Life Sentence - Life Sentence [FULL ALBUM]

[@Davepacheco1986]

It's kinda out of control how insanely good this is and it literally never gets old.

[@nomeansno21]

totally, i had this in the 80s and still listen to it, love the bass playing

[@itsageyser]

I was into hardcore...from NY and lived at CB matinees. Agnostic Front, Murphys Law, Warzone, Cromags, the Buiscuits.....all that shit like that. Went camping in NJ, met this weird dude and his purple haired chick in the next campsite. We kept badgering them if they wanted any of the fried salami that we were cooking up. "Nah...we don't do that shit. We're vegans"...looked down at the guys combat boots and he had this red and white patch that said 'Life Sentence' on it. Went home, bought cassette, never looked back. Such was life back in the 80's

[@piotrb8434]

Murphy's Law were never hardcore, more like ska punk. The only reason why they are labeled "hardcore" is that they were from NY and hung out with bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags and Bad Brains. Warzone were always closer to the British oi! sound mixed with metal than typical American hardcore. Bands like Unity, Uniform Choice, Youth Of Today, Life Sentence, Justice League, No For An Answer, Carry Nation, Brotherhood, Up Front, Wide Awake, Attitude Adjustment, Infest are the epitome of hardcore.

[@sjlsw]

@@piotrb8434 what a bad take

[@piotrb8434]

@@sjlsw What's "bad" about it?

[@patrickculhane1269]

@@piotrb8434 uggh no you didn’t… just stop

[@Crash.7434]

You know what’s type of pedal the guitarist used or his sound in general?

[@skinheadyouth66]

I'm the 1,000 like. I saw them in 86 or 87 cbgbs w underdog and I think half life. Great stuff love it

[@berlinbrigadesoldier9467]

Flawless Hardcore! I played this tape until it was worn completely out.

[@mrs.esterhouse1567]

Whole album rules but man that first song Problems!

[@randywebb4671]

I had this on vinyl in 86, I was 16. Damn classic.

[@shannondean1774]

Me too 16 in 86!

[@RoyD1970]

50 now....still have it!

[@Metrohopper]

They opened for DRI on a tour for which I had a band I managed that I got to open the bill. I think it was 1986 for DRI's "Crossover" tour, and it was B'ham or Huntsville, AL.

[@stevenmccarthy534]

Seen em in Philly on that tour!! DRI Exploited Dr Know and Life Sentence!!! One of the hottest shows EVER temperature wise. That gig was Fuckin BONKERS

[@skinheadyouth66]

Sick tour

[@skinheadyouth66]

​@@stevenmccarthy534now that's a gig

[@ThirstyCraig]

Another reason why 1986 was my fave year in music.

[@skinheadyouth66]

I have to agree

[@skinheadyouth66]

No contest. Yes

[@magikl1]

I remember seeing them with Broken Bones at a show in Milwaukee circa 1986 was amazing show

[@Lupinotuum66]

Used to have a punks for profit t shirt. These guys were good!

[@Lupinotuum66]

@@Crash.7434 no idea homie.

[@Lupinotuum66]

@@Crash.7434 check out an old Chicago band called Out of Order , the full album is available on here, fucking shreds. And another LA band called Don't No. Maybe you'll like them.

[@NullStaticVoid]

back in the 80s there was not a lot of love between metalheads and punk rockers. This was one tape you could put on that everybody would agree on.

[@brycemcgarrity2442]

One of greatest hardcore punk records of late 80’s flawless makes me feel like a teenager again

[@stefansnijders8943]

From 1990 when I first found this on cassette, it has been one of my all-time favorite punk albums, remaining so even after an ex girlfriend got hold of it two years later (along with a couple others) and proceeded to destroy it. It's proven damned near impossible to replace years later. So glad I can find it on KZbin!

[@skinheadyouth66]

Discogs

[@sksk-nu1xv]

I still have this on cassette.

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

@@Crash.7434 Make up your own sound, like bands did back then.

[@Crash.7434]

@@justsomedudeyouknow8372 wow it’s almost like I do or I wouldn’t be asking🤦‍♂️ Didn’t know I couldn’t try out other sounds either🤷‍♂️ cause Eric from life sentence definitely never tried anything new. But someone with that much hate obviously jumps to assumptions first. Edit: also sorry to tell you buddy but life sentence, minor threat, gbh and other bands all have the same tone. The only difference is one band has more power in the amp than the other. Maybe try starting a band before telling others what to do. Also nice try on trying to be witty but it didn’t succeed.

