Fear "The Record" LP Slash (US)

Vinyl is VG, Jacket is G+

Original Press

Track Listing:

A1 Let's Have A War Written-By – *, * 2:17 A2 Beef Boloney Written-By – * 1:45 A3 Camarillo Written-By – *, * 1:06 A4 I Don't Care About You Written-By – * 1:48 A5 New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones Bass – Written-By – * 2:07 A6 Gimmie Some Action Written-By – * 0:58 A7 Foreign Policy Written-By – * 2:15 B1 We Destroy The Family Written-By – *, * 1:53 B2 I Love Livin' In The City Written-By – * 2:03 B3 Disconnected Written-By – * 2:05 B4 We Got To Get Out Of This Place Written-By – * 2:38 B5 Fresh Flesh Written-By – *, * 1:42 B6 Getting The Brush Lead Vocals – Written-By – * 2:30 B7 No More Nothing Written-By – * 1:29

Fear is a band from , formed in 1977. The band is credited for helping to shape the sound and style of Californian , the group started out as part of the early scene, and gained national prominence after an infamous 1981 performance on . A re-recording of 1982’s was released in late 2012.

Frontman has been the band's only constant member. Since its formation, the band went through various line-up changes and at one point featured of the on bass.

1970s

Fear was formed in 1977 by vocalist/guitarist and bassist . They recruited guitarist Burt Good and drummer Johnny Backbeat to fill out the original lineup. In 1978, Fear released the single "". Shortly after this, Good and Backbeat left the band and were replaced by and .

1980s

Film director met and while they were hanging on telephone poles in Los Angeles on . After a brief discussion, she asked if they wanted to be in a documentary about the Los Angeles punk scene, (1981). It showed Fear performing a set in which they baited members of the audience with personal attacks, sexist and homophobic slurs, and offbeat humor, inspiring some audience members to come on stage and try to fight them. Spheeris was then married to president Bob Biggs who, later that year, signed a recording deal with Fear.

1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live

Spheeris' documentary brought the band to the attention of , who lobbied successfully to get the band a spot as a musical guest on the 1981 Halloween episode of his former show . Belushi had originally offered Fear the soundtrack for his major motion picture . The film's producers eventually forced Fear off the project, and Belushi got them the infamous SNL gig as compensation. The band's appearance included a group of , among them Belushi, of (and later ), of , and of the , and of . The show's director originally wanted to prevent the dancers from participating, so Belushi offered to be in the episode if the dancers were allowed to stay. The end result was the shortening of Fear's appearance on TV. They started their second performance by saying, "It's great to be in ", drawing boos from SNL's New York live audience. Fear played "I Don't Care About You", "Beef Bologna", "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones", and started to play "Let's Have a War" when the telecast faded into commercial. The slamdancers left ripe pumpkin remains on the set.

After their SNL appearance, which resulted in $20,000 in damage, some clubs chose not to hire the band. A New York Post article later reported the figure to be $500,000. This is believed to have originated from Ving, who told the Post that "...we caused $500,000 worth of damage, a cool half a million dollars worth of damage, ‘cause we’re professionals, and I counted the damage myself."

1982-1989

In 1982, Fear released their debut album . After touring in support of the album, Ving fired . (of , , , and ) briefly filled in on bass before he was replaced by of the . Flea left the band and was replaced by Lorenzo Buhne. Fear performed at the "Rock Against Reagan" protest concert at the in along with the , , , the and others on July 3, 1983. In the summer of 1983 through early 1984, while Stix was touring Europe with , was supposed to replace him, but Stix returned and Biscuits never played any shows with Fear. With Ving producing, the band recorded their second album in 1986 in just two days.

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