Monday, November 9, 2009

Hell Comes to Your House is an influential American Deathrock and punk compilation that chronicles the emergence of Deathrock as a genre.

The album was originally released in 1981 but reissued in 1998.

It is notable for releasing the first ever Christian Death song "Dogs", plus the compilation also includes the first studio recordings of Social Distortion.

The engineer Randy Burns went on to produce other punk, thrash and death metal bands including Suicidal Tendencies, Death, Possessed, and Megadeth.

Track listing

01. Social Distortion - Lude Boy

02. Social Distortion - Telling Them

03 Legal Weapon - Daddy's Gone Mad

04. Red Cross - Puss 'N' Boots

05. Modern Warfare - Out Of My Head

06. Modern Warfare - Street Fightin' Man

07. Secret Hate - Deception

08. Secret Hate - New Routine/Suicide

09. Conservatives - Suburban Bitch

10. Conservatives - Just Cuz/Nervous

11. 45 Grave - Evil

12. 45 Grave - Concerned Citizen

13. 45 Grave - 45 Grave

14. Christian Death - Dogs

15. 100 Flowers - Reject Yourself

16. Rhino 39 - Marry It

17. Super Heroines - Death On The Elevator

18. Super Heroines - Embalmed Love

Credits on the record list the producer of "Dogs" as "Mike Patton". Plese note that he is not the Ipecac Recordings label head/Faith No More singer, Mike Patton. This Mike Patton was in the band The Middle Class and he also produced the first iconic "blue" album by the influential Orange County band, Adolescents. He was also the bass player with T.S.O.L's Jack Grisham's post TSOL Goth/Dance band, Cathedral of Tears.