Hardcore '81

Hardcore '81
Studio album by D.O.A.
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Hardcore punk
Length 34:56
Label Sudden Death
Producer D.O.A.
D.O.A. chronology
Something Better Change
(1980)		 Hardcore '81
(1981)		 War on 45
(1982)
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Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A.. It is considered by some to be the first reference to the North American punk scene as hardcore.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Joey "Shithead" Keithley, except for where noted.

  1. "D.O.A" - 1:38
  2. "Unknown" (Keithley, Chuck Biscuits) - 2:30
  3. "Slumlord" - 1:55
  4. "Musical Interlude" -
  5. "I Don't Give A Shit" - 0:22
  6. "M.C.T.F.D" - 1:21
  7. "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin cover) - 1:38
  8. "001 Loser's Club" (Brian Goble, Keithley, Dimwit, Werner) - 1:57
  9. "Fucked Up Baby" - 1:54
  10. "The Kenny Blister Song" - 1:27
  11. "Smash The State" - 0:16
  12. "My Old Man's A Bum/Bloodsucker Baby" (Keithley, Dimwit) - 3:13
  13. "Waiting For You" - 0:45

Some CD re-issues of Hardcore '81 include four bonus tracks from the EP Don't Turn Yer Back (On Desperate Times):

  1. General Strike (Keithley, Dave Gregg) - 3:36
  2. Race Riot - 1:06
  3. A Season in Hell (Goble) - 2:34
  4. Burn It Down - 2:34

Personnel

Tracy Marks - acoustic piano on "Unknown" also engineered the album

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Paul Rachman (director), Steven Blush (writer), Dez Cadena (starring), Dave Smalley (starring) (2007-02-20) (flv). American Hardcore (Documentary). United States: Sony Pictures. http://www.sonyclassics.com/americanhardcore/. Retrieved 2008-12-18. "Joey "Shithead" Keithley of D.O.A.: "We had one big show up there [Vancouver]. It was us, Black Flag, and 7 Seconds, and it was called Hardcore 81, so it was the first time anyone really used that term.""