Act Your Rage

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Act Your Rage
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 8, 1989
Recorded1984–1986
Genre Punk rock
Label Post Mortem/Forefront
Producer Bobby Steele

Act Your Rage is a compilation album by American punk band the Undead. It was released May 8, 1989, on Post Mortem Records/Forefront Records. It featured unreleased songs recorded between 1984 and 1986. Most of the songs were recorded during the recordings of the "Never Say Die" single. There were only 2000 copies distributed in the first release, all on colored vinyl, and were only available at records stores chosen by Bobby Steele. The larger second released included the traditional black vinyl. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Evening of Desire" (Bobby Steele)
  2. "Hollywood Boulevard" (Steele)
  3. "Gimme Your Autograph" (Steele)
  4. "The Way We Behave" (Steele/Dave Street)
  5. "Eve of Destruction" (Philip Sloan)
  6. "Undead" (Steele)
  7. "I Don't Wanna Go" (Steele)
  8. "We Don't Want the Poor in New York City"
  9. "Social Reason" (Steele/Street)
  10. "Put Your Clothes Back On" (Steele/Street)
  11. "R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K." (Allan Sherman/Wills/Anderson)

Pressings

Personnel

See also

Cover Art: Rick "Spine" Mountfort

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References

  1. Allen, Darren M. (4 August 1989). "Punk rock band comes to club". Intelligencer Journal. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. pp. C1, C3.