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History

Adrenalin O.D. formed in 1981 from the ashes of late 70's punk band The East Paterson Boys Choir. A.O.D.'s first recordings saw release on the widely distributed New York Thrash cassette compilation released on ROIR cassettes in 1982. The compilation also featured the first recordings of the Beastie Boys, as well as prominent NYC punk bands like the Bad Brains and Kraut. The comedic and speedy "Paul's Not Home" became an instant college radio hit. New York Thrash is a hardcore punk compilation album released by ROIR in 1982. ... The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply a tape. ... ROIR, or Reach Out International Records, is a New York City-based record label founded in the early 1980s by Neil Cooper. ... The Beastie Boys are a hip hop group from the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Bad Brains are a highly influential American all-black hardcore punk band, originally formed in Washington, D.C. in 1979. ... Kraut was a New York band who started playing in 1981. ... College radio (also known as university radio, campus radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ...

A.O.D.'s first vinyl release, a 4 song (EP) entitled Let's Barbeque, was released on their own Buy Our Records label. Because the budget was so tight, the band could only afford 15 minutes of studio time. They recorded all four tracks in one take with no overdubs. Buy Our Records became one of New Jersey's largest indie punk labels and springboarded the careers of many bands including Flag Of Democracy, Raging Slab, and Pussy Galore. Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Raging Slab is an American hard rock musical ensemble. ... Pussy Galore was an American noise rock band that formed in Washington D.C. during 1985. ...

Adrenalin O.D.'s first album entitled The Wacky Hijinks of Adrenalin O.D. showcased the band's use of blazing speed-punk and sarcastic lyrics, taking aim at the suburban experience with songs like "Middle Aged Whore", "Trans Am" (the inspiration for the Dead Milkmen's "Bitchin' Camarro"), and the crowd favorite "Rock n' Roll Gas Station". The album contains an untitled and blatantly obvious backmasked track. When played backwards, it is the band members saying in unison; "God is very, very nice. Be kind to animals. Satan sucks." The Dead Milkmen were a satirical punk band that formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Adrenalin O.D. toured nationally and created a loyal following via their live shows (described by some as an experience somewhere between Minor Threat and Don Rickles.) The band's quick wit and on-stage banter was at times as much of an improv stand-up comedy act as a hardcore punk band, and fans coined the term "funny-punk" to describe their performances. Tracks that exhibit the band's quirky sense of humor include a punk rock cover of Henry Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk", a surf rock version of "Hava Nagila" entitled "Surfin' Jew", and a track entitled "Masterpiece" which is a punk reworking of Jean-Joseph Mouret's 'Rondeau" from "Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper" (which the band knew only as the theme from the PBS TV series Masterpiece Theatre). This does not cite its references or sources. ... Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926 in New York City, New York) is an American comedian, film actor, and voice actor. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. ... In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was surf rock. ... Hava Nagilah is a Hebrew folk song, the title meaning Let us rejoice. ... Jean-Joseph Mouret (April 16, 1682, Avignon - December 22, 1738, Charenton) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running television series produced by WGBH which premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. ...

By their third release Cruising With Elvis In Bigfoot's UFO, the band brought in producer Daniel Rey (who had worked with the Ramones, Misfits and Iggy Pop) to help the band's translation from hyper-speed to mid-tempo melodic punk. With songs like "Bulimic Food Fight", and "My Mom Can't Drive", Stereo Review Magazine ranked the album among the funniest records of all time, and the album was formative in the development of the pop punk sound of Fat Wreck Chords. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. ... For the movie, see The Misfits (movie). ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock, which was started by Fat Mike the lead singer and bassist of the punk rock band NOFX and his wife Erin, in 1990. ...

Post-break up

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Paul Richard and Jack Steeples would go on to The Kowalskis and later SUX.

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Jim Foster went on to become the lead guitarist in Electric Frankenstein. Electric Frankenstein is an American punk rock band. ...

Adrenalin O.D. have reunited several times, most recently to benefit CBGB's, along with The Dead Boys, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and Flipper in August of 2005. CBGB, also CBGBs or CBs is a legendary club in the Manhattan Bowery district of New York City, New York. ... The Dead Boys were a punk band that formed in Cleveland, Ohio about 1975, evolving out of the band Rocket From The Tombs. ... Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band formed around Brighton in 1977 and still touring today. ... Flipper is an influential punk/noise band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979, continuing on in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. ...

Members

The band's original line-up was as follows:

• Jim Foster - guitar
• Dave Scott (Schwartzman) - drums
• Paul Richards - guitar
• Jack Steeples - bass guitar

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• Bruce Wingate - guitar
• Wayne Garcia - bass guitar
• Keith Hartel - bass guitar

Discography

Albums

• The Wacky Hijinks of Adrenalin OD (1984)
• HumungousFungousAmongus (1986, reissued in 2005 on Relapse Records)
• Cruising With Elvis in Bigfoot's UFO (1988)
• Ishtar (1989)
• Sittin' Pretty (1995)
• Phat and Old (1996)
• Themes - rare and unreleased demo 1981-1982 (2001)

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Singles/EPs

• Sentimental Abuse (1980)
• Let's Barbeque (Buy Our Records, 1983)
• Nice Song in the Key of D (1986)
• Theme From an Imaginary Midget Western (1988)

External links

• Flipside Magazine Interview from 1988