KNOCKABOUTS "Angry Young Men" LP is the first comprehensive collection of the Legendary Huntsville, Alabama 1980's hardcore band.
The Knockabouts started in 1981, early for hardcore anywhere in the world, and combined a rush of GANG GREEN-styled thrash with the occasional off beat quirky innovative track influenced by Bad Brains, Gang of Four or the other experiments in making definition, instead of reading and copying one. They released one demo tape " Angry Young Men / Aggressive Isolation" based off one studio session in 1983 and a live set, and went in and out of line ups before playing a final Show opening for SAMHAIN at Glenn's request in Birmingham on May 23rd, 1986 on the "November Coming Fire" Tour.
The A-side is from the original Sound Cell Session that the Prank "On Suffering Remembered" 7" were taken from but includes the entire session, the B-Side "Boom Box Nightmare" is a re-mastered and cleaned up sound quality collection of Practice tapes, live versions and alternate recordings, so released for the first time.
The Knockabouts suffered from their location's inability to get a recording that quite captured their ferocity, but the songs are such classic 1980's punk anthems that to us, are world class with any of the great 1980s punk bands anywhere the songs transcend any limitations pretty fast. They've been lovingly cleaned up and re-mastered for this reissue.
This release was made by Music has a meaning in Huntsville, and is limited to only 200 numbered copies ( hence the retail cost) , It comes with a downloard code, and a large booklet of liner notes, old interview and flyers.
*We expect our copies in about ten days, so please be patient. It's worth the wait.*
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