Fire Records
Lemonheads - Hate Your Friends
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Note
Sleeve
says
contains
a
bonus
CD,
these
represses
do
not
have
a
bonus
CD,
they
have
a
download
card.
Hate
Your
Friends
is
the
1987
debut
album
by
the
Lemonheads,
one
of
only
three
full-length
releases
to
feature
the
original
band
line-
up
of
Evan
Dando,
Ben
Deily,
and
Jesse
Peretz.
The
album
showcases
a
hardcore-punk-to-pop-rock
sound
and
sensibility
as
playfully
fierce
as
it
is
surprising...especially
to
listeners
who
know
the
band
only
from
their
better-known
major
label
recordings
of
the
1990s.
The
roots
of
Hate
Your
Friends
begin
with
the
genesis
of
the
band
itself:
when
high
school
friends
Ben
Deily
and
Evan
Dando—inspired
by
a
shared
love
of
the
70’s
absurdist
comedy
troupe
the
Firesign
Theatre,
literature,
and
punk
rock—began
playing
their
own
songs
together
in
1985.
Dando
and
Deily
first
started
out
as
a
two-piece
ensemble:
swapping
back
and
forth
between
a
shared
Guild
guitar
(and
a
crappy
amp)
and
vocal
mic,
and
pounding
a
drum
kit
“borrowed”
from
the
high
school
jazz
band.
With
the
addition
of
classmate
and
friend
Jesse
Peretz
on
bass,
the
two-man
outfit
quickly
became
a
power
trio.
With
a
handful
of
original
songs,
a
passionate
love
for
their
favourite
bands—from
Husker-Du,
the
Replacements,
Black
Flag
and
the
Germs,
to
the
Saints,
Wire
and
‘77
UK
punk—and
a
tiny
recording
budget,
the
Lemonheads
set
about
their
first
studio
session
within
days
of
their
high
school
graduation
in
June
of
1986.
During
that
summer,
a
significant
amount
of
what
would
become
the
band’s
debut
album
was
recorded
in
Brookline,
Massachusetts,
with
Deily
and
Dando
sharing
vocal,
guitar
and
drumming
duties.
Above
and
beyond
bass,
Jesse
proved
pivotal
as
the
band’s
manager,
booker
and
tireless
promoter—helping
arrange
for
the
Lemonheads
self-released
debut
EP,
Laughing
all
the
way
to
the
cleaners,
later
that
summer,
and
shortly
thereafter
helping
establish
the
relationship
with
Curtis
Casella
of
TAANG!
records
that
paved
the
way
to
full-length
LP
Hate
Your
Friends.
Finally,
with
the
addition
of
full-time
(and
fairly
short-lived)
drummer
Doug
Trachten,
the
last
songs
of
Hate
Your
Friends
were
recorded
in
the
winter
of
1986-7.
BONUS
TRACKS:
This
Fire
Records
re-
issue
features
bonus
tracks
including
12
never-before-released
live
tracks
from
a
1987
radio
session,
rare
tracks
from
the
early
compilation
Crawling
From
Within,
and
additional
tracks
not
included
on
the
original
release
of
Hate
Your
Friends
(“Buried
Alive”
and
“Gotta
Stop”).
Tracks
:
1.
I
Don't
Wanna
2.
394
3.
Nothing
True
4.
Second
Chance
5.
Sneakyville
6.
Amazing
Grace
7.
Belt
8.
Hate
Your
Friends
9.
Don't
Tell
Yourself
It's
OK
10.
Uhhh
11.
Fed
Up
12.
Rat
Velvet
13.
Fucked
Up.
Plus
additional
download
tracks:
14.
Mod
Lang
(From
'Crawling
From
Within'
compilation)
15.
Buried
Alive
16.
Gotta
Stop
17.
Sad
Girl
(From
'Crawling
From
Within'
compilation)
18.
Belt
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
19.
394
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
20.
Falling
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
21.
Don’t
Tell
Yourself
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
22.
Uhhh
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
23.
Amazing
Grace
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
24.
Rat
Velvet
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
25.
Second
Chance
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
26.
Sneakyville
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
27.
I
Like
To
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
28.
So
I
Fucked
Up
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
29.
Sick
Of
You
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
30.
Hate
Your
Friends
(1987,
Live
on
WERS)
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