs, and some of the more explicitly topical or political songs, such as Cells, Weapons for El Salvador, Enough is Enough (which also features a kind of Middle Eastern sounding motif within the song), and the dirgelike Memberhips. Highly recommended for fans of noise bands and/or leftist message oriented punk. Perhaps less so for the casual listener.

The Ex's members have included: G.W. Sok, Andy Ex, Tom Greene, Terrie Hessels, Terrie Ex, Katrin Bornfeld, Wineke T. Hart, Luc Klaassen, Jos Kley, Sabien Witteman, René, and Geurt