YOUTH OF TODAY Break Down The Walls LP WE BITE 1986/88 GER orig+ltd+yellow NYHC
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YOUTH OF TODAY
Highly influential leaders of the late 1980s straight edge hardcore scene. Arguably one of the leaders of the second wave
of straight-edge in the mid-'80s, Youth of Today was a New York-based band started by ex-Violent Children members
Ray Cappo on vocals and John Porcelly on guitar. Rounding out their lineup in 1985 with Graham Philips on bass and Darren Pesce on drums,
Youth of Today recorded and released their debut EP, Can't Close My Eyes, on Positive Force, a well-known
straight-edge mainstay. Philips and Pesce exited shortly thereafter, and lineup changes abounded until a five-piece settled
long enough to record the band's first full-length offering, 1986's Break Down the Walls.
"BREAK DOWN THE WALLS"
[Released in the U.S.A. in 1986 but published in Germany & Europe for the 1st time only in 1988]
1988 LP WE BITE RECORDS #053
MADE IN GERMANY EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING
LIMITED EDITION YELLOW VINYL
SINGLE COVER
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: none
LABEL: WE BITE - LIGHT BLUE LABEL - YELLOW TEXT
Label Code: LC 7519
Catalog on cover: (spine) WE BITE 53
Catalog on labels: WB 053 (Side One / Side Two)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): WB 053-A SONDEREGGER
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): WB 053-B SONDEREGGER
On labels: rim text reads "Alle Urheber..........Sendung!"
LC 7519
GEMA
Licensed from Revelation Records
Manufactured in West Germany
On Back Cover: Produced by Dan Nicholas
Recorded Autumn 1986
? © 1986 & 1988 Revelationtracklisting
Side A: MAKE A CHANGE - THINKING STRAIGHT - STABBED IN THE BACK
TAKE A STAND - HONESTY - ONE FAMILY
Side B: BREAK DOWN THE WALLS - SHOULD IT - TIME TO FORGIVE
POSITIVE OUTLOOK - STANDING HARD - FREE AT LAST - YOUTH OF TODAY
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Youth of Today's debut full-length, Break Down the Walls, sounds like standard New York hardcore,
but the enormous influence that this disc had on the straight-edge movement is almost
immeasurable. Each song is a fast-paced punk slugfest, geared toward the group's angry
young male fan base. The performances are sloppy but fierce, and the message is a
predictable anti-establishment rant. Positivity, clean living, and the benefits of a fully
vented spleen are stressed to a raw extreme, thus establishing a hardcore blueprint
for the many artists who followed Youth of Today's example. Highlights include live
favorites like "Make a Change" and "Stabbed In the Back." A must-own for straight-edge
enthusiasts and New York hardcore scholars, Break Down the Walls is generally
considered one of its genres all-time greats...(AllMusic)
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