DIATRIBE
LIVE AT CBGB, JULY 28, 1985
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
DIATRIBE (SAN DEIGO, CALIFORNIA) WAS ARGUABLY THE FIRST BAND TO PLAY DISCHARGE-INSPIRED HARDCORE PUNK ROCK IN THE AMERICAS, AND AMONG THE FIRST POLITICALLY CHARGED ANARCHIST HARDCORE BANDS IN THE U.S. THEY GOT THEIR START IN LATE 1984, WENT THROUGH SOME LINE-UP ADJUSTMENTS, THEN RELEASED A SIX SONG DEMO CALLED "AFTERMATH" ON CASSETTE, WHICH WAS RECORDED FOR $25. THEIR MATERIAL ADDRESSED ISSUES SUCH AS WAR, GOVERNENMENT, ORGANIZED RELIGION, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS. FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE AFTERMATH CASSETTE, DIATRIBE EMBARKED ON A SUMMER TOUR OF THE STATES. THE AFTERMATH EP WAS RE-RELEASED IN 1992 AS A BOOTLEG VINYL 7 INCH ON THE U.K. LABEL REVOLTATION RECORDS, THEN OFFICIALLY REISSUED IN 2007 ON THE U.S. LABEL GET REVENGE! RECORDS.
DIATRIBE DISBANDED IN 1986, BUT REFORMED IN 2010 WITH A NEW LINE-UP LED BY VOCALIST VINCE UDO - PERHAPS TO THE DISCONTENT OF SOME OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS- AND HAVE SINCE RELEASED A SPLIT 7 INCH EP WITH SAN DIEGO PUNK ROCK LEGENDS DEATH CRISIS, A SPLIT CASSETTE WITH MOCK ORDER, AND A FULL LENGTH LP ENTITLED "THE BLACK PARADE," ALL OF WHICH ARE WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT. SOME OF THOSE, PLUS MULTIPLE OTHER LIVE RECORDINGS, CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE. IT IS LIKELY THAT ANOTHER NEW DIATRIBE RELEASE IS IN THE WORKS, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT...
ONE OF THE SHOWS ON THAT SUMMER, 1985 TOUR WAS A SHOW AT NEW YORK CITY'S ICONIC VENUE, CBGB'S, ALONG WITH NOFX, THE OFFENDERS, UPRIGHT CITIZENS, AND KREIG KOPF (SPELLED KREIG KONPFX ON THE FLYER FOR SOME REASON, AS PICURED AT THE TOP OF THIS POST). PRESENTED HERE IS A SOUNDBOARD RECORDING OF DIATRIBE'S SET FROM THIS SHOW, PROVIDED BY VINCE UDO HIMSELF, WITH PERMISSION TO POST IT ON YOUTUBE. LIBERTY IS BEING TAKEN TO ALSO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES FOR FREE HERE. SURELY, THE BAND WOULDN'T MIND IF THIS PIECE OF CLASSIC PUNK ROCK HISTORY IS ALLOWED TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE HANDS OF D-BEAT ENTHUSIASTS OF THE WORLD.
THE LINEUP ON THIS TOUR WAS -
VINCE UDO: VOCALS
JULIUS MARTINEZ: GUITAR
SEAN COLLEY: BASS
GARY GADSEN: DRUMS
TRACKLIST:
1. THE DIVIDING LINE
2. AFTERMATH
3. I'M YOUR LEADER
4. HELLISH INFERNO
5. GLORIOUS WAR GAMES
6. FREE THE ANIMALS/DAY I WAS BORN
7. ONE STRUGGLE - ONE FIGHT
8. CRUCIFIED
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