Remember seeing reviews in old SKATEBOARDER OR EARLY THRASHER SO I BOUGHT IT IN 1983, PARENTS FREAKEDED OUT ASKING ME IF I KNEW WHAT CHINA WHITE IS? I SAID YEAH COOL PUNK BAND MAN.
I assume you know, but for anyone stumbling across this that doesn't, it was heroin that could be snorted like coke, as opposed to the brown stuff, which had to be smoked if you couldn't stomach injecting it. Which is exactly what I would have told my parents had they asked, along with pointing out that it didn't mean I was going to go buy any. I'm capable of various sorts of stupidity, but there are limits...
@@BMXunion1 You're familiar with the old ST song "Institutionalized"? Half the people I knew had some variation on a conversation like that with the Parental Units. It really had nothing to recommend it.
Agreed man. They went from the brash sound that's just a fantastic sound in itself and changed for what they felt was more them. Long live the middle class.
I will always love this album. I got to see their reunion a few years back at the Observatory. Also saw the Flyboys at the Frontier reunion show. Good times 🤘
I swear Live In Your Eyes is hands down the SICKEST SONG EVER! I can see how so many bands in punk and metal were influenced by that song alone, not to mention the rest of the record. And the vocals fit perfectly to make it so that its not specifically one kind of genre or style. It has so many influences you hear in the songs that really rounds out their sound to not just be another lame punk clone.
If there’s one phrase that I hate that’s new and not representative of any punk that I was listening to, is “melodic punk”. If ever there was a phrase that shouldn’t be, it’s that. And if there’s anything that ruined punk, it’s also that. Well, that and the rise of right wing punk bands.
@@AngrierGorilla Dude, It’s not like I care that much, it’s only music, but it is that whole homogenizing and mainstreaming of punk rock by those so called “melodic” punk bands that ruined punk rock. I blame NOFX, who just played their last indoor shows here in town, and I couldn’t be happier about that. All those shitty Epitaph bands, all those shitty Lookout! Records bands, all those shitty ska influenced punk bands, it all spelled the end of “punk” rock as we knew it.Those bands might as well be Journey. Punk just became part of the music “business”, and not about music at all anymore.
@@timmackenzie8145 I see your point, but the melodic side in punk was not invented by the band you mentioned. Think about Adolescents, Descendents, Shattered Faith, TSOL, Dead Kennedys… Or outside California band like Misfits, Husker Du, Dag Nasty, Government Issue, Naked Raygun (just to name a few, but the list is never ending). They all put a lot of melody in their songs. So unless you only listen to bands like Discharge, in punk you have to accept melodies as well.
@@AngrierGorilla Yeah that’s the truth of the matter. Fact is I love albums by most of those bands you mention (except Dead Kennedys, I like all their records but in no way do I think of them as “melodic”). But what I’m saying is, although you are right about most of those bands you mention, I basically only like the first albums by most of those bands. Descendants, Adolescents, TSOL, etc. Some bands I like multiple albums by like Government Issue( although I kinda blame the DC scene for what became “emo”, GI included. And all of Ian MacKaye’s post Minor Threat bands. Dag Nasty is another one. I saw them once sorta, just caught the end of their set, and said hello to Brian Baker, who’s always been a bit of a “guitar hero” of mine. But I’m starting to ramble. I only said I blame NOFX because they were one of the earliest bands to get popular during the 90’s punk popularization but they certainly didn’t invent “melodic punk”. For my money, the last great hardcore band was RKL and their Rock And Roll Nightmare album. That came out in 87, two years after hardcore was basically done. And sure, it’s a “crossover” album, but like a few of those bands/albums, it’s one of the best ones, right up there with COC, Raw Power, and Attitude Adjustment. So after all that, I still love those bands and those albums I liked by said bands, they all have lots of albums I don’t like at all, so it’s just a personal opinion thing where neither of us are “right” as it were, but we have differing opinions on some of the more “melodic” bands of the genre. All good. Cheers 🍻
So the title song Danger zone. The guitar solo 3/4 of the way thru is fuckin blistering , so badass , makes me want to skank right into a crowd of BeeGee's fans.
Danger Zone Been gone fourteen days, I could've been gone for more ? Lying on the floor I only wanna be I'm only want to see All along that Dangerzone All along that Dangerzone I made lots of friends, I know I need the rest When sleeping don't come easy, sure to give my best I'm only wanna be I'm only want to see All along that Dangerzone! All along that dangerzone! Anti-social We're anti-living My doctor gives me things, he says I'm very ill He says I'm going crazy, a take those funny pills! Sitting on a pedestal Waiting for someone new We always know who is a fool Dangerzone is calling you Anti-social We're Anti-living All along that Dangerzone We're all along that dangerzone! All along the telephone I'll shoot? you if I get the chance We're? Almost new! Well I want! Wanted new! I wanted something new You wanted all the fools Sitting on a pedestal Waiting for someone new We always know who is a fool Dangerzone is calling me
A lot of these lyrics are similar to Alice Cooper’s lyrics from The Ballad of Dwight Fry. It’s “I’m in the intensive care, I’m lying on the floor.” “I made lots of friends, you know I need the rest- but sleeping don’t come easy in a straight white vest.” “I’m anti social, I’m anti living.” “I shoot the bull with someone knew if I had the chance.” Just small corrections. How do I know this? Some of the lyrics are in the Addiction 1 album AND I’ve been listening to this album religiously since I was in middle school. I’m 19 now.
Also, I think it’s “all alone in the dangerzone”. But it very well could be "all along." I'm just a weird nerd about this band tbh lol. I’m working on learning Dangerzone on the guitar to cover it since it’s been one of my favorites since I was a teenager.
Thing is, you know at this time when they recorded this that they had more songs. They would have had to to be able to play a live set. Shoulda recorded everything just in case someone left the band after this and they never sounded the same again. Oh yeah, that happened. lol
such a unique hardcore sound from all the other so-cal bands at the time, they actually had a slower more breakdowny type of hardcore sound like nyhc except im pretty sure nyhc didn't even have that sound yet (minus bad brains) by the time of this band, agnostic front didn't really start till about 82-83 and China white was as early as 80.
NY scene really disappointed me, it went downhill really quick but not as quick as the LA scene, in fact I think the last punk scene in the US was the Midwest.
@@Soundeagle3456 Punk scenes never die, they just come in waves. Tons of new bands pop up all the time. Tins of kids going to their first show. It never stops.
My buddy wound up with this record because whoever he was ordering from, he didn’t list any alternates in case they were out of anything he was ordering, so they just sent him this. I don’t recall ever really hearing it. If I did, this is the second time ever. Not so great, compared with other Frontier releases. Kind of an American GBH, at least with the title track.
Devo dire che un gruppo del genere mi ha dato la possibilità di staccare il ghiaccio dal mini frigo bar....se non fosse per l` adrenanila che mi trasmette e i testi che traduco facilmente,sarei un coglione dei tanti......(A)
Out of all of the early OC/LA bands, CW had the most unique sound. Frank Raffino (r.i.p.) was,along with Frank Agnew from the Adolescents, a total shredder. Those rad bottom e string drones,as well as those tasty embellishments were devastating. CW were the first crossover punk/metal band. Were the band junkies? There’s so little known about these guys.
Probably pretty safe to assume they were. I think I read somewhere that the singer died of an OD, so thats why there isnt much from them I guess. And you're probably into it if you name you're band after really good dope, although now its mostly fentanyl.
