Dance with Me is the debut album of American punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band TSOL

TSOL

TSOL is an American punk rock band which formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California. TSOL is short for True Sounds of Liberty although they are rarely referred to by their full name....

. A departure from the entirely political nature of their previous release (the 1980 EP

Extended play

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 1980 DEMO), "Dance With Me" is far darker and more macabre, featuring such themes as necrophilia

Necrophilia

Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia or necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses,It is classified as a paraphilia by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. The word is artificially derived from the ancient Greek words: νεκρός and φιλία...

, and the song "Silent Scream", which is made up entirely of horror movie clichés.

Their most popular release, both then and to this day, the album earned them the title of the "West Coast Misfits", and has made the band a favorite amongst horror punk

Horror punk

Horror punk is a music genre that mixes Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery and lyrics, which are often influenced by horror films...

 fans.

Track listing

1. "Sounds of Laughter" - 3:26
2. "Code Blue" - 2:08
3. "The Triangle" - 3:30
4. "80 Times" - 2:03
5. "I'm Tired of Life" - 1:51
6. "Love Story" - 2:05
7. "Silent Scream" - 2:46
8. "Funeral March" - 1:23
9. "Die for Me" - 2:02
10. "Peace Through Power" - 1:47
11. "Dance with Me" - 2:51

Personnel

• Jack Grisham
  Jack Grisham
  Jack Grisham is an American rock musician, raconteur and political activist. He is the vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. , which emerged from the 1980s Los Angeles punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Social Distortion. Grisham has also fronted the bands The Joykiller, Tender...
  
   - vocals
• Ron Emory
  Ron Emory
  Ron Emory is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. . An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emory left in 1987 prior to the release of the album Hit and Run. In 1996, he joined the other original members of T.S.O.L. to reform the...
  
   - guitar
• Mike Roche - bass
• Todd Barnes - drums