Night of the Living Dead Boys

Night of the Living Dead Boys
Live album by The Dead Boys
Released 1981
Recorded March 1979
Genre Punk rock
Label Bomp! Records
Producer Greg Shaw, Stiv Bators
The Dead Boys chronology

We Have Come for Your Children
(1978)		 Night of the Living Dead Boys
(1981)		 The Return of the Living Dead Boys
(1987)

Night of the Living Dead Boys is a 1981 live album by The Dead Boys. It was recorded in March 1979 at CBGB. Since Stiv Bators purposely did not sing into the microphone at this show, the vocals were overdubbed later, causing mixed opinions on this album.

The album was released on CD in two editions, which are significantly different. The first edition, with the "glam" cover (illustrated in this article) had the original song order reshuffled, with poorly done fade-outs and fade-ins. This edition also came with a second section, a reunion show with (at least) Stiv Bators and Cheetah Chrome present, from 1987. This edition also had extensive liner notes detailing Bators' trick of singing off-mike, and claims he re-recorded the entire album in one take, from memory, while drunk and in the booth with two groupies - in other words, typical Stiv.

The second CD issue of Night Of The Living Dead Boys had the original album artwork - from the front anyway, though not the photo collage on the back - along with the original, unedited, uninterrupted song order. This edition is more "pure," containing only the original album, with no extra material, printed or auditory. While some may prefer the earlier issue with its reunion show and interesting reading, only this second version is true to the original.

Track listing

  1. "Detention Home" 3:41
  2. "3rd Generation Nation" 2:38
  3. "All This and More" 3:05
  4. "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth" 2:06
  5. "Tell Me" 2:36
  6. "Catholic Boy" 2:43
  7. "I Won't Look Back" 2:16
  8. "Ain't It Fun" 4:31
  9. "What Love Is" 2:02
  10. "Ain't Nothin' to Do" 2:27
  11. "I Need Lunch" 3:31
  12. "Son of Sam" 4:46
  13. "Sonic Reducer" 2:46

Personnel