***BACK IN PRINT ON NEW TRANSLUCENT ORANGE VINYL!!! “ARTIFICIAL PEACE lasted barely a year, but in that short time managed to become a leading band in the early DC hardcorepunk scene. PETE MURRAY had played in the short-lived RED C while MIKE MANOS, ROB MOSS and STEVE POLCARI were in a band called ASSAULT & BATTERY. Towards the end of 1981 they formed A.P. and began playing around town. They were tight, fast, and aggressive, prerequisites for most of the DC bands of the time, but also had a unique sound and surprisingly catchy songs. I loved the band and offered to record them at Inner Ear Studios. In November 1981 the studio was still a 4-track in the basement of DON ZIENTARA’s family house. The ‘live’ room was actually his children’s playroom, and the mixing desk and tape machine were set up next to the furnace in what could be described as spacious closet. A.P. knocked out their 17 songs in almost no time. I think we recorded, mixed, and sequenced the tape in two or three days and were very happy with the results. There may have been some discussion about putting a few of these songs on a 7” EP, but at that time all of the label’s resources had been put into releasing Flex Your Head, our first full-length album. FYH was a compilation documenting the DC punk scene and since A.P were one of the great young bands coming up at that time, we included three...
CD $11.00
11/23/2010
LP $17.75
11/23/2010
***Released on the 40th Anniversary of ARTIFICIAL PEACE's best live show ever, this album features 15 tracks. Recorded, mixed and mastered by TOM LYLE of GOVERNMENT ISSUE. For anyone who was there that night, they can close their eyes and practically re-live the experience. For those who werenʼt, they can sonically experience the intensity of Artificial Peace live! This first ever official release of this live recording documents the intensity of this important band in the early DC hardcore punk scene, and in a more authentic way than their well-known studio recordings. Limited edition 160-gram white vinyl LP in a 20pt board jacket with printed inner sleeve featuring Artificial Peace show flyers. Mastered by Tom Lyle, lacquer cut by CARL SAFF, pressed in Chicago at Smashed Plastic Record Pressing.
LP $22.75
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