The Only Good Punk... Is A Dead One
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The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One is the debut album proper by British
British people
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 crust punk
Crust punk
Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...

 band Electro Hippies
Electro Hippies
Electro Hippies was a crust punk/thrashcore band formed in St Helens/Wigan, United Kingdom, in 1985.Though they were short-lived and underground through their career, their music influenced many future crust, hardcore punk, and grindcore bands. The band relied heavily on low bass end sounds to...

. The original LP featured 20 songs, all but four of which last less than two minutes. The 2002 re-issue of the album (with the title shortened to The Only Good Punk) contains an additional 20 tracks (the listing can be found at the allmusic review); of those, six were taken from a compilation album
Compilation album
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 and fourteen were from a live recording done in 1989.

Track listing

  • All Songs Written By Electro Hippies.
  1. Faith 0:39
  2. Acid Rain
    Acid rain
    Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions . It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen...

     2:53
  3. Run Ronald 0:40
  4. Scum 1:05
  5. B.P. 1:47
  6. Unity 1:59
  7. Terror Eyes 2:40
  8. So Wicked 0:46
  9. Profit 0:54
  10. Freddy's Revenge 1:47
  11. Mistake 0:43
  12. Things Of Beauty 4:05
  13. Protest 0:30
  14. Gas Joe Pearce 0:54
  15. Lies 1:55
  16. Tortured Tears 1:31
  17. Turkeys 0:56
  18. D.I.Y. 1:01
  19. Suck 0:42
  20. Deception 2:53

External links

  • "The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One" at discogs: link
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