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Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A.The band then released War All the Time (named for the Charles Bukowski novel) in 1987.Around this time, after numerous lineup changes, PI had convened one of their more stable lineups in Jerry A.By this time, their legendary drinking habits and hard living were beginning to catch up with them: the band weighed in at about 1,300 lb.On January 31, 2006 guitarist Pig Champion died at his home in Portland, of undetermined causes, although he had been suffering from the flu and an untreated kidney infection.PI had recorded a new record and it was ready for release when he died.In 2007, the band again reformed to play shows in support of a split 7" single with Kill Your Idols (for TKO Records).The lineup for this incarnation was Jerry A.The Best of Poison Idea CD (Taang!External links
Official POISON IDEA MySpace.Poison Idea: Still the Kings of Punk (Cover story for the July 1992 issue of Portland's Paperback Jukebox.Poison Idea page on Kill From the Heart (General information, but notably, it has interviews with band members)
Interview with Jerry A.Nihilistic Portland, OR, hardcore outfit Poison Idea was formed
in 1980 by frontman Jerry A.Pig Champion in honor of the
occasion.Poison Idea disbanded, releasing their June 6, 1993, farewell
gig at Portland's La Luna as Pig's Last Stand.PICK YOUR KING TRACKS
1.It's An Action
3.Reggae ( I Hate)
12.Die On Your Knees
12.God Not God
7.Cop An Attitude
10.Death Wish Kids
11.BLANK BLACKOUT VACANT TRACKS
1.What Happened To Sunday?BEST OF POISON IDEA TRACKS
1.Out Of The Picture
15.It's Called Action
18.Thorn In My Side
34.Rich Get Richer
38.Don't Like It Here
39.POISON IDEA
Pick Your King
CASSETTE
0.POISON IDEA
Record Collectors
CASSETTE
0.POISON IDEA
Kings Of Punk
CASSETTE
0.POISON IDEA
Blank blackOut
Vacant
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0.US or European PAL formats."Are you sure you want to block this user?KILL YOUR IDOLS AVAILABLE NOW!!!!"THIS WEEKEND: POISON IDEA vs.Pic Disc Single ON SALE!!!CLICK HERE TO ORDER POISON IDEA RELEASES ON LINE!!This is the official POISON IDEA MySpace.Poison Idea was started in 1980 in Portland, Oregon, by vocalist Jerry A.Pushing the speed limits of contemporary punk rock, they played raw and angry hardcore the likes of which had rarely been heard before (or since).Both were put out on a small label from Eugene, Oregon called Fatal Erection.In 1986, Poison Idea released the aptly titled Kings of Punk LP on Pushead's Pusmort label.In the next few years, Poison Idea's lineup (mainly the rhythm section) changed several times.EPs released the next year both had good material.By 1989, Poison Idea seemed to pull it together; after trouble with record companies and distributors in the past, they started their own label, American Leather, and began by reissuing their 1982 demo.The band recorded the excellent Discontent 7" and also found their most stable lineup in years: Jerry A.Pig Champion, Myrtle Tickner, and Thee Slayer Hippie (although the second guitarist seemed to switch between "Mondo" and Aldine Strichnine).In 1990, Poison Idea released the classic Feel the Darkness LP, successfully combining (where so, so many others had failed) the best elements of hardcore and hard rock for a dark, powerful sound.When Pig Champion decided to leave the band in 1993, Poison Idea called it quits.An aborted tour in 1997 saw another breakup, but Poison Idea is currently back together and playing shows in the Portland area; further plans for recording or touring are up in the air though.Let's keep our fingers crossed!"Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Tous nos voeux pour 2008!!!Happy New Year Poison idea !You guys bring back a lot of cool memories from High School.You guys played with The Accused and The Machine.Hey guys thanks for the add.One of the most important bands of all time.Much love and respect from Sweden.Let's Rock with The Dogs!!!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Text: " + targetLink.PHOTO: JANICE MORLAN
Poison Idea was started in 1980 in Portland, Oregon, by vocalist Jerry A.Within a year, the band had a solid lineup with drummer Dean Johnson, guitarist Tom Roberts (aka Pig Champion), and bassist Glen Estes.The band was motivated by the Germs and Black Flag, and took their musical cues from bands such as Discharge and SOA.Pushing the speed limits of contemporary punk rock, they played raw and angry hardcore the likes of which had rarely been heard before (or since).Their 1983 debut EP, Pick Your King, is a classic and arguably the best hardcore record ever released.Its subsequent followup, Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes (featuring Pig Champion's substantial collection on the cover), saw Chris "Tense" replacing Glen on bass.Both were put out on a small label from