Neon Christ - S/T E.P. 7″
August 24th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Fast, fun and hip. Reminds me a bit of Stark Raving Mad. Great roaring guitar sound coupled with out of control drumming. Released in 1984 it was maybe a bit too late for the trend but I still find this to be a fantastic piece of the HC history.
William DuVall,guitarist, is in some grunge/metal band these days. He also took the job as a stand in vocalist for Alice In Chains on their tour last year. What can I say? Shit happens.
Country: USA
Year: 1984
Label: Social Crisis
Format: 7″
Songs:
Parental Suppression.mp3
Draft Song.mp3
Winding.mp3
Bad Influence.mp3
Neon Christ.mp3
We Mean Business.mp3
Yoof.mp3
It’s Mine.mp3
Doom.mp3
After.mp3
August 24th, 2007 at 9:16 am
I have the double 7″ that was released in 1990 which is missing a couple of tracks from this, but with a few different ones. Fantastic stuff! For some reason i was under the impression that one of the members was jailed for murder! Or am I talkin’ shit?! I’m sure I read that in MRR y-e-a-r-s ago…
August 24th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I gave this away the day I bought it…it sounded too generic back then. I just couldn’t take it anymore. It seemed that every band started sounding the same. Wish I still had it, though.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:17 am
I still love this, especially for the slopyness in the fast parts. The double 7″ with the outtakes hassome ofthe best NC songs, actually. The rarer version of this has yellow paper btw.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:54 am
killer stuff! doesn´t sound sloppy to me. sound could be a little bit rougher… their song on the p.e.a.c.e. comp. is better, but this is also great!
August 25th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
More Duvall rumors-
* Wasn’t he in Moby’s touring band? (And I ain’t talking about Vatican Commandos)
* I heard he wrote the Dionne Farris song “I Know”- a number one (?) hit after she left Arrested Development.
August 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
This is great. I love 80s band that were just getting as fast as humanly possible. I’ve heard this band mentioned a few times over the years (I seem to be much younger than your typical readership, so “over the years” has a much different meaning to me!), but never heard them until now, it’s pretty much what I expected. Yet another great record.
August 26th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Neon Christ reunited just recently and played a handful of shows. A DVD of the reunion will be coming out eventually. Furthermore, the second Neon Christ drummer came over to the house to do some electrical work and was amazed to see my complete collection of NC singles and even a bootleg 7″ I purchased in Amsterdam a few years back. Neat, huh?
August 26th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
One word: meh. Doesn’t even get a capital. That’s how forgettable and bland unnoticeable this is.
August 27th, 2007 at 6:40 am
No one murdered anybody. Duvall left town to join B’last. He is now the official Alice In Chains singer. Their reunion shows were awesome. Still got it.
August 29th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
The guy who wrote “I Know” is David Ryan Harris, who used to be in another Atlanta band, Follow for Now.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:29 am
Rumor dispelled.
September 2nd, 2007 at 10:00 am
my uncle is the lead singer… thanks for putting this up
September 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Just to get garage punk back into that discussion,as i was told a
guitar dude from the nowaday “CARBONAS” seems to be part of that reunited “NEON CHRIST” !