9 Toes Later is the first release from Lodi, New Jersey

Lodi, New Jersey

Lodi is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 24,136. The borough of Lodi is governed under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law.Lodi owes its name to the Italian city of Lodi...

 punk band The Undead

The Undead

The Undead is a horror punk band formed in 1980 in New Milford, New Jersey by Bobby Steele , Chris "Jack" Natz , and Patrick Blanck . Bobby had just been fired from his previous band, The Misfits, when forming The Undead.They released their first EP 9 Toes Later in 1982...

. Glenn Danzig

Glenn Danzig

Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Allen Anzalone; June 23, 1955 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, entrepreneur, and a progenitor of the horror punk subgenre of music. He is a founder of bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig...

 of The Misfits helped the band finance the EP. It was originally released June 25, 1982 on Stiff Records

Stiff Records

Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976, by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman , and active until 1985. It was reactivated in 2007....

. There were 1995 copies available. It was re-released in 1983 on Rosemary's Babies

Rosemary's Babies

Rosemary's Babies was an American hardcore punk band formed in Lodi, New Jersey in 1980. Its members included J.R. - vocals, Post Mortem - bass, CA Richie - guitar, and Eerie Von - drums. The band was active until 1983 and produced a 7" EP titled "Blood Lust", released on the band's own Ghastly...

 bassist Post Mortem's own record label, Post Mortem Records. 1000 copies was pressed of this version. Three early test pressings were also made, all of them owned by Bobby Steele

Bobby Steele

Bobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits...

. Bobby Steele had one of his toes amputated

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...

 around the time of the recording, and there is were the title comes from.

Track listing

1. "A Life Of Our Own" (Bobby Steele / Dave Street)
2. "My Kinda Town" (Bobby Steele)
3. "When The Evening Comes" (Bobby Steele)
4. "I Want You Dead" (Bobby Steele)

Personnel

• Bobby Steele
  Bobby Steele
  Bobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Chris Natz – bass
• Patrick Blanck – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Jimi Quidd
  Jimi Quidd
  Jimi Quidd, born Jimmy Hatzidimitriou was a Greek-American performer and music producer. He was the lead singer of the New York pop punk band the Dots and also discovered and produced the hardcore band Bad Brains....
  
   – producer
• Recorded at Mix-O-Lydian, 08//1981