LIFE'S BLOOD were a legendary short lived band from New York City. Formed in 1987, LIFE'S BLOOD Played 20 shows and recorded 2 radio shows, a Demo at Don Fury and one 7" "Defiance" released on Combined Effort Records and appeared on the seminal "NEW BREED" tape comp in 1988. In these short 14 months as band they left an indelible mark on the history of hardcore punk, as their sharp, earnest, and challenging lyrics backed with remarkably sturdy, dissonant and distorted hardcore songs emerged at a time where the focus of Underground hardcore had been blurred by commercialism, crossover and violence.
HARDCORE A.D. 1988 Collects 27 songs from their Defiance EP, demo tape, compilation tracks, their post humous split EP WITH STICKS AND STONES, WFMU and WNYU recordings and Live tracks with new liner notes from Guittarist Adam Nathanson, extensive band notes compiled by Bassist Neil Burke with extensive photos and flyers. Mastered at George Horn mastering, with packaging designed by Jack Barfield at Neolithic Print Cartel. The CD version comes with a 16 page booklet.
This is the first time LIFE's BLOOD's material has been officially available in almost two decades.
After LIFE'S BLOOD dissolved Guitarist Adam Nathanson formed BORN AGAINST, bassist Neil Burke was in the initial line Up of BORN AGAINST as well as MENACE DEMENT, SINKING BODY and MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT, drummer Jon Kricksciun and final LIFE'S BLOOD singer Sean Murphy played in COLLAPSE, and original vocalist Jason O'Toole recently sang for MY RIFLE.
TRACK LIST:
Never Make a Change
Left Me Behind
Stick to It
Guilty as Charged
Youth Enrage
Not for the Weak
Catch Our Breath
It's Not in Your Heart
Human Power
Reckoning Force
Counting On
Plain Truth (Demo)
It's Not in Your Heart (WFMU 3/17/88)
Resist Control (WFMU 3/17/88)
Maximum Security (WFMU 3/17/88)
Left Out On The Ice To Die (WFMU 3/17/88)
Guilty as Charged (Demo)
Stick to It (Demo)
Left Me Behind (Dirt Club 1/21/88)
Never Make a Change (WNYU 3/24/88)
Not for the Weak (WNYU 3/24/88)
Maximum Security (CBGB 9/25/88)
Youth Enrage (CBGB 9/25/88)
Human Power (CBGB 9/25/88)
You're X'ed (Dirt Club 1/21/88)
Outro
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LIFE'S BLOOD were a legendary short lived band from New York City. Formed in 1987, LIFE'S BLOOD Played 20 shows and recorded 2 radio shows, a Demo at Don Fury and one 7" "Defiance" released on Combined Effort Records and appeared on the seminal "NEW BREED" tape comp in 1988. In these short 14 months as band they left an indelible mark on the history of hardcore punk, as their sharp, earnest, and challenging lyrics backed with remarkably sturdy, dissonant and distorted hardcore songs emerged at a time where the focus of Underground hardcore had been blurred by commercialism, crossover and violence.
HARDCORE A.D. 1988 Collects 27 songs from their Defiance EP, demo tape, compilation tracks, their post humous split EP WITH STICKS AND STONES, WFMU and WNYU recordings and Live tracks with new liner notes from Guittarist Adam Nathanson, extensive band notes compiled by Bassist Neil Burke with extensive photos and flyers. Mastered at George Horn mastering, with packaging designed by Jack Barfield at Neolithic Print Cartel. The LP comes in a Stoughton tip on gatefold with a 11x22" insert and download card.
This is the first time LIFE'S BLOOD's material has been officially available in almost two decades.
After LIFE'S BLOOD dissolved Guitarist Adam Nathanson formed BORN AGAINST, bassist Neil Burke was in the initial line Up of BORN AGAINST as well as MENACE DEMENT, SINKING BODY and MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT, drummer Jon Kricksciun and final LIFE'S BLOOD singer Sean Murphy played in COLLAPSE, and original vocalist Jason O'Toole recently sang for MY RIFLE.
TRACK LIST:
Never Make a Change
Left Me Behind
Stick to It
Guilty as Charged
Youth Enrage
Not for the Weak
Catch Our Breath
It's Not in Your Heart
Human Power
Reckoning Force
Counting On
Plain Truth (Demo)
It's Not in Your Heart (WFMU 3/17/88)
Resist Control (WFMU 3/17/88)
Maximum Security (WFMU 3/17/88)
Left Out On The Ice To Die (WFMU 3/17/88)
Guilty as Charged (Demo)
Stick to It (Demo)
Left Me Behind (Dirt Club 1/21/88)
Never Make a Change (WNYU 3/24/88)
Not for the Weak (WNYU 3/24/88)
Maximum Security (CBGB 9/25/88)
Youth Enrage (CBGB 9/25/88)
Human Power (CBGB 9/25/88)
You're X'ed (Dirt Club 1/21/88)
Outro
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
Promises - you can't keep
Claims of unity
That you speak
You're in the inner circle
You've been approved
All that you've earned
Is a complacent attitude
You broke down the walls
Just to get Inside
Build them back up
With perverted pride
You're enslaved by what you think
Makes you free
You've gone blind
Because you will not see
That you rebuilt the walls
Judge who you let inside
You'll never make a change
Because you're satisfied.
supported by 25 fans who also own “Never Make A Change (WNYU)”
Having seen them 3 times in the 80s, (including opening for the Bad Brains at the Living Room) this was a must get. Still holds up. They were already evolving into their own sound by now, kind of like R.I.'s answer to Dagnasty. t0rqreturn2019
supported by 23 fans who also own “Never Make A Change (WNYU)”
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer
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