Hardcore '81

Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A..[2][3][4] It is considered by some to be the first time that a certain style of punk rock was labeled hardcore.[5][6]

Hardcore '81
Studio album by D.O.A.
Released	22 April 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Punk rock, hardcore punk
Length	18:56
Label	Sudden Death
Producer	D.O.A.
D.O.A. chronology
Something Better Change (1980) Hardcore '81 (1981) War on 45 (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In 2019, the album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.[7][8]

Track listing

All songs written by Joey "Shithead" Keithley, except for where noted.

1. "D.O.A." – 1:38
2. "Unknown" (Keithley, Chuck Biscuits) – 2:30
3. "Slumlord" – 1:55
4. "Musical Interlude" – 0:22
5. "I Don't Give a Shit" – 1:21
6. "M.C.T.F.D." – 1:38
7. "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin cover) – 1:57
8. "001 Loser's Club" (Brian Goble, Keithley, Dimwit, Werner) – 1:54
9. "Fucked Up Baby" – 1:27
10. "The Kenny Blister Song" – 0:16
11. "Smash the State" – 1:32
12. "My Old Man's A Bum/Bloodsucker Baby" (Keithley, Dimwit) – 1:41
13. "Waiting for You" – 0:45

Some CD re-issues of Hardcore '81 include four bonus tracks from the EP Don't Turn Yer Back (On Desperate Times):

1. General Strike (Keithley, Dave Gregg) – 3:36
2. Race Riot – 1:06
3. A Season in Hell (Goble) – 2:34
4. Burn It Down – 2:34

Personnel

• Joey "Shithead" Keithley - lead guitar, lead vocals
• Dave Gregg - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Randy Rampage - bass, backing vocals
• Chuck Biscuits - drums

Tracy Marks - acoustic piano on "Unknown" also engineered the album

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "D.O.A."
3. Stegall, Tim (April 14, 2020). "These 15 punk records from 1981 have some of the year's best music".
4. Guides (Firm), Rough (July 3, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
5. Paul Rachman (director), Steven Blush (writer), Dez Cadena (starring), Dave Smalley (starring) (2007-02-20). American Hardcore (flv) (Documentary). United States: Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-12-18. Joey "Shithead" Keithley of D.O.A.: "We had one big show up there [Vancouver]. It was us, Black Flag, and 7 Seconds, and it was called Hardcore 81, so it was the first time anyone really used that term."
6. Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). "American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History". Feral House – via Google Books.
7. Karen Bliss, "D.O.A. and Oscar Peterson Win Polaris Heritage Prize for Classic Albums". Billboard, November 5, 2019.
8. "Vancouver punk rockers DOA earn Polaris Prize heritage award". Vancouver Sun.