The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore, a new
music compilation featuring songs written by some of the best and brightest
bands in punk rock is available today via Adeline Records.The
compilation was compiled and produced by Larry Livermore,
co-founder and longtime head of Lookout Records, the influential
East Bay label that introduced the world to bands like Green Day, Operation
Ivy, Rancid, Screeching Weasel and many more. The album is available to
stream in full now at AOL Spinner,MSN and Pure Volume. Already
sold out in several locations, The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore is
available for purchase at Interpunk and all digital retailers.
To celebrate the compilation's release, there will be a
limited amount of special album release concerts starting on Saturday June 23rd
at Insubordination Fest. Please see below for the list of shows:
The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore Album
Release Concerts
6/23 - Baltimore MD - Insubordination Fest Presents: The
Fest That Ate Larry Livermore - Tickets
6/24 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary - Tickets
6/25 - Brooklyn, NY - The Knitting Factory - Tickets
6/26 - Brooklyn, NY - The Knitting Factory - Tickets
"When Billie Joe asked me to
put together this compilation, my first reaction was to say, 'Absolutely
not.' I was too busy with other projects, and besides, I'd been saying
for years that I was done with the music business, that people should
take me out and shoot me if I ever showed any sign of
wanting to get back into it," said Livermore. "But then I
realized that this was an opportunity to do for a whole new crop of bands what
we'd been able to accomplish at Lookout back in the 80s and 90s, which was to
bring exciting and passionate music to the attention of a public that might
otherwise never get to hear it. Once I thought about it in that light, it
was impossible to say no."
In addition to his work in the music industry, Livermore is
also renowned as a writer and critic, having been a longtime contributor to
magazines like Maximum Rocknroll, Punk Planet, Hit List and
numerous others. He also authored the book Spy Rock Memories,
detailing the origins of Lookout Records in the backwoods of Northern
California.
The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore features
songs from 16 of punk rock's most exciting future heroes. From the East
Coast there's Night Birds, a dynamic four-piece who breathe a whole new life
into the early 80s SoCal sound typified by Agent Orange and the Adolescents;
from across the country Emily's Army, steeped in influences as diverse as The
Clash, The Beatles, Elvis Costello and Operation Ivy, literally represent the
next generation of East Bay punk rock. And from in between the coasts it
boasts anthemic, singalong punk rock from the likes of The Copyrights and Dear
Landlord, the new take on 90s punk from Cincinnati's Mixtapes, the fresh and
fierce female vocals of Iowa City's Lipstick Homicide, and 11 more similarly
awesome bands representing localities and scenes around the country.
Livermore adds, "I chose the bands using the same
standards I used when I was at Lookout: I looked for those bands with a certain
heart and soul that sets them apart from the literally thousands of run of the
mill bands out there, the heart and soul that makes them capable of giving
voice not just to their own ideals and visions, but to those of a
generation."
Complete track listing below:
THE THING THAT ATE LARRY LIVERMORE TRACK
LISTING
1.
Dear Landlord - Walking Distance
2.
Mixtapes - Right Where To Find Me
3.
Lipstick Homicide - We'll Be OK
4.
The Dopamines - Business Papers
5.
House Boat - Love Song For The Reclusive
6.
Vacation - No Mercy
7.
The Max Levine Ensemble - Anthem For A New Morning After
8.
Emily's Army - Good Looks
9.
Weekend Dads - Forget It
10. City Mouse - One Good
Night
11. Mean Jeans - Bad Dream
12. Be My Doppelganger -
Disappointers
13. The Hextalls - Me And
My Dad
14. Night Birds - Mr.
Monday
15. The Copyrights - Prove
Me Wrong
16. The Visitors - San
Andreas
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