ZERO BOYS Vicious Circle LP NIMROD 1982 US orig+inner+yellow ps NM-001 RARE HC

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Admittedly, Indianapolis has never really been known for producing much in the way 

of bands, whether punk or pop or otherwise. But in the late '70s/early '80s, t

he Midwestern city produced a band whose short-lived first phase (more on that later) 

produced one of the more memorable full-length hardcore albums of all time. 

The band, dubbed the Zero Boys, was formed in the spring of 1979 when singer 

Paul Mahern "discovered" the Sex Pistols in Creem magazine and roped in 

guitarist Terry Hollywood, bassist John Mitchell, and drummer Mark Cutsinger. 

Within three weeks of their first practice -- in the grand tradition of most great hardcore bands -- 

the band was playing its first show, and six months later the bandmembers found 

themselves recording their first EP. That debut, Livin' in the '80s (released in 1980), 

was influenced by the more well-known groups of the time, such as the 

Sex Pistols, Ramones, and Dictators, who were on major labels and actually 

got some face time in the mainstream rock press...

"VICIOUS CIRCLE"

1982     LP     NIMROD RECORDS     NIM-001  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

[Original pressing, 2000 made, yellow cover]

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE w/PHOTOS/CREDITS/LYRICS

HEAVY DUTY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: NIMROD  - YELLOW LABEL - RED TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) NIMROD RECORDS-001 

Catalog on labels: NIM-001A / NIM-001B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): RR42148-A PRAY TO THE MASTER TAPE 516 

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): RR42148-B RITE STAY AWAY FROM MOM'S WALLET 516 

On labels:

(Side A only): rim text reads "(All Rights Reserved)  NIMROD RECORDS"

© + ? ZERO BOYS 1982

(Side B only): NIMROD

On Inner Sleeve: Special thanks to: The Slammies........Toxic Reasons.......The Delinquents........

......The Effigies......Husker Du........Die Kreuzen......R.K.L.  (Just an ordinary man)

On Back Cover: Produced by: ZERO BOYS and JOHN HELMES....

.....Road Manager: MARVIN P. GOLDSTEIN

NIMROD P.O. Box 20052 Indpls., IN. 46220

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side 1: VICIOUS CIRCLE - AMPHETAMINE ADDICTION

NEW GENERATION - DIRTY ALLEYS/DIRTY MINDS

CIVILIZATION DYING - LIVING IN THE 80's - DRUG FREE YOUTH

Side A: DOWN THE DRAIN - OUTTA STYLE - YOU CAN TOUCH ME

FORCED ENTRY - HIGHTIME - CHARLIES' PLACE - TRYING HARDER

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

When he walked into Keystone Recording in Indianapolis on August 18, 1981, 

Zero Boys singer Paul Mahern told producer/engineer John Helms he wanted his band's 

debut LP to "sound like the Germs' GI," released two years prior. "He really nailed it!" 

laughed Mahern recently. Much agreed: Few records have ever sounded this whizbang buzzing. 

And whereas GI transformed an appallingly shambolic L.A. band into a shocking 

powerhouse, Vicious Circle merely snared a smokin' Indiana band that'd been rehearsing 

five hours a day -- so tight they spun this corker out in just two days, by recording 

live together. It still bursts out of your speaker on CD as it did off a needle when 

released on Nimrod records 19 years ago. Terry Hollywood's razor-zinging guitar 

and Tufty Clough's Speedy Gonzalez' bing-bing-bing bass playing (fastest fingers

 in the Midwest) burn like blowtorches, and drummer Mark Cutsinger plays like 

he IV'ed amphetamines. Mahern sings like a hurrying rabbit, rapid-firing words 

about assassinations/celebrity-shootings, anti-nostalgia, having a "high time," 

and, well, doing speed. Whereas other records of the new hardcore scene tried 

to sound tough, this was like Johnny Thunders, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Dictators, 

and S.L.F. on 45, smiling like dopes. Vicious Circle remains a vicious pleasure 

of frenzied attitude, chops, speed, tight playing, and rocket-launching zeal...(AllMusic)