Social Outcasts?/Eitilop Pots - Retous Metamodernus! (split 7")

I've been thinking about posting this for some time now & finally I managed to invest the time needed to rip the vinyl, shoot & crop the pictures, & write this little blurb. I hope the greeks & dutch visitors of this blog will appreciate this - it sure cost me a lot of time.

Social Outcasts? (Koinonika Apovlita? or, if you prefer, Κοινωνικά Απόβλητα;) were a greek band from Athens active in the period February 1988-April 1990 & mostly known for putting out a split LP with the (legendary in Greece) synthpunk band Anti (Αντί). (In typical sloppy/the-greek-way fashion, the Anti side of the LP is available for download all over the web but the Social Outcasts? side is nowhere to be found - sorry!) Their sound is along the lines of greek proto-crust bands - no more, no less; I was very pleasanly surprised when I listened to this for the first time, as I was expecting something more punky. Information on the band is pretty hard to find, so I'll mostly recite from memory: the band was associated with the squat in Asklipiou 34, while their drummer (Yannis Kolovos) put out the well-known fanzine "Στις Σκιές Του Β-23 (Stis Skies Tou B-23/In The Shadows Of B-23)" (mostly known to youngsters in the greek scene for the "Fragmenta" compilations). Apart from the 7" (1989) & the split LP (1990), they also released a demo tape (1989), which I've never seen though... One member of the band used to be in Χαμένα Ιδανικά (Hamena Idanika/Lost Ideals), an athenian band which formed in 1986 & released a rehearsal tape in 1988. If you happen to speak greek, check out also the Anexartisi website, the indisputable authority as far as archiving the greek scene is concerned. I would also appreciate very, very much any info one might be willing to share with us. (Don't get me in the `we bust our asses & all we get is feedback from the usual suspects' mode, haha!)

Eitilop Pots are a dutch band from Rotterdam (where Anarcrust also hailed from) who is even bigger a mystery for me. Their discography, as I know it, consists of this 7", a split LP with Surf Or Die on Power Noize (1989), the compilation EP "Rockin Together" which also came out on Power Noize (1989 - see also KFTH), & a compilation called "Welcome To Our Scene" (1991) & issued by "Stichting De Wijde Wereld" ("The Wide World Foundation" - also known as "Westfries Radio Front/WRF"). Apart from that though, I've exactly zero information, so additions are more than welcome! I'll just remark that their name is an anagram of 'Stop Politie' (i.e., 'Stop Police') - in fact, the very same anagram that appears on top of dutch cop cars (you know the deal - so that the driver up front can read it in their rear-view mirror, just like 'Ecnalubma/Ambulance'). Either weird or ironic, I guess. Also, their sound is rather singular in that it's not crusty (or nederthrashy) in the list - the only comparison that comes to mind is the Moonlizards one, but it's an awful one (the two bands don't sound alike & Moonlizards were from Groningen, which is another story altogether; but both bands have an ear for melody).

To the best of my knowledge, this 7" has never been posted anywhere before (& it sure as hell has been out of print for a couple of decades - it came out in 1989 on the greek indie-&-HC label Wipe-Out mind you). So, enjoy! Meanwhile, I'll send a shout-out to the Old Punk who Never Dies whose advice on taking photos of covers proved very valuable - thanks!