Skrewdriver – All Skrewed Up (1977)

July 24, 2024

All Skrewed Up is Skrewdriver’s debut album, before the band was resurrected as a white power group. It’s an interesting document, an early entry in the scene, and also, to be honest, a pretty enjoyable if not a little typical escapade in British punk. 12 songs in 26 minutes is fine with me. Interestingly enough, their debut has the best sound and musical performance of any of their records that I’ve heard so far. When they got deep into the skinhead stuff the quality / musicianship absolutely tanked lol. Even Ian Stuart Donaldson sounds somewhat respectable here. There is no “Danzig from up Norf sitting on a cactus” style of vocals that would come later on.