Night of the Living Dead Boys
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Night of the Living Dead Boys is a 1981 live album by The Dead Boys
. It was recorded in March 1979 at CBGB
. Since Stiv Bators
purposely did not sing into the microphone at this show, the vocals were overdubbed later, causing mixed opinions on this album.
The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys were an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. Among the first wave of early punk bands, the Dead Boys were initially active from 1976 to 1979, briefly reuniting in 1987, 2004 and 2005.-Formation and 1970s punk rock era:...
. It was recorded in March 1979 at CBGB
CBGB
CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
. Since Stiv Bators
Stiv Bators
Stiv Bators , was an American punk rockvocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands, The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.- Music and film career :...
purposely did not sing into the microphone at this show, the vocals were overdubbed later, causing mixed opinions on this album.
Track listing
- "Detention Home" 3:41
- "3rd Generation Nation" 2:38
- "All This and More" 3:05
- "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth" 2:06
- "Tell Me" 2:36
- "Catholic Boy" 2:43
- "I Won't Look Back" 2:16
- "Ain't It Fun" 4:31
- "What Love Is" 2:02
- "Ain't Nothin' to Do" 2:27
- "I Need Lunch" 3:31
- "Son of Sam" 4:46
- "Sonic ReducerSonic Reducer"Sonic Reducer" is a punk rock song written by Gene O'Connor and David Thomas during their tenure in Rocket from the Tombs, which made its debut on the Dead Boys 1977 album Young, Loud and Snotty...
" 2:46
Personnel
- Stiv BatorsStiv BatorsStiv Bators , was an American punk rockvocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands, The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.- Music and film career :...
- vocals - Cheetah ChromeCheetah ChromeCheetah Chrome is an American musician who achieved fame as a guitarist for Rocket From the Tombs and the punk rock band, The Dead Boys....
- guitar - Jimmy Zero - guitar
- Jeff Magnum - bass
- Johnny BlitzJohnny BlitzJohn Madansky, known as Johnny Blitz, is a punk rock drummer from Cleveland, Ohio, best known as being a member of the bands The Dead Boys and Rocket From The Tombs. With the Dead Boys he helped pioneer the punk rock sound, look and attitude of the mid to late 1970s.A Boston Globe retrospective...
- drums