ARTICLES OF FAITH GIVE THANKS LP ORIG 1984 HC Mould Husker Du Alloy Necros SSD

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Articles Of Faith ?– Give Thanks
Label:  Reflex Records ?– REFLEX J
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country:  US
Released:  1984
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Hardcore, Punk
Tracklist:
A1 Give Thanks Written-By – AOF, Virus X A2 In Your Suit Written-By – AOF, Bondi A3 I Objectify Written-By – Bondi A4 Acceptance Written-By – Bondi, Virus X A5 Everyman For Himself Written-By – Shield, Bondi B1 Five O'Clock Written-By – Shield, Bondi B2 Hollow Eyes Written-By – AOF, Bondi B3 Chicago Written-By – Shield B4 In This Jungle Written-By – AOF, Bondi B5 American Dreams Written-By – Bondi
Companies:
Marketed By – Dutch East India Trading Distributed By – Dutch East India Trading Phonographic Copyright (p) – LSR Records Copyright (c) – Articles Of Faith Recorded At – Pierce Arrow Recorders Mixed At – Blackberry Way Studios Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Credits:
Bass – Dave Shield Concept By [Cover] – Meat Wilson Drums – Virus X Engineer – Peter Leonardy Executive Producer – Pat Grueber Graphics [Graphic Work] – Nikki James Guitar – Dorian Tajbakhsh, Joe Scuderi Management [Biz] – Pat Grueber Mixed By – Bob Mould, Steve Fjelstad Other [Drivin 'n Drinkin] – Shake Ross Producer – Bob Mould Vocals, Guitar – Vic Bondi
Notes:
? 1984 LSR Records  © 1984 Articles Of Faith  Recorded at: Pierce Arrow Recorders, Evanston, Ill.  Mixed at: Blackberry Way, Minn., MN. 
Including a one-sided printed lyric/credit insert
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout [Etched with a drawing of an apple after "FW"]): REFLEX JA-1-1-1-2 "NUMBER ONE ON THE GIRTH TOP 9" PRC FW [drawing] Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout [Etched]): REFLEX JB-1-1-1-8 PRC EOS-NSO
Articles of Faith was a Chicago-based hardcore punk band (1981–1985) notable for songwriting in a class above most of their contemporaries (and successors).[citation needed] The band's later work, the In This Life LP in particular, either founds or foreshadows the emo sound.[citation needed] The typical AoF song featured hummable melodies and conspicuous hooks, showing funk, reggae and jazz influences, accompanied by lyrics bemoaning the difficulty of finding freedom and fulfillment in a cookie-cutter mass-consumption driven society typically, but not always, delivered at a searing pace. While the band's influence was blunted by being based in Chicago, it maintained close musical and thematic ties to the Washington DC / Dischord Records scene. Drummer Virus X briefly left the band in 1984, due to the relative waning of the band's political emphasis, but returned to record In This Life. The band split up in 1985, with In This Life being issued two years later. The original lineup reunited for a European tour in 1991. The final show of this tour was recorded and issued as part of the Your Choice Live series.
Vocalist and guitarist Vic Bondi was a protest singer with leftist views. He went on to form Alloy and Jones Very after AoF's demise. At the time of AoF's original break up, Bondi was working as a history instructor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bondi's subsequent day jobs included working on Microsoft's Encarta as managing editor of the Encarta Interactive English Learning edition (Bondi's comments on this fairly ironic form of employment can be found here [2]). Alternative Tentacles Records released the complete discography of the band in 2002. Bondi resurfaced with another politically charged band, Report Suspicious Activity, in 2006, and was featured prominently in the documentary American Hardcore.
In 2010, it was announced that Articles of Faith would reunite for an appearance at Riot Fest in Chicago and would be recording a new EP.
Groups who have cited Articles of Faith as a prominent influence include NOFX, Heroin and Disfear.
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"Articles Of Faith are another great hardcore band from the early 80s that never got the full attention they deserved - mainly due to geography...  I always loved the disjointed timing and melodies on this album...  Bondi's vocals were a big influence on the emo crap that came in latter years..."
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