The Adolescents | 
| Artist: The Adolescents
Label: Epitaph Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 226116
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 045778010226
EAN: 0045778010226
ASIN: B000001IMR
Release Date: February 11, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | I Hate Children | | • | Who Is Who | | • | Wrecking Crew | | • | L.A. Girl | | • | Self Destruct | | • | Kids of the Black Hole | | • | No Way | | • | Amoeba | | • | Word Attack | | • | Rip It Up | | • | Democracy | | • | No Friends | | • | Creatures | | • | Welcome to Reality | | • | Losing Battle | | • | Things Start Moving |
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Amazon.com
Led by Los Angeles punk legend Rikk Agnew, the Adolescents lived up to their name, bawling out song after angst-ridden song about how much everything--mom, dad, the cops, and, most likely, you--totally sucked. Admittedly, that was nothing special for the scene that spawned them, but Agnew's jaw-dropping array of guitar tricks vaulted the Adolescents near to the top of the heap. Equal parts Dick Dale, Johnny Thunders, and Chuck Berry, Agnew didn't flaunt virtuoso moves, but the riffs he laid down on classics like "I Hate Children," "Wrecking Crew," and "Section 8" were instrumental in creating America's first mosh pits. --David Sprague
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Wow! March 2, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an amazing CD. When I heard this was one of the main influences of some of today's terrible MTV "pop-punk" bands I was a little reluctant to check this out. Luckily for me this CD is nothing like those other bands. It truely is a great album for anyone into hardcore or punk.
This is O.C. not L.A. September 9, 2005
Fritz L. Vaupel (Seattle, WA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Ad's were from Orange County not L.A. The two places were a totally different life experience. I went to high school with these guys and that's when they wrote these songs. The base player, Steve Soto, went to El Dorado High, the same school that Mike and James from Agent Orange went to. The music was inspired from the f@#ked up mind set of everyone in O.C. back then. AO's song, El Dorado, was a statement of frustration at the mindless people around them in their school. These were the days when jocks would beat you up for being a punk. The Ad's wrote and played with a fury that I had never seen before. Seeing them play at parties and shows was incredible madness. It was glorious. Being an adolescent myself at the time, and having the same experiences that these guys were going through made this music even more powerfull. It was a drug. It was dangerous. It was punk at it's purest, at it's best. I saw these guys play in Seattle last month and even though it's been 25 years since I first heard these songs, they still gave me goose bumps. This is punk rock. This is music. All the new punk is crap when compared to this.
Best punk album ever recorded. September 14, 2004
Tony Baloney
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Without a doubt. A must own. This record stands out from it's peers. It was an instant classic. This album has influenced countless amounts of bands. In much the way the band X wrote songs songs about what they saw in LA, The Adolescents wrote songs about what they saw. Due to that fact, this album captures perfectly the mind set and attitude of the early punk scene. The bonus album, Rikk Agnew's All By Myself is worthy of purchace in it's own right. A vert talented man shows what he is made of by recording ALL the instruments himself. As titled. All By Himself. Classics later recorded with Rikkand Casey's band DI OC life and Falling Out are instant classics as well. Check out section 8
Great 80s punk! January 5, 2007
L. Scott (Boston)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
the Adolescents are an incredible 80s punk band. Even though they didn't release too many albums, this one rules. This marks the beginning of mosh pits and chaos in punk rock. "Kids of the black hole" is great. Great riff too. "Amoeba" is enjoyable too. "No friends" is one of my personal favorites. "I HATE CHILDREN" is probably the best!
classic punk December 12, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is one of the best punk albums ever recorded. early 80's LA hardcore at it's best, this album still rocks hard more than 20 years later. rip it up and wrecking crew are definently the best tracks off this album and two of the best punk songs ever written. but other great tracks include: who is who, ameoba, kids of the black hole, LA girl, no way, and i hate children. this album is a punk classic that everybody should own.
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