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Just an American Band / Live In '84

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Download links and information about Just an American Band / Live In '84 by Verbal Abuse. This album was released in 1996 and it belongs to Rock, Punk, Metal, Alternative genres. It contains 27 tracks with total duration of 44:15 minutes.

Artist: Verbal Abuse
Release date: 1996
Genre: Rock, Punk, Metal, Alternative
Tracks: 27
Duration: 44:15
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Power Play (Just an American Band) 0:56
2. Leeches (Just an American Band) 1:13
3. I Hate You (Just an American Band) 2:09
4. Social Insect (Just an American Band) 0:57
5. Boredom (Just an American Band) 1:32
6. Bud (Just an American Band) 1:24
7. Disintegration (Just an American Band) 1:11
8. Unity (Just an American Band) 1:00
9. Free Money (Just an American Band) 1:09
10. I Don't Need It (Just an American Band) 1:49
11. Verbal Abuse (Just an American Band) 1:04
12. American Band (Just an American Band) 2:27
13. Intro (Live In '84) 2:34
14. Verbal Abuse (Live In '84) 1:00
15. Social Insect (Live In '84) 1:12
16. Emotional Constipation (Live In '84) 2:51
17. Disintegration (Live In '84) 1:07
18. I Don't Need It (Live In '84) 1:52
19. Paranoid (Live In '84) 1:39
20. Worth a Try (Live In '84) 2:36
21. Free Money (Live In '84) 1:49
22. Unity (Live In '84) 1:14
23. Bud (Live In '84) 1:43
24. Power Play (Live In '84) 1:32
25. I Hate You (Live In '84) 2:14
26. Boredom (Live In '84) 2:02
27. I Wanna Be Me (Live In '84) 1:59

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Though it formed in Texas, a move to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1981 branded Verbal Abuse as a Northern California punk band. Just an American Band/Live in '84 remains one of the best underground twofers of this genre. It's got a total of 27 tracks: the first half is a reissue of Verbal Abuse's 1983 debut album, Just an American Band, and the second part is a live recording of the band opening for The Ramones in 1984 at The Ritz in New York. “Power Play” opens with a feral blast of hardcore thrash in the Black Flag vein, relentlessly pulverizing the eardrums for just under a minute. The following “Leeches” also delivers blow after blow of anti-muse insults, making good on the band’s moniker. But check the chorus here—it slows down to reveal a slight nod to the skate-punk side of Suicidal Tendencies. “I Hate You” follows suit with a mosh-friendly swagger that’s conducive to skating empty backyard pools. Hyperactive covers of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band” and Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” are fun standouts.