Neurotica (reissue) Redd Kross SKU: MRG685LPC1 Barcode: 0673855068503 31.00 £31.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records Released Date: 24th June 2022 Buying Format: 2LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Merge Records is thrilled to release the 35th anniversary edition of Neurotica, the 1987 power pop and alternative rock opus by Redd Kross. This reissue will be available worldwide on coloured vinyl 2LP on June 24, 2022. Include the original album, remastered by JJ Golden (Pearl Jam, Thee Oh Sees), as well as 12 previously unreleased demos from the era (rediscovered recently in the archives of the band’s original A&R guy, Geoffrey Weiss). The double vinyl edition the album on translucent turquoise, the demos on translucent orange arrives in a slick gatefold jacket. Neurotica could be viewed as a This Is Your Life-esque document of what brothers Jeff & Steve McDonald had been working toward creatively since starting Redd Kross in their Hawthorne, CA living room circa 1978. The songs quake with punk rock fury. And how could they possibly have shaken off the untamed energy of their early Red Cross years which laid a foundation for Southern California hardcore punk & DIY culture alongside bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Descendants? But fury is only part of their formula. To find the other parts, travel back to the ‘70s, when the McDonald boys lived for nothing but Saturday morning cartoons, sugary cereal, bubblegum pop singles, Beach Boys LPs, Partridge Family TV specials and the arena rock guitars of KISS & Cheap Trick. Whereas most self-respecting punk rockers would have sneered at ‘60s/‘70s radio and pop culture schmaltz (even if they secretly liked it), that was all a tremendous part of the Redd Kross DNA. And the McDonalds wore those influences on their dayglo sleeves. They decontextualized the macho, sometimes saccharine, sound of classic rock, celebrating its bombast without falling into its pretentious pitfalls. They played what sounded good to them. If along the way they could convince you that those David Cassidy AM radio singles were actually great & subversive in their own way, that was just an added bonus. Their technicolor punk rock was first explored on Teen Babes From Monsanto in 1984. But Neurotica is where the Redd Kross sound gelled into something miraculous. The McDonalds enlisted a grand crew: guitarist Robert Hecker, keyboardist Paul Roessler (Screamers, Nervous Gender) and Roy McDonald on drums (The Muffs). In the producer’s chair was Tom Erdelyi aka Tommy Ramone, one of the originators of punk rock melody. Unshakeable hooks on tracks like “Peach Kelli Pop” inspired rave reviews upon release. “In an age when too many bands base their music either on calculated career moves or heavy-handed pretentions,” the LA Times wrote, “Redd Kross is as breezy as a kiss in the wind, a band born to rock in a world that forgot how.” Decades later, Pitchfork would revisit the album with a glowing review: “Pop culture nostalgia was to Redd Kross what LSD was to the Butthole Surfers; their music was delivered with just as furious a passion, but their love for Beatles-esque pop harmony shone through as much as any punk sensibility, and their Kinks influences, entirely free of irony, served as lyrical substance over their powerful, hi-octane hooks.” Plain and simple, it’s just a fantastic piece of art. Unsurprising that something of this caliber would hatch from the minds of two brothers who changed the face of punk rock before they were old enough to drive a car & the face of alternative rock before they were old enough to rent one. Artist Redd Kross Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Merge Records Buying Options 2LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Neurotica Play My Song Frosted Flake Janus, Jeanie, and George Harrison Love Is You Pink Piece of Peace It’s the Little Things Peach Kelli Pop McKenzie Tatum O’Tot and the Fried Vegetables Ballad of a Love Doll What They Say Ghandi Is Dead (I’m the Cartoon Man) Beautiful Bye-Byes. Neurotica (demo) Play My Song (demo) Pink Piece of Peace (demo) All of the Things (demo) Janus, Jeanie, and George Harrison (demo) McKenzie (demo) What They Say (demo) Peach Kelli Pop (demo) Tatum O’Tot and the Fried Vegetables (demo) Love Is You (demo) Ghandi Is Dead (I’m the Cartoon Man) (demo) Beautiful Bye-Byes (demo) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Redd Kross View Product Quick View Redd Kross Red Cross Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP Released 26th June 2020 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Redd Kross Red Cross £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG734LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Redd Kross Beyond the Door Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 23rd August 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Redd Kross Beyond the Door 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