according to their view of AKRON (PUNK 45: Burn Rubber City, Burn Akron, Ohio: Punk Mid-West 1975-1980), the London Souljazz label now employed on EXTERMINATION NIGHTS IN THE SIXTH City with the underground / punk scene Cleveland / OHIO ... just like AKRON also barely 50km away CLEVELAND struggled from the '70s with massive economic problems, the local heavy industry went to his knees and once sixth largest city in the United States (hence the album title) experienced a true mass exodus ... but as is often the case - Frustration an atmosphere of, fear & anger can be very conducive for art, creativity and revolutionary ideas and so was there then also a very interesting music scene, whose most successful representatives certainly the avant-garage-art-punker by Pere Ubu were / are, here with two early singles (FINAL SOLUTION, Heart of Darkness) at the start ... to join uader wild protopunk the ELECTRIC EELS (times typical for the genre-booming like Splittery SPLAT, sometimes unusual dahintorkelnd with quietschiger Clarinet as in BUNNIES), which the in classic Velvet Underground reminiscent material of the MIRRORS, THE PAGANS with their exemplary Schrammel-rehearsal room sound, the cranky-verschwurbelte psychedelic punk of POLI STYRENE JASS BAND and the short-lived PERE UBU precursor Rocket From The Tombs, the plate with the anarchic-desolate-pitched LIFE STINKS very fitting decides ... my personal favorite, however, are X_X to drummer ANTON FIER (later active at the Lounge Lizards and CURLEW and founder of GOLDEN PALOMINOS) with its dadaist-minimalist slant rock .. .außerdem still happens: JAZZ DESTROYERS, THE Broncs, DEFNICS, THE HUMAN SWITCHBOARD, PRESSLER-MORGAN ONE PLUS ONE and STYRENE MONEY ... in general it can be said: at the Cleveland bands it's usually more aggressive, cynical and harder to the point during the AKRON album eclectic, playful and has failed experimental ... 13 bands / artists, 18 songs, 44: 17min. - Absolutely great music that still do to captivate even without nostalgia bonus, to again a comprehensive booklet with interesting notes, many photos and cover illustrations of the original singles ... a thoroughly enjoyable package So, just like all the other PUNK 45 expenditure...
