Really Red are one of the great classic bands of American hardcore punk – formed in Houston, Texas in the late 70s and releasing their final album in 1985 – but I had never even heard of them until some time in the mid-90s.
At the time I was trading tapes of rare punk music with various people when on one compilation tape I received there was the New Strings For Old Puppets EP – needless to say I was blown away by it. I had thought I was fairly familiar with American punk by this time, including the bands from Texas since I had stuff by MDC, Big Boys, Dicks and Butthole Surfers.
Now, I wanted to discover more stuff by this group but it proved to be really elusive and apart from a reissue of Teaching You The Fear album a few years ago, nothing else was available in the UK. It wasn’t until recently that I was able to get anything else by them.
So here is most of their other studio stuff – the Crowd Control and Modern Needs singles, New Strings For Old Puppets EP and the Rest in Pain album (minus two tracks).
Crowd Control 7″ – Crowd Control/A Corporate Setting
Modern Needs 7″ – Modern Needs/White Lies
Cottage Cheese from the Lips Of Death comp – Nobody Rules
New Strings For Old Puppets EP – I Refuse To Sing/No More Art/Suburban Disease/I Was A Teenage Fuck-Up/Ode to Kurt Kren
Rest In Pain LP – Youth Culture For Sale/Balance Of Terror/Personal Hell/Ritual/Let The Night Roar (With Us)/Hang ‘Em High/Star Mangled Banner/Nobody Rules/War Sucks/Just The Facts Ma’am
June 26, 2009 at 11:03 pm |
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July 17, 2009 at 6:53 pm |
ohhh… this just makes me so happy. i bet you know who the wipers are too.