This is the 2nd album by DOA and the record that coined the phrase "Hardcore". This was recorded at Ocean Sound Studios and was put out on Prisoner Publishing. DOA covered one of the dinosaurs of rock Led Zeppelin and I always thought it was neat to demonstrate how they could blow them off the map with a raging version. DOA covered "Communication Breakdown". When the record first came out Len Morgan from Ripper fanzine wrote
You'll be glad to hear that D.O.A. have released their second album, HARDCORE 81, upon our eager ears. And what an album it is, too bad that it was rushed... It is much better than its predecessor, SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE, which was released last August. This is probably because the guitars, vocals, drums and bass are all upfront instead of being lost in the muddy production of SOMETHING BETTER... HARDCORE seems like a rushed project because most of the album is filler material. They have two musical interludes as well as songs that one one claims to have written: "Bloodsucker Baby," "I Don't Give a Shit" and "My Old Man's a Bum." They also do a version of "Communication Breakdown" that puts Led Zeppelin to shame, sun in Joey Shithead's throatiest voice possible. Of the original songs, all of which are superb examples of D.O.A.'s energy, the best is "Unkown": mixing power whirds with a '60ish riff and very versatile vocals. It isn't a great album, in my eyes, but it is well worth getting.
You'll be glad to hear that D.O.A. have released their second album, HARDCORE 81, upon our eager ears. And what an album it is, too bad that it was rushed... It is much better than its predecessor, SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE, which was released last August. This is probably because the guitars, vocals, drums and bass are all upfront instead of being lost in the muddy production of SOMETHING BETTER... HARDCORE seems like a rushed project because most of the album is filler material. They have two musical interludes as well as songs that one one claims to have written: "Bloodsucker Baby," "I Don't Give a Shit" and "My Old Man's a Bum." They also do a version of "Communication Breakdown" that puts Led Zeppelin to shame, sun in Joey Shithead's throatiest voice possible. Of the original songs, all of which are superb examples of D.O.A.'s energy, the best is "Unkown": mixing power whirds with a '60ish riff and very versatile vocals. It isn't a great album, in my eyes, but it is well worth getting.
The songs on here are:
1. D.O.A.
2. Unknown
3. Slumlord
4. Musical Interlude
5. I Don't Give A Shit
6. M.C.T.F.D
7. Communication Breakdown
8. 001 Loser's Club
9. Fucked Up Baby
10. The Kenny Blister Song
11. Smash The State
12. My Old Man's A Bum
13. Bloodsucker Baby
14. Waiting For You
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