Eugene, Oregon called Fatal Erection.In 1986, Poison Idea released the aptly titled Kings of Punk LP on Pushead's Pusmort label.In the next few years, Poison Idea's lineup (mainly the rhythm section) changed several times.EPs released the next year both had good material.By 1989, Poison Idea seemed to pull it together; after trouble with record companies and distributors in the past, they started their own label, American Leather, and began by reissuing their 1982 demo.In 1990, Poison Idea released the classic Feel the Darkness LP, successfully combining (where so, so many others had failed) the best elements of hardcore and hard rock for a dark, powerful sound.LP collection of all covers.When Pig Champion decided to leave the band in 1993, Poison Idea called it quits.An aborted tour in 1997 saw another breakup, but Poison Idea is currently back together and playing shows in the Portland area; further plans for recording or touring are up in the air though.DISCOGRAPHY
Releases
PICK YOUR KING EP (Fatal Erection, 1983)
RECORD COLLECTORS ARE PRETENTIOUS ASSHOLES 12" (Fatal Erection, 1984)
KINGS OF PUNK LP (Pusmort, 1986)
WAR ALL THE TIME LP (Alchemy, 1987)
FILTHKICK EP (Shitfool, 1988)
GETTING THE FEAR 12" (Rockport Records, 1988)
PICTURE DISC 7" (American Leather, 1989)
DISCONTENT 7" (American Leather, 1990)
FEEL THE DARKNESS LP (American Leather, 1990)
OFFICIAL BOOTLEG 2x7" (American Leather, 1991)
LIVE IN VIENNA 7" (American Leather, 1991)
PUNISH ME 7" (American Leather, 1991)
DUTCH COURAGE (Bitzcore, live in 1991)
BLANK BLACKOUT VACANT LP (Taang!Filthkick and Getting the Fear)
THE EARLY YEARS CD (Bitzcore, 1994)
BEST OF POISON IDEA CD (Taang!Here's a very good 1985 interview from the New York zine Task.Thanks to Rich for letting me use it!He talks about why they called their record "Ian MacKaye," among other things.Much thanks to Martin for scanning it and sending it to me!This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.Id + " Link: " + targetLink.BoardsFan SitesRelated ArtistsSimilar ArtistsSNFUWaxDidjitsMr.Poison Idea at Amazon.Nihilistic Portland, OR, hardcore outfit Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by frontman Jerry A.Tom Roberts, bassist Chris Tense, and drummer Dean Johnson.Poison Idea at Amazon.Buy MusicWant to see your products in Yahoo!Build your own online store or Advertise with us.View RSS FeedMake money with Yahoo!Shopping APIs, now powering Yahoo!Learn more about our paid syndication program.Punk like flies on a flesh wound.Punk acts, Poison Idea's career spanned an entire decade, allowing them to plumb uncharted depths of hatred and negativity.Punk like flies on a flesh wound.Poison Idea Feeds
Save to del.Hear Poison Idea and similar artists on this channel.SiteCatalyst code version: H.MemberAttribute( "cobrandPartner" ) )?MemberAttribute( "rsrc" ) )?MemberAttribute( "rhapXVersion" ) )?MemberAttribute( "hasRhapX" ) )?"MemberAttribute( "guid" ) )?Poison Idea Interview
By David J.At the end of a recent Poison Idea show, singer Jerry A.PI is, nor where they come from.It will join the others.Club Metropolis before the start of a Gun Club and Toiling Midgets show back
in 1982.Street Theatre (now RKCNDY), while surrounded by a gaggle of admiring hardcore
punk onlookers.June afternoon marked by record breaking heat,
we discovered another probable reason the guitarist earned his nickname.Drummer Steve Hanford, guitarist Mondo, and bassist Myrtle
Tickner sat between garbage piles.Tom Pig Champion: I think Jerry was playing some sort of joke on the fact that
we haven't played a (big) show in Portland in two years.PJ: How's your relationship with Taang records?They're behind the band for sure.PJ: Let's focus on your history for a bit.That's all there really
was.In record stores back then there was one bin for punk rock, one for experimental
stuff like Lydia Lunch and the like.Chris Tense on bass and Dean Johnson on drums.When Chris and Dean were in the band, that was Poison Idea
then, not now.Some people were thrown out; some people quit.TPC: Then there were members that have been in the band that never played a
show and they were thrown out.Most people get thrown out.Stupid ones get thrown out and keep playing garbage.SH: Jerry writes all the lyrics.Doctor with the suicide
machine...PJ: I've always been struck by the surprising agility and somewhat introspective
sensibility of your music.SH We like music and listen to lots of different kinds of it.TPC: Well nihilism is a philosophy not a musical style.To quote John Cage, 'I have
nothing to say and I'm saying it.That's nihilism as music.SH: The reader can read it and decide for himself what it means.PJ: Poison Idea has a reputation of being a big name band in a lot of specific
localities, both in the United States and overseas.Where are some of the places
that you have receptive audiences?Where do you sell a lot of albums?We sell a lot of
