Widows

Widows was 80's Punk band from Helsinki, Finland. The band was one of the few Finnish Punk bands with English lyrics. Widows was formed in early 1970's by brothers T.B. Widow (vocals, bass) and Johnny Widow (guitar), after been influenced by bands like New York Dolls. It wasn't until 1975 that they got a permanent drummer as Rocky joined them. Many had tried before him, even Meiju Suvas (who later became fairly famous female schlager singer) had played on one gig with them. For a brief time Reiska played second guitar in the band, but he wasn't happy with their music style (which had at this time been influenced by Ramones), so he quit, and was promptly replaced by Kelloggs Bollocks. T.B. had been the singer as well as the bass player, but now he wanted to concentrate on the bass, so Jacky Ix joined in to be the vocalist. With this lineup (Jacky Ix, Kelloggs Bollocks, Johnny Widow, T.B. Widow and Rocky Ramone) Widows recorded three singles. The first one, for Love Records, had been recorded in 1978, but for some reason wasn't released until May 1979. This delay didn't make the band happy, so they switched to Poko Rekords after that. Things didn't work out very well within the band: Rocky had had enough and left, and Jacky announced that if Kelloggs wouldn't be kicked out, he would leave. So Kelloggs was out, and new guitarist J. Blockhead, as well as drummer Archie, was in. This lineup recorded Fun album in 1980.

Wall Of Berlin 7'' (1979)

01 - Wall Of Berlin

02 - For The Freedom

03 - Be Yourself

Overscrupulous 7'' (1979)

01 - Overscrupulous

02 - Age Doesn't Mean A Thing

03 - The Famous Five

Fun? (1980)

01 - Wanna Be Your Friend

02 - Famous Five

03 - Stained Happiness

04 - Operate Of Murder

05 - Shit Tragedy

06 - Taste Are Different

07 - Something New

08 - Now Peace Is A Lie

09 - Intro (Live)

10 - Fun? (Live)

11 - For The Freedom (Live)

12 - We Are Coming (Live)

13 - Hard To Be Down (Live)

14 - Brotherhood Of Black (Live)

15 - Michell (Live)

16 - Never Fuck A Russian Girl (Live)

17 - Cartoon Rock (Live)

18 - What You Want? (Live)

19 - Anarchy In The U.K. (Live)

We're Comin' 7'' (1980)

01 - We're Comin'

02 - Hard To Be Down

03 - White Xmas

Complete Widows (1978-1980) (1993)

01 - Wanna Be Your Friend

02 - Famous Five

03 - Stained Happiness

04 - Operate Of Murder

05 - Shit Tragedy

06 - Taste Are Different

07 - Something New

08 - Now Peace Is A Lie

09 - Intro (Live)

10 - Fun? (Live)

11 - For The Freedom (Live)

12 - We Are Coming (Live)

13 - Hard To Be Down (Live)

14 - Brotherhood Of Black (Live)

15 - Michell (Live)

16 - Never Fuck A Russian Girl (Live)

17 - Cartoon Rock (Live)

18 - What You Want? (Live)

19 - Anarchy In The U.K. (Live)

20 - Overscrupulous

21 - Age Doesn't Mean A Thing/The Famous Five

22 - Wall Of Berlin

23 - For The Freedom

24 - Be Yourself

25 - We're Comin'

26 - Hard To Be Down

27 - White Xmas

Balls 'N' Bollocks (2000)

01 - Overscrupulous
02 - Age Doesn't Mean A Thing/The Famous Five
03 - Wall Of Berlin
04 - For The Freedom
05 - Be Yourself
06 - We're Comin'
07 - Hand To Be Down
08 - Wanna Be Your Friend
09 - Stained Happiness
10 - Operate Of Murder
11 - Shit Tragedy
12 - Tastes Are Different
13 - Something New
14 - Now Peace Is A Lie
15 - Intro
16 - Fun
17 - Michell
18 - Never Fuck A Russian Girl
19 - Cartoon Rock
20 - What You Want
21 - Anarchy In The U.K.

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