DEAD BOYS – WE HAVE COME FOR YOUR CHILDREN LP – Nr MINT UK 1978 ORIG PUNK STIV BATORS

Dead Boys – We Have Come For Your Children
(Sire Records  1978  SRK6054)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners with some rubbing – couple of marks near top on front
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. The band was among the first wave of punk, and regarded by many as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. They were formed by vocalist Stiv Bators, rhythm guitarist Jimmy Zero, bassist Jeff Magnum, lead guitarist Cheetah Chrome, and drummer Johnny Blitz in 1975, with the later two having splintered from the band Rocket From The Tombs. The original Dead Boys released two studio albums, Young Loud and Snotty, and We Have Come for Your Children.

We Have Come for Your Children is the second studio album by the American punk rock band Dead Boys. It was recorded and released in 1978, on Sire Records. The recording of the album was problematic for the group and sessions were halted when the band became convinced that producer Felix Pappalardi did not understand their music. The band subsequently tried but were unable to get James Williamson of the Stooges to salvage the sessions; they broke up a short time later.

1. “3rd Generation Nation” (Stiv Bators) – 2:35
2. “I Won’t Look Back” (Jimmy Zero) – 2:16
3. “(I Don’t Wanna Be No) Catholic Boy” (Bators) – 2:42
4. “Flame Thrower Love” (Bators, Zero) – 2:03
5. “Son of Sam” (Zero) – 5:10
6. “Tell Me” (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:37
7. “Big City” (Kim Fowley, Steven Tetsch) – 3:03
8. “Calling on You (Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Zero) – 3:29
9. “Dead and Alive” (Bators, Chrome) – 1:48
10. “Ain’t It Fun” (Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughner) – 4:34

Dead Boys

• Stiv Bators – lead vocals
• Jimmy Zero – guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny Blitz – drums
• Cheetah Chrome – guitar, backing vocals
• Jeff Magnum – bass

with:

• Felix Pappalardi – backing vocals on “I Won’t Look Back”
• Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone as the Ramone Catholic Choir – backing vocals on “(I Don’t Wanna Be No) Catholic Boy”