Fat Wreck Chords Release Rich Kids On LSD “Live In A Dive”

The tenth installment of Fat Wreck Chord‘s Live In A Dive series takes us back over 30 years to Eindhoven, Holland. The date is the 12th May 1989, not too long before Montecito, CA punks RKL (Rich Kids On LSD) will call it quits, for the first time, anyway. In fact, at this point, the wheels are wobbly and are starting to fall off the band. Their time in Europe is surrounded by hash smoke, booze, drugs, and debauchery that is only exacerbated by their youthful, carefree abandon. The 17 song set, a good chunk of which is culled from 1987’s album Rock ‘n Roll Nightmare, was recorded at famed Eindhoven squat-turned-venue De Effenaar, and is beautifully ragged and raw. In fact, it sounds like the band members are having the time of their lives. Probably because...

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