***Drag City brings back the ‘80s in all its underground glory with Washington, DC hardcore band CRISIS OF CONFORMITY’s “Fist Fight!” 7-inch! This reissue is what some would call an essential little hardcore single. Over the course of just two sides of pure 7-inch vinyl, you’re gonna get a ringing earful of what made American kids thrive way back then. Crisis of Conformity weren’t the best band around, by any means. Around their local scene, they were known for being a little douche-y. Especially their lead singer. He was definitely from the asshole side of the DC scene. But as these two sides will show, CoC delivered a solid one-two punch of hardcore and punk-rock with very little fat and lots of lean, mean attitude. And their drummer was awesome. Clearly that guy from Scream was all over this shit. Other than that, very little is known about CoC. Henry Rollins remarked in passing: “Crisis of Conformity was the weakest ‘band’ of posers to play with Black Flag on the ’83 tour.” (STREET DATE - 7/19/2011)