Fear is a love-em’ or hate-em’ kind of band. Given their right wing, sexist, homophobic, and uber-nationalist lyrics, I can certainly understand the hate-em’ viewpoint. As for me, they’ve always been one of my favorite punk bands. Maybe I just get the joke more than most, or maybe I’m too dense to see that they’re dead serious. At any rate, those who enjoy their music know that Fear was at their best when they were live-the band always sounded more intense than when they were in the studio, and you got to hear frontman Lee Ving doing his hilarious between song banter (the man took audience baiting to a whole new level). This recording from 1982 captures the band in its prime, more than making up for its shaky sound quality. It’s of special note for including two little-heard Fear songs-“Gimme Some Damage”, and the very un-PC “Mengele”.
1.Gimme Some Action
2.Camarillo
3.No More Nothing
4.Beef Bologna
5.Foreign Policy
6.Gimme Some Damage
7.Strangulation
8.We Destroy the Family
9.We Got to Get Out of This Place
10.Waiting For the Meat
11.Welcome to the Dust Ward
12.I Don't Care About You
13.Fresh Flesh
14.I Love Livin' in the City
15.Disconnected
16.Let's Have a War
17.Fuck Christmas
18.Mengele
Enjoy
I was at that concert. I took some photographs, but most of them are fairly blurry - I was new to photography.I also saw the Circle Jerks that year at the Wow Hall and have better photos of them. I'm starting to scan my collection. I'll get back to you if I put it up online.
ReplyDeleteI was at that show too! Fear & TSOL. I was reminiscing with my husband tonight about traveling from Ashland to Eugene for that show, and how I saw several old friends from junior high there. I'd love to see those photos!
DeleteAnybody know the lyrics to Fear's song "Mengele"?
ReplyDeleteI don't know of any lyric sheet out there for that song. Your best bet might be to get a copy of the American Beer CD. It has a lyric sheet, and the song "Surgery" is "Mengele" with sightly different lyrics.
ReplyDeleteMissing 2 tracks 19. Hank Williams Was Queer and 20. Waiting For The Meat Part 2 (Outro)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the early FEAR show
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