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Templars Take On The World






Keep your cold punk, I want me some Orwellian Oi! Templars out of Long Island, New York are one of very few third generation outfits to be revered with the same regard as their pioneering predecessors, and rightfully so. Carl and Phil pay homage while crafting an authentically original sound. Often imitated, never duplicated ~ TEMPLARS f'n rule OK!



Templars - Take On The World [Anthology 1992-2025] (PukeGreenPinto 3X-PGPR-004)


101 - Templars - 2015 - Living On The Outside (Randale 7" RAN-204) (Templecombe 7" TC-689)
102 - Templars - 1997 - Make Your Mark (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190)
103 - Templars - 1999 - Enemies (GMM CD GMM-175) (Templecombe CD 670)
104 - Templars - 1994 - Computerized Workforce (Vulture Rock LP VOLT-6) (Acre LP ACRE-1)
105 - Templars - 1994 - Hopeless (Step-1 Music CD STEP-052)
106 - Templars - 1993 - Who's The Real Threat Now (Sonic Aggression 7" SA-003-07)
107 - Templars - 1996 - Skins And Punks (Do A Runner! CD JOG-001) (Go-Kart CD GK-0027)
108 - Templars - 2005 - Situation Critical (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674)
109 - Templars - 1994 - Livsstil (Randale 7" RAN-119) (Templecombe 7" 688)
110 - Templars - 1996 - No Rhyme Nor Reason (Vulture Rock LP VOLT-16)
111 - Templars - 2010 - Old Days (Randale 7" RAN-065) (Templecombe 7" TC-684)
112 - Templars - 2017 - Kicking Down Your Door (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690)
113 - Templars - 1995 - Teenage Warning (Templecombe CDEP 683)
114 - Templars - 1993 - Soldier (Templecombe LP TC-694-1)
115 - Templars - 1994 - Victim (Vulture Rock 7" VOLT-2)
116 - Templars - 1992 - You're Free (When Typhoid Courtney Drops LP TYPHOID-005)
117 - Templars - 2002 - Posers (Randale 7" RAN-073) (Templecombe 7" TC-685)
118 - Templars - 1999 - Demagogue (GMM CD GMM-175) (Templecombe CD 670)
119 - Templars - 1997 - Don't Do Anything At All (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190)
120 - Templars - 1995 - World War Three (Step-1 Music STEPCD-061)
121 - Templars - 2000 - Better Times (Gang Up Skinzine 7" GU-01) (Bords De Seine LP CB-15)
122 - Templars - 1994 - News Of The Night (Vulture Rock LP VOLT-6) (Acre LP ACRE-1)
123 - Templars - 2017 - A Storm Is Brewing (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690)
124 - Templars - 2005 - Forever Young (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674)
125 - Templars - 2008 - Out Of The Darkness (Templecombe 7" TC-682)
126 - Templars - 1998 - These Four Walls (GMM CD GMM-146) (Templecombe CD 667)


201 - Templars - 1994 - A Change For The Worse (Dim CD DIM-026)
202 - Templars - 1992 - Bovver Boy (When Typhoid Courtney Drops LP TYPHOID-005)
203 - Templars - 1996 - Politicians (Step-1 Music CD Step-115)
204 - Templars - 2006 - Take On The World (Templecombe CD TC-681)
205 - Templars - 1999 - Video Age (GMM CD GMM-175) (Templecombe CD 670)
206 - Templars - 1995 - Vengeance Is Mine [aka My Revenge] (Step-1 Music STEPCD-061)
207 - Templars - 2005 - A Friend (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674)
208 - Templars - 1994 - Terror Tactics (Step-1 Music CD STEP-052)
209 - Templars - 1993 - Running Out Of Time (GMM CD GMM-102)
210 - Templars - 1997 - Tired Of You [CD Bonus Track] (GMM CD GMM-189)
211 - Templars - 1998 - Coward (GMM CD GMM-146) (Templecombe CD 667)
212 - Templars - 2002 - Raise Your Hand (Radio Records 7" RR-013)
213 - Templars - 1994 - Raving Idiots (Step-1 Music STEPCD-054)
214 - Templars - 1998 - Never Fade Away (Havin' A Laugh LP HAL-LP004)
215 - Templars - 1994 - Pride (Dim CD DIM-022) (GMM CD GMM-189)
216 - Templars - 1994 - Police Informer (Vulture Rock LP VOLT-6) (Acre LP ACRE-1)
217 - Templars - 2002 - Nowhere Fast (Templecombe 7" TC-679)
218 - Templars - 2017 - Forgotten Souls (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690)
219 - Templars - 1997 - Modern Day Ripper (TKO 7" ROUND 04) (TKO CD ROUND 30) (Templecombe CDEP 683)
220 - Stamford Bridge - 2008 - The Way I Am (Oi! The Boat 7" OTB#4)
221 - Templars - 1997 - Freedom Has Its Price (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190)
222 - Templars - 1998 - Victim [Acre Remix] (GMM CD GMM-146) (Templecombe CD 667)
223 - Templars - 2005 - Frontline (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674)
224 - Templars - 1999 - H Street (GMM CD GMM-175) (Templecombe CD 670)
225 - Templars - 1995 - Somehow (Disagree 7" DIS-004)
226 - Templars - 1996 - The Glory It Once Was (Do A Runner! CD JOG-001) (Go-Kart CD GK-0027)


