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Teen-Age Riot!   vinyl and digital

(Atomic Passion/Vreemde Opties Records)

Switchblades, swiping hubcaps, and jukebox jive are dug in this burg where the kids aren't alright. The Teen Age Riot platter was first issued in 1988 by Atomic Passion, and reissued by that label in 2023/24. On Bandcamp, Belgian operation Vreemde Opties offers a digital version. 1950's greasy Rock'n'Roll makes for a bellicose soundtrack upon which are sneered reckless-youth declarations. Interspersed between knuckle-cracking, collars-up anthems are dialogue scraps from Ike-era drive-in sensations like Live Fast, Die Young, High School Caesar, and Shanty Tramp.

"Nothing's against anything, 'til you're caught!"

Recommended: "Ballad of a Juvenile Delinquent" (Phil Jones & the Lonely Ones), "They Wanna Fight" (Chuck Harrod and the Anteaters), "Teenage Riot" (Portuguese Joe), "Gangwar" (Gene Maltais), "High School Ceasar" (Reggie Perkins), "Domino" (The Savoys), "Rumble Rock" (Kip Tyler and the Flips), "Juvenile Delinquent" (T.V. Slim), "Riot In Cellblock #9" (Little Johnny and the Rumblers)

Videos: "Teen Age Riot"   "Rumble Rock"    "Juvenile Delinquent"

Trailers: "Live Fast, Die Young," "High School Caesar," "Shanty Tramp"

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