A significant group in L.A.'s late-'70s to early-'80s punk scene, Long Beach's T.S.O.L. (True Sound of Liberty) briefly flirted with pseudo radical politics on their exceptional self-titled debut EP, which included songs like "Abolish Government/Silent Majority" and "Property Is Theft." But that phase of the band didn't last long, as they cast away the politics in favor of horror-movie-inspired, gothy, Misfits-style shtick on their first full-length, Dance With Me. This album contains their most famous song, "Code Blue," an extremely catchy number about necrophilia, ever popular with young fans who scream for them to play it at every show. No mere footnote in punk rock history, T.S.O.L.'s early records are slam pit-inducing, infectious stuff. Dance With Me is loaded with fine numbers, including "Sounds of Laughter," "I'm Tired of Life," and "Die for Me." Other than the Misfits, no band has combined gothy subject matter and punk rock barre chords as well as T.S.O.L., who hit the nail on the head with this classic 1981 recording.
How great was Jack's part in the American Hardcore movie? I dubbed him the Alec Baldwin of the movie. He was in for a very short time, but everything he said was pure gold. Pipebombs and grave robbing, now that's punk.
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T.S.O.L.’s Dance with Me is the hands down best Horror Punk album to come out of the Soc Cal punk scene in the early 1980’s. It’s better than the closest runner up, Sleep in Safety by 45 Grave, it’s better than Christian Death, and even the post Walk Among Us Misfits albums. Released in 1981 it was the group’s first full-length album and covers all of the horror punk themes in just less
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T.S.O.L.’s Dance with Me is the hands down best Horror Punk album to come out of the Soc Cal punk scene in the early 1980’s. It’s better than the closest runner up, Sleep in Safety by 45 Grave, it’s better than Christian Death, and even the post Walk Among Us Misfits albums. Released in 1981 it was the group’s first full-length album and covers all of the horror punk themes in just less
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How great was Jack's part in the American Hardcore movie? I dubbed him the Alec Baldwin of the movie. He was in for a very short time, but everything he said was pure gold. Pipebombs and grave robbing, now that's punk.
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