Victims Family – White Bread Blues (Blue vinyl)

(Originally recorded in July 1990 at Profile Sound Studios, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
This issue is 20th Anniversary Edition included 8-pages booklet.
“Sinatra Mantra” is a bonus track.
CD Total Time: 36:02

The Santa Rosa, CA, outfit Victim’s Family formed in 1984 (the original lineup consisted of guitarist/vocalist Ralph Spight, bassist Larry Boothroyd, and drummer Devon VrMeer), and since its inception, the trio has refused to be pigeonholed to any single musical style — incorporating elements of hardcore punk, jazz, funk, hard rock, and noise into its challenging sound. After signing to the independent Mordam Records in the mid-’80s (a label which included another hard-to-categorize act, Faith No More), the group issued three albums — the 1986 debut Voltage & Violets, 1989’s Things I Hate to Admit, and 1990’s White Bread Blues (the latter produced by No Means No drummer John Wright). Soon after, they signed on to the Dead Kennedy’s record company, Alternative Tentacles. 1992 saw the first release for their new label, The Germ, but just as underground and alternative rock were finally hitting the big time, Victim’s Family decided to go on hiatus. The break proved to be a short one, as they returned in 1994 with Headache Remedy, following it up a year later with the live EP Four Great Thrash Songs. But once again, the group decided to go their separate ways. Upon returning to California, Boothroyd formed a new group, Saturn’s Flea Collar (which also included Spight), issuing a single and an album (1997’s Monosyllabic), before the band mutated into another group, Hellworms, which also issued a single and a full-length album, 1998’s Crowd Repellent. Soon after, Boothroyd and Spight decided to activate Victim’s Family once more, enlisting former My Name drummer David Gleza into their ranks, which resulted in the release of the group’s first new release in six years, Apocalicious, in September of 2001. Gerry Staumbaugh of Santa Rosa’s venerable Last Record Store has released Victims Family’s album, White Bread Blues on his Saint Rose Records label. It includes a cd copy and a booklet of photos, fliers, set lists, musings what have you.

Tracklist: LP
A1 Ungowa!
A2 Luv Letters
A3 D. O. G.
A4 Mousetrap
A5 Mary’s New Dress
A6 Anti-Satan Song For Mom
A7 Bloated Housewives
A8 Nirvana
B1 Supermarket Nightmare
B2 Polka
B3 Drink The Kool-Aid
B4 Naive Children
B5 Say It How You Mean It
B6 Caged Bird
B7 Follow Me To The Message
B8 Sinatra Mantra
CD
CD1 Ungowa! 2:41
CD2 Luv Letters 2:10
CD3 D. O. G. 2:41
CD4 Mousetrap 2:16
CD5 Mary’s New Dress 2:19
CD6 Anti-Satan Song For Mom 1:29
CD7 Bloated Housewives 1:49
CD8 Nirvana 1:21
CD9 Supermarket Nightmare 2:52
CD10 Polka 1:56
CD11 Drink The Kool-Aid 1:09
CD12 Naive Children 2:59
CD13 Say It How You Mean It 2:25
CD14 Caged Bird 4:42
CD15 Follow Me To The Message 0:37
CD16 Sinatra Mantra 2:36)