| A Reason for Living | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1990 |
| Genre | |
| Label | Santa Cruz Skateboards |
| Producer | Ray Stevens II |
| Alternative cover | |
 VHS cover | |
A Reason for Living is a various artists compilation album released on cassette tape and fifty-seven minute VHS in 1990 by Santa Cruz Skateboards. [1] [2] "Cockeyed Motherfucker" was also released on From the Machine by Index Productions [3] and later on Diatribe debut EP Therapy in 1991. [4]
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Solitary Confinement" (1977) | The Weirdos | |
| 2. | "Song That Ate Spider Baby" | Spider Baby | |
| 3. | "Laws" | Sioux Nation | |
| 4. | "Rooster Crest Swamp Villians" | Penal Kennel | |
| 5. | "We Got Soul" | Big Boys | |
| 6. | "(There's a Party) On James Dean's Grave Tonight" | Screamin' Lord Salba & His Heavy Friends | |
| 7. | "Looking for You" | The Faction | |
| 8. | "Cockeyed Motherfucker" | Diatribe |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "King Kan" | The Bone Shavers | |
| 2. | "Joe Done Gone" | Goodbye Gemini | |
| 3. | "Little Kings and Queens" | The Odd Numbers | |
| 4. | "Revealed by Composed Nature" | Bad Mutha Goose and The Brothers Grimm | |
| 5. | "Bad Medication" | BL'AST! |
Adapted from the A Reason for Living liner notes. [5]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1990 | Santa Cruz Skateboards | CS, VHS |
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