At the end of the seventies of that other century, somewhere in Amsterdam, a band called THE EX was formed. More than 25 years later the band is still around_and so is the demand for their old vinyl singles, especially those made between 1980 and 1990. Most of those singles were released only in Holland, and all of them have been unavailable for entirely too long. Back in the 1980s THE EX regularly released 7" singles on vinyl, a format that was wonderfully suited for hit-and-run releases and small collaboration projects. These singles were never intended to enter the ugly World of Pop and its pitiful hit-parades. On the contrary, these cuts were considered pamphlets, statements, political comments on current situations, reflecting the times in which THE EX were living. Hit singles for sure, but mainly with the aim to strike and to strike back.