ADRENALIN O.D.- Let’s barbeque 7″EP (Buy Our Records, USA, 1983)
New Jersey’s everywhere! First, Joe had his funtastic overview of the Garden State scene of the 80s, then I followed him by posting MENTAL ABUSE. Next up was Peter with his awesome post of CHRONIC SICK’s twelver, one of HC’s most wanted records. Dave posted the 2nd A.O.D. 7″ and here we go again – fully sanctioned by Paul of A.O.D. (check the comments section). Yipieh!!
What a scorcher the first A.O.D. 7″ is! Massive, massive sound, short, raw, dirty, abrassive yet melodic. A total winner and a bit overlooked still. Every song totally rules, my fave ones being “Suburbia” and “Old People talk loud”, “Trans Am” – ah fuck it, they all are equally great.
This 7″ (500 pressed) was bootlegged in the late 80s in Germany by (haha hold your breath) the guy from one of the world’s now biggest Metal labels (Nuclear Blast Records) who used to be a HC pioneer before he sold his soul to the devil. The bootleg has blue lettering instead of red.
Everything else AOD put out weighs more than a ton of gold – at least up til the “Cruising with Elvis in Bigfoots” LP (or was it the other way round). The first AOD LP is one of my most played records ever and “Pizza & Beer” from the 2nd album could drive me insane. Now I’m already looking forward to another of Jay Thurston’s masterly comparisons ……
Suburbia.mp3
Old People talk loud.mp3
Trans Am.mp3
House Husband.mp3
Mischief Night.mp3
Status Symbol.mp3
Pär wrote:
this is so great, sounds a bit Ratt.
I love all their stuff with Humungus as my favorite. I had the boot but sold it a few years ago, I think I bought it from Babs.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 12:50 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Ratt? Haha, total Jay Thurston-style comparison. This had the potential of becoming a running gag.
Pär, may I recommend you the first SIREN LP (see my heavy rotation bit)? I believe you will love the band! The first 7″ was posted here a while ago.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
jeff wrote:
this 7″ kills… suburbia is the all-time njhc track. hands down…
well, trans am is pretty close.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Dave wrote:
Thanks for this Erich. Man we are reading each others minds today. I literally ripped the Siren Metro-Mercenay 7″ 10 minutes ago with the intention of putting it up on my blog this week and then logged on to your blog and there is the Siren Lp staring me in the face.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Not only today, Dave, not only today. I had the SIREN 7″ posted a while back, but I think the files are down. I plan on posting both the LP and the demo (hint hint nudge nudge) soon.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
JJ wrote:
amazing songs. had no idea this ep is so great! what is “utilarian hardcore”???
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 3:16 pm | Permalink
Jay Thurston wrote:
I loved this record when it came out. I used to write to Paul back then…this is before there were computers, kids. Truly a classic record!! It does kind of sound like Ratt with a little bit of Scorpions thrown in the mix. Isn’t Paul Chain singing on this??
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 4:08 pm | Permalink
Pär wrote:
“I had the SIREN 7″ posted a while back, but I think the files are down.”
Aaa, thats why it didn´t work for me then. I remember the Siren logo from some old fanzine? Blackthorne perhaps.
Posted on 28-Oct-08 at 10:25 pm | Permalink
Peter - KBD Records wrote:
A classic! I tried to get into AOD and I loved a couple of songs on the Wacky… and the Big Foot… LPs but they never stuck to me. Discovered I´ve just kept the LPs for the sake of having them and the pinkish color on Wacky is easy to get in love with. A true fan got ém instead.
Posted on 29-Oct-08 at 11:19 am | Permalink
howardx wrote:
“aod vs godzilla” was their masterwork
Posted on 29-Oct-08 at 2:22 pm | Permalink
john wrote:
Whacky HiJinx of AOD was just reissued with the first 7″ as bonus trax. Very cool.
http://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Hi-Jinks-Adrenalin-O-D/dp/B001CITQQI/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225332820&sr=8-1
Posted on 29-Oct-08 at 7:18 pm | Permalink
CRUCIFIED FOR YOUR S wrote:
great post!
thanks for share ti
Posted on 29-Oct-08 at 8:59 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
Funny yet furious . A little piece of hc history… Some more infos on NERORGASMO for you , Erich. The lp is going to be repressed on cd along with the first ep and a ton of unreleased material , EU91/SERBIAN LEAGUE will put this out . Actually the lp is not a posthumous release . It was recorded in the early 90’s when the band briefly reformed , and released shortly thereafter .
Posted on 30-Oct-08 at 1:06 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Thanks for the info, Chano. if you ever see Giulio the Bastard, tell him to send me some promos
Posted on 30-Oct-08 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
hdvns wrote:
A fantastic record. They played in my basement many years agao. And the other day while walking my kid to soccer practice I noticed a CD laying in the gutter. On closer inspection I realized it was “humongusfungusamoungus”, in good shape too. Cheers!
Posted on 10-Nov-08 at 4:57 pm | Permalink