Youth Brigade at Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas 2021

“Sink with California” appears on Youth Brigade’s 1983 version of the LP Sound & Fury (a different version was released in ’82) and that album was one of my most-listened to in the mid-80’s – me and my friends played it constantly so it was a huge thrill for me to finally see them play that track (and a ton more) in 2021 at our first Punk Rock Bowling experience, when there was a small pause in the pandemic. (I am very much looking forward to not having to wear a mask and standing in line to get a wristband proving my vaccination status this year!) Side B has another one of my top tracks from Sound & Fury: “Blown Away” which is a catchy-as-hell high-speed anthemic anti-war song. While I am soooo excited to see a bunch of great bands this upcoming weekend (The Chats, 999, Cosmic Psychos, Stiff Little Fingers, etc) I would be extra stoked if Youth Brigade staged a surprise appearance 🤞

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The lead/title track, one of CJ’s best-known songs and an 80’s punk anthem, “Wild in the Streets” is a cover of a ’73 single by Garland Jeffereys. CJ first recorded it in ’80 for Posh Boy Records and it appeared on the comp Rodney on the ROQ. There are two other cover songs on Wild in the Streets: “Just Like Me” (Paul Revere & the Raiders – one of my favorite 60’s songs ever) and Jackie DeShannon‘s “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” which is kinda hilarious as a hardcore punk song. Other notable tracks from the original album are, for me, “Question Authority” and “Moral Majority.” The bonus live tracks include fast and raw versions of “Letter Bomb,” “Wild in the Streets” and “Stars and Stripes.”

I finally got a chance to see Circle Jerks last year in Las Vegas where they headlined the second night of Punk Rock Bowling. Their performance of “Wild in the Streets” was a definite highlight of the weekend.

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We have an original of The Crew but after hearing Scott Crawford’s “Spoke” podcast interview with Kevin Seconds a couple months back, I decided I needed this reissue in the collection (Trust Records had the band’s blessing).

7 Seconds was one of my favorite punk bands in the 80′s; I feel like I saw them every few months in the Fox Valley area: at the Ridgeway in Neenah (I got to sit on the side of the stage during that show) and ABC Boxing and Kutska’s Hall in Green Bay (we partied with the band at my friend’s house after one of the Kutska’s show). I still have some of the flyers for those shows in my collection that look pretty similar to the ones in the booklet.

The Crew was 7 Seconds’ first full-length release, put out after a slew of singles and a ton of touring. It’s an absolute hardcore punk classic, fast, hard but still melodic with whoa-whoa-whoa anthems like “Not Just Boys Fun” (always a favorite of us girls at the shows – 7 Seconds was a very female-friendly band for punk girls at concerts), “This is the Angry Pt. 2,” the title track “The Crew,” “Colorblind” and “Young Til I Die.” They had originally intended to put out their first record on Alternative Tentacles (Jello was a big fan of the band) to be titled United We Stand. Alternative Tentacles was going through some financial shit (read the booklet for the details) and Shawn Stern of BYO was pursuing 7 Seconds for a release so they ended up going that route, putting some of the tracks that they recorded for United We Stand onto The Crew.

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