Band Name: Government Issue
Music Album: Complete History Volume Two
Album Release Date: December 2024
Music Genre: Punk Rock Alternative Rock
Record Label: Dr. Strange Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 51 Tracks CD
Government Issue (often referred to as G.I.) was a punk rock band from Washington, DC. The band formed in 1980 and split in 1989. They began as a hardcore band but overtime transitioned into more alternative rock areas. Singer John "Stabb" Schroeder was the group's only constant member, although original drummer Marc Alberstadt played with the band from 1980 until 1986 and bassist-turned-guitarist Tom Lyle joined the band in 1981 and stayed until the end. Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) played with the band from 1981 through 1982. The group's final bassist, J. Robbins, who played with the band from 1986 until their split, went on to form Jawbox and became an in-demand engineer and producer.
The band has reunited for shows in 2007 and 2010 but has no plans for a full time reunion.
In 2014, the band played reunion show with 3/4 of the "Legless Bull" line-up playing songs off that record as well as the 1980 demo.
In May 2016, John Stabb passed away after battling stomach cancer.
| You LP | ||
| 1-1 | Jaded Eyes | 3:50 |
| 1-2 | Beyond | 2:14 |
| 1-3 | Man In A Trap | 3:10 |
| 1-4 | Caring Line | 3:34 |
| 1-5 | Young Love | 4:22 |
| 1-6 | Where You Live | 3:18 |
| 1-7 | Wishing | 2:16 |
| 1-8 | Public Stage | 3:28 |
| 1-9 | World, You And I | 2:18 |
| 1-10 | Hole In The Scene | 4:05 |
| 1-11 | Melancholy Miss | 2:07 |
| 1-12 | Public Stage (Live) | 3:31 |
| Crash LP | ||
| 1-13 | Another Day | 3:32 |
| 1-14 | Strange Wine | 3:11 |
| 1-15 | Better Than TV | 2:46 |
| 1-16 | Time Will Rearrange | 4:20 |
| 1-17 | Connecticut | 3:55 |
| 1-18 | Crash | 3:16 |
| 1-19 | The Price | 3:51 |
| 1-20 | The Fear | 3:47 |
| 1-21 | Summer Of Blood | 3:18 |
| 1-22 | For Ever | 3:56 |
| Live - Finale LP | ||
| 2-1 | Strange Wine | 3:21 |
| 2-2 | Where You Live | 3:07 |
| 2-3 | Blending In | 1:12 |
| 2-4 | Understand | 1:47 |
| 2-5 | Better Than TV | 2:37 |
| 2-6 | Jaded Eyes | 3:08 |
| 2-7 | Mad At Myself | 1:39 |
| 2-8 | Beyond | 2:01 |
| 2-9 | Wishing | 1:59 |
| 2-10 | The Price | 3:33 |
| 2-11 | Public Stage | 3:11 |
| 2-12 | Connecticut | 3:45 |
| 2-13 | It Begins Now | 2:17 |
| 2-14 | Last Forever | 2:36 |
| 2-15 | Wishing | 2:08 |
| 2-16 | Another Day | 3:17 |
| 2-17 | Understand | 1:52 |
| 2-18 | Beyond | 2:07 |
| 2-19 | Mad At Myself | 1:41 |
| 2-20 | Forever | 3:25 |
| 2-21 | Jaded Eyes | 3:13 |
| 2-22 | Say Something | 1:44 |
| 2-23 | Visions And? | 1:16 |
| 2-24 | Caring Line | 3:23 |
| 2-25 | Hole In The Scene | 3:56 |
| 2-26 | They Know | 1:43 |
| 2-27 | Where You Live | 3:15 |
| Live At The Scorpion | ||
| 2-28 | Rabbits | 2:33 |
| 2-29 | The Land Of Me | 2:59 |
Tracks 1-1 to 1-11 recorded and mixed June 1987 at Lion and Fox.
Track 1-12 recorded live at The Marble Bar, Baltimore Maryland, March 20, 1987.
Tracks 1-13 to 1-22 recorded July 1988 at Lion and Fox.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-13 recorded live on KFJC-FM Los Altos Hills, California October 11, 1988.
Tracks 2-14 to 2-27 recorded live at The Ritz, NYC February 5, 1988.
Tracks 2-28 and 2-29 recorded live at The Scorpion at the University of Pennsylvania, May 17, 1989.
Peter Moffett is mis-credited as Peter Moffet on this release.
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