alternative tentacles. virus 50 / 21 tracks / 1986

UK: alternative tentacles. virus 50 / 1986

GR: alternative tentacles / di di records. 112 / 1986 (?)

CAN: fringe product. virus 50 / 1986 (?)

RI: AUS: virgin/aim. 1012 / 1989 (?)

RI: BR:? / 1993 (?) (bootleg)

RI: UK: decay. dks 12 / 2003

RI (LP,CD): manifesto. mfo 42903 / 2002

RI (CD): JAP: teci-21141 / 2002

+ “No More Censorship” newspaper, “Fuck Facts” newspaper, label flyer. Aussie reissue pressings on red, blue and purple vinyl. Brazilian issue from the early 90s is reportedly a bootleg. US CD reissue on Alternative Tentacles.

Their final LP has more than twice as many songs as the previous one, which shows the direction their music has taken. A lot of the tracks are just fast hardcore, they’re good and powerful but far away from the classic DK tunes of the previous albums. There’s not much diversity, and the band sounds bitter and kind of tired… no wonder considering the stress they had been under in the previous years. Great lyrics as always. [7]

Letzte LP der legendären California-Band. Die DK drücken hier noch mal gehörig auf die Tube (mehr als doppelt so viele Tracks als auf der vorhergehenden LP!), viele, schnelle Hack-Songs. Dadurch geht leider die Unterscheidbarkeit und die Abwechslung der Songs zu einem großen Teil verloren; nur wenige Songs haben die Hitqualitäten der frühen Jahre. Eine ordentliche und kraftvolle Hardcore-LP mit ungewöhnlichen Elementen, die allerdings an vielen Stellen überholt wirkt.

Tracks: take this job and shove it / hop with the jet set / dear abby / rambozo the clown / fleshdunce / the great wall / shrink / triumph of the swill / macho insecurity / i spy / cesspools in eden // one-way ticket to pluto / do the slag / a commercial / gone with my wind / anarchy for sale / chickenshit conformist / where do ya draw the line / potshot heard around the world / d.m.s.o. / lie detector