Zero Boys - History Of (2009)

Proudly Presents



Zero Boys - History Of



Genre: Hardcore

Storedate: 2009-00-00

Label: Secretly Canadian/P-Vine Records

Catnum: PCD-93208/SC189

Source: CD

Playtime: 0h 52min total

Encoder: LAME 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new)

Bitrate: 229 kbps avg

Size: 73.43 MB



Tracklist



Title Time

1. Drive In 1:20

2. Black Network News 2:12

3. Splish Splash 1:28

4. Inergy 2:51

5. Johnny Better Get 2:16

6. Dingy Bars Suck 0:55

7. Seen That Movie Before 2:02

8. High Places 1:18

9. Blood's Good 2:21

10. Human Body 1:44

11. Mom's Wallet 0:46

12. Positive Change 1:18

13. Amerika 3:13

14. New Generation 1:50

15. Livin' In The 80s 2:16

16. Stoned To Death 2:21

17. Stick To Your Guns 2:31

18. I'm Bored 2:50

19. Piece of Me 17:22

52:54



Release Notes



It came out of nowhere in 1982, this punk rock/hardcore

fireball with the bright yellow sleeve. In one sense, The Zero

Boys' Vicious Circle was yet another example of how U.S. punk

seemed to peak coast to coast that year. But unlike most

coastal punk, the Zero Boys were pointing the way to a scene

that could accommodate heaping helpings of melody

intelligence, and rock 'n' roll sus, not just turbo-charged

ferocity



From 1979 into '83, the Indianapolis based ZBs were the finest

hardcore blitz in the Midwest if not all the lower 48 states

Proof is Vicious Circle and the two decades since of copyists

bootleggers, practitioners and reunion concert pogoers



Though before and after that LP's 1982 release they recorded

the Livin' in the 80's 7", songs for three comps and released

the post-mortem History Of... cassette revealing their

transformation into a toured band warming to the metaphysical

and their demise while still waving torches of rock 'n' roll

panache



Now, collected here and remastered from the original tapes is

the proof, if more was needed, that their take of American

hardcore wasn't all white bread numbers. Yeah, they played

shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others

but in Terry "Hollywood" Howe's guitar there was harmonious

terror and unstoppable cadence. Terry's licks and chops -- a

leap beyond two or three chord punk -- offered a zone and

measured count for drummer Mark Cutsinger and bassist David

"Tufty" Clough, a rhythm unit in par with the Minutemen if not

The Meters, to run lines like quicksilver. Meanwhile, frontman

Paul "Z" Mahern provides a constant wash from beginning to end



When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it; Adding a slam

brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. The Zero Boys managed to

come with one of the best early 80's punk records, or one of

the best records ever, period



Between Vicious Circle and History Of, the entire recorded

output of this legendary Midwest punk band's original line up

is, finally, collected



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