NEGATIVE FX S/T LP 1985 RARE HC Slapshot Gang Green SSD DYS Judge Minor Threat

$

80

Negative FX ?– Negative FX
Label:  Taang! Records ?– #5, Taang! Records ?– TAANG5
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country:  US
Released:  1985
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Hardcore, Punk
Tracklist:
A1 Feel Like A Man A2 Together A3 Protestor A4 Mind Control A5 I Know Better A6 Citizens Arrest A7 Negative FX A8 The Few, The Proud A9 Punch In The Face B1 Primary Attack B2 Hazardous Waste B3 Turn Your Back B4 Nightstick Justice B5 IDNTFS B6 Modern Problems B7 Nuclear Fear B8 VFW B9 Repeat
Companies:
Recorded At – Radiobeat Studios Mastered At – K Disc Mastering Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
Credits:
Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] – Dave S., Jaime, Lou G. Bass – Rich Drums – Dave Engineer – Jimmy Dufour Guitar – Pat Producer – Lou Giordano Vocals, Cover, Design [Cover Design], Graphics – Choke (2)
Notes:
Recorded in April and November 1982 @ Radiobeat, Kenmore Square, Boston, MA.  Posthume release.  Record was scheduled to be issued in 1984 but was delayed up until Summer 1985.  Track B5 title is for "I Don't Need This Fucking Shit". 
Printed in Canada.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched): TAANG-5-A HuB Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched): TAANG-5-B HuB Matrix / Runout (Both Sides - Stamped): Kdisc
Negative FX was a hardcore straight edge band from Boston formed in 1981. Though the band lasted only a short time, playing only a total of five shows (six flyers exist), the band was well known for their involvement in the local straight edge scene of the early '80s. Along with members of the bands DYS and SS Decontrol (SSD), Negative FX was part of the Boston Crew: a group of social friends who traveled around the country with SSD and other Boston hardcore bands.
Negative FX played fast and unmelodic hardcore punk that featured frequent gang vocals shouted along with the chorus. The band members consisted of Patrick Raftery on guitar, Rich Collins on Bass, Dave (Bass) Brown on drums, and their high profile vocalist Jack Kelly, who frequently went by the name of Choke. Choke went on to later form the band Last Rights, then Slapshot.
Negative FX has released only one self-titled album, which was recorded in April and November 1982 at Radiobeat studios in Kenmore Square but wasn't released until 1984 on Taang! Records. It was re-released on blue, red, clear & amber vinyl (all limited to approximately 500) by Taang! in 1989 and more recently on the Belgian label Reflex/Wolfpack Records in 2002 on black vinyl limited to 1400, pink vinyl limited to 100 and yellow vinyl limited to 100. Successful punk rock band NOFX also is throwback to this band. Eric Melvin had listened to their one studio album, and when trying to come up with a name for his new band with Fat Mike he suggested the name No FX. Fat Mike agreed on the name because, “it was the best one so far.”
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"Negative FX was Choke's band prior to Slapshot...  Taang! released their album several years after they had broken up...  My favorite memory of Choke, was him putting a plastic milk-crate on his head and running head-first into the pit..."
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