Flesh Eaters (EP)

Flesh Eaters
EP by the Flesh Eaters
Released 1978
Studio Alleycat House
Genre Punk rock
Length 7:34
Language English
Label Upsetter
Producer Randy Stodola
Flesheaters
The Flesh Eaters chronology
Flesh Eaters
(1978)		 No Questions Asked
(1980)

Flesh Eaters, also known as Disintegration Nation after the title of its first track, is the debut EP by the American rock band the Flesh Eaters.

Production and release

Flesh Eaters, produced and engineered by Randy Stodola at Alleycat House,[nb 1] it was released in 1978 on Upsetter Records, in 7-inch vinyl disc format.[nb 2]

Critical reception

In his biography of the Flesh Eaters for Perfect Sound Forever, Jay Hinman said that:

"... [The Flesh Eaters EP], with just a hint of the ferocity of the LPs to come, is full of jagged, blazing glory, with a touch of rockabilly adulation and an up-front, slashing guitar sound that laid down a subsequent trademark."[2]

Trouser Press, for its part, commented:

"... to record the first Flesh Eaters EP", "[Chris] Desjardins ... borrowed an existing band — LA's flower-punk Flyboys —".[nb 3] "'Twas a wise choice: the trebly, hyperkinetic playing matches him lunge for lunge on four breathless numbers, including the well-beyond-Costello conflagration "Radio Dies Screaming.""[4]

Reissues

A Desjardins' remixed version of "Disintegration Nation" was featured, retitled as "Version Nation", on the 1979 Tooth and Nail compilation album.[nb 4][2]

In 2004, the Flesh Eaters EP, in its entirety, was included as bonus tracks, on the Atavistic Records' remastered CD reissue[nb 5][5] of the band's first studio album No Questions Asked,[nb 6] originally released in 1980 on Upsetter.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chris Desjardins, except where noted. 

Side A
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Disintegration Nation"    1:52
2. "Agony Shorthand"  Joe Ramirez 2:01
Side B
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Radio Dies Screaming"  John Curry, Scott Lasken 2:07
2. "Twisted Road"    1:34
Total length:
 7:34

Personnel

The Flesh Eaters[nb 3]
Production

Notes

  1. ↑ Stodola's four-track home studio.[1]
  2. ↑ Upsetter #UPSET 8
  3. 1 2 In their second incarnation, the Flesh Eaters consisted solely of Chris Desjardins backed by members of the pioneering punk rock trio the Flyboys.[2][3][4]
  4. ↑ Upsetter #UP WR 1&2
  5. ↑ Atavistic #ALP143CD
  6. ↑ Upsetter #UPCJ 34

References

  1. ↑ Bernadicou, August (January 8, 2015). "Just an Alley Cat: Randy Stodola Speaks!". teenagenewszine.wordpress.com. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Hinman, Jay (January, 2001). "The Flesh Eaters: Heavy Punk Thunder from the Lake of Burning Fire". furious.com/perfect. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Neff, Joseph (July 24, 2014). "Graded on a Curve: The Flesh Eaters, A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die". thevinyldistrict.com. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Young, Jon; Sprague, David "TrouserPress.com :: Flesh Eaters". trouserpress.com. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ The Flesh Eaters, No Questions Asked, 2004 reissue. allmusic.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

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