Band Name: Circle Jerks
Music Album: Group Sex
Album Release Date: November 1980
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Frontier Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 14 Tracks Vinyl Album LP
The Circle Jerks are an American punk rock band formed in 1979 by vocalist Keith Morris and guitarist Greg Hetson. Morris had previously been a vocalist for Black Flag and Hetson had been a guitarist for Red Cross (later known as Redd Kross). Both bands practiced at a rehearsal space called The Church, located in Hermosa Beach, California. Morris and Hetson quit their bands at about the same time, but for opposite reasons: Morris felt Black Flag practiced too much and Hetson felt Red Cross didn't practice enough. The duo recruit jazz-trained drummer Keith "Lucky" Lehrer. Lehrer had auditioned for Red Cross but had been rejected by the other members of the band for allegedly being "too good", much to Hetson's frustration (Red Cross's previous drummer, Ron Reyes, ended up replacing Morris in Black Flag). Bassist Roger Rogerson (born Roger Dowding) was the final addition to the band. The Circle Jerks quickly rose in popularity due to their hyperspeed music and energetic performances, but their habit of re-using music and lyrics from their previous groups (sometimes including bits that the members of the Circle Jerks did not author) did not win them many fans among their former band mates. Their debut release, 1980's "Group Sex" featured 14 songs in 16 minutes and is considered a class (...)
| A1 | Deny Everything | 0:25 |
| A2 | I Just Want Some Skank | 1:08 |
| A3 | Beverly Hills | 1:00 |
| A4 | Operation | 1:27 |
| A5 | Back Against The Wall | 1:30 |
| A6 | Wasted | 0:39 |
| A7 | Behind The Door | 1:19 |
| B1 | World Up My Ass | 1:15 |
| B2 | Paid Vacation | 1:24 |
| B3 | Don't Care | 0:40 |
| B4 | Live Fast Die Young | 1:26 |
| B5 | What's Your Problem | 0:55 |
| B6 | Group Sex | 1:00 |
| B7 | Red Tape | 0:52 |
© & ℗ 1980, Frontier Records
Recorded at Byrdcliffe Studios, Culver City
Mastered at A&M, Hollywood
This variation of the first pressing has one red (Side One) and one yellow (Side Two) center label.
Center labels show wide pressing ring (7,2 cm / 2.83 inch diameter) around the center hole.
A number of songs on center labels have songwriting credits to "Circle Jerks", changed on later pressings.
Including b/w insert printed on dull paper.
No barcode on back.
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