Offenders - We Must Rebel

The allure this band had on the psyche of hardcore youth in the '80s was the intense brutality of their sound. This was hardcore at its harshest- a wall of noise that engulfed you as soon as the first guitar chord was stricken; lyrics that sang of youth revolt and riots; the insanity of war; societal and family expectations unmet that created rifts- all of this was captured in songs that were, more often than not, only a minute and a half. JJ, the vocalist, was another factor in this appeal. Having run away at a young age and living in the streets gave him the street cred that most people who tend to care for that sort of thing gravitate to. Once his writhing and screaming on stage are witnessed, they are forever carved into the consciousness. The Offenders were the living embodiment of American hardcore music and are as essential as Black Flag were-at least in this writer's mind. If you've never heard of the Offenders then you don't know ~love~ about Texas punk.--Kamikaze Conniptions

This import LP from Belgium compiles the "Lost Causes" 7" from 1981, the "We Must Rebel" LP from 1983 and the "Fight Back" 7" from 1989 from this legendary Texas hardcore band who played speedy hardcore punk with a distinct metal edge and came from the same scene that spawned the Big Boys, The ~censored~ and MDC.


Genre: Hardcore
Year: 1983


Tracklist:

01. Fight Back
02. No Chance
03. Like Father Like Son
04. Just For Fun
05. We Must Rebel
06. Face Down In The Dirt
07. Never Cared
08. Direct Defiance
09. Wanted By Authority
10. New Militia
11. Youth Riot
12. I Hate Myself
13. Fed Up
14. Inside The Middle
15. Fight Back
16. I Hate Myself
17. Poor House Energy
18. One Fine Morning
19. Lost Causes
20. Rockin' The Town


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