The Pandoras - Come Inside (1987) Full Album

The 1987 unreleased Elektra Records album from an original test pressing. This album provides the missing link between the 1986 album “Stop Pretending” and the 1988 album “Rock Hard”. Karen Blankfield had been forced out from the band during the album's recording due to disagreements with band management and was replaced by Kelly Dillard, who appears on the album cover. Allegedly, Karen filed a lawsuit against The Pandoras and Elektra Records. Elektra A&R man Steve Pross who signed the band (who was dating Paula Pierce at the time), was fired, and he also allegedly filed suit. The label decided to scrap the album and drop the band. The band was notified in December 1987.
The 3rd song, “Just A Picture”, was part of an Elektra Records sampler cassette. Three of the songs, “Run Down Love Battery”, “Take The Lead”, and “Wear My Ring”, ended up on the “Psychedelic Sluts” bootleg, along with demos from August 1986.
Lineup:
Paula Pierce - Guitar/Lead Vocals
Kim Shattuck - Bass/Background Vocals
Melanie Vammen - Keyboards/Background Vocals
Karen Blankfield - Drums/Background Vocals
Kelly Dillard - Drums/Background Vocals on “Run Down Love Battery”
Track List:
1. Run Down Love Battery - 0:00 - 3:30
2. Take The Lead - 3:30 - 7:30
3. Just A Picture (Elektra Sampler) - 7:30 - 10:40
4. Hard On Me - 10:40 - 13:50
5. Again And Again - 13:50 - 17:00
6. Hungry For You - 17:00 - 19:45
7. What I Need And What I Don’t - 19:45 - 23:00
8. I’ll Walk Away - 23:00 - 27:15
9. Wear My Ring - 27:15 - 30:15
10. Craving - 30:15 - 33:30

[@ZigZagMarquis]

Rest in Peace Paula. Rest in Peace Kim.

[@denisespencer6550]

What happened to them?

[@desertfoxleo]

@@denisespencer6550 Paula had a brain aneurysm, and Kim had ALS. Very sad in both cases.

[@somomo9]

These girls were a lot of fun. They toured and did the LA club scene in the '80's. Had a great time working with them.

[@ridethelightning4364]

The muffs brought me here❤🤘 RIP Kim.

[@Pimp-Master]

Kim was a very able bass player, plus she was totally 60's looking back in '85 and '86. She actually liked all the Pandoras music even when Gwynne was in the band. All the members famously hated Paula's last 18 months of songs, though--things like "Injection of You," "River," and such that can be heard on full length videos from the clubs.

[@denisespencer6550]

What happened to Kim?

[@robert-wr9xt]

Mmmmmm!

[@1000mg.]

I never heard the Pandoras, but I love the Muffs.

[@POPNDOUGH]

@@denisespencer6550 She died from ALS back in 2019. :( Rock in peace Kim! Love all her stuff.

[@datmeme8967]

Girl band whose name refers to a 'box" releases an album called "Come Inside". The 80s.

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Paula and Kim were hard workers in the industry and they both deserved so much more. Saw The Pandoras three times (one pre Kim) and just loved them, especially Paula, who would mingle with the audience. She was so down to Earth. They deserved so much better. The 80s were a great, great time and now that I'm no longer living in LA (I'm in the Midwest) it seems like another lifetime ago.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

I had no idea who they were, but I do like this LP very much. Thank you, internet.

[@GenghisVern]

Never heard of them. This is now my favorite album of all time :)

[@taknothing4896]

Los Angeles hard rock/garage rock legends.

[@sheldonengstrom4415]

I like these ladies. The Donnas too🙏❤️😎

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

Grow up, kid.

[@patriciawilson9666]

o.k.

[@LorenStClair]

just straight R&R, runaway

[@sammy-wi8pi]

😢😢😢😢😢R.I.P. Paula Pierce .....gone but never forgotten ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@denisespencer6550]

What happened to Paula Pierce?

[@sammy-wi8pi]

@@denisespencer6550 She passed away in 1991. Sadly :(

[@denisespencer6550]

@@sammy-wi8pi thanks

[@errikartazuri5651]

@@sammy-wi8pi 🕊️

[@spleengrrrl]

How crazy so many people never heard of them....such a great band and such great memories.

