UPC: 657628445012 Label: IN THE RED RECORDS Format: LPRelease Date: June 28, 2024In stock items ship within 48 hours In 1979, two school-kids all hopped-up on punk-rock started their own group in their hometown of Hawthorne, Los Angeles (birthplace of the Beach Boys) and soon found themselves opening shows for notorious scene pioneers Black Flag. Jeff McDonald was fifteen, his brother Steven McDonald only eleven. But that didn’t stop their group from becoming one of the most remarkable, enduring and unique outfits punk-rock ever belched up. 2024, then, marks Redd Kross’s forty-fifth birthday—an important anniversary for any group whose heart pulses at 45RPM—and the brothers are celebrating the event with a veritable multimedia extravaganza. There’s a memoir, Now You’re One Of Us, due in November, author Dan Epstein telling the group’s story in the McDonalds’ unmistakable (and occasionally contrary) voices. A brilliant rockumentary, Born Innocent, directed by Andrew Reich, will premiere later in the year. Most exciting of all, this new album—an eponymous double-album, no less, packed with eighteen of their sharpest, most addictive songs yet. These years of joyful service to rock’n’roll have seen Redd Kross evolve into a killer pop-rock concern, dealing in dayglo power-chords, choruses as tall as skyscrapers and a lyric sheet thick with acid couplets and arch pop-cultural references their loyal following will gobble up like quaaludes. • Iconic punk band celebrates forty-five years with upcoming memoir, documentary, and new double album • Recorded, produced, and drums by Josh Klinghoffer (ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Janes Addiction) TRACK LIST: A1 Candy Coloured Catastrophe A2 Stunt Queen A3 The Main Attraction A4 Canción Enojada A5 Good Time Propaganda Band B1 What's In It For You? B2 I'll Take Your Word For It B3 Terrible Band B4 Stuff B5 Back Of The Cave C1 Too Good To Be True C2 Way Too Happy C3 Simple Magic C4 The Witches' Stand D1 Lay Down And Die D2 The Shaman's Disappearing Robe D3 Emmanuelle Insane D4 Born Innocent
