Monday, October 5, 2020

THE DRATS - THE DRATS, 2001 SLAVES TO DARKNESS RECORDS

 THE DRATS 

SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP 
2001 SLAVES TO DARKNESS RECORDS, STD-001 


THE DRATS WERE A FOUR-PIECE STREET PUNK BAND FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WHO PLAYED FROM SOMETIME IN THE MID-TO-LATE 1990'S INTO THE EARLY 2000'S.  THERE ARE APPARENTLY SEVERAL OTHER BANDS OPERATING UNDER THIS NAME, BUT THIS POST IS ABOUT ONLY THE SAN DIEGO-BASED BAND.  THIS EP WAS THE DEBUT RELEASE FROM SLAVES TO DARKNESS RECORDS, WHICH, ASIDE FROM THIS 7 INCH, ALSO PUT OUT BUMBKLAATT'S DEBUT 7 INCH, AND CO-RELEASED BUMBKLAATT'S "CIEGOS" EP (ON CD) WITH DESPOTIC RECORDS, BACTERIA SOUR, CRYPTAS RECORDS AND REACCIONA (THE LATTER TWO LABELS RELEASED A REISSUE OF "CIEGOS IN 2007 AND ARE BASED IN MEXICO). 
THE DRATS WERE COMPRISED OF KENNY LABBACHER, RYAN JONES, DJ DEFLORIO, AND BRANDON FINK.  THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON WHERE THIS EP WAS RECORDED.  A LIMITED RUN OF BLUE TRANSLUCENT VINYL WAS ISSUED, WITH THE REST PRESUMABLY RELEASED ON STANDARD BLACK VINYL.  


TRACKLIST: 


1. OHIO 
2. THE BALLAD OF LAWNMOWERS 
3. LIVE TO SKATE AND DESTROY OR DIE FOREVER 
4. THIS TOWN... 


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THE DRATS LAST SHOW LIVE AT THE CHE CAFE COLLECTIVE, LA JOLLA, CA: 

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