records there.Are you aware of Poison Idea?Poison Idea as a band that's not well recognized at home but who does
much better elsewhere...SH: That could be true since we haven't played a big show here in two years.They don't even know where it is, just somewhere south of Seattle.SH: There's not really a lot of talent here in my opinion.There won't be a
Soundgarden, a Nirvana, a Pearl Jam coming out of Portland.TPC: I hope so, I guess I just don't think the new bands in Portland are all
that great.PJ: What are some of the bands you guys think have some potential?PJ: But the Wipers are not in Portland anymore.Greg Sage has been living in
Arizona for the last three and a half years.They can't get shows
and they are a great band.The current hype is that) Sprinkler might go somewhere, a lot
of people think Pond might do something...Mondo: It's gotten better with PDX(S) and...That didn't cover any of what any kids wanted to see.At least the (Paperback)
Jukebox concentrates on music.Ray and to overpriced shows.And a place like Belmont's trying
to be alternative is the biggest joke I've ever fucking seen in this town.Peppers thing, and that doesn't work, so the next it's a Sub Pop thing or a
grunge thing.PJ: Would you care to name any bands in particular?TPC: No need to name any names.SH: We don't need any more enemies in this city than we already have.SH: The Flapjacks, the Oblivion Seekers.TPC: But those are all bands made up of old farts like myself, so I'm kind
of biased in that way.Mondo: Then they go onto form some cool shit group they think will get signed
and become rock stars.SH: Whatever happened to writing songs and playing what you like?We've stuck to our guns.It's hard for us to even relate
to that kind of thinking.It's like comparing apples and oranges.TPC: The Wipers and a lot of the good bands have moved out of Portland.They were good when they were a psych band,
but now they sound like the Stooges.PJ: Yeah, I saw them in Hollywood a few years ago and was amazed at the changes.TPC: Now they've probably changed again.I'll say 'great, they stuck to their guns,' but they'll
probably all be buying and selling condominiums, or...PJ: But wouldn't you say that's to be expected from a lot of people?TPC: If you really love music you just keep playing, you don't just start bands
up to get signed.If you like music, you wanna do it.Being a rock star or a millionaire doesn't matter to me.I'll flip pizza and play punk
rock for the rest of my life, if that's what it takes.Ray or Satyricon and asking
'What's it gonna take for us to get where you're at?TPC: Before I ever took drugs, I studied and read up on them.There were only a few around then.We're more interested in just music, not what the scene's
about.Then the bands were all imitating Black Flag
and Discharge; now they're imitating Sub Pop bands that are doing...SH: And they can write a song.That's half of it right there.MTV you have to have a nice chiseled chin, hard pecs, and the girls love
you.Mondo: A bulge in your leather pants.SH: Yeah, it was funny as hell.Is this collaboration a temporary thing?It should be out by next November.SH: He hasn't written anything; we just brought him in because he's a friend.PJ: I understand that Gus Van Zant might be directing an upcoming video.TPC: He said he's interested in doing it, and we definitely want to do it,
but it's too late to do it for the (most recent) album.General agreement that Napalm Beach is a great band.TPC: Chris Newman was once a member of Poison Idea.He practiced with us twice, and then we couldn't
find him.PJ: What's the future for Poison Idea?TPC: We've got the material written for at least two more albums, so we're
not out of ideas yet.Look for an accordion on the next studio LP.Any kind of instruments we can interpret into our songs and make
them sound bigger and better, we'll use.We're gonna want some pictures, but it looks like Jerry isn't
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257,491 plays scrobbled on Last.Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A.Roberts (guitar), Glen Estes (bass), and Dean Johnson (drums).Inspired by Black Flag and other early Southern California hardcore acts, they were further influenced by Discharge and Los Angeles's the Germs.Germs singer Darby Crash was a strong influence on singer Jerry A.Jesus (front cover) and Elvis Presley (back cover).Cleanse the Bacteria LP (compiled by Pushead for his own Pusmort label), while still keeping the thrashy hardcore foundation of their debut.Poison Idea cover by NO!Including: Negative Approach, Articles of Faith, The F.NITROMINDS "Verge Of Collapse" out February 1st!Feel the darkness is amazing...If you'd like to add some events for Poison Idea then you can do so on this page.We're conducting a survey and would like your input.Web Site Support
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