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The Flesh Eaters

A Minute To Pray A Second To Die
LP Ruby Red $32
  • Pressed on ruby red vinyl
  • Limited edition
  • Originally released in 1981

Description

Jackpot Records is proud to re-reissue what many call arguably the greatest album of the punk rock era: The Flesh Eaters’ 1981 punk-noir masterpiece, ‘A Minute To Pray A Second To Die.’ Once referred to as an all-star roots/voodoo combo, The Flesh Eaters could only have crawled out of the myst of the late L.A. 70s punk scene. Fronted by punk poet/composer Chris D. (Desjardins), the band was a satellite for exquisite collaborators that allowed him to bring the full force of his dark, messed-up lyrical nightmares. Members of X, Wall Of Voodoo, Los Lobos, The Blasters, and The Plugz all hopped into his unmarked car to take a drive with Chris D. Its grabbed-by-the-throat vocals are powerfully buoyed by the tight melodicism emanating from the players on this record (John Doe and DJ Bonebrake from X, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Dave Alvin & Bill Bateman of The Blasters). Hell, we even get the perfectly executed John Doe original, “Cyrano de Berger’s Back,” which was re-recorded by X in 1987. The creators of this record made a pulp novel for your ears with an equal chance to scar your heart. Do not miss out—this is punk noir at its greatest.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Digging My Grave
  • 2 Pray Til You Sweat
  • 3 River Of Fever
  • 4 Satan's Stomp
  • 5 See You In The Boneyard
  • 6 So Long
  • 7 Cyrano De Berger's Back
  • 8 Divine Horseman