Pack, booze

Pack – the offshoot of Bagger, a crazy, crusty, grindy collective from Switzerland which operated in the mid-to-late ’90s if I’m not mistaken. In particular, niggu (drums), bänz (guitar), & dömi (bass) all played in the aforementioned record with Liselotte. To top it off, they also have ties to Victors Hofnarren who were featured in the Whispers compilation & had a split LP (on Maximum Voice) with the amazing Jobbykrust (of which band more in a subsequent post), as niggu & bänz played in that record, too. Back to the 7″ at hand, this has been their first (& in my opinion their best to date) offering, & it was followed by a split LP with grinders SOL (Rinderherz, 2004 – great artwork there, too, & still available in a few distros) & the “Booze For Future” 7″ (released in Rinderherz in 2005, still available for purchase, & also to be found in crustcracker’s blog). Nothing followed, though their myspace account says they’re drunk but not dead & what else could humble I possibly wish them but to hold on to that blissful state but also assume affirmative action towards releasing the new track “Ich Bin Harter” (feat. a swiss rap artist, of all possible people, & available at the aforementioned myspace), if possible with other material of that caliber? Nothing, I guess.
One more thing, this one regarding the name: according to this interview, they got named Pack because Dömi was working at the post office at the time & was really fed up with packing stuff & then packing some more stuff – hilarious, just like the rest of the interview.