"Skinheads Home For Christmas" is a Christmas single in the classic pop tradition, from hard-mod/punk band Hard Left. Brought together by the music, held together by the outrage -- Hard Left are a band borne out of a desire to explore leftist political ideas and marry them to rabble-rousing music worthy of the worldwide struggle against capital. Far from a dry exercise in doctrinaire thought, Hard Left's songs are great punk first and foremost, and ripping good fun.

The band members have been involved with punk and DIY music for nearly a century combined, including time in bands like Boyracer, Juke, Whorl, Ciao Bella, Lunchbox, Black Tambourine, Kids On A Crime Spree and operating the respected labels 555 and Slumberland Records. Initial Hard Left recording sessions in Spring 2014 led to the release of two limited edition lathe cut singles, the Situationist-inspired "What's That Sound?" and the tough-as-nails "Safety."

Now they follow-up with the first fruits from their August 2014 album sessions. Carefully packaged to recall the classic look of 70s UK pop singles, "Skinheads Home For Christmas" is a thumping tune with it's tongue in cheek, but only just. Slotting into a long tradition of holiday-themed pop singles, Hard Left bring that feeling of hopefulness to to the grittier end of the musical spectrum. And of course it's a top tune, worthy of it's street-punk lineage.

On the flip side the band tear into the John Paul Young/Bay City Roller's classic "Yesterday's Hero" with characteristic flair, amping up the tale of faded glory into an anthem of resistance. Crammed with guitars that soar and rage, terrace chants and raw-throated vocals, the song builds to a huge climax. A worthy (and rather unlikely!) addition to the punk canon.

Scattered across the east and west coasts of the US and the Arizona desert, Hard Left came together to bring you great punk, with a message of passion, resistance and hope. Call it "utopian Oi" if you will, or "hard mod," but keep your ears open for more music soon from this compelling band.


Hard Left are:
Mike: exhortations
Donna: bass, vocals
Tim: guitar, vocals
Stewart: drums, vocals
Mario: drums

Hard Left - Yesterday's Hero (John Paul Young/Bay City Rollers cover)

Hard Left is a political punk band inspired by liberatory leftist movements of the past and present. Our music is a soundtrack for direct action, an invitation to critical thought and a challenge to complacency. We privilege the "we" over the "I" and argue for the centrality of class struggle in our collective battle against neoliberalism, authoritarianism and imperialism. Hard Left believes in the power of art to enlighten as well as entertain, and we strive to do both.

❤ & ☮ sis 'n' bros! I'm Stevo and I wanna say THX to all of you for all those thousands and thousands of plays, likes, downloads and reposts until today ❣️
Here are 84 carefully compiled HQ playlists and a few trx 4 u. 
In June 2016 I switched my first playlist from privat to public ... thereof …
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34 playlists
with with a total of 17,000 Punk Rock tracks that are unique among each other; titled ->
-> Punk Rock . . 15 playlists
-> Punk . . . . . . .13 playlists
-> Punkrock . . . . 6 playlists
Switch just by changing the final number of the url. from
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-1
up to
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-34
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16 playlists
with special selected Punk songs; sharing unique criteria or a certain kind of sub style; independent, frei, unabhängig titled ->
-> Antifa
-> Oi Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/oi-punk
-> Art Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-experimental-art
-> Epic Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-epic
-> Garage Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-garage
-> Melodic Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-melodic
-> Tea time Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-teatime
-> Nowadays Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-nowadays
-> Old School Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-oldschool
-> All-Female Punk
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-all-female
-> American Idiot [DT]
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/donald-trump-wtf
-> Christmas Punk Rock
-> covered or remixed Punk
-> Hardcore Punk Rock
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/punk-rock-speed
-> Deutsch Punk Rock Is Made In Germany
-> Punk Rock Party 'n' Pogo, Pub 'n' Beer, Drunk 'n' . . .Drugs - United Punx 'n' Last Call  - Oi!
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/party-punk
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20
 playlists
[NOT Punk Rock] compiled by a certain music genre or motto; titled ->
-> Ska
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/ska
-> Blues
-> Piano
-> Trance
-> Best of ...
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/best_of
-> Psytrance
-> Psychobilly
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/psychobilly
-> Playlist no. 7
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/no_7
-> Melodic Rock
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/rock-melodic
-> Minimal Techno
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/minimal-2
-> Alternative Rock
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/alternative_rock_1
-> Chillout [at sunrise]
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/chillout-sunrise
-> Chill out [at sunset]
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/chillout-sunset
-> 77 Alternative Rock Hits
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/rock_hits
-> Holy Hardcore Black Death Metal Speed Punk Trash Rock
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/hardcore-metal-punk-rock
-> German Top Pop - Deutsche Schlager - 1920er - 1960er Jahre
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/unvergessen
-> Mantra Music / Mantras
-> MINIMAL techno trance deep dark electronic psychedelic acid goa house edm tekk STUFF
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/minimal-1
-> Wave & Relatives 
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/wave-stuff
-> minimal Algarve 2024 Techno Trance Electronic EDM House
... and last but not least ...
3 playlists
featuring artists or bands of divers genres and styles; titled ->
-> Featuring the latest 7 entries --->>> up to current year/month
-> Featured  . . . . . . . [All Time Any Genre / since 11/2016]
https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/featured-all-time
-> + 100 Punk Rock Bands
. . .https://soundcloud.com/its_all_seven/sets/thx-for-plus-100
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If you are good with a playlist of mine and wanna help me fighting my depression & depressions then please do not hesitate to like and/or repost them with my deeply warm thankfulness for any kind of action!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND PLEASE ENJOY LISTENING THE PLAYLISTS AND TRACKS!

Cheers!
Stevo
Ⓐ & Rainbow Warrier
... for a lucky life in Peace, Freedom & Anarchy in a world without money!
STAY FREE - STAY YOUNG - STAY PUNK! Oi, Oi, Oi!

Hard Left - Yesterday's Hero (John Paul Young/Bay City Rollers cover)

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