Starkatz - Flip the F@%# Out! EP (2007)

 Starkatz - Flip the F@%# Out! EP


On our drummer, Mike Ock's birthday in 2007 or so, we (my band AMOM) played an outdoor punk festival at FDR Skatepark in Philadelphia. They used to have bands play on the dirt under the expressway and use a gas generator to power the show while brave young souls dared to drop in to the half-pipe next to them. I remember us talking to the singer/guitarist of this band Starkatz and she seemed cool. She gave us their demo. I think they came in from out of town for the show, like, from Ohio or Illinois or something like that. It seems a long way to travel to not get paid to play punk rock songs in a dirt lot in Philadelphia. But, alas, those are the stakes of punk rock. After we played our weird, screamy jangly music, she didn't want to talk to us anymore, haha! But, somehow, even in it's copier-paper sleeve I still have this band's demo from 15 or 16 years ago. I gave it a little bit of mastering because it's pretty rough but at least it sounds nice enough to listen to. They're pretty cool. It mostly sounds like 77' punk Ramones stuff. I couldn't find out 1 bit of information about the band online, no track list or the album cover (I think the piece of paper desintegrated, so I made my own.) I remember there were two girls and a guy in the band and the demo has 4 tracks. Enjoy!

Listen to the full demo on Youtube: Starkatz on Youtube

DOWNLOAD: Starkatz




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