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Album · 1985

Filed under Hardcore Punk
By D.R.I.

Tracklist

A1. Snap (01:10)
A2. I'd Rather Be Sleeping (01:10)
A3. Marriage (00:52)
A4. Yes Ma'am (01:54)
A5. Soup Kitchen (02:01)
A6. Mad Man (01:37)
A7. Stupid, Stupid War (01:07)
A8. Counter Attack (00:20)
A9. Couch Slouch (01:24)
A10. God Is Broke (01:05)
A11. Karma (02:14)
A12. Nursing Home Blues (03:50)
B1. I Don't Need Society (01:34)
B2. Give My Taxes Back (00:55)
B3. The Explorer (01:35)
B4. Reaganomics (00:45)
B5. How to Act (01:08)
B6. Shame (01:07)
B7. Argument Then War (03:20)
B8. Evil Minds (00:57)
B9. Slit My Wrist (00:28)
B10. Busted Again (00:51)
B11. Equal People (00:51)
B12. On My Way Home (00:52)
B13. Bail Out (00:52)

Total Time 33:59


Enhanced CD edition:

26. Couch Slouch (Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death version) (01:34)
27. Running Around (Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death version) (01:01)
28. Snap (demo) (01:09)
29. Stupid, Stupid War (demo) (00:56)
30. Mad Man (Violent Pacification session) (00:49)
31. Sad to Be (Violent Pacification session) (02:09)
32. How to Act (rough mix) (01:10)
33. I'd Rather Be Sleeping (rough mix) (01:17)
34. I Don't Need Society (rough mix) (01:44)
35. Nursing Home Blues (rough mix) (03:52)
36. Reaganomics (rough mix) (00:50)
37. The Explorer (rough mix) (04:03)

Total Time 54:33


Enhanced content:

1. 1986 San Francisco cable TV interview

Line-up/Musicians

- Mike Offender / bass
- Kurt Brecht / vocals
- Spike Cassidy / guitars, bass
- Felix Griffin / drums

About this release

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl and cassette album released March 1985 on Death Records (Death 003).

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl LP released 1985 on Armageddon (AR 002).

Cassette released 1985 on Metal Blade Records (7 73401-4).

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl and cassette LP released 1986 on Fringe Product (FPC 3024).

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl LP released 1987 on Metal Blade Records (7 73401-1).

CD and cassette released 1988 on Metal Blade Records.

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl LP released 1988 on Roadrunner Records (RR 9481 1).

CD released 1989 on Steamhammer (SPV 04-3607).

CD and cassette released 1991 on Rotten Records (ROTC 005).

CD released 21st January 1993 in Japan on Canyon International (PCCY-00403).

Enhanced CD and 12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl LP released 2003 on Beer City Records (BCCD 111).

12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl LP released 2010 on Beer City Records (BCLP 111), limited to 2000 copies.

The intro of the song "Mad Man" is an actual recording of argument that Kurt and his father had during one of the many times D.R.I. rehearsed in his father's home.

Recorded at Rampart Studios in Houston, Texas.
Mastered at K Disc in Los Angeles, California.