Zero Boys: History Of on LP
History Of
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- Label:
- Secretly Canadian
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2009
- Item number:
- 8366580
- UPC/EAN:
- 0656605018911
- Release date:
- 5.2.2009
It came out of nowhere in 1982, this punk rock / hardcore fireball with the bright yellow sleeve. In one sense, the ZERO BOYS' "Vicious Circle" was yet another example of how U. S. punk seemed to peak coast to coast that year. But unlike most coastal punk, the ZERO BOYS were pointing the way to a scene that could accommodate heaping helpings of melody, intelligence, and rock'n'roll sus, not just turbo-charged ferocity. From 1979 into '83, the Indianapolis based ZERO BOYS 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. Now, collected here and remastered from the original tapes is the proof, if more was needed, that their take of American hardcore wasn't all white bread numbers. Yeah, they played shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others but in Terry "Hollywood"Howe...
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Tracklisting
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Contributors
The audio samples belong to the article Zero Boys: History Of (CD). The track list may differ for this item.
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1 Drive In
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2 Black Network News
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3 Splish Splash
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4 Inergy
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5 Johnny Better Get
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6 Dingy Bars Suck
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7 Seen That Movie Before
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8 High Places
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9 Blood's Good
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10 Human Body
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11 Mom's Wallet
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12 Positive Change
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13 Amerika
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14 New Generation
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15 Livin' In The '80s
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16 Stoned To Death
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17 Stick To Your Guns
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18 I'm Bored
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19 Piece Of Me
