POISON IDEA: Darby Crash Rides Again Vinyl LP

The title alone tells you everything. Naming your debut-era compilation after the Germs frontman who died on the eve of Lennon's assassination isn't a reference, it's a thesis statement. Poison Idea were always in conversation with the saints and casualties of American hardcore punk, and this collection of early material makes the case for why they belong in that same brutal canon.

Darby Crash Rides Again compiles the early years of one of Portland's most ferocious bands, the recordings that established Jerry A as one of the most unhinged and genuinely threatening voices in hardcore. This 2024 remaster brings the original recordings back with the grime intact, not sanitised, just louder and clearer where it counts. Essential listening for anyone who considers the first wave of US hardcore more than just nostalgia, it's a document of something that was completely real.

Black vinyl LP, 2024 remaster. US hardcore punk. Import.

Fans of: Discharge, Void, The Germs, Black Flag