News: SSD Sign With Trust Records, Will Re-Release ‘The Kids Will Have Their Say’

Trust Records has announced it has signed highly influential hardcore band SSD to collaborate and reissue their long out-of-print classic, The Kids Will Have Their Say, in 2023, for the first time ever. Considered to be the 1st Straight Edge branded band, SSD formed in Boston in 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense, charged performances and the provocative antics of their core group of followers, the Boston Crew. The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass, and Chris Foley on drums. In 1982, they released their debut LP The Kids Will Have Their Say on their own XClaim label. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter, and his Dischord label’s logo appeared on the back cover. An estimat...

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