301 - Templars - 1998 - Straight To Hell (GMM CD GMM-146) (Templecombe CD 667)
302 - Templars - 1995 - Concrete Grave (Knock Out 12" KOMLP-040)
303 - Templars - 1994 - Unemployed Again (Step-1 Music CD STEP-052)
304 - Templars - 1995 - You'd Better Beware (Templecombe CDEP 683)
305 - Templars - 2010 - Blood Sweat And Tears (Randale 7" RAN-065) (Templecombe 7" TC-684)
306 - Templars - 2004 - Unis Par Le Vin (Bords De Seine 7" CB-51) (Templecombe 7" TC-680)
307 - Templars - 2000 - The Last Time (Oi! Strike 7" #08)
308 - Templars - 1996 - Just Like Them (Headache 7" HR#41)
309 - Templars - 1997 - Push And Shove (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190)
310 - Templars - 1999 - Lies (GMM CD GMM-175) (Templecombe CD 670)
311 - Templars - 2017 - Propaganda (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690)
312 - Templars - 1995 - No Future, No Escape (Knock Out 12" KOMLP-040)
313 - Templars - 1992 - Fooled Again (When Typhoid Courtney Drops LP TYPHOID-005)
314 - Templars - 1995 - Leaders Of Tomorrow (Templecombe CDEP 683)
315 - Templars - 1994 - I Believe In Myself (Dim CD DIM-022) (GMM CD GMM-189)
316 - Templars - 1998 - You Decide (GMM CD GMM-146) (Templecombe CD 667)
317 - Templars - 2008 - Weighed Down (Templecombe 7" TC-682)
318 - Templars - 2005 - True To The Cause (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674)
319 - Templars - 1999 - Carry On (TKO 7" ROUND 52) (Templecombe 7" 672)
320 - Templars - 1992 - Tell Me (When Typhoid Courtney Drops LP TYPHOID-005)
321 - Templars - 2025 - Let It Burn (TKO 7" TC-696-7) (Templecombe 7" TC-696-7)
322 - Templars - 2017 - Hour Of Sorrow (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690)
323 - Templars - 1994 - Dead End Politics (Vulture Rock LP VOLT-6) (Acre LP ACRE-1)
324 - Templars - 1994 - Sirens (Dim CD DIM-022) (GMM CD GMM-189)
325 - Templars - 1994 - No Solution (Dim CD DIM-026)
326 - Templars - 1997 - Land Of The Free [Part 2] (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190)


TOTW


NOTES:
most dates listed above more reflect time of recording, rather than time of release.
known exceptions:
tracks 102, 119, 221, 309, 326 from Phase II (Dim CD DIM-051) (GMM CD GMM-190) {recorded 1994 to 1996}.
tracks 108, 124, 207, 223, 318 from Outremer (GMM CD GMM-204) (Templecombe CD TC-674) {recorded 1999 to 2003}.
tracks 112, 123, 218, 311, 322 from Deus Vult (Randale CD RAN-273) (Templecombe CD TC-690) {recorded 2010 to 2016}.

tracks 116, 202, 313 and 320 are Original Demo versions.

track 106 recorded at Bobcat Studios in Seabrook, NH.
tracks 103, 118, 126, 205, 211, 222, 224, 301, 310, 316 recorded at Bakos Ampworks in Atlanta, GA.
all other tracks produced and recorded by Carl Fritscher at Acre Studios on Long Island, NY.

track 111 originally perfomed by CHICAGO
track 113 originally perfomed by ANGELIC UPSTARTS
track 306 originally perfomed by KOMINTERN SECT
track 307 originally perfomed by ROLLING STONES
track 314 originally perfomed by MAJOR ACCIDENT
all other tracks by TEMPLARS*

*track 220 is actually performed by Carl's side-project, Stamford Bridge, and it features Phil as well.



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