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

@Crash.7434 ive been in bands for years and I didn't go online asking every single person I ran across in a bands comment section how I could rip off the guitarists sound . Nice condescending attitude tho like I was somehow being a dick

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

@Crash.7434 oh and fyi, I taught myself how to play, never took lessons, and figured out my own sound.

[@Crash.7434]

@@justsomedudeyouknow8372 crazy, but did I ask? wow you taught yourself? Wow you must need an award since it’s so difficult to play a power chord and open position chord.(I know your a little slow so I’ll let you know that it was sarcasm cause your small brain may not be able to comprehend that it was) Obviously your sound didn’t work cause no one knows or cares for you😂 Edit: but anyways what sound should I use? My marshal half stack with my headless grote? My Kramer with my crate voodoo half stack? Or what about my Gibson sg with a line six half stack? I know so many sounds😂 you may not be able to keep up with it. But hey you know me so you should have already known what my main set up is. If I was this upset over my own life I’d probably take it out on someone on yt also… or maybe I wouldn’t 😂.

[@hubertgagnon3350]

Thanks for your music! You were one of my favorite band. Even if my life has slowed down, your music is following me!

[@plonka13]

My favorite Chicago band of all time

[@earthcemmediano9991]

eric plonka what about Los Crudos??? That's the band

[@plonka13]

Impulse manslaughter

[@vadermasktruth]

Scientist Chicago Wrong. You meant to say NAKED RAYGUN, PEGBOY or ALKALINE TRIO.

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

The effigies are a also a good Chicago band.

[@stuframe6973]

Raygun

[@unlvrebelx]

The band I roadied for played w/ Life Sentence, The Herb Tarlicks & Poison Idea @ Gilman St. Project in 1988... great show. I became a Life Sentence fan that day.

[@unlvrebelx]

​@Crash.7434 no clue...sorry, that was 35 years ago.

[@davidhenning6428]

played with them in 91 92. one of my all time favorite Chicago bands

[@perpetvaloctober8791]

What was the name of your band? Just curious. And where were you guys from?

[@davidhenning6428]

@@perpetvaloctober8791 our band name was Nickel Brains and we were out of Aurora, IL

[@kevinallupinit]

I've been looking for a re post for so long. Thank you.

[@scott2690]

been looking for this forever. thanks for posting this!

[@perpetvaloctober8791]

This entire album is the epitome of Punk Rock. And living in Chicagoland, I was lucky enough to see them play quite a few times. They would let my buddy, Mike Goode, get on stage and sing PUNKS FOR PROFIT a couple times. Man, I miss those days 😔 Anyways, the reason why I started to comment was to see if anyone out there has the lyrics to IN THE STREETS??? If so, could you post them in a reply to this comment, please? I don't believe the original albums or cassettes came with the lyrics because if they did, I'd know every single word to this very day, as often as I played this album. It was kinda weird the way I even bought their cassette in the first place back in 1987. I was on vacation with my family down in Florida back in the days when southern Florida was one huge party during Spring Break. And that's where we were and that's when it was. Spring Break of 1987. I was only 14 years old but I was able to sneak off and party with some of the high school and college kids. During one of the days while we were there, I went into a record shop that was in this strip mall. It was one of those corporate record shops you'd find in the malls like Camelot Records or Musicland or some other such crappy music store. Well, back then even all the corporate record stores had some decent Punk and Metal albums. I LOVED looking at all those cassettes and LPS back then: 7 Seconds, GBH, Septic Death, The Exploited, Circle Jerks, Slayer, Celtics Frost, Anthrax, etc. Well, this place had........ NOTHING!!! And I'm not exaggerating one bit. I mean, they didn't even have a Metallica album!?!? I was never a fan of Metallica but what kind of record store didn't even stock Metallica back in 1987?!?!?! But then I saw this bright red cassette spine blaring out from all the others and when I picked it up, I was so surprised to see that it was LIFE SENTENCE!!! I had heard of them being from Chicago but I never heard any of their tunes or saw them in concert or knew much about them, other than they were from Chicago. So, of course I bought it along with a PINK FLOYD "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" cassette. Crazy combo, right? Well, I played the LIFE SENTENCE first and I wasn't all that impressed. It was alright but I was expecting much more out of it. Later on I popped in the Pink Floyd and I instantly realized that the batteries in my headphones were low, as I was already familiar with DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. So, it suddenly dawned on me that I was listening to the LIFE SENTENCE cassette with low batteries!?!?!? Ha!!! So, I popped in some fresh new batteries and then tried the LIFE SENTENCE cassette again and HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blew me away from beginning to end. Ha!!! And this album has certainly aged very well, as it still blows me away all these years later.

