Live 1977 - 1979 | Teenage Jesus & The Jerks

Live 1977 - 1979

by Teenage Jesus & The Jerks

supported by

andy.e these songs shattered my mind when i picked up hysterie in the late 80's. just as hard and subversive as it was in 1978. amazing. Favorite track: Orphans (August 3 or 4, 1978, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON).

gnawbone.unhinged i was a miserable 12-yr old in potown NH shackled w local crap radio. i hated it but listened out of desperation.
Had I heard Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, my life would be completely different now, decades later.
I hate the greedy corporate sociopaths with a loathing passion Favorite track: My Eyes (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY).

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 USD or more
OP035LP - Vinyl Album
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Live 1977 - 1979 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

1.	Less Of Me (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:27	buy track
2.	My Eyes (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:34	buy track
3.	Popularity Is So Boring (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:10	buy track
4.	Orphans (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:39	buy track
5.	Eliminate By Night (May 17, 1978, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:41	buy track
6.	Freud In Flop (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:41	buy track
7.	Burning Rubber (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:38	buy track
8.	I Woke Up Dreaming (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 02:05	buy track
9.	Crown Of Thorns (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:45	buy track
10.	Baby Doll (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:31	buy track
11.	Race Mixing (January 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:07	buy track
12.	Don't Talk About Love (August 8, 1977, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:00	buy track
13.	No Morality (August 8, 1977, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:47	buy track
14.	Instra-mental (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:44	buy track
15.	Baby Doll (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:41	buy track
16.	Freud In Flop (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:44	buy track
17.	Race Mixing (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 01:02	buy track
18.	Crown Of Thorns (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:48	buy track
19.	Red Alert (April 17, 1979, Max's Kansas City, New York, NY) 00:27	buy track
20.	The Closet (November 04, 1978, CBGB's, New York, NY) 02:39	buy track
21.	Instrumental (November 04, 1978, CBGB's, New York, NY) 00:15	buy track
22.	Freud In Flop (November 04, 1978, CBGB's, New York, NY) 00:44	buy track
23.	Burning Rubber (November 04, 1978, CBGB's, New York, NY) 01:36	buy track
24.	Red Alert (November 04, 1978, CBGB's, New York, NY) 00:30	buy track
25.	Orphans (August 3 or 4, 1978, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON) 02:04	buy track
26.	Eliminate By Night (August 3 or 4, 1978, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON) 00:41	buy track
27.	The Closet (August 3 or 4, 1978, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON) 02:49	buy track

about

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks began to formulate their visionary brand of aural catharsis sometime during the first half of 1977, amidst the sordid ruins of a then fully down-and-out Lower Manhattan. The mastermind behind this juggernaut of sonic libertinage was a barely pubescent but world-weary runaway who called herself Lydia Lunch. Influenced strongly by the Marquis de Sade and Henry Miller, Lunch shrewdly decided to graft the existential horror of her own writing onto harsh, atonal music after being exposed to the room-clearing live output of other contemporary rock-music deconstructionists like Suicide and Mars. With an agenda of conjuring nightmarish intensity in lieu of technical instrumental ability, Teenage Jesus instantly made the supposedly “nihilistic”and “raw” current wave of so-called Punk acts sound like slick, good-timey pop music by comparison.

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, lisa, She Wolf of the SS, and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, transliterated into a blatant mockery of the increasingly tired, basic rock-band format. Posthumously, there have been numerous reissues of the primary Teenage Jesus corpus, namely the first side of the Lydia Lunch double compilation album Hysterie (CD Presents, 1986), a very incomplete anthology titled Everything (Atavistic, 1995) and Shut Up and Bleed (Cherry Red/Atavistic, 2008), which also featured Beirut Slump tracks. These less-than-fastidious documents contained reverb-laden transcriptions of the studio cuts directly from vinyl copies, as well as random live tracks of mediocre fidelity. This particular collection about to be released on Other-People is meticulously edited and mastered from rare bootlegs taped during the initial 1977-1979 period of classic band, and only one title (Crown of Thorns from January 17,1979) has been legitimately released to date, albeit in a completely different sound quality. Almost every known Teenage Jesus and the Jerks composition appears on this compendium and Ms. Lunch herself is quite satisfied that this just might be the final nail in the coffin.... If it is the sound of deliberately organized and deployed agony you are seeking, your bath has been drawn and the razor awaits.

Weasel Walter, Brooklyn, NY, June 30, 2015

credits

released December 12, 2015

license

about

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks New York, New York

contact / help

Contact Teenage Jesus & The Jerks

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, you may also like:

Discography
by Teenage Jesus and the Jerks

supported by 8 fans who also own “Live 1977 - 1979”

the definitive soundtrack to late 70's east village Juniper
go to album
Hunger for a Way Out
by Sweeping Promises

supported by 6 fans who also own “Live 1977 - 1979”

You had me at Kleenex/LiLiPUT meets ESG Tom
go to album
True Opera
by Moor Jewelry

supported by 5 fans who also own “Live 1977 - 1979”

A hardcore punk record that gets as raw as any of the classics, then goes beyond with the urgent-yet-meditative poignancy of Moor Mother's brilliant lyricism Coral Rosehill
go to album
Os Segredos Do Espaço e Tempo
by Futuro

Sao Paulo's Futuro return with another high-energy, perfectly rough-around-the-edges punk EP that effortlessly balances melody and speed. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 15, 2020
go to album
Demo CS
by Soakie

Fast, loud, and snotty, with buzzsaw riffs and relentless rhythm: what more could you want from a punk debut? Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 6, 2018
go to album
Snake
by The Hipshakes

Manic, twitchy, highwire punk rock from The Hipshakes, available in lovely magenta vinyl. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2016
go to album
Fetish Bones
by Moor Mother

supported by 5 fans who also own “Live 1977 - 1979”

A treasured record in my collection. An absolute must have. William K
go to album