RED CROSS – 1981-1982 NO MESSAGE - LP •

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UPC: 020543013602 Label: BEACH IMPEDIMENT Format: LPRelease Date: January 1, 2024In stock items ship within 48 hoursFor starters, don't let the name fool you, this is Richmond, VA— not L.A. Coinciding with the beginning of the 1980s, the spread of punk's mutation into the harsher exertion known as hardcore punk began to spill across the continental United States. The music was becoming harder and faster, straying from the style and formula that some of the younger participants were starting to grow bored of and Richmond was no exception to this phenomena. Following the 1981 implosions of local punk groups MOD SUBS and DISRUPTORS, the illustrious MIKE RODRIGUEZ formed RED CROSS alongside friends FRANK GRESHAM, SCOTT PRICE and ALFORD FAULKNER. Their mission: to create and play hardcore punk adhering to the motto of "LOUD FAST RULES" and they did just that! The next year or so saw the band leaving a trail of broken glass and harshed mellows throughout the greater metropolitan Richmond area, to put it lightly. In early 1982, the boys entered Studio 2 at Union Theological Seminary under the cover of night to record 12 tracks that were intended to be the band's debut 12". Alas, as bands tend to do, they eventually broke up due to internal conflicts, which led to the almost immediate formation of Richmond legends WHITE CROSS; arguably the final form of Mikey Rod's drive to create fast, hard and ugly music." Includes a 16 page booklet featuring extensive liner notes by surviving members Frank Gresham and Scott Price.TRACK LIST: Next World War Robot Girls Sex Machine Price Is Right Buoy Man Little Devils Happy With My Lot Speed Of The Presses You Too The Night Belongs To You Everybody Loves A Genius Robot Girls II Public Assholes Red Cross Public Service Annoucement Show more