[@johnnygerard6605]

Well said…

[@skinheadyouth66]

I hate Metallica this is an awesome record still have the promo lp.

[@marcosdgonzalez5270]

Hardcore punk not punk rock..

[@mrCharliehurst]

i got to see these guys in New Orleans a long long time ago, one of my all time favorites

[@MikeIXWilliams]

Saw them in NOLA ages ago, great band

[@Worldofgarbage]

Saw these guys in Chicago in 89 or so with 7 seconds! Good times! lets go skate!!!

[@cojometaldetecting]

+Worldofgarbage 7 seconds rock.....i saw them live too. Remember FON, or Operation Ivy?

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

never seen 7-Secs play, but met Kevin at the True Love Coffee House in Sacto 2004 or so. Said hi.. hahahahaha

[@vadermasktruth]

cojo Who doesn't remember OP IV???!!? Unless you're a poster.

[@vadermasktruth]

Worldofgarbage I think I remember that tour.

[@danmalone7649]

@@vadermasktruth We're all posters here buddy

[@mrmikey5407]

These guys ripped it up. Such a perfect hardcore album. Thank you for sharing.

[@lgriffin904]

R.I.P. Eric B. My Chitown Homie. It's Election Day here in Ca and I was looking for that song. This entire LP will have to do.

[@briantaylor1302]

I want to say i saw them with the cromags in 1983 Baltimore Buy not sure

[@glenparey1453]

I still have this on tape natas used to skate to this

[@reidellis1988]

I saw these guys play SLC with Verbal Abuse and NOFX in 1989. They played with this crazy band called the Herb Tarlicks. $6.00 cover. I remember it like it was yesterday. Man, time flies.

[@vadermasktruth]

The Herb Tarlicks were from Ann Arbor, weren't they?

[@perpetvaloctober8791]

Herb Tarlick was the ad salesman on WKRP IN CINCINNATI. Did the band members dress up in really tacky sports coats, SLACKS and bright white shoes??? Cool name for a band.

[@reidellis1988]

@@perpetvaloctober8791 Yep.. they were a trip for sure.

[@davidhenning6428]

One of Chicago's best

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

My favourite 7 seconds album.

[@mikepj67]

Lumpen Proletarier sorry this isn’t 7 seconds

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

that was a joke

[@mikepj67]

Lumpen Proletarier my brother and I saw them play in ST Louis years ago

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

Mike J that's cool, and I saw 7 seconds a couple weeks ago in Berlin haha.

[@ismailroyer466]

I was at that show, around 89@@mikepj67

[@user-kj3sq2xx8j]

Never seen them live in Germany. Heared this amazing Sound first time in the late 80ies. It's still fresh and pure Dynamic!

[@chicagomusicguide]

As great today as the day it was produced!

[@meatrocket1]

What a great band!!

[@kevinkettell1092]

my band played with them in Berkeley Cal. cool guys.

[@shannondean1774]

Anyone there in 80’s in Chicago?

[@joedoomsdaypio4374]

LOVED this album! Hi Eric, wherever you are!!

[@derekknopp9725]

Saw life at zodiac club probably 1991

[@gilbertflores4341]

Still got this on cassette with Attitude Adjustment :)

[@sksk-nu1xv]

I knew Jim Botts that played drums for them in I think about 89 or 90 in Algonquin Illinois. I worked with him too.

[@ericks9979]

Holy shit this is awesome. Go to their bandcamp and buy their stuff.

[@Potbellypugilist]

Underated ! Second l.p awesome too.

[@charliehurst2161]

i got to see them in New Orleans circa 1987ish i believe they opened up for CoC at the VFW hall on Franklin ave.

[@arthurdent6828]

I found this on cassette for 50 cents in an Op shop in Melbourne, Australia about 20 years ago. Had never heard of them, had no idea what to expect. I just thought with a name like Life Sentence, it would have to be worth a listen. Didn't disappoint. The tape has outlived about 5 beat up Falcons and a Datsun Sunny. Most fucking epic Op shop find ever...

[@patdisaster8543]

Yeah ....I love fishing out gems from the bargin bin back in the 90s ....got Jeff Dahl...Rikk Agnew.... Cathedral, Chicago CIANIDE......Trouble,legal weapon....etc.

[@SkinheadRob838]

Oi seen them 86 in Naptown with lost cause

[@ScaryLadySarah]

Wish I still had my copy of this!

[@chaoticag3nt249]

This is awesome! Haven't heard this in years.

[@micwclar]

A highlight for me was going on stage and singing "No Experience Necessary" in West Lafayette in late 80s early 90s.

