If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die

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If Looks Could Kill I'd Watch You Die
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Studio album by Death By Stereo
Released May 18, 1999
Recorded 1998
Genre Hardcore punk
Length31:34
Label Indecision
Producer Death By Stereo
Death By Stereo chronology
If Looks Could Kill I'd Watch You Die
(1999)
Day of the Death
(2001) Day of the Death2001

If Looks Could Kill I'd Watch You Die was Death By Stereo's first release, released in 1999 under Indecision Records. It is highly acclaimed in the hardcore community for its originality and raw sound, tight drumming, lightning fast guitars and tempo changes. This album is centred on the drums, much more so than their other releases. The introductory track is a sound-bite from the film The Lost Boys, of which the band's name is also derived.

Indecision Records record label

Indecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by punk photographer and fanzine editor Dave Mandel in 1992 as an offshoot of his fanzine, Indecision. It is based in Garden Grove, California, and until about 2001 it was based in nearby Huntington Beach. Indecision Records was responsible for launching the careers of many of Orange County's wave of 1990s hardcore bands, such as Throwdown, Death by Stereo, Bleeding Through, and Adamantium, as well as re-issuing material that was otherwise out-of-print.

Hardcore punk Subgenre of punk rock

Hardcore punk is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto-punk. New York punk had a harder-edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart, featuring anti-art expressions of masculine anger, energy, and subversive humor. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically-charged lyrics."

<i>The Lost Boys</i> 1987 film by Joel Schumacher, Richard Donner

The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:22
2."Sing Along with the Patriotic Punks"2:32
3."No Cuts, No Butts, No Coconuts"2:23
4."Sow the Seeds"2:02
5."Sticks and Bones"1:58
6."Bet Against Me, You Lose"2:21
7."1 Legged Man in an Ass Kicking Contest"2:26
8."A Day in the Sun"1:57
9."Lookin' Out for #1"2:21
10."Turn the Page"3:09
11."Death Conspiracy"2:37
12."Don't Believe Everything You Think"1:58
13."Fooled by your Smile"2:02
14."Home of the Brave"3:21

Band Line-up

Efrem Schulz American singer

Efrem "The Bean" Schulz is an American of Mexican descent singer, best known for his work with Death By Stereo. As of Paul Miner's departure in 2005, he is the only remaining original member of the band.

Paul Miner is the bassist for Death by Stereo, who left the band early 2005, to produce, engineer, master, and mix music full-time. Previously he produced and engineered the first three Death by Stereo records, which is probably why the band's fourth album Death for Life, was a noticeable departure from their regular sound.

Jarrod Alexander is an American drummer who has played with many hardcore punk bands. Alexander has been the drummer for the bands The Suicide File, A Static Lullaby, Dead Country, and more recently, My Chemical Romance and Matt Skiba & The Sekrets.

Credits

Ian Fowles American musician

Ian Walton Fowles is an American musician, author, and actor, best known as the current guitarist for the Orange County rock band The Aquabats, in which he performs under the stage name and persona of Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk. Prior to joining The Aquabats, Fowles was also one of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Death by Stereo.

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