Sperma

Sperma Shaking My Heart EP

That’s not all female singer Ranko is shaking loose on the front cover. Both originals are rock-punk—not too bad, coulda been worse. But on the cover song, “Train Kept a Rollin’” (a song lots of bands, like the ADOLESCENTS, are doing), it gets pretty unbearable.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Sunshine Sherbet
• Issue MRR #57 • February 1988

Sperma Please Love Me Tonight / Love Sniper 7″

The female singer of SPERMA has quite a sex-bomb reputation, but her singing doesn’t come across that way. She sounds like a weaker Poly Styrene, and even the band sounds a bit like X-RAY SPEX (minus the sax). Good older-style punk from Japan.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Beat Crazy
• Issue MRR #24 • April 1985