The first-known recording of the legendary hardcore band POISON IDEA

In continuation with documenting Poison Idea’s live-shows, American Leather Records is happy to present ‘Young Lords’. One of the earliest known recordings of now legendary band.

“1982. We played for about a year and a half. We booked shows ourselves playing small gigs, open mics, house parties.” – explains Jerry A. Lang giving a brief look in the past. The lineup of ‘Darby Crash Rides Again’ was about to perform their first big show. “This was the first club show we’d played. We booked the shows ourselves. We got The Fartz from Seattle to come down and headline it. It was basically the beginning of our career. We were all 18 years old. Except Tom. All fast, short punk-rock songs. We sang about what 18-year-old kids sing about.”

Combining his lyrical influences of Darby Crash and Bukowski, Jerry A. created uncompromising substance singing about everything from police brutality to Ronald Reagan and skateboarding.
“We did a couple covers. JFA song. And State of Alert, Henry Rollins’ first band. We played songs of the bands we enjoyed. So we’d do Black Flag, Circle Jerks…” – he recalls: “It was our first show into the business. Before that, we were just the garage band. After that, we didn’t stop and just kept playing.”


Lineup:
Jerry A. – vocals
Tom ‘Pig Champion’ Roberts – guitars
Dean Johnson – drums
Glen Estes – bass
Highlights:
Recorded May 5, 1982 at The Metropolis Club
Mixed and Mastered from The Original Multi-Track Source
Deluxe ‘Pignote’ Layout Featuring 12-Pages Booklet w/ Previously Unpublished Photos And Flyers