The Left

Perhaps their strange redneck hometown in Maryland created its own spawn fed on hypocrisy, boredom, ignorance and hate. It's the small town America syndrome, you know, settle down and act right, eat your supper and be quiet! Well, telling the Left to be quiet was like telling a kid not to play with matches! Breastfed on a diet of the Stooges, Standells, Dead Boys, Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Sonics, et al, they unleashed their first blistering fury "You're So" on Bona Fide's Train to Disaster comp in 1983, stunning listeners and inviting comparisons from Richard Hell to the Monkees, all in the same breath. Torn between 60s Punk and 70s Punk, The Left merged both and continued to grow. 1984 saw the release of their debut 12" Hell... It's The World! and people began to take notice of The Left's powerful sound. The Left were a fierce Rock and Roll band, anti-fashion powerhouse Rockers with a rowdy, boisterous sense of fun - problem children and charlatans rolled into one. The all-out sonic wail was driven by 19 year old Jim Swope's frantic, distorted gutiar and Brian Sefsic's hell-bent pissed off vocals, with Brian's brother Kevin on bass and Bill Sword on drums laying down a crunching sledge hammer rhythm.

Hell... It's The World (1984)

01 - Hell
02 - Youngster On The Force
03 - Stop
04 - R.I.P.
05 - Fuck It
06 - Attitudes
07 - Frontline
08 - 5 A.M.

Last Train To Hagerstown (1985)

01 - The Viet Cong Live Next Door
02 - Labels
03 - TV Eye
04 - Teenage Suicide
05 - My Shows
06 - AIDS Alley
07 - Redneck 7-11

The Left (1989)

01 - Hell
02 - Youngster On The Force
03 - Stop
04 - R.I.P.
05 - Fuck It
06 - Attitudes
07 - Frontline
08 - 5:00 A.M.
09 - The Vietcong Live Next Door
10 - Labels
11 - TV Eye
12 - Teenage Suicide
13 - My Shows
14 - AIDS Alley
15 - Redneck 7-11

Jesus Loves The Left (The Complete Studio Recordings) (2006)

01 - Hell
02 - Youngster On The Force
03 - Stop
04 - R.I.P.
05 - Fuck It
06 - Attitudes
07 - Frontline
08 - 5 A.M.
09 - The Viet Cong Live Next Door
10 - Labels
11 - TV Eye
12 - Teenage Suicide
13 - My Shows
14 - AIDS Alley
15 - Redneck 7-11
16 - You're So
17 - State Of Mind
18 - Justice
19 - Columbus Day
20 - A Perfect World

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