SSD SS DECONTROL HOW WE ROCK LP ORIG 1984 HC Jerrys Kids Gang Green Minor Threat

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SSD ?– How We Rock
Label:  Modern Method Records ?– MM022, Modern Method Records ?– X110
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country:  US
Released:  1984
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Hardcore, Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
A1 How We Rock Intro 3:13 A2 How We Rock 2:20 A3 Words That Kill 3:19 A4 The Choice 2:53 B1 On The Road 3:42 B2 What It Takes 3:44 B3 What If I 3:10
Companies:
Engineered At – Downtown Recorders Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp. Copyright (c) – SSD (2) Phonographic Copyright (p) – SSD (2)
Credits:
Artwork By [Designed By] – Christine A. Gilbert Bass – James J. Sciarappa Drums – Chris Foley Engineer – Joe Cuneo, Lou Giordano Illustration – Jean Jacques Bastarache Lead Guitar – Francois Levesque Mastered By – Tom Coine Producer – Lou Giordano, Mike Bastarache Rhythm Guitar – Alan Barile Vocals – David Spring Written-By – SSD
Notes:
© ? 1984 SSD
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [Etched]): X?110?A "LIKE IT OR NOT... ¢ HUB Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Etched]): X?110?B ...THIS IS HOW WE ROCK!" HUB Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Stamped]): MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK
SSD (Society System Decontrol) were a straight edge hardcore (and later heavy metal) band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound. However the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as SSD.
Formed by songwriter/guitarist Al Barile (then a machinist at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts and a student at Northeastern University), SSD started performing at smaller venues throughout the Greater Boston metropolitan area, like Gallery East, in the summer of 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense, charged performances and the provocative antics of their core group of followers, the Boston Crew.
The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa (David Spring) on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass and Chris Foley on drums. They released their debut LP The Kids Will Have Their Say on their own X-Claim label in 1982.[2] Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter and his Dischord label's logo appeared on the back cover.
In 1983 they added second guitarist Francois Levesque and released the EP Get It Away, widely regarded as their best record, and one that helped define Boston's straight-edge scene. The X-Claim pressings of it and The Kids Will Have Their Say are both highly collectable.
Like many hardcore bands in the mid-1980s, particularly in the Boston area, SSD began heading in a heavy metal direction. In 1984 they signed to the Boston label Modern Method and released the How We Rock EP, which was rooted in the hardcore sound but exhibited overt heavy metal characteristics, such as a relatively high number of lengthy guitar solos. After signing to Homestead they released the Break It Up LP in 1985. It had both feet planted in the metal genre, leaving behind all trappings of punk and hardcore. SSD broke up in November that year.
Barile went on to form Gage, Sciarappa joined Slapshot, and Springa went on to join Razorcaine and Die Blitzkinder.

Scottt Schinder, in his book Alt-Rock-a-Rama, described SSD as "The most important hardcore band to emerge from New England."
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"SSD was one of my favorite bands, even through their lame attempt at cock-rock...  When they released this and their 'new sound' in 1984, it caused quite a disturbance in the Force...  I found another clean copy of this in the Skeleton Closet..."  [TSC Reference #: SSD2]
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