I went nuts when hearing it the first time over at Strange Reaction. So I tracked down a copy(thanks to Roger Mah) and have to popularise it over here.
This should’ve been a two tracker. Listen to the other two tracks over SR that’s not posted here. I’m asking myself why they tried to sound like a bad Clash rip off on the other tracks when they had their own thing going on the two rippers posted here.
From a post at SR we can learn that Ted Olson the drummer went on to a more known band called Battalion Of Saints.
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: World
Format: 7″
Songs:
Standby.mp3
Wasn’t He Happy
Withdraw.mp3
Americas Waiting
“Withdraw” is the shit. Nice, filthy, and extremely catchy.
heyy iim jeffreysz daughtor!!.!!.
so thisz isz awsome!!. wayy to go daddy!!.
Hey thanks for posting. I check it out now and again just for laughs but It’s nice to know my old band is still listened too!
Withdraw is certainly familiar from Back to Front Volume 4. Quite a catchy song it is indeed. Strange how there are only now 4 postings on this one.
I meant comments, not postings. Oops. Oh well. Now there’s 5.
Another record that needs a repost :):
But the other 2 songs ain’t that good unfortunately. And waaaay too long!
The Standbys were THE punk band in my neighborhood(El cajon/La Mesa CA)in ’79 Dave Astor played guitar and ran a local restaurant/hangout/safe haven for punks in the neighborhood(being a punk was dangerous business at the time). He passed away a few years ago but his son plays drums in The Locust an in Cattle Decapitation. Unfortunately, the Standbys only recorded the one 4 song e.p. before they sort of morphed into Battalion of Saints.