D.O.A. - Hardcore 81Limited edition of 500 copies on white vinyl. 40th Anniversary version with 12 page booklet: "D. O. A.'s History of Hardcore" and three bonus tracks. This album has influenced three generations of fans and artists like: Rancid, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day, NOFX and Sonic Youth, to name a few. Hardcore 81 captures that incredible lineup of Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage and Dave Gregg at the height of

there are plagues

While that album defined a scene

so let’s just enjoy this time

The stunning opener ‘Digging Shelters’ was used to devastating effect in the posthumously released James Gandolfini movie Enough Said – a fitting home for a song that rubs shoulders here with ruminations about love and loss such as ‘Tied To You’ and ‘Spin The Bottle’ and

Syd Barrett and Barrett Strong

Jimmy Vass: flute

During the late ‰Û÷60s and early ‰Û÷70s

and the seeming impossibility of it

aka Keel Her

"In London

Whether they’re in a R&B style

is a more restrained and spartan album compared to its lusher sounding predecessors