[@davidc7526]

The Bank 1985ish (?) in Northcenter neighborhood. About as underground as you can get; Owner of the place was an old Greek guy and selling keg beer to an underaged mob. Just Awesome memories.

[@WaystedJuggalo]

Got a chance to see these guys once. Great show!

[@Crash.7434]

You know what’s type of pedal the guitarist used or his sound in general?

[@obscuritystunt]

Yes! I still have this 12" but haven't had a turntable in about a decade.

[@jhuening]

So then buy one. You can get a serviceable turntable for like $50.

[@jhuening]

Nope. Maybe if you sell some of the records you've been hoarding you can scrape up the cash for yourself, freeloader.

[@jhuening]

So much anger. But It's OK. I understand. Those hundreds of records have bankrupted you and your only enjoyment in life comes from using the computers at the public library and insulting KZbin commenters who offer friendly advice. I forgive you. And chin up, li'l buckaroo! I'll pay you cash money for some of those LPs you don't know what to do with. And maybe some day you can buy your very own record player!

[@hoda2k11]

wow... never heard these guys til now... thanks!

[@kevinkettell1092]

punks for profit. i bought the tee shirt the aslbum you are right these guys are good.

[@RedSmitty]

Apparently i've seen these guys, i found a stub to a gig. I dont really remember, so many gigs back in the day. great times.

[@yygg4720]

really wished this were a 7" with just Problems, Punks for Profit, In the Streets and Take a Stand ...ALL KILLER/NO FILLER

[@TalkingBollockz]

Stone cold hardcore classic!

[@patdisaster8543]

Wow haven't heard this in 25 plus years.....

[@kevinmatthewkettell4160]

my band Schizoid played with these guys in Berkeley California once. They rocked live I bought this album and a cool tee shirt.

[@Crash.7434]

You know what type of guitar pedal they use?

[@calldyuk1751]

This is f*****g awesome, r there any other bands like this worth checking out. I'll throw in "Vice Squad" and "Chaotic Dischord", 2 bands formed from Bristol worth checking out.

[@perpetvaloctober8791]

Christ On a Crutch, M.D.C. (at least one member of M.D.C. seemed to ALWAYS wear a LIFE SENTENCE shirt whenever they played Chicago) Adrenalin OD, 7 Seconds "The Crew", The Dwarves........... Especially Christ On a Crutch though.

[@elaborator]

Wish you could take off the eighties drum sheen. would love to hear dry drums on this

[@stuframe6973]

Finally found them

[@c.j.t1061]

GREAT FUCKING BAND - Played with them in Toronto at the Bridge '87

[@georgesteen139]

saw them with underdog and half life in 87 cbgbs , fucking great gig

[@danmalone7649]

Half Life were killer, loved that 7 inch

[@itsageyser]

Out of all the NYHC I've listened to, these guys had the best god damned bass/guitar riffs. That includes Token Entry, Biscuits and Murphy's Law

[@kenbordner6498]

itsageyser not from New York, Chicago dude!

[@Crash.7434]

You know what type of guitar pedal they use?

[@poppyichiban1595]

Im with it.

[@rspister]

By and large Chicago punk isn’t all that great but these guys and Naked Raygun are exceptional. Life Sentence is extremely underrated.

[@Public_waste]

Crudo a

[@Public_waste]

Crudos*

[@IWANTABIGBUTTGAL]

Saw them in chicago in 89

[@stevedalriada2746]

Had this tshirt, dad hated it

[@francisleonetti1120]

Club Pizazz, Philly, 86,87,88? With DRI, The Exploited, _, _, _, ?

[@skinheadrob4352]

seen with sharons tates baby in 87 fukin bad ass

[@z3nster]

Old school punk rock...

[@cojometaldetecting]

oh fuck yeah....saw them with sharon tate's baby.....imagine that show.....amazing for $4 bucks

[@JTSunriseMusic]

Classic, Joe was a friend in high school 😂

[@alext5688]

The bassists nephew went to my school

[@danielrivas8292]

they remind me a lot to genetic control from canada.

[@solidstate6741]

R.I.P. Eric Brockman!

[@carmencitabolivar9192]

HARDCORE

[@piotrb8434]

15 minutes is not an "album". It's an EP.

[@Joelram21]

Circle Jerks Group Sex is 15 minutes long. No one calls that an EP

[@piotrb8434]

@@Joelram21 No one? Blatantly untrue. 15 minutes is too short for a longplay. You probably mistaken EP format with a single. 7" single (SP) is a different format than an EP (usually 10" or 12").

[@rEnfield2222]

I thought this was Uniform Choice at first..autoplay

[@doubledont4949]

Sick as fuck

[@derMaschinist48]

Minor threat influence 4 Sure