Band Name: Poison Idea
Music Album: The Best Of Poison Idea
Album Release Date: December 2024
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Taang! Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 40 Tracks CD
Poison Idea was started in 1980 in Portland, Oregon, by vocalist Jerry A. (Lang). Within a year, the band had a solid lineup with drummer Dean Johnson, guitarist Tom Roberts (aka Pig Champion), and bassist Glen Estes. The band was motivated by the Germs and Black Flag, and took their musical cues from bands such as Discharge and SOA. Pushing the speed limits of contemporary punk rock, they played raw and angry hardcore the likes of which had rarely been heard before (or since). Chris "Tense" replaced Glen on bass by the time of their 1983 debut EP, Pick Your King, a classic and arguably the best hardcore record ever released. Its subsequent followup, Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes featured Pig Champion's substantial collection on the cover, and were both put out on the Fatal Erection label, run by Pig Champion and Malcom Conover from Eugene, Oregon.
In 1986, Poison Idea released the aptly titled Kings of Punk LP on Pushead's Pusmort label. By this time, the band's sound had changed from manic, breakneck thrash, to a more driving, Motorhead-influenced attack - losing none of their intensity, anger, or nihilism. In the next few years, Poison Idea's lineup (mainly the rhythm section) changed several times. 1987's War All the Time was somewhat of a misstep - nowhere near as powerful as their previous output - although the two EPs released the next year both had good material.
By 1989, Poison Idea seemed to pull it together; after trouble wi (...)
| 1 | Learning To Scream | 1:58 |
| 2 | Another Place | 2:19 |
| 3 | Xerox Frustrate | 1:44 |
| 4 | Lifestyles | 3:14 |
| 5 | Short Fuse | 1:59 |
| 6 | God Not God | 0:51 |
| 7 | Ugly American | 2:58 |
| 8 | Subtract | 1:40 |
| 9 | Cop An Attitude | 2:25 |
| 10 | Death Wish Kids | 2:15 |
| 11 | Made To Be Broken | 2:53 |
| 12 | Tormented Imp | 2:13 |
| 13 | One By One | 2:17 |
| 14 | Out Of The Picture | 2:16 |
| 15 | Untitled | 0:59 |
| 16 | Think Twice | 0:41 |
| 17 | It's An Action | 1:26 |
| 18 | Thing Called Progress | 1:00 |
| 19 | In My Headache | 1:07 |
| 20 | Underage | 0:31 |
| 21 | Self Abuse | 1:21 |
| 22 | Cult Band | 0:42 |
| 23 | Last One | 1:21 |
| 24 | Pure Hate | 1:11 |
| 25 | Castration | 0:28 |
| 26 | Reggae (I Hate) | 1:18 |
| 27 | Give It Up | 0:27 |
| 28 | Think Fast | 1:07 |
| 29 | A.A | 1:30 |
| 30 | Legalize Freedom | 1:42 |
| 31 | Cold Comfort | 1:14 |
| 32 | Typical | 1:54 |
| 33 | Thorn In My Side | 2:00 |
| 34 | Laughing Boy | 1:38 |
| 35 | Rubber Husband | 1:30 |
| 36 | I Gotta Right | 3:18 |
| 37 | Rich Get Richer | 1:31 |
| 38 | Don't Like It Here | 1:44 |
| 39 | Die On Your Knees | 2:45 |
| 40 | Time To Go | 2:03 |
Tracks 1-2-3 Learning To Scream EP
Tracks 4 to 15 Kings Of Punk LP
Tracks 16 -28 Pick Your King
Tracks #29 to 40 Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes EP
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