frontier records. flp 1003 / 14 tracks / 1981

RI: D: weird system records. / 17 tracks / 1987 (?)

RI: UK: overground records. over 07 / 14 tracks / 1990

RI (CD): triple x (?). / 1992

RI (CD): epitaph. / 16 tracks / 1997

RI (CD): frontier. / 16 tracks / 2001

feat. Rikk Agnew (later in DI and Rikk Agnew’s Yard Sale), Ca­sey Royer (ex-Social Distortion, later in DI), Frank Agnew (ex-Social Distortion, later in Mind Over 4) and Steve Soto (ex-Agent Orange). + lyric sheet. UK reissue is a limited edition on red vinyl, 1000 made. German reissue has 3 bonus tracks (the Welcome to Reality EP), limited pressing on blue vinyl. 1992 CD reissue adds Welcome… 7” and Rikk Agnew - all by myself LP. 1997 and 2001 CD versions have only Welcome 7” bonus tracks. Frontier went crazy in 2006 and reissued this in lots of different versions: Regular sleeve and record on either orange, blue, yellow or white vinyl, then a picture disc (issued by Frontier and Amp Magazine), 1000 made, and another 2006 Frontier repress: “Silver Edition” on grey vinyl, band logo on sleeve is silver instead of red; 2007 saw a reissue on clear vinyl.

Melodic & powerful LA HC and definitely one of the best and most important punk records ever. There were lots of great bands in Southern California at that time, but the Adolescents’ music was just that bit rougher, more aggressive, honest and melodic than the rest. Tracks like Amoeba, Creatures or Kids of the Black Hole are among the all-time Top 10, and the rest of the tracks are great, too. Killer. [10]  

Die Adolescents waren wohl so etwas wie eine Super­group des Punk; obwohl sie eigentlich nichts anderes spielten als den kraftvollen LA-Punk/HC a la Social Distortion usw., den damals alle spielten, waren sie doch etwas ganz besonderes. Die Musik ist um den entschei­denden Tick härter, treibender, melodischer, ehr­licher und aggressiver als die der anderen Bands. Songs wie Amoeba, Creatures oder Kids of the Black Hole gehö­ren einfach zu den ewigen HC-Hits, und auch der Rest der Platte kann sich hören lassen. Eine Platte, die man einfach hat.

Tracks: i hate children / who is who / wrecking crew / l.a. girl / self de­struct / kids of the black hole // no way / amoeba / word attack / rip it up / democracy / no friends / creatures