Band Name: Circle Jerks
Music Album: Group Sex / Wild In The Streets
Album Release Date: December 1988
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Frontier Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 29 Tracks CD
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 (...)
| 1 | Deny Everything | 0:27 |
| 2 | I Just Want Some Skank | 1:09 |
| 3 | Beverly Hills | 1:06 |
| 4 | Operation | 1:30 |
| 5 | Back Against The Wall | 1:35 |
| 6 | Wasted | 0:43 |
| 7 | Behind The Door | 1:25 |
| 8 | World Up My Ass | 1:17 |
| 9 | Paid Vacation | 1:28 |
| 10 | Don't Care | 0:35 |
| 11 | Live Fast Die Young | 1:33 |
| 12 | What's Your Problem | 0:57 |
| 13 | Group Sex | 1:03 |
| 14 | Red Tape | 0:56 |
| 15 | Wild In The Streets | 2:33 |
| 16 | Leave Me Alone | 1:18 |
| 17 | Stars And Stripes | 1:39 |
| 18 | 86'd (Good As Gone) | 1:54 |
| 19 | Meet The Press | 1:19 |
| 20 | Trapped | 1:39 |
| 21 | Murder The Disturbed | 2:01 |
| 22 | Letter Bomb | 1:13 |
| 23 | Question Authority | 2:00 |
| 24 | Defamation Innuendo | 2:21 |
| 25 | Moral Majority | 0:54 |
| 26 | Forced Labor | 1:16 |
| 27 | Political Stu | 1:36 |
| 28 | Just Like Me | 1:46 |
| 29 | Put A Little Love In Your Heart | 2:12 |
Group Sex:
Recorded at Byrdcliffe Studios, Culver City.
Wild In The Street:
Remixed at Mister Rogers Studio
Mastered at K Disc
Recorded at A&M Studio D, Hollywood, CA.
Group Sex originally released on LP in 1980.
Wild In The Streets originally released on LP in 1982.
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