Pick Your Kings

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 12:48

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It's a heavy hitter...

TreActivity

Personally, it's my favorite Poison Idea release. This sucker SLAMS into you and doesn't let up on the punishment it's dealing out until suddenly... it's all over. Fast, hard and HEAVY in a sorta Negative Approach sorta way but totally unique. One of the greatest examples of how hardcore was not confined to the L.A., D.C., Boston and N.Y.C. scenes. Highly recommended.

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Poison Idea’s notoriously brief, punishing debut was released in 1983, a few years after the band formed in Portland, Oregon. Thirteen songs in sixteen minutes. Obviously, not a second wasted. At this juncture, the band consisted of founder and enormous frontman Jerry A., guitarist Tom Roberts – later to be rechristened Pig Champion, due to his porcine build, bassist Chris Tense, and drummer Dean Johnson. Already, Jerry A. sang like a man in the middle of a heartattack, bellowing furiously, frighteningly. In other words, the template was being created for albums to follow. With Pick Your King – a reference to Elvis and Jesus, Poison Idea helped establish the paradigm for aggressive American hardcore punk. – Patrick Kennedy

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