540 Records and Painkiller present one of the most important and, yep, best, New York Hardcore recordings on vinyl for the first time EVER, with ñRunning Scared,î the second demo in BreakdownÍs Both Demos set. This is music to wear a Mr. Peanut t-shirt to, to lace up your Spot-Bilt sneakers and stagedive into a pike of Daisy Dukes and Village Voice back-issues. On this 540 and Painkiller split release you will find: The Running Scared demo, from 1988, recorded in The Loft studios in Bronxville, near the parkway, and previously unreleased versions of All I Ask and Hold Me Back--the latter basically a new Breakdown song that you can't get anywhere else except for this thing--and their WNYU session from 1989. The demo is as good as any hardcore record ever, and the band is as good as any band. ItÍs on vinyl now, finally, so buy this thing, put on a ringer tee, spill spaghetti sauce on it and start spreading the credit around. Track Listing: 01. Dissed + Dismissed (demo) 02. All I Ask (demo) 03. What It Is (demo) 04. Breakdown (demo) 05. Down For The Count (demo) 06. All I Ask (previously unreleased) 07. Hold Me Back (previously unreleased) 08. Don't Give Up (live) 09. Kickback (live) 10. Life Of Bullshit (live) 11. You Gotta Fight (live) 12. Your Problems (live) 13. Vengeance (live) 14. Hold Me Back (live) 15. Labeled (live) 16. Safe In A Crowd (live) 17. Sick People (live) 18. Pipe Dream (live)
