Circle Jerks

History


Formed in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1980, this powerful punk/hardcore band featured vocalist Keith Morris (ex- BlackFlag) and guitarist Greg Hetson.

Singer Keith Morris, who left Black Flag after appearing on its debut single, formed the Circle Jerks with ex-Redd Kross guitarist Greg Hetson in Los Angeles in 1980. Fast, loud and loose, the Jerks became one of the region's most popular and durable slam bands. Immortalized on celluloid in The Decline of Western Civilization punk documentary, the Circle Jerks found vinyl success (via the film soundtrack and their own releases) later. Typically crude and undisciplined, despite occasional offbeat choices of material (Wild in the Streets contains a hyper remake of Jackie DeShannon's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"), these Jerks managed to become a live success; their shows generate some of the most intense slam-dancing and stage-diving anywhere. (In 1988, Frontier remixed and reissued Wild in the Streets, appending Group Sex to the CD.)

Discography
CIRCLE JERKS Group Sex (Frontier) 1980 Wild in the Streets (Faulty Products) 1982 Golden Shower of Hits (LAX) 1983 (Avenue) 1992 Wönderful (Combat Core) 1985 VI (Relativity) 1987 Group Sex/Wild in the Streets (Frontier) 1988 Gig (Relativity) 1992 Oddities Abmornalities and Curiosities (Mercury) 1995 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Decline of Western Civilization (Slash) 1980

Lyrics
defamation innuendo defamation innuendo communication to third person it's defamation my reputation defamation, innuendo..

moral majority

first there was biology then pornography so says the moral majority

telling you and me what we can watch and read i don't need some dumb schmuck telling me

nice communities middle class families too much cleanliness too much stupidity

i don't need someone telling me how to listen and how to read

whatever happened to the first amendment the way these people talk they've never even heard it

put a little love in your heart