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Format: LP
Label: Dischord Records
Year: 2024
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Artificial Peace
A2 Outside Looking In
A3 Suburban Wasteland
A4 M.I.A.
A5 Against The Grain
A6 UXB
A7 No Escape, No Excuse
A8 Enlisted Man
A9 Wild Thing
B1 D.J.
B2 War Path
B3 Neighbors
B4 Watcher
B5 Spook Surf
B6 Enemy Minds
B7 Dead End
B8 This Means War
Originally released in 2010. This edition pressed on translucent orange vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Bass – Rob Moss
Drums – Mike Manos
Guitar – Peter Murray
Vocals – Steve Polcari
Ian MacKaye: "Artificial Peace lasted barely a year, but in that short time managed to become a leading band in the early DC hardcore punk scene. Pete Murray had played in the short-lived Red C while Mike Manos, Rob Moss and Steve Polcari were in a band called Assault & Battery.
"Towards the end of 1981 they formed A.P. and began playing around town. They were tight, fast, and aggressive, prerequisites for most of the DC bands of the time, but also had a unique sound and surprisingly catchy songs. I loved the band and offered to record them at Inner Ear Studios.
"A.P. knocked out their 17 songs in almost no time. I think we recorded, mixed, and sequenced the tape in two or three days and were very happy with the results. Flex Your Head was a compilation documenting the DC punk scene and since A.P were one of the great young bands coming up at that time, we included three songs from their session on the LP.
"There never was an opportunity to do anything with the other 14 songs as Dischord was poor and, like many of the bands in DC at that time, A.P. was not long for this world. After A.P. disbanded, Pete, Steve, and Mike started playing with Kenny Inouye and Andre Lee to form Marginal Man.
"While working on the Dischord Archives, we came across the Artificial Peace November '81 session and decided that the tape should be finally and properly released in its entirety. Artificial Peace may well be an obscure band, but their effect on the DC scene was significant and played a sure role in the evolution of the music.”
Label: Dischord Records
Year: 2024
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Artificial Peace
A2 Outside Looking In
A3 Suburban Wasteland
A4 M.I.A.
A5 Against The Grain
A6 UXB
A7 No Escape, No Excuse
A8 Enlisted Man
A9 Wild Thing
B1 D.J.
B2 War Path
B3 Neighbors
B4 Watcher
B5 Spook Surf
B6 Enemy Minds
B7 Dead End
B8 This Means War
Originally released in 2010. This edition pressed on translucent orange vinyl.
PERSONNEL:
Bass – Rob Moss
Drums – Mike Manos
Guitar – Peter Murray
Vocals – Steve Polcari
Ian MacKaye: "Artificial Peace lasted barely a year, but in that short time managed to become a leading band in the early DC hardcore punk scene. Pete Murray had played in the short-lived Red C while Mike Manos, Rob Moss and Steve Polcari were in a band called Assault & Battery.
"Towards the end of 1981 they formed A.P. and began playing around town. They were tight, fast, and aggressive, prerequisites for most of the DC bands of the time, but also had a unique sound and surprisingly catchy songs. I loved the band and offered to record them at Inner Ear Studios.
"A.P. knocked out their 17 songs in almost no time. I think we recorded, mixed, and sequenced the tape in two or three days and were very happy with the results. Flex Your Head was a compilation documenting the DC punk scene and since A.P were one of the great young bands coming up at that time, we included three songs from their session on the LP.
"There never was an opportunity to do anything with the other 14 songs as Dischord was poor and, like many of the bands in DC at that time, A.P. was not long for this world. After A.P. disbanded, Pete, Steve, and Mike started playing with Kenny Inouye and Andre Lee to form Marginal Man.
"While working on the Dischord Archives, we came across the Artificial Peace November '81 session and decided that the tape should be finally and properly released in its entirety. Artificial Peace may well be an obscure band, but their effect on the DC scene was significant and played a sure role in the evolution of the music.”