Name: The Adolescents
Brand: Frontier Records
SKU: 82858
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The Adolescents

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Album: The Adolescents
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Hate Children	More Info...
2)	Who Is Who	More Info...
3)	Wrecking Crew	More Info...
4)	L.A. Crew	More Info...
5)	Self Destruct	More Info...
6)	Kids Of The Black Hole	More Info...
7)	No Way	More Info...
8)	Amoeba	More Info...
9)	Word Attack	More Info...
10)	Rip It Up	More Info...
11)	Democracy	More Info...
12)	No Friends	More Info...
13)	Creatures	More Info...
14)	Welcome To Reality	More Info...
15)	Losing Battle	More Info...
16)	Things Start Moving	More Info...
2)	Who Is Who	More Info...
3)	Wrecking Crew	More Info...
4)	L.A. Girl	More Info...
5)	Self Destruct	More Info...
6)	Kids of the Black Hole	More Info...
7)	No Way	More Info...
8)	Amoeba	More Info...
9)	Word Attack	More Info...
10)	Rip It Up	More Info...
11)	Democracy	More Info...
12)	No Friends	More Info...
13)	Creatures	More Info...
14)	Welcome to Reality	More Info...
15)	Losing Battle	More Info...
16)	Things Start Moving	More Info...
17)	O.C. Life	More Info...
18)	10	More Info...
19)	Yur 2 Late	More Info...
20)	Everyday	More Info...
21)	One Shot	More Info...
22)	Falling Out	More Info...
23)	Surfside	More Info...
24)	It's Doing Something	More Info...
25)	Fast	More Info...
26)	Section 8	More Info...

Album: The Adolescents
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Hate Children	More Info...
2)	Who Is Who	More Info...
3)	Wrecking Crew	More Info...
4)	L.A. Crew	More Info...
5)	Self Destruct	More Info...
6)	Kids Of The Black Hole	More Info...
7)	No Way	More Info...
8)	Amoeba	More Info...
9)	Word Attack	More Info...
10)	Rip It Up	More Info...
11)	Democracy	More Info...
12)	No Friends	More Info...
13)	Creatures	More Info...
14)	Welcome To Reality	More Info...
15)	Losing Battle	More Info...
16)	Things Start Moving	More Info...
2)	Who Is Who	More Info...
3)	Wrecking Crew	More Info...
4)	L.A. Girl	More Info...
5)	Self Destruct	More Info...
6)	Kids of the Black Hole	More Info...
7)	No Way	More Info...
8)	Amoeba	More Info...
9)	Word Attack	More Info...
10)	Rip It Up	More Info...
11)	Democracy	More Info...
12)	No Friends	More Info...
13)	Creatures	More Info...
14)	Welcome to Reality	More Info...
15)	Losing Battle	More Info...
16)	Things Start Moving	More Info...
17)	O.C. Life	More Info...
18)	10	More Info...
19)	Yur 2 Late	More Info...
20)	Everyday	More Info...
21)	One Shot	More Info...
22)	Falling Out	More Info...
23)	Surfside	More Info...
24)	It's Doing Something	More Info...
25)	Fast	More Info...
26)	Section 8	More Info...

Performer Notes

The CD of the ADOLESCENTS' classic first LP, originally released in 1981, includes the WELCOME TO REALITY EP.
Adolescents: Tony Cadena (vocals); Rikk Agnew (guitar, background vocals); Frank Agnew, Steve Roberts (guitar); Steve Soto (bass); Casey Royer (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Danny Benair, Mike Patton, Jeff Beans (background vocals).
Principally recorded at Perspective Sound, Sun Valley, California.
Personnel: Rikk Agnew (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Tony Cadena (vocals); Frank Agnew, Steve Roberts (guitar); Casey Royer (drums, background vocals); Danny Benair, Jeff Beans, Mike Patton (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Thom Wilson .
Recording information: Perspective Sound, Sun Valley, CA.
Photographers: Ed Colver; Glen E. Friedman; Larry Rainwater.
The first and best wave of L.A. punk bands from 1977-1979 all broke up under-documented and unsigned, with the exception of X, the Germs, and, to a lesser extent, the Plugz. But the legacy of incredible pioneers such as the Weirdos, Dils, Controllers, and Screamers was the wide success of the harder, faster, younger bands that followed. The interest the 1977 bands awakened not only inspired the formation of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, Agent Orange, Fear, the Adolescents, and others, but helped create a national market, enabling the newer bands to find labels, put out albums, and tour regularly. The Adolescents were perhaps the first of this second wave to put out an LP widely distributed throughout the U.S., selling well over five digits in 1981 (following on the heels of San Francisco's Dead Kennedys, who broke the doors open with their immortal Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables the previous year). Produced by Middle Class' Mike Patton, the debut from these five Orange County kids established the mid-tempo, punk-pop "Southern Cal sound," led by the long, great, pummeling, Johnny Thunders-derived solos of the two Agnew brothers, Rikk and Frank. These soaring, ripping parts still sound great today. As important, songs such as the anthemic "No Way," the classic "Amoeba," the schizophrenic "Kids of the Black Hole," and the glorious "Creatures" endure precisely because they're not just aggressive and speedy: they're super-catchy, heavy-riffing rock & roll, proving again that punk was the true heir to the likes of Chuck Berry, Larry Williams, Bo Diddley, and Eddie Cochran. For the longest while, L.A. teenagers had the spirit, verve, moxie, and zeal to play charged, zippy punk. Hundreds of other bands formed right as Adolescents recorded, such as Bad Religion, Shattered Faith, Youth Brigade, Aggression, M.I.A., and Channel 3! In so doing, L.A. helped resist the diluted explosion of thrash hardcore that swept the rest of the U.S., particularly on the East Coast. [The 1997 reissue tacks on the ace Welcome to Reality EP and Rikk Agnew's overlooked All by Myself solo LP (don't miss "O.C. Life"). This CD effectively compiles all the gold, as later comeback efforts never equaled the standard of these 26 songs.] ~ Jack Rabid

Professional Reviews

Q (12/01, p.152) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Spotty, frenetic fun..."