Candlelight Records has set a November 6 North American release date for
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's
"Eye For An Eye". This special reissue has been remastered/packaged and includes the EP
"Six Songs With Mike Singing". Both titles have been out of print for years. It follows the successful release of the band's self-titled album earlier this year. A deluxe digibook edition of the album, limited to 1000 for North America, will be available at limited retailers and via
Candlelight's official webstore. The digibook version includes extended liner notes and a rare pictorial gallery.
Twenty-six songs showcase the early sonic years of the North Carolina-based band. Far more punk than their later recordings, the album found an immediate fanbase.
Amazon customers over the years have called the album an "undisputed classic," while noting it is "for the true skaters of the mid-to-late '80s," and "brings me back to a good time of hardcore/punk."
Comments guitarist
Woody Weatherman, "We were just kids when we wrote and recorded these tunes." Vocalist/bassist
Mike Dean notes, "Making that album was our dream and we worked hard to make it happen because it was the vehicle to allow us to go out and play two hundred shows a year, like the bands we looked up to —
BLACK FLAG,
BAD BRAINS,
D.O.A."
Originally released in 1984,
"Eye For An Eye" featured the original lineup of
Weatherman,
Dean, drummer
Reed Mullin and vocalist
Eric Eycke. Reissued to incorporate the 1989 EP by
Mike Dean (who left the band between 1987-1992),
"Eye For An Eye" is raw in sound but focused on message. The years that followed would see the band rise to worldwide popularity with breakthrough and
Billboard-charting releases
"Blind" and
"Deliverance".
Formed in Raleigh in 1982,
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY quickly transformed heavy music. Politically charged and socially aware, the band has influenced countless others and today remains humble about their accomplishments. With over 1.1 million albums sold in the United States, the band continues to find new fans via nonstop touring.
"We had a lot of fun doing it and it's great to have this album officially back out there again," says
Weatherman. "I had basically written this off as being our sloppy beginner's effort but listening to it now, I really hear a few songs that hold up well," adds
Dean.
"Eye For An Eye" track listing:
01.
Tell Me02.
Minds Are Controlled03.
Indifferent04.
Broken Will05.
Rabid Dogs06.
L.S.07.
Rednekkk08.
Coexist09.
Excluded10.
Dark Thoughts11.
Poison Planet12.
What?13.
Negative Outlook14.
Positive Outlook15.
No Drunk16.
College Town17.
Not Safe18.
Eye For An Eye19.
Nothing's Gonna Change20.
Green Manalishi21.
Eye For An Eye*
22.
Center of the World*
23.
Citizen*
24.
Not For Me*
25.
What?*
26.
Negative Outlook*
*
"Six Songs With Mike Singing" 