Track Listing
1. Null Detector
2. I Love Livin' in the City
3. New York's All Right
4. Beef Bologna
5. More Beer
6. What Are Friends For?
7. Welcome to the Dust Ward
8. I Am a Doctor
9. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
10. F*** Christmas
11. Responsibility
12. Hey
13. Waiting for the Meat
14. Camarillo
15. Foreign Policy
16. Give Me Some Action
17. We Destroy the Family
18. I Don't Care About You
19. Let's Have a War
| Details | | Producer: | Fear | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Fear: Lee Ving (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Philo Cramer (vocals, guitar);
Spit Stix (drums, percussion).
Recorded at KPFK, LOs Angeles, California in 1986. Includes liner notes by Lee Ving.
Personnel: Lee Ving (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Philo Cramer (vocals, guitar); Spit Stix (drums, percussion).
Liner Note Author: Lee Ving.
Recording information: KPFK, Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, CA (1986); Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, CA (1986).
Photographers: Ed Colver; Ed Cover.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Fear; Spit Stix; Lee Ving.
Fear came out of the same late 1970s Bay Area punk scene that gave us the Dead Kennedys, and not surprisingly, the two bands were sometimes compared. But while the Kennedys were an intensely socio-political band that occasionally got into shock value for its own sake ("Too Drunk To F***"), Fear was a more consistently humorous, less political band that always thrived on shock value. Fear's rude, crude, dark-humored and often brilliant lyrics offended those with delicate sensibilities, and Lee Ving wouldn't have had it any other way. Recorded live in L.A. in 1986 but not released until 1991, Live...for the Record captures Fear in all of its twisted, in-your-face glory. Those who haven't experienced the pleasures of Fear would be better off starting out with The Record, Fear's most essential album, but diehard fans will appreciate hearing raw live versions of classics like "I Love Livin' in the City," "More Beer," "I Don't Care About You" and "Beef Bologna." Although the sound quality isn't perfect--decent, but not perfect--the CD has no problem capturing Fear's vitality. A few of the tunes have a strong political message; "Let's Have A War," for example, is a not-too-subtle commentary on U.S. foreign policy. But for the most part, Live...for the Record is an exercise in reckless, unapologetic fun. ~ Alex Henderson
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