Poison Idea Releases Their Lost Demo Recordings Album – “Young Lords”

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Following their Record Store Day 7-inch reissue of “The Badge,” Portland’s Hardcore Punk legends Poison Idea have released the Young Lords LP – the first-known recording of the band from 1982 featuring the lineup of ‘Darby Crash Rides Again’ – out now via American Leather Records. You can buy the album from the label at the link below. 

 

 

“1982. We played for about a year and a half. We booked shows ourselves playing small gigs, open mics, house parties.” – explains Jerry A. Lang giving a brief look in the past. The lineup of ‘Darby Crash Rides Again’ was about to perform their first big show. “This was the first club show we’d played. We booked the shows ourselves. We got The Fartz from Seattle to come down and headline it. It was basically the beginning of our career. We were all 18 years old. Except Tom. All fast, short punk-rock songs. We sang about what 18-year-old kids sing about.”

 

Check out our recent interview with Jerry A.

PODCAST: Episode 258 – Jerry A. Lang of Poison Idea Discusses the New 7-Inch Version of “The Badge” for Record Store Day 2023

Combining his lyrical influences of Darby Crash and Bukowski, Jerry A. created uncompromising substance singing about everything from police brutality to Ronald Raegan and skateboarding.

 

“We did a couple covers. JFA song. And State of Alert, Henry Rollins’ first band. We played songs of the bands we enjoyed. So we’d do Black Flag, Circle Jerks…” – he recalls: “It was our first show into the business. Before that, we were just the garage band. After that, we didn’t stop and just kept playing.”

 

 

Release: May, 1st

Genres: Hardcore, punk-rock

Format: LP, DR

Label: American Leather Records

 

 

Tracklist:

 

  1. Bounce The Rubble
  2. All Right
  3. Give It Up
  4. Think Twice
  5. Theme 
  6. Beach Blanket Bong-out (JFA)
  7. (I Hate) Reggae
  8. Empty Gun
  9. Come Out Fighting
  10. Dance Of Rage
  11. Spy
  12. Young Lord
  13. M.I.A.
  14. Broken Up
  15. Underage
  16. Public Defender (SOA)
  17. New Right
  18. M-80
  19. Castration
  20. In My Headache

 

 

Photo credits – Janice Morlan. 

 

Lineup:

Jerry A. – vocals

Tom ‘Pig Champion’ Roberts – guitars

Dean Johnson – drums

Glen Estes – bass

 

Highlights:

Recorded May 5, 1982 at The Metropolis Club

Mixed and Mastered from The Original Multi-Track Source

Deluxe ‘Pignote’ Layout Featuring 12-Pages Booklet w/ Previously Unpublished Photos And Flyers

American Leather Records would release ‘Young Lords’ LP on May, the 1st. You could order the record on the release date via Bandcamp and BigCartel. The record is exclusively available NOW  at Sorry State Records (North Carolina) and Portland’s 2nd Ave Records.

 

https://www.sorrystaterecords.com/

http://2ndavenuerecords.com/