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It’s time for album club #5! I’m a few days late with this one, and have also decided to switch the format to monthly instead of every 2 weeks. If we start getting more participation I might look at increasing the frequency again.

This week I went with a Canadian classic. D.O.A.'s Hardcore 81. The album that lent it’s name to a genre. Released in 1981, this was D.O.A.'s second album. Formed in 1978, by this point in their career the band had already opened for the Clash, and toured extensively around California with some of the other founders of hardcore punk. They would soon lose a drummer to Black Flag, and go through some lineup changes of their own. In the middle of all of that, they released what is likely their best album, Hardcore 81.

This post will stay pinned for a month, in order for anyone interested to leave their thoughts on the album. December 31st will see the launch of Album Club #6.

  • klu9@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Thanks for this!

    • “Man, the energy! The speed! YES, YES, YEEEESSSS!”
    • “Wait… is that Communication Breakdown?.. I love it!”
    • “SMASH THE STATE! GENERAL STRIKE! RACE RIOT: DON’T BUY IT! BURN IT DOWN!” All still needed in 2025 :(

    Only discovered D.O.A. a few years ago (thanks to the posts of Vancouverite Philip Random on Metafilter), first time listening to the whole album.

    Kind of fun then finally watching some old Vancouver-shot Stephen J. Cannell shows on free streaming, and seeing Wiseguy’s Ken Wahl standing in a phone box making a call with a big old D.O.A. poster right by his head.

    Maybe time for a drinking game: drink every time you see a D.O.A. or nomeansno poster, flyer or sticker in a Stephen J. Cannell show. (Resulting in Dutch courage to finally smash the state?)