Cause For Alarm had its origins in New Jersey under the name of Hinckley Fan Club. After moving to New York in early 1983, the band changed their name to Cause For Alarm and quickly became stalwarts in the burgeoning NYHC scene. After releasing a exemplary debut record, the band dissolved due to differing opinions on the concept of Krishna consciousness. They original lineup had their last efforts included on the landmark PEACE double album on R Radical records. A few other songs from this session were also recorded but were never released. These tracks will be the subject of a subsequent post on this blog.
This audience recording captured on July 3, 1984 was a show on the "Rock Against Reagan" tour, as DRI and MDC were also on the bill. The recording is above average considering the technological limitations of the day and is certainly worth a download. Singer Keith Burkhardt is charismatic as he and the band tear through songs from their classic debut EP.
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Pretty cool. Can't wait to hear the rest of that '84 demo. They played all those songs when they first got back together in the mid-90s and they were awesome.
ReplyDeleteBTW - your blog is pretty killer.
Chris, do you have the entire 2nd ep session? The version I have has only four songs, but I have heard there is more to it...
ReplyDeleteI have a tape that has four tracks also. It's probably the same thing. I've heard rumors of more tracks too. I've never seen these in circulation.
ReplyDeleteI believe these tracks were supposed to come out as a 7" EP on R Radical.
ReplyDeleteI have the 8 song version coming soon via Cooch. I will be posting this as soon as he sends it to me.
ReplyDeleteAny chance you managed to get a clean copy of the 8 song R Radical stuff. The 4 songs I have are terrible quality. That was a great session though. Love to hear more.
ReplyDeleteChris Shary