Hardcore '81

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Hardcore '81
D.O.A. - Hardcore '81.jpg
Studio album by
D.O.A.
Released22 April 1981
Recorded1981
GenrePunk rock, hardcore punk
Length18:56
LabelSudden Death
ProducerD.O.A.
D.O.A. chronology
Something Better Change
(1980) 		Hardcore '81
(1981) 		War on 45
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A..[2][3][4] It is considered by some to be the first time that a certain style of punk rock was labeled hardcore.[5][6]

In 2019, the album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.[7][8]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Joey "Shithead" Keithley, except for where noted.

  1. "D.O.A." – 1:38
  2. "Unknown" (Keithley, Chuck Biscuits) – 2:30
  3. "Slumlord" – 1:55
  4. "Musical Interlude" – 0:22
  5. "I Don't Give a Shit" – 1:21
  6. "M.C.T.F.D." – 1:38
  7. "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin cover) – 1:57
  8. "001 Loser's Club" (Brian Goble, Keithley, Dimwit, Werner) – 1:54
  9. "Fucked Up Baby" – 1:27
  10. "The Kenny Blister Song" – 0:16
  11. "Smash the State" – 1:32
  12. "My Old Man's A Bum/Bloodsucker Baby" (Keithley, Dimwit) – 1:41
  13. "Waiting for You" – 0:45

Some CD re-issues of Hardcore '81 include four bonus tracks from the EP Don't Turn Yer Back (On Desperate Times):

  1. General Strike (Keithley, Dave Gregg) – 3:36
  2. Race Riot – 1:06
  3. A Season in Hell (Goble) – 2:34
  4. Burn It Down – 2:34

Personnel[]

Tracy Marks - acoustic piano on "Unknown" also engineered the album

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "D.O.A."
  3. ^ Stegall, Tim (April 14, 2020). "These 15 punk records from 1981 have some of the year's best music".
  4. ^ Guides (Firm), Rough (July 3, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Paul Rachman (director), Steven Blush (writer), Dez Cadena (starring), Dave Smalley (starring) (2007-02-20). American Hardcore (flv) (Documentary). United States: Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-12-18. Joey "Shithead" Keithley of D.O.A.: "We had one big show up there [Vancouver]. It was us, Black Flag, and 7 Seconds, and it was called Hardcore 81, so it was the first time anyone really used that term."
  6. ^ Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Karen Bliss, "D.O.A. and Oscar Peterson Win Polaris Heritage Prize for Classic Albums". Billboard, November 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "Vancouver punk rockers DOA earn Polaris Prize heritage award". Vancouver Sun.



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