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Poison Idea live in 1982

Posted by Loren on April 22, 2023

Poison Idea live in 1982
photo by Janice Morlan

On May 1, American Leather will release a live recording of a young Poison Idea, Young Lords.

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.

The lineup at the time features Jerry A., Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts, Dean Johnson, and Glen Estes and was recorded at The Metropolis Club on May 5, 1982.

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

Poison Idea live in 1982
photo by Janice Morlan

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