Doronco Gumo - Old Punks LP xx1978 or maybe it’s because they

or maybe it’s because they were some of the finest to ever do it

Aaron Diko on synth/keys

Although I have never been privy to an actual keening ceremony

using the original plates Anka created in 1984

This record meant The Celibate Rifles reconfirming their place as one of Australian most influential bands ever in the high energy sounds alongside Radio Birdman and The New Christs

Doronco Gumo - Old Punks LP xx1978 or maybe it’s because theyDoronco Gumo has played with Suishou no Fune, Keiji Haino and Les Rallizes Denudes (he's not the former bass player that hi jacked a plane). On 'Old Punks' he's backed by members Maher Shalal Hash Baz to execute a great collection of loose and sentimental rock numbers that join the dots between John Cale, Alex Chilton, The Only Ones and the intimate airiness of Yuzo Iwata's Daylight Moon. Far from a new release, not old enough to be eulogised, but who