[@bambampepe]

I remeber my uncle and aunt listening to this songs when they were young and I was a little kid. Now I accidentally stumbled upon this video. Fantastic!! Fond memories from my early childhood

[@stardog62]

It's been a while since I was so excited to hear an artist for the first time

[@NoName-t7e]

Never heard this album before, somehow recommended it on youtube. Its really good, gonna save and listen again.

[@georgerandall5686]

great music!!!

[@jamesgoldstien1468]

Dan Hartman- dream about you brought me here..!!! Never heard this band before.. BUT I LIKE IT 🤘🤘🤘

[@PunaSquirrel]

Why haven't I heard of these rock goddesses??? Awesome album🤙🏼🌴

[@Tommy-ri1lo]

You've not heard of them because they're shit.

[@seaturtledog]

I saw them on tour for their first album in a tiny bar. Maybe 100 dudes all packed up to the little stage. I do rember Paula giving one of her rings to one of the fans during the show. Bought the album the nest day.

[@ChimourTheBatFurry]

Sometimes music like this is just what the doctor prescribed. I shouldn't be surprised, but I am in wonder of how I never heard of this group. They've got a lot of attitude and style. Good stuff!

[@senormedia]

Thanks for this. Stop Pretending gets a lot of play around my place.

[@twain68]

never heard of them either and they have a great sound... this girrrlz really rock!!!

[@johnkuthe1]

Foxy and they ROCK! 🙂

[@CaptainJackSawyer]

Craving kicks ass, what a good song

[@Jreb1865]

Damn... One of those great albums you've never heard before.. Never heard of the band either, but it really sounds great! "What I Need and What I Don't" could have gotten some airplay. Great vocals!!!

[@dertodesking.]

Same, and I'm almost surprised that I've never heard of them. Despite being from Norway, I was trying to keep up with these bands. These guys are so good, I'm shocked they flew under the radar for this long. Really good stuff. The vocalist is great.

[@lizboychuk6365]

Aloha from Hawaii 🌋🌋🤟! Real cool ladies!

[@vince_votan]

Kim!! rest in peace. and Melanie!!

[@berndjenter4005]

Melanie is still alive , Paula Pierce you mean

[@pursey2]

Melanie is touring with Josie Cotton.

[@dreadedtyrone]

Thank You for sharing and the very cool history in the text, Ty

[@pursey2]

Still have the "Psychedelic Sluts" bootleg. Brilliant. They should have had more recognition.

[@keithkoenig5320]

Got to see The Pandoras in a club around this time. Loved them live, and yes, was wild crushing on Kim...and Melanie! ❤❤

[@starexplorers1202]

So deserving of a re-release. Love it!! ❤‍🔥

[@davidstokes9437]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!. Never heard of these beauties till now. Definitely my band ot 2024.🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍😊😊❤💙💚❤💙💛🧡💛🧡🏅🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁

[@doofus0123]

I don't know how in the world this managed to get recommended to my KZbin feed. You know it's good though, when Shazam does not recognize any of the songs LOL!

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Never heard of this band. Unfortuante that Geffen didnt put more into this band. Fun and punky with a great look.

[@mikelachey824]

I had such a crush on them and Phantom Blue. LOL

[@vicesquadpunk]

AC/DC meets Bangles and GoGo's 🔥❤️🔥

[@ITSOKtheband]

Used to listen to them jam all of these tunes at NazPad. Beautiful girls.

[@oregonxyz]

Hey me too... never heard of them until KZbin suggested the link.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

PAULA, you are edgy and on the crest of a new wave with all those guitar sounds. Respect!

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool

[@LuckyBastardProd]

I was bummed when this came out, i was like WTF! This wasn’t the paisley underground no more, however one could argue this is the beginning of The Muffs.

[@sammy-wi8pi]

What an explosive revelation, for me, anyway !!! I'm totally mystified at the info here 😮😮😮 . Little did I know all the legal hassles regarding Karen and the Elektra guy. I had no idea of anything and the album itself. Sccoop !!!!😮😮

[@user-gj3qr4gd3c]

Отличная группа!!!музыка класс песни замечательные👍👍

[@TrevorReznor-me9ce]

Aмериканские группы больше не делают такую музыку.

[@andredelemosfreixo1975]

This singer sounds a lot like "Cassandra" (Tia Carrere) character and her "singing style". You know, from the band "Crucial Taunt" in Wayne's World? Does anyone remember that? 👀

[@ladyruby684]

❤!

