Part 3
ACTIVE MINDS/YACOPSAE – ‘Lieber Haltung Als Frei’ 7″ split EP (1995 – Thought Crime Records)
Hot on the heels of 1995’s meaty Dis Is Getting Pathetic EP, the same year saw the band unleash their first split release, with Germany’s YACOPSAE, and the first without their Loony Tunes labels’ involvement. Lieber Haltung Als Frei (‘better attitude than free’) was released on the German label Thought Crime Records, who were most active throughout the 90’s and 2000’s, concentrating mainly on the harsher end of the punk spectrum. I asked vocalist/guitarist Bobs how the split came about:
Bobs: Twenty five years on, my memory might be a bit dodgy on this. But all of our split releases have been things which we didn’t instigate ourselves, but we’re always open to offers from other labels or bands and we’ll consider them, which is how this first one came about…
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