“Christ On Parade started in 1985, rising from the ashes of local bands Treason and Teenage Warning. Like much of the punk music at the time, they had an intensely political edge and very serious lyrical approach. The “Peace Punk” scene of the early ‘80s Bay Area—typified by local bands like PLH, Treason, Trial, Crucifix, and Atrocity, and heavily influenced by British anarcho-punk—had a formative influence on many bands in the scene including Christ On Parade. “The band coalesced into a unique hybrid of influences that could have only happened in the venue / living space that most of the members dwelled in, Emeryville’s New Method warehouse. At that time, a lot of the Oakland punks were into the almost “prog-punk” stylings of bands like the Subhumans, Santa Rosa’s Victim’s Family, and the darkly paranoid spasms of England’s Rudimentary Peni. Musicianship had become a virtue rather than a non-issue. This confluence of sounds and ideas, and the fact that the East Bay was awash with LSD in those days, led to the band’s classic album, A Mind Is A Terrible Thing. “The album is a demonology of the dark undercurrent beneath the relentlessly inane and superficial ’80s. Noah Landis’s feral vocals and grindstone guitar spearhead the album with second guitarist Doug Kearney, bass player Malcolm Sherwood, and drummer Todd Kramer turning in an equal number of distinctive songs and performances. The result is brooding and angular, often catchy but never poppy. The production is raw, but this unvarnished...
LP $22.00
05/25/2018
CD $13.00
06/01/2018
MP3 $9.90
05/25/2018
FLAC $11.99
05/25/2018
***REISSUED ON VINYL!!! Thirteen tracks recorded live on CHRIST ON PARADE’ 2007 West Coast tour on KFJC radio, this represents the set the "all original members" band played on both their West coast and European tours featuring classic tracks from all eras of the band, with original vocalist BARRIE picking up some of the second vocal duties of the later material. It was remixed from it's original broadcast, mastered by George Horn Mastering and comes complete with an "Evil Live" styled record jacket and insert. The band’s reunions, including a recent successful one of Japan, have been marked by dedication to presenting the band as they are and were—the equipment and the sound, attack and intent are not falsely "updated" or "modernized," and while this record does peek through a lighter side of the band in between tracks, it's very true to their original records and will stoke out both old and new fans. New clear vinyl pressing. On Tour Now!!!
LP $10.50
11/02/2009
CD $11.25
11/02/2009
Rising from the ashes of early-’80s East Bay punk bands Treason and Teenage Warning, Christ On Parade took the sound in new directions, combining to-the-point political lyrics and an unwavering DIY spirit with a driving hardcore assault. With the support of Maximum Rocknroll’s Tim Yohannan and others in the Bay Area punk scene, the band quickly gained a strong local following. Their debut LP, 1985’s Sounds of Nature, was originally released on legendary punk artist Pushead’s Pusmort label (Poison Idea, Septic Death). The liner notes state: “You can’t change anything by waiting for the “revolution” - you have to start living it today, creating a real community amongst the sterility of our modern world, and eventually the system will wither away.” Christ On Parade can also claim the honor of headlining the first ever show at Berkeley’s long-running 924 Gilman venue. This 19-track CD reissue collects the Sounds Of Nature LP, both the band’s tracks from the Thrasher Skate Rock vol. 3 compilation, the Isn’t Life a Dream EP from 1986 - all long out-of-print - and a previously unreleased Avengers cover. It comes beautifully packaged with the original cover art. Vinyl version to be released by Prank Records.
CD $9.50
04/10/2007
MP3 $9.90
04/10/2007