SOA "No Policy EP" Dischord 2 GREEN VINYL Near Mint
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Here it is! STATE OF ALERT (S.O.A) No Policy Ep. Dischord records #2. Original pressing on GREEN VINYL!
Very rare punk / hardcore record from 1981. The record is in NEAR MINT condition!! The picture sleeve has a hint of
ring wear and some light shelf wear mostly on the bottom seam. featuring a young Henry Rollins (Henry Garfield). includes insert.
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Dischord #2:
S.O.A. ~ No Policy EP
(released April 1981)
• 1st pressing — green vinyl, no bars on Henry's arm
(1000 pressed)
• 2nd pressing — black vinyl, no band name on label
(1000 pressed)
• 3rd pressing — black vinyl, band name on label
(1000 pressed)
A great record with Henry Garfield (a/k/a Henry Rollins) on vox just before he was recruited into Black Flag as the fourth, final, and longest serving
State of Alert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search State of Alert Origin Washington, D.C., USA Genre(s) Hardcore punk Years active 1980 - 1981 Label(s) Dischord Records Associated acts Black FlagThe Faith
Rollins Band Website Official site Members Henry Rollins
Michael Hampton
Wendel Blow
Simon Jacobsen
Ivor Hansen
State of Alert (or S.O.A.) was an American hardcore punk group formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980, and disbanded in 1981.
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Breakup and legacy
- 2 Members
- 3 Discography
- 4 References
- 5 External links
[edit] History
State of Alert were fronted by Henry Garfield, who would later rise to fame as Henry Rollins. They formed in October 1980 and disbanded in July 1981. They released a ten song 7" EP titled No Policy and contributed three songs to the compilation Flex Your Head, both on Dischord Records. The EP was financed by Henry since Dischord wanted to afford releasing the first Minor Threat 7" as well.
S.O.A. played a total of 12 gigs in and around the eastern US, their first on December 6, 1980, in Washington, D.C., and their last on July 10, 1981, in Philadelphia. Henry Rollins later described their performances: "All of them were eleven to fourteen minutes in duration because the songs were all like forty seconds... and the rest of the time we were going, 'Are you ready? Are you ready?' Those gigs were poorly played songs in between 'Are you readys?"[1]
[edit] Breakup and legacy
Today, S.O.A. is remembered primarily as Rollins' first band - before he joined Black Flag and then founded Rollins Band - but also as an example of early "DC Hardcore" and an influence to other bands such as Detroit's Negative Approach and New York City's Agnostic Front.
Out of what was left of the band guitarist Michael Hampton went on to form The Faith in 1981 with Alec MacKaye (brother of Ian MacKaye, later in Ignition) who joined on vocals and Ivor Hansen, S.O.A.'s final drummer. Later Hampton went on to Embrace with Ian MacKaye in 1985, and One Last Wish with Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring) and Brendan Canty (Deadline, Fugazi, Rites of Spring).
Bass player Wendel Blow went on to play in Iron Cross and Lethal Intent.
State of Alert's recorded material has been re-released by Dischord on the 20 Years of Dischord compilation and the Dischord 1981: The Year in 7"s compilation which includes the entire 'No Policy' EP.
[edit] Members
- Henry Rollins ? vocals (October 1980 — July 1981)
- Michael Hampton ? guitar (October 1980 — July 1981)
- Wendel Blow ? bass (October 1980 — July 1981)
- Simon Jacobsen ? drums (October 1980 — March 1981)
- Ivor Hanson ? drums (March 1981 — July 1981)
[edit] Discography
- No Policy (1981)
- Flex Your Head (1982)
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