[@garytom1935]

Awesome cool 🤘😎👍

[@4ndroiide]

Cool

[@raulmataixdobon9950]

Great sound! I like this band

[@markjeffery1697]

Love this album. Big fan from New zealand

[@lokjaw30]

They were Awesome!!!!

[@timglas]

Awesome!

[@radioman970]

darn. I wanted to see them ladies movin!! lol

[@oscarrojas4152]

I just rediscovered them. I heard them in my teens with some songs. They are great and with great style. I like them very much. I'm sure they're still this beautiful and very artistic. They are very good songs, thank you very much

[@xPrincessPandora]

They are great with incredible style. Paula wrote some fantastic songs. Sadly, Paula passed away in 1991 from an aneurysm at 31, and sadly, Kim passed away in 2019 from ALS. Both were amazingly talented and are deeply missed. The Pandoras are still active with long time members Melanie, Sheri, Karen and Hillary.

[@Pimp-Master]

@@xPrincessPandora There's 3 existing Pandoras who play semi-regularly in Los Angeles. Julie, the '84 bass player is around still, but doesn't play with them. When they do songs like "You Don't Satisfy" you can still feel the beat at least that we all heard in the small LA clubs years ago. Karen Blankfeld was the drummer who created that pop-based Pandoras sound, and she's up there on stage still. Melanie Vammen was the first girl chosen to be a Pandoran after the first LP line up dissolved. She's on stage today as well. Of course, you can't see the blonde, chairismatic star of everything, Paula, but she was elusive even when alive. Paula grabbed ALL the attention. The heart of R'nR burned brightly inside her.

[@errikartazuri5651]

@@xPrincessPandora 🕊️🕊️

[@pauln00b]

awesome

[@SystemSerj]

Um peso absurdo, nostalgia🤘🤘

[@l.salisbury1253]

Hope someone officially releases this soon! (It would make a GREAT Record Store Day item!) Right now a Discogs dealer is selling a test-pressing for $500!

[@berndjenter4005]

Dealer can charge a lot , the problem is finding someone who'll pay the price !

[@Pimp-Master]

That's how much we paid for Kim's copy of the test pressing back in June 1991. Kim used the money to buy more amps since hers weren't surviving The Muffs live shows. I probably was the first fan to buy a test pressing as Rodney was given his as a gift. I think only 5 were ever made. I had circulated a treble (all the bass was deliberately bled out by the owner) copy of the Elektra record during 1987 as it was already done that year. THEN, when I finally got a fully hi-fi version, I also circulated cassettes of those to whoever was interested. Then in '94, me and Greg Shaw joined up to release "Psychedelic Sluts" -- that was just to please me b/c there couldn't be any dollar value in doing so. Yet, now that copy also goes for $250.00 or something ridiculously high.

[@jefjaeger]

Wow, Kim Shattuck who went on to form The Muffs. Cool. I was unaware of this band. Some cool stuff here...

[@waynemorgan7045]

never heard of this band till now. Great songs well delivered. How come they weren't really big? Not often my concentration lets me listen to an entire album in one go...this has me locked in. Words are a biit rude though!

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

You should quit the crackpipe, son.

[@tecotrovao3007]

surpresa magestosa amei essas pequenasinha

[@sgt.pepper3170]

Paula and Kim 🌹

[@shields9888]

nice

[@reckadrian9740]

Mais tarde verei mais; agora tenho que sair!✌️👍👍👍❤️😃

[@danielevite8606]

excelente grupo de nenas rock and roleras combinando el punk-rock con el rock and roll-melodico y 10 años después surgen otro grupo muy influenciado llamada the Donnas

[@chrishupp5459]

First time hearing this. I don't know I never heard of them

[@paulwalsh2344]

THESE GIRRRLS ROCK ! Where have they been all my life ? ! Does anyone else hear a harder Go-Go's sound ?... just WAY sexier ! I like it !

[@greggobbi859]

Miss you pam

[@dobunimaroC]

The Pandoras has a dizzying degree of freedom, and the body and mind are at the mercy of it.🐇

[@SANMARCO72]

R.I.P. Kim Shattuk 😪

[@denisespencer6550]

😢

[@Smorgyg]

Yoooo this is dope

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

"PANDORA'S BOX" Sweet Muffin Munching treats...!

[@alfonsomango_suyu]

appealing title

[@user-go3gp5iy7r]

Best unrealised rock-album. It would be the shining diamond of glamour age. But unfortunately could not happen. Kim and