Rock N Roll Nightmare | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Label | Alchemy Records (1987) Epitaph Records (1993) | |||
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Rock 'n Roll Nightmare is an album by hardcore punk band Rich Kids on LSD, released in 1987. It was re-mastered and re-released in 1993 on Epitaph Records. The original release on Alchemy Records included a 32-page comic and lyric book drawn by Dan Sites.
Andrew Kiraly, writing for the Las Vegas Mercury , comedically gave this album the award "Best Album of 1987 I Found While Digging in My Desk Which I'm Surprised Hasn't Been 'Rediscovered' By Critics and Hailed Anew As a Masterpiece, or Maybe I'm Just Feeling Stupid and Nostalgic". [1]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Scab on My Brain" | 3:22 |
2. | "Hangover" | 3:31 |
3. | "Meltdown" | 2:00 |
4. | "Catch Your Breath" | 3:45 |
5. | "Seein' You" | 2:42 |
6. | "Lay Your Weapons Down" | 2:29 |
7. | "Coming Home" | 2:30 |
8. | "Sargasm" | 2:44 |
9. | "Break the Camels Back" | 4:57 |
10. | "Blocked Out" | 5:00 |
11. | "Tribute to the Jester" | 4:03 |
12. | "Rock N Roll Nightmare" | 3:15 |
13. | "Alone Inside" | 1:53 |
14. | "One Light One Mind" | 2:22 |
15. | "Find a Way" | 2:57 |
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