faulty products. cope 3 / 14 tracks / jan 1982

UK: step forward. sflp 8 / 1982

RI (CD): epitaph. / 1997

RI (CD): porterhouse. phr 1003 / 2001

+ printed inner sleeve. feat. Greg Hetson (later in Bad Religion). The US reissue is remixed and has a yellow sticker on the front cover. The UK version has probably been remixed, too.

Kind of disappointing after their great debut. Generic West Coast hardcore, slower and less hard-hitting than the Group Sex LP; many other bands played that sound at that time, and did a better job. Remixed reissue version sounds a bit clearer and crisper, but it’s still not classic material. The title song is definitely a hit, though. [7]

Nach der ersten Killer-LP eine enttäuschende Platte, für eine Kultband ist das beinahe peinlich. Konventioneller West-Coast-Früh-HC, dilettantisch gespielt und etwas schwammig produziert, klingt kaum anders als eine der 100.000 öden HC-EPs von irgendwelchen unwichtigen Kellerbands. Der Remix hilft etwas, klingt klarer und knalliger, aber ansonsten ist das kein Klassiker.

Tracks: wild in the streets / leave me alone / stars and stripes / 86’d (good as gone) / meet the press / trapped / murder the disturbed // letter bomb / question authority / defamation innuendo / moral majority / forced labor / political stu / just like me - put a little love in your heart