Various Artists – Suburban Annihalation (The California Hardcore Explosion From The City To The Beach 1978-1983) 2LP

We know $50+ for punk rock is a lot, but we think this is a great compilation! They didn’t just rely on the easy-to-license classics, but put together a more holistic view of California punk, spanning 2 LPs.

Futurismo present their new anthology series: Altered Vision, beginning with SUBURBAN ANNIHILATION The California Hardcore Explosion / From The City To The Beach: 1978-1983.

This aggressive collection draws from Californias rich history of punk, more specifically hardcore: a new sound that eschewed melody for intensity, a sound that took punk harder and faster, a sound intrinsically American. Whilst hardcore was also burning over on the East Coast, it was in California that it had ignited and sprawled, a sonic punch in the face that raged socio-political disdain and total abandonment for commercialism, fueled by a crumbling American Dream and the collapse of family values.

Suburban Annihilation takes you from the major cities, to the coastal towns, to the SoCal suburbs, showcasing some the most important bands of the West Coast. Blasting off with the Adolescents I Hate Children, it heads from the year zero of Middle Classs Out Of Vogue to the surf punk of Agent Oranges Bloodstains, from the blues tinged outlaw of The Gun Clubs Shes Like Heroin to Me to the classic anti-anthems: Live Fast Die Young by the Circle Jerks, lifted from their seminal Group Sex album, and the hardcore staple California ber Alles by the Dead Kennedys. Also present are so many other bands integral to the era: T.S.O.L, Wasted Youth, Germs, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, Negative Trend, Flipper and many more.

Though the music was designed to repel, this historical document has been lovingly designed to remind us that this genre created some of the most immediate and acutely-realized music ever produced. Making this collection of choice cuts essential for long-time fans of hardcore and punk, just as those new and inquisitive about one of the most angry and pissed off genres to have given birth in America.
This 2xLP comes in a choice of limited edition colored vinyl, it has a tracklist co-curated by Henry Rollins, it contains liner notes by Lisa Fancher of Frontier, a bio by award winning author Benjamin Myers, and contains a booklet featuring an array of images by the legendary punk photographer Edward Colver.

• Pressed on Concrete Beach (silver and black marble) double vinyl
• Contains a booklet featuring an array of images by the legendary punk photographer Edward Colver
• Liner notes by Lisa Fancher of Frontier

Track List:

• Adolescents – I Hate Children
• Middle Class – Out Of Vogue
• Agent Orange – Bloodstains
• Dead Kennedys – Chemical Warfare
• Simpletones – I Like Drugs
• Suicidal Tendencies – Fascist Pig
• TSOL – Abolish Government / Silent Majority
• Circle Jerks – Beverly Hills
• Wasted Youth – Fuck Authority
• The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin To Me
• Redd Kross – Burn Out
• China White – Live In Your Eyes
• Circle Jerks – Live Fast Die Young
• Negative Trend – How Ya Feeling?
• Eddie And The Subtitles – American Society
• Channel 3 – Manzanar
• Flipper – Ha Ha Ha
• Rikk Agnew OC – Life
• Social Distortion – Playpen
• Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
• Shattered Faith – I Love America
• The Weirdos – Helium Bar
• Middle Class – Insurgence
• Germs – Communist Eyes
• Adolescents – Kids Of The Black Hole