Anti-Cimex - Anarkist Attack (1982)

Anti-Cimex - Anarkist Attack (1982)

What can be said about Swedecore legends Anti-Cimex?
Not a whole fucking lot since, while their artwork is adorned on patches on punk everywhere, hardly any detailed info exists about them.

So here I go:

From Sweden with love, Anti-Cimex, apparently named after a pest-control company (Thanks Wikipedia, derp), were one of the first D-Beat bands. So what the fuck is D-Beat? Aping Discharge, that's what it is. And much like anything, the original is usually better. Unless, of course, the copy-cats bring something new to the table.

Whether or not Anti-Cimex were trying to ape Discharge directly is up to a certain
amount of speculation. Certainly a few years down the line with Raped Ass (1983)and Victims of a Bomb Raid (1984) the influence is hard to escape. But I'm sure that part of Anti-Cimex's charm is that they were amateurs. Okay, okay. Many D-Beat bands aren't really virtuoso's at their instruments. But considering that Discharge carved out their sound over a sequence of records from 80-84 (not including their demos from 77'-80) it could be argued that Anti-Cimex were doing the very same thing. Working within their means. Finding out ways to play their instruments. Creating their own unique style.

Are Anti-Cimex Dis-clones? or did they just happen to create similar music around the same time?                                                                    !!!CONSPIRACY!!!

Illuminati!: the government is trying to tell us that Discharge are the defining d-beaters because you can buy brand new reissues of their records, while the degenerate Swedes and Japs
don't bother re-issuing bcuz they are tru ponx. Gvrnment try 2 make muney frum us. Dischurge
are capitulist scums in league w/Burruk Obomba

In all seriousness, Discharge is most probably the template they were copying (especially considering they covered No TV Sketch on their demos). But what sets Anti-Cimex apart from the crowd is how they moulded their own identity within the very limited aesthetic of Discore. When you hear them, you know it's them.

Is Anti-Cimex as important as Discharge? Yes! Sure, Discharge had the fantastic, massive, impenetrable guitar sound (Particularly on 'Hear Nothing...'), the awesome production values, the great guitar-work, and general cohesive band dynamics. But Anti-Cimex, along with the related Shitlickers (as well as a host of Euro and Jap bands), were original in their own right. No 'one' band creates a genre. It takes a host of others to
make a genre what it is.

D-Beat bands take note. Stop mindlessly dis-cloning and let anything and everything influence you.

I've been rambling long enough...
Anarkist Attack is a decent record. Anti-Cimex hadn't carved out their sound yet. It would be a few years down the line with Raped Ass and Victims of a Bomb Raid where they would record their defining moments that make them so loved around the world.

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