[ Secretly Canadian / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 9 August 2024
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Includes a bonus 7" vinyl with four live tracks recorded in 1980 at Crazy Al's in Indianapolis, IN!
From 1979 into '83, the Indianapolis based ZBs were the finest hardcore blitz in the Midwest if not all the lower 48 states. Proof is Vicious Circle and the two decades since of copyists, bootleggers, practitioners and reunion concert pogoers. Though before and after that LP's 1982 release they recorded the Livin' in the 80's 7", songs for three comps and released the post-mortem History Of... cassette revealing their transformation into a toured band warming to the metaphysical and their demise while still waving torches of rock 'n' roll panache. When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it; Adding a slam brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. The Zero Boys managed to come with one of the best early 80's punk records, or one of the best records ever, period. Between Vicious Circle and History Of, the entire recorded output of this legendary Midwest punk band's original line up is, finally, collected. -Culminated from liner notes written by Jack Rabid and Eric Weddle.
Clear vinyl.
[LP]
A1. Drive In
A2. Black Network News
A3. Splish Splash
A4. Inergy
A5. Johnny Better Get
A6. Dingy Bars Suck
A7. Seen That Movie Before
A8. High Places
A9. Blood's Good
B1. Human Body
B2. Mom's Wallet
B3. Positive Change
B4. Amerika
B5. New Generation
B6. Livin' In The '80s
B7. Stoned To Death
B8. Stick To Your Guns
B9. I'm Bored
B10. Piece Of Me
[7"]
A1. Livin' In The 80s (Live at Crazy Al's, September 6th, 1980)
A2. Stick To Your Guns (Live at Crazy Al's, September 6th, 1980)
B1. Commies (Live at Crazy Al's, September 6th, 1980)
B2. I'm Absent (Live at Crazy Al's, September 6th, 1980)