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Friday, April 10, 2009

Government Issue- Crash

Since I am doing some of out of town bands again, I thought I'd do my second alltime fave of Washington DC. Government Issue funny how bands me huh? Legless Bull comes out and I have to admit that it was such run of the mill hardcore that I pretty much dismissed it. Now I own it but listen only so often. The albums by Government Issue that really did it for me was the albums Crash and You. Those two albums mixed psychedelia and punk in a way that The Damned could do sans the organ in the background. These two albums came out in the late '80's and was a huge shift for the GI guys. I loved it, MRR hated it. F-them. If you love good rockin punk with thick guitars than this is for you. Side notes here. When I was a wee Kennyboy, John Stabb was a penpal of mine. I never really knew what band he was in at the time, and I cannot for the life of me can remember how we ended up writing each other for a few years. He was very cool. Sent me tapes, zines, etc. A good guy! I heard a few years ago, he was brutally attacked in DC and almost died. He has since recovered and is doing well. Second note. I met Tom Lyle when I was on tour and playing in DC. Tom Lyle was there hanging out and someone mentioned that he was there, so I thought well I want to meet a guy that has the coolest guitar sound next to Bob Mould. I sauntered over and said hi, and explained how much I was a fan. He just stared at me and said thanks and walked off. Oh well. Maybe a bad night or something? Since I am on a guitar player kick tonight, I have to shout out to Punkfriction for posting The Skids "Working For The Yankee Dollar" single. I did not have those songs, so I was well chuffed to hear them. Thanks Longy! And talking about guitar players, wasn't Stuart Adamson one of hell of a guitar player???????!!!!!!!!!!
Ken

Here is an updated link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/220071013/GI_Crash.zip

12 comments:

  1. dude, locked Itunes files?

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  2. Great record Ken. I didn't get into it when it came out, but over the years this has become my favorite GI album. Thinking about it now, hard to believe it's been out for 20+ years already!

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  3. Great choice for a Government Issue posting Kenny! Love this lp. You should post "You" also as it is equally as good.

    Cheers
    Angry

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  4. thanks Ken.....do know the band....doesn't know the album

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  5. Dude please call me by my name. Sorry to bum out your world dude. Give me a minute and I will fix this. I have it on iTunes, vynil and cd. I will get on this right away to make you happy dude.
    Ken

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  6. Dude? god, I hate that word... I did run into the locked Itunes files too, I'll try again now...thanks Kenny! The jam do rule, I agree!

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  7. lol

    Ken have you noticed its always the anon's that are rude arrogant wankers?

    Stuart was indeed one hell of a guitar player.

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  8. Mr. Nez, the file is fixed! Angry was kind enough to provide a link that works. I forgot where the files were from and posted protected files...LOL. Anyways enjoy the music!

    Longy, yes indeedy, Mr. Adamson was one hell of a player, one of my favorites ever!
    Ken

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  9. Thank you for this. I have been wanting a copy for a long time.

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  10. Mr. Ken, Great post. Underrated band, I got to know Jay Robbins and Pete Moffett a few years later and they are really awesome dudes.
    I think the whole G.I. discography was reissued on two separate 2-disc sets on Dr. Strange records.
    There is also a really fantastic disc titled "Beyond" which is an odds and sods collection of G.I. stuff. Ironically, this is one of my favorite G.I. discs.
    Great Blog, keep up the good work.

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  11. bought it once for my darling....

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