Sunday, August 31, 2008

Varaus

I have been all about this one lately, The Tuomittu Elämään seven inch EP by Varaus from 1983. Varaus was one of the best Finnish hardcore bands there was. They sounded a bit like Discharge but with something more personal and somewhat depressing in their sound. Any Finnish readers want to translate the band's name or song titles? Että olla erittäin avulias, Kiittää Te.

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11 comments:

  1. Slobodan BurgherAugust 31, 2008 at 2:39 AM

    they're on most finnish hc comps too, inc yalta hilife

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  2. Curious GuyAugust 31, 2008 at 5:29 AM

    Aesop, check the next link for translations of Finnish band names.
    btw, Varaus means 'reserve' or 'reservation'.
    http://saapasnahkatorni.blogspot.com/2008/07/band-names.html

    I would like to hear a decent rip of their extremely rare 1-sided LP.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 31, 2008 at 10:27 AM

    tuomittu elämään= condemed to life/live

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  4. AesopAugust 31, 2008 at 10:29 AM

    Cool, thanks everyone for the links and info. lempiä minun lukija

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  5. skullgridSeptember 1, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    can easily see why you've been all about it... pretty fuckin great indeed... thanks as usual for exposing me to all this great h/c that came out a few years before i was old enough to have a clue...

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  6. AesopSeptember 1, 2008 at 10:59 PM

    Welcome, Skullgrid. No reason being born a bit late should keep you from the goods. If anyone is interested in more (all) Varaus material go here:

    http://downunderground.blogspot.com/2008/01/varaus-requiem.html

    The great Down Underground blog posted Varaus' complete discography some time ago. Grab it.

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  7. Toxik BoysSeptember 3, 2008 at 5:46 PM

    you know... my inglish is not very good...
    UN MATERIAL DE CULTO!!

    thx man!

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  8. heiluu villistiSeptember 8, 2008 at 5:50 AM

    tuomittu elämään= condemed to life/live
    Totaalinen Rakkaus = total love
    Tuhoava Voima = destructive force
    Vitun Orja = (you) fucking slave

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  9. AWCNovember 9, 2008 at 6:11 AM

    Varaus mean also "Charge", like for batteries, in one sense of the word. If you need translation help, I am glad to do it, just send me e-mail:
    kpt.laine@gmail.com
    My blog:
    http://armedwithcompassion.blogspot.com/

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  10. AesopNovember 9, 2008 at 9:29 AM

    Thanks. I'll be checking out your blog.

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  11. UnknownJuly 16, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    the link is dead, but i found it there, i hope you don't mind me posting the link to someone else's blog:
    http://crustpunkperu.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-12-24T16%3A12%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=12

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