Comments on: Minor Punk Rock Scams: BATTALION OF SAINTS- Second Coming LP (Nutrons Records, USA, 1984) vs Death R Us CD

By: Battalion of Saints: Live At The Foolkiller in KC, MO 06-18-85 | Oxide Flake

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:29:04 +0000

[...] forward to summer 1985: by this time the Bats had released their first full LP Second Coming (containing several slightly slicker re-recordings of tunes from the demo tapes, singles & [...]

By: Kountchokula

Kountchokula — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:26:27 +0000

You’re quite right, the vinyl has way more “punch” and texture. The Cd has better stereo separation.

By: Good bad Music for bad, bad Times! / BATTALION OF SAINTS / S.V.D.B.- Split 7″ (Mystic Records, USA, 1983)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:32:33 +0000

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By: Hendrik

Hendrik — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:49:19 +0000

I have a vinyl rip of this, and My Minds diseased sounds a lot better without that kickdrum in the beginning…
Would be cool if somebody could answer why the re-issue sounds so much different.

Regarding the drum-sound…I know the question was answered but I just read this post….
[quote]
Ted Olson of Battalion Of Saints
Hey,

I am/was the original drummer in the BATs. I was and still am Ted Olson, I am not dead as most of the other members of the are. I left the band in ’85 because Chris and George were trying to screw me over because their heads got too damn big.

On the album, Second Coming, Chris played all guitars and bass. We had gone through so many bass players that the guy thsat played bass for us when we recorded couldn’t play the songs well enough, so Chris did the bass.[/quote]
http://www.markprindle.com/battalion.htm

Why did they use a drum-machine when the original drummer (if that’s all true) was still in the band??

By: Admin

Admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:57:03 +0000

Thanks Billy – I KNEW IT!!! I KNEW IT!!!!!

By: Billy Druid

Billy Druid — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:49:18 +0000

Let me set the record straight about the drums on Second Coming. They were, in fact, a drum machine. I would know, I played guitar in BOS from 2003-2005 and this information was drunkenly confessed to me one night by George Anthony himself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:48:00 +0000

Biafra didn’t killed punk you stupid prick, it was already dead and SO WHAT!

Gorpe

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:15:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this LP!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:03:00 +0000

I’m glad I only own the vinyl. It’s
very close, but I always agreed with
Lemme on that one.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:25:00 +0000

Holy shite – I never owned the vinyl, just the CD – who knew it could sounds so much freaking better? Thanks for this