Thursday, July 8, 2010

Second Coming

The best hardcore band ever to come from San Diego's debut album was released in 1984 on their own Nutron label. I fell in love with this band based on their contribution to the seminal 1982 BYO comp Someone Got Their Head Kicked In. The fact that they had "Mad" Marc Rude on art duty didn't hurt. Fast, catchy hardcore that makes you want to skate, smoke dust, and fight cops. Some of these dudes died, rumor has it they lived as fast as they played. Thankfully they left this behind.

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21 comments:

  1. JMJuly 8, 2010 at 1:23 AM

    Damn,how many of them died?

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  2. AesopJuly 8, 2010 at 1:28 AM

    I could be wrong but I believe two

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  3. ChrisJuly 8, 2010 at 4:19 AM

    One of my all time favorite bands. They are still playing....with the the singer being the only original member

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  4. AnonymousJuly 8, 2010 at 7:23 AM

    Oh, shit! My older brother had this back in the day! Still sounds fucking killer.

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  5. DougJuly 8, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    didn't marc rude also do the cover for Earth A.D.?

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  6. AylmerJuly 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    The Bats did rule. "Someone Got Their Head Kicked In"? That's taking me back. The only other band on that comp that I could still listen to is the Adolescents. Everything else? No way.

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  7. ManslaughterJuly 8, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    FUCK YEAH! BATTALION OF SAINTS FUCKING RULE!!!

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  8. danielJuly 8, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    great album! long time since i listened to this band. tack kompis!

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  9. UniBoehmerJuly 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM

    Thank you Sir Aesop. Your work on this blog is much appreciated. BoS is insane!

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  10. AylmerJuly 8, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    Fuck the Johannes Mehserle verdict.

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  11. haizman_brainJuly 8, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    Thanks for posting the album and not the Remix tracks from the CD they put out.

    I just listened to both versions...what the hell were they thinking?

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  12. seAoxenJuly 9, 2010 at 3:54 AM

    That BYO comp was my introduction to them as well & definately left me wanting more. This album is great & I much prefer it to Fighting Boys although I think their best work is the Second Coming 7" which I'm pretty sure came out on Mystic and on which they play unbelievably fast. The last decent band I was in covered Second Coming a la the ep version. I remember when the guitarist died - something to do with a bathtub if I remember correctly. Was a sad day for me.

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  13. seAoxenJuly 9, 2010 at 3:57 AM

    Oh yeah - & the story the singer tells on American Hardcore about Henry Rollin's first visit to San Diego is... memorable

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  14. AnthonyJuly 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    ThnX Ace!! reminds me of Freshman year in HS! I also like that "Fighting Boys" ep! That was the shiz!

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  15. nano247July 11, 2010 at 1:17 AM

    holy crap. i totaly missed thios post
    fuckin ayeeeeee
    thanks again

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  16. P A J OJuly 11, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    oh man, I used to love this album when it came out. it came with a poster of the band members heads impaled on spikes-- I hung it in my dorm room much to my roommates dismay!

    yeah, marc rude did wolf's blood too.

    Thanks so much for sharing, this brings back lotsa memories!!

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  17. AnonymousJuly 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM

    love this. awesome.

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  18. Devil DickJuly 15, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    one of my all time faves and i was lucky enough to see them on the east coast in 85. how about some dr. know plug in jesus or the sst stains for some great cali mexi-core? 2 more of my fave bands/albums. i know you got the goods!

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  19. Toxik BoysJuly 16, 2010 at 10:09 AM

    great shit, i really like this band, thanks

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  20. humansoffplanetearthSeptember 4, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    why does it look like toronto s SLAUGHTER logo on the cover! weird!

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  21. ChrisSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    This and the Nip Drivers 'Destroy Whitey' were my two faves in high school

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