Hell Comes to Your House, Vol. 1

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1981
• Total Time: 39:58
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rock

Review

Hell yes. This was an extremely popular (and nicely varied) compilation of the balmy, blasting-off 1980-1981 L.A. punk explosion (100 new bands that flowed right out of the original 1977-1979 outbreak there) upon its release in 1981. It remains the best place to hear the truck engine-thick classic Mommy's Little Monster lineup of Social Distortion, who were never captured better outside of the "1945" single, yet these two cuts, including the superior original version of "Telling Them" were left off 1995's Mainliner early-SD retrospective. Similarly, this is the hot peak of punk-era Legal Weapon aside from Your Weapon, Red Cross covers the New York Dolls' "Puss 'n' Boots" before becoming Redd Kross, and Dangerhouse holdover Rhino 39 likewise stand out with their speedy charge. Modern Warfare are underrated, .45 Grave are overrated but unique with their dry-ice keyboards, and post-punk smarties 100 Flowers sound as clever and raspy as when they were the 1977-1980 Urinals. A pre-goth Christian Death also opens up the formula. Only rote, three-chord crap never-weres Secret Hate, Conservatives, and Super Heroines bore, dragging down this album's score. But like the Public Service sampler that same year, a completely complimentary LP, Hell's compilers showed discerning taste in brand-new bands. The alive feel of a wild time when 15 to 24 year olds pulsed with raw energy still inspires. By volume two, it was mostly all over. ~ Jack Rabid, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Lude Boy	Mike Ness	Social Distortion	(2:01)
Telling Them (Lyrics)	Mike Ness	Social Distortion	(2:38)
Daddy's Gone Mad	Brian Hansen, Kat Arthur	Legal Weapon	(2:38)
Puss 'N' Boots	David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain	Red Cross	(2:37)
Out of My Head	Jimmy Bemis	Modern Warfare	(1:43)
Street Fighting Man	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	Modern Warfare	(1:30)
Deception	Secret Hate	Secret Hate	(1:42)
New Routine/Suicide	Secret Hate	Secret Hate	(2:10)
Suburban Bitch		The Conservatives	(1:20)
Just Cuz/Nervous		The Conservatives	(1:36)
Evil	.45 Grave	.45 Grave	(2:56)
Concerned Citizen		.45 Grave	(1:46)
45 Grave	Dinah Cancer, Don Bolles	.45 Grave	(3:24)
Dogs	Rikk Agnew, Rozz Williams	Christian Flower	(2:56)
Reject Yourself	David Johansen	Christian Death	(2:31)
Marry It	Rhino 39	Rhino 39	(2:27)
Death on the Elevator	Eva O.	Super Heroines	(1:28)
Embalmed Love	Eva O.	Super Heroines	(2:35)

Credits

Secret Hate (?), Ron Gowdy (Producer), Rhino 39 (Performer), .45 Grave (Performer), Legal Weapon (Performer), Super Heroines (Performer), Christian Death (Performer), Christian Flower (Performer), Ron Gowdy (Concept), Jeff Sanders (Mastering), Legal Weapon (?), Red Cross (?), Secret Hate (Performer), The Conservatives (?), Steve Sinclair (Programming), Social Distortion (Performer), Rhino 39 (?), Red Cross (Performer), Ron Gowdy (Programming), Social Distortion (?), Modern Warfare (Performer), The Conservatives (Performer), 100 Flowers (?), Steve Sinclair (Concept), Vitus Mataré (Producer), Modern Warfare (Producer), Super Heroines (?), Steve Sinclair (Producer), Randy Burns (Engineer), Christian Death (?)