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Red Cross
A.K.A. Redd Kross
United States - Los Angeles, CA

BORN INNOCENT LP 01. Linda Blair 02. White Trash 03. Everyday There's Someone New 04. Solid Gold 05. Burn-Out 06. Charlie 07. Self-Respect 08. Pseudo-Intellectual 09. Kill Someone You Hate 10. Look On Up at the Bottom 11. Cellulite City 12. I'm Alright Label: Smoke Seven Records Cat #: SMK7-103 Format: LP Released: 1982 Label: Frontier Records Cat#: FLP-1018 Format: LP Year: 1986

Reviews: An amazing amalgam of 60's punk and the infamous Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers school of dirty guitar sleaze. Distorted axes, humorous, socialy unredeeming lyrics, and a remarkably trashy aesthetic make it difficult to relate this current incarnation of Red Cross to the band that was once famous for quintessential teeny punk anthems. But if you probe beneath the new gutter exterior, you'll find the same warped Southern California prism. With instant classics like "Linda Blair" and "Kill Someone You Hate", this album has got to be bitchin'. Grab your wide bellbottoms and cop this sucker. -Jeff Bale (from Maximum Rock'n'Roll #2, September/October 1982)