Band Name: Dr. Martens Beat
Music Album: Fight For A Change
Album Release Date: May 1999
Music Genre: Rock Oi
Record Label: Dim Records
Album Release Country: Germany
Music Record Type: 4 Tracks Vinyl 7" EP
Dr. Martens Beat got together as a band around 1998. Jose & Sonia were also playing in Ruín Bois at the time, but they would occasionally meet some good friends who had a project (I wouldn’t call it a band really, as they could hardly play at all, were just testing out ideas for songs, and didn’t even have a proper drummer), so one day they simply gathered to see what could come out of it, and since they got along really well and loved to drink a beer or three in the meanwhile, a new band was born. They agreed on the name Dr. Martens Beat as it sounded just great, and they also meant to pay homage to one of their favourite bands back then: Böhse Onkelz.
Eventually the line-up would be Néstor (vocals & lyrics), Jose (lead guitar & songs), Carlos (rhythm guitar), Dani (bass) and Sonia (drums). At first, their songs were mostly in Galician, but knowing how little most people would care about them around here, they went for English.
In a few months they had recorded a couple of demo-tapes, which were basically done with an old mixing-desk that was left on recording while the band was rehearsing, at no cost at all by the way, which was a fuckin’ brilliant plus!
Mind you, those demos were never intended to be published at all. They just wanted to check out what they sounded like, and were for private use. It’s kind of surprising to be told that they’re on the web, and quite a few people have them (and apparently like them!). Furth (...)
| A1 | Fight For A Change |
| A2 | Traitor |
| B1 | Galiza |
| B2 | Best Friends |
Pressing info:
200x blue white splatter vinyl
500x black vinyl
All with insert.
File download is hosted on Megaupload
