No Hope for the Kids

No Hope for the Kids is a Danish punk band that originated from the punkculture evolving around the Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen. Kasper Maarbjerg had earlier played in the punkbands Hul and Asbest, while the drummer Peter Bonneman is a former member of Amdi Petersens Armé.

No hope for the kids plays a type of punk that is influenced by early english punk pre-hardcore, and is also incoorpating heavy rock elements in its music. The lyrics of the songs, that are sung in both English and Danish, evolves around war, death and depression.

The single Das Reich/Secret Police from 2003, with a pressing of 300, was quickly sold out and are now a collector's item sold for exorbitant prices at auction sites like eBay.

No hope for the kids' debut album was released on vinyl in 2003 by the now defunct danish label Kick'n'Punch. Its title is No Hope for the Kids but it is sometimes wrongly labelled as Storkøbenhavn because the bandmembers on the coverphoto is placed next to the citylimits sign with Storkøbenhavn written on it. The album was released on CD in 2004 by the american label Feral Ward.

The group soon achieved massive popularity in punkcircles both at home and abroad, especially in the US . The band was part of a wave of interest abroad for Danish punk that other bands like Gorilla Angreb and Amdi Petersens Armé had also been part of creating. This led to tours both in Europe and USA.

2006 saw the release of the single Angels of Destruction/Cold Touch on the label Backwards Masking. The song Angels of Destruction had previously been released in 2003 on the Danish punkcompilation København i Ruiner on the Kick'n'Punch label.

The No Hope for the Kids album has now been reissued a third time by Danish label Hjernespind (since the demise of Kick'n'Punch].

2006 the song Treblinka appeared on the punk-compilation Public Safety released by american punkrock magazine Maximumrocknroll.

Hjernespind has announced that an EP with the songs from the bands two singles will be released in november 2007.

Ronni Dybdahl and Kasper Maarbjerg also plays in the spoofband The Natzees.

It is at the moment uncertain whether No hope for the kids is still playing together.

External links

• Bandpage on the Kick'n'Punch label
• Hjernespind homepage
• Livefootage from the American tour. Pointless fest 2006.

Discography

• Das Reich/Secret Police 7", Backwards Masking, 2003.
• No Hope for the Kids, LP, KicknPunch, 2003.
• København i Ruiner compilation 2x7", KicknPunch, 2003. (The song Angels of Destruction).
• No Hope for the Kids, CD, Feral Ward, 2004.
• Angels of Destruction/Cold Touch 7", Backwards masking, 2006.
• Public Safety, LP & CD, Maximumrocknroll, 2006. (The song Treblinka).
• Discography, bootleg cassette tape from the Polish label Trująca Fala, 2006. (featuring the songs from the two singles and the album).
• Live at KBOO Portland, live radio appearance from 2006, bootleg.
• Live at the Blitz, live recording from Norway 2006, bootleg.