Comments on: LIFE SENTENCE- s/t 12″EP (Walkthrufyre, USA, 1986)

By: Druff

Druff — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:42:03 +0000

I remember in my first year of college in Fullerton CA back in ’87, some random dude came up and started talking to me because I was wearing a BL’AST! shirt. He had just moved from Chicago. We instantly became friends and he clued me in a lot of obscure Chicago HC and thrash stuff like Out of Order, Zoetrope (pronounced “ee-trope” for no apparent reason) and this Life Sentence record. Next thing I knew Metallica was wearing their t-shirts in Kerrang. Awesome to hear it again.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:01:58 +0000

I saw them at CBGB’s back in the late 80′s, played a sunday matinee. I went next door to the record store and bought the album and I still have it. It’s a classic and they were a great live band.

By: Marko

Marko — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:50:04 +0000

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! My old band played a few opening gigs with these guys around ’88 and I loved them ever since. At some point I lent my cassette copy of their album to some skater kid who I never saw again. Thanks for letting me hear this AMAZING ALBUM AGAIN! BTW Eric B is back with a new lineup and playing out again as LIFE SENTENCE! CHICAGO PUNKS! UNITE!

By: gg allin

gg allin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:10:20 +0000

Bloody Mess and the Skabs are better then this. then again maybe i’m just saying that because bloody f. mess and gg allin are the two kings of punk. and cj i will not just go to your site. i have to hear this. speaking of that erich i can’t listen to .zip files. i’m running on low grade technology hear.

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:25:15 +0000

http://www.lifsentencechicago.com

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:24:31 +0000

LIFE SENTENCE IS BACK…

Support the creators of this awesome music stop by the page…. T-shirts and CD’s and other merch for sale. Hit us up….

By: greezeq

greezeq — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:20:42 +0000

i saw them in 89 @ the ice pick in muskegon, mi. great band!!! i got a 7″ @ that show- i believe it’s the punx for profit 7″, but not positive on the title without looking it up… i know it has 3 tracks- punx for profit, a cover of godzilla (totally rips!) + 1 more…. i traded a copy of bruce springsteen’s born in the usa at a second hand store for this in ’92!!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:21:47 +0000

Love this record. I played through my original copy in the 80s (your Jerry’s Kids comparison sticks WAY more than the 7 Seconds comment..also p.i.y.l. of Hogan’s Heroes) and I played it when I had a radio show in the early part of this decade. NEVER failed to get someone who would call/write in and ask about it.

I’m really writing to give you props for the fact that the FUs are in heavy rotation. “Young Fast Iranians” was on every tape I made in the 80s. They became Straw Dogs during the REALLY annoying phase when every HC band became a metal band and redid YFI. It isn’t terrible, but this one is epic.

Keep it up.

By: Robi_Wan

Robi_Wan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:30:40 +0000

I finally bought the orginal copy (never heard of a repress) for only 9.99 euros at ebay. I received an incrdible clean copy. It also has the cool sticker on the front cover.
But my copy has a golden(!) stamp on the backside which tags it as “promontional copy”. I guess it was sent to a radiostation or a magazine…
Awsome record!!

By: Maik

Maik — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:03:20 +0000

This is one of my favourite hardcore vinyls. Much better than the following LP which has a sound that’s too clean. It was difficult to get this 12″ in Germany two decades ago and as doeskopp says it was rather expensive but worth every penny!