S4E190 - Adolescents with Tim Hinely (Dagger zine)

Fullerton, California's Adolescents' 1981 self-titled debut - aka The Blue Album - was one of the first hardcore punk albums to be widely distributed throughout the United States. This week's guest Tim Hinely (Dagger zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) makes the case that their superior brand of melodic hardcore is a classic of the genre, and he gets no argument from us! Go!! Songs featured in episode: Banned in D.C. - Bad Brains; My Dad Sucks - Descendents; I Hate Children, Who Is Who, Wrecking Crew, L.A. Girl, Self Destruct, Kids of the Black Hole, No Way, Amoeba, Word Attack, Rip It Up, Democracy, No Friends, Creatures - Adolescents; No Fair - Wipers; Ill in the Head - Dead Kennedys; The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring; Falling Out - Rikk Agnew