ADOLESCENTS Adolescents LP FRONTIER 1981 US re-2nd press FLP 1003 RIKK AGNEW
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ADOLESCENTS
CASEY ROYER, RIKK AGNEW, TONY CADENA, FRANK AGNEW, STEVE SOTO
One of Southern California's best-loved hardcore bands, the Adolescents helped establish the blueprint for Orange County punk, along with Agent Orange and Social Distortion. Although their music was the most standard-issue of the three, the Adolescents' blazing energy and quintessential teenage snottiness gave them an instant connection with their audience, and defied their upbringing in California's bastion of staid conservatism. Their original lineup was only together briefly, and the majority of their limited discography was actually recorded during a late-'80s reunion. Nonetheless, their impact was an enduring one, as countless followers borrowed from their attitude and covered their best-known songs.
The Adolescents were formed in 1980 in the Los Angeles suburb of Fullerton, at the border of Orange County. Lead vocalist Tony Cadena (aka Tony Montana, aka Tony Adolescent) joined up with bassist Steve Soto, who'd just left Agent Orange. They first recruited guitarist Frank Agnew (who'd just left the charter lineup of Mike Ness's Social Distortion), guitarist John O'Donovan, and drummer Peter Pan. This lineup splintered quickly, however, and the latter two were replaced by guitarist Rikk Agnew (Frank's brother) and drummer Casey Royer; both had been playing in the Detours, and both had also been original members of Social Distortion.
"ADOLESCENTS"<reissue, originally published 1981>
LP FRONTIER RECORDS FLP 1003
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1982 REPRESSING [or 2nd Press]
SINGLE SLEEVE INSERT is MISSING
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
NOTES: Recorded at Perspective Sound, Sun Valley.Printed lyric sheet included (THIS ONE WITHOUT) and fake barcode (FLP 1003) printed on back cover.
Non-glossy sleeve. Mastering and pressing companies uncredited, identified by the matrix etchings and stamps.
All songs published American Lesion/Torture Gardens Music - BMI 1981. © & ℗ 1981 Frontier Records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none [fake]
LABEL: FRONTIER - WHITE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: FLP 1003
Catalog on labels: FLP 1003
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 7LP-1003-A -A- S-9850 (Stamped): kdisc
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 7LP-1003-B -A- S-9851 (Stamped): kdisc
On labels: Produced by Mike Patton
All songs..........BMI 1981 ℗ & © 1981 Frontier Records All rights.............laws.On Spine: Made in USA
On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits Produced by Mike Patton Frontier.......Sun Valley, CA 91352
tracklisting
Side A: I HATE CHILDREN - WHO IS WHO - WRECKING CREW - L.A. GIRL
SELF-DESTRUCT - KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE
Side B: NO WAY - AMOEBA - WORD ATTACK - RIP IT UP
DEMOCRACY - NO FRIENDS - CREATURESgrading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The first and best wave of L.A. punk bands from 1977-1979 all broke up under-documented and unsigned, with the exception of X, the Germs, and, to a lesser extent, the Plugz. But the legacy of incredible pioneers such as the Weirdos, Dils, Controllers, and Screamers was the wide success of the harder, faster, younger bands that followed. The interest the 1977 bands awakened not only inspired the formation of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, Agent Orange, Fear, the Adolescents, and others, but helped create a national market, enabling the newer bands to find labels, put out albums, and tour regularly. The Adolescents were perhaps the first of this second wave to put out an LP widely distributed throughout the U.S., selling well over five digits in 1981 (following on the heels of San Francisco's Dead Kennedys, who broke the doors open with their immortal Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables the previous year). Produced by Middle Class' Mike Patton, the debut from these five Orange County kids established the mid-tempo, punk-pop "Southern Cal sound," led by the long, great, pummeling, Johnny Thunders-derived solos of the two Agnew brothers, Rikk and Frank. These soaring, ripping parts still sound great today. As important, songs such as the anthemic "No Way," the classic "Amoeba," the schizophrenic "Kids of the Black Hole," and the glorious "Creatures" endure precisely because they're not just aggressive and speedy: they're super-catchy, heavy-riffing rock & roll, proving again that punk was the true heir to the likes of Chuck Berry, Larry Williams, Bo Diddley, and Eddie Cochran. For the longest while, L.A. teenagers had the spirit, verve, moxie, and zeal to play charged, zippy punk. Hundreds of other bands formed right as the Adolescents recorded, such as Bad Religion, Shattered Faith, Youth Brigade, Aggression, M.I.A., and Channel 3! In so doing, L.A. helped resist the diluted explosion of thrash hardcore that swept the rest of the U.S., particularly on the East Coast...(AllMusic)price rating
