Repo Man

• Artist: Original Soundtrack
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1984
• Total Time: 37:20
• Type: Soundtrack, Contains explicit content
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

As a backdrop to his fast-paced and cartoon-like debut chronicling the wayward life of Los Angles repo men, punk auteur Alex Cox did well to use music from the city's early-'80s hardcore punk scene; the tongue-in-cheek histrionics of Fear and the Circle Jerks (who appear in the movie as a punk band-turned-lounge act) fit flush with the film's mix of displaced suburban youth, gruff, and wizened repo veterans, Mexican hoods, industrial-skid row scenery, and irradiated UFO conspiracy theorists. Along with tracks by punk godfathers Iggy Pop ("Repo Man") and Jonathan Richman (writer of "Pablo Picasso"), the album's additional L.A. hardcore highlights include Black Flag's "TV Party," Suicidal Tendencies's "Institutionalized," and the Plugz's "Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)." The Plugz's noir-ish, punk en espanol tracks, in fact, formed the trademark sound of the film. One of the first soundtracks to use pre-existing band cuts in lieu of an original score, Repo Man is a fine, if not terribly thorough document of L.A.'s punk heyday. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Repo Man (Lyrics)	Iggy Pop	Iggy Pop	(5:11)
TV Party	Greg Ginn	Black Flag	(3:50)
Institutionalized (Lyrics)	Louiche Mayorga, Mike Muir	Suicidal Tendencies	(3:49)
Coup d'Etat	Greg Hetson, Keith Morris	The Circle Jerks	(1:59)
El Clavo y la Cruz	Tito Larriva	The Plugz	(2:56)
Pablo Picasso	Jonathan Richman	Burning Sensations	(4:01)
Let's Have a War (Lyrics)	Lee Ving, Philo Cramer	Fear	(2:29)
When the Shit Hits the Fan	Greg Hetson, Keith Morris	The Circle Jerks	(3:11)
Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)		The Plugz	(1:46)
Bad Man	Earl Thompson, Andrew Schloss, R. White	Juicy Bananas	(4:59)
Reel Ten	Tito Larriva	The Plugz	(3:09)

Credits

Black Flag (Producer), Black Flag (Performer), The Circle Jerks (Performer), The Circle Jerks (?), Fear (Producer), Fear (Performer), The Plugz (Performer), The Plugz (?), Iggy Pop (Vocals), Iggy Pop (Performer), Henry Rollins (Vocals), Suicidal Tendencies (Performer), Suicidal Tendencies (?), Burning Sensations (Performer), Burning Sensations (?), Eric Thompson (Drums), Greg Ginn (Guitar), Morley Bartnoff (Keyboards), Morley Bartnoff (Vocals (Background)), Steve Berlin (Saxophone), Chuck Biscuits (Guitar (Acoustic)), Clem Burke (Drums), Grant Estes (Guitar), Glen E. Friedman (Producer), Jerry Goldstein (Producer), M.B. Gordy (Percussion), Nigel Harrison (Bass), Greg Hetson (Guitar (Acoustic)), Greg Hetson (Guitar), Jeff Hollie (Saxophone), John Ingram (Drums), Greg Kuehn (Synthesizer), Tito Larriva (Guitar (Acoustic)), Tito Larriva (Guitar), Tito Larriva (Vocals), Gary Lubow (Producer), Tony Marsico (Bass), Louiche Mayorga (Bass), Peter McCarthy (Producer), Tim McGovern (Bass), Tim McGovern (Guitar), Tim McGovern (Vocals), Tim McGovern (Producer), Tim McGovern (?), Keith Morris (Bass), Keith Morris (Vocals), Mike Muir (Vocals), Charlie Quintana (Drums), Charlie Quintana (Vocals (Background)), Roger Rogerson (Bass), Roger Rogerson (Guitar), Gustavo Santaolalla (Bass), Gustavo Santaolalla (Guitar), Gustavo Santaolalla (Vocals (Background)), Gustavo Santaolalla (Producer), Gustavo Santaolalla (Charango), Zander Schloss (Guitar), Amery AWOL Smith (Drums), Martin Turner (Photography), Lee Ving (Guitar), Lee Ving (Vocals), Lee Ving (?), Jonathan Wacks (Producer), Dez Cadena (Guitar), Dez Cadena (Vocals), Ronnie White (Bass), Rubin Garcia (Synthesizer), Steve Hutsteter (Guitar), Juicy Bananas (Performer), Juicy Bananas (?), Gus Samtaololta (Producer), Danny Sugarman (Producer), Abbe Wool (Producer), Andy Engel (Design), Spit Stix (Drums), Philo Cramer (Guitar), Philo Cramer (Vocals), Ron Slenzak (Photography), Steve Hufsteter (Guitar), Derf Scratch (Bass), Derf Scratch (Saxophone), Derf Scratch (Vocals), Daniel Levitin (Producer), Daniel Levitin (Engineer), Earl Liberty (Guitar (Acoustic))