The Mentally Ill: Gacy's Place - Complete Startbeat Sessions 12"
All 8 tracks from the infamous January 1st 1979 Starbeat Session together on a 45 rpm 12". 500 pressed. Black vinyl.Ā
Our take: The Mentally Illās āGacyās Placeā is one of the all-time great Killed by Death tracks, and by extension one of the all-time classic punk songs; in fact, it wouldnāt surprise me if some people call it the ultimate KBD track. This LP expands the original 3-song EP to 8 tracks, bringing together all the tracks from the recording session. āGacyās Placeā kicks things off, and it sounds as great as ever. Itās where everything that makes KBD punk comes together perfectly: anti-social lyrics (ātheyāre fucking your kids!ā), primitive production, punk swagger, and a dash of Residents-esque esoteric weirdness. Wrap all that up in one of the greatest bass lines ever, and you have a song that everyone should know. Alternative Tentacles had already released the other tracks on this LP back in 2004 on a collection called Gacyās Place: The Undiscovered Corpses (along with two other studio sessions), but I wasnāt very familiar with them. While thereās nothing as perfect as āGacyās Place,ā those elements I mentioned above all feature in different mixtures on those other tracks, and I wouldnāt call any of them weak. While this isnāt necessary if you have the Alternative Tentacles release, itās a great pickup for any KBD fan, from the dabbler to the full-on fanatic.
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The Mentally Ill: Gacy's Place - Complete Startbeat Sessions 12"
The Mentally Ill: Gacy's Place - Complete Startbeat Sessions 12"
All 8 tracks from the infamous January 1st 1979 Starbeat Session together on a 45 rpm 12". 500 pressed. Black vinyl.Ā
Our take: The Mentally Illās āGacyās Placeā is one of the all-time great Killed by Death tracks, and by extension one of the all-time classic punk songs; in fact, it wouldnāt surprise me if some people call it the ultimate KBD track. This LP expands the original 3-song EP to 8 tracks, bringing together all the tracks from the recording session. āGacyās Placeā kicks things off, and it sounds as great as ever. Itās where everything that makes KBD punk comes together perfectly: anti-social lyrics (ātheyāre fucking your kids!ā), primitive production, punk swagger, and a dash of Residents-esque esoteric weirdness. Wrap all that up in one of the greatest bass lines ever, and you have a song that everyone should know. Alternative Tentacles had already released the other tracks on this LP back in 2004 on a collection called Gacyās Place: The Undiscovered Corpses (along with two other studio sessions), but I wasnāt very familiar with them. While thereās nothing as perfect as āGacyās Place,ā those elements I mentioned above all feature in different mixtures on those other tracks, and I wouldnāt call any of them weak. While this isnāt necessary if you have the Alternative Tentacles release, itās a great pickup for any KBD fan, from the dabbler to the full-on fanatic.
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All 8 tracks from the infamous January 1st 1979 Starbeat Session together on a 45 rpm 12". 500 pressed. Black vinyl.Ā
Our take: The Mentally Illās āGacyās Placeā is one of the all-time great Killed by Death tracks, and by extension one of the all-time classic punk songs; in fact, it wouldnāt surprise me if some people call it the ultimate KBD track. This LP expands the original 3-song EP to 8 tracks, bringing together all the tracks from the recording session. āGacyās Placeā kicks things off, and it sounds as great as ever. Itās where everything that makes KBD punk comes together perfectly: anti-social lyrics (ātheyāre fucking your kids!ā), primitive production, punk swagger, and a dash of Residents-esque esoteric weirdness. Wrap all that up in one of the greatest bass lines ever, and you have a song that everyone should know. Alternative Tentacles had already released the other tracks on this LP back in 2004 on a collection called Gacyās Place: The Undiscovered Corpses (along with two other studio sessions), but I wasnāt very familiar with them. While thereās nothing as perfect as āGacyās Place,ā those elements I mentioned above all feature in different mixtures on those other tracks, and I wouldnāt call any of them weak. While this isnāt necessary if you have the Alternative Tentacles release, itās a great pickup for any KBD fan, from the dabbler to the full-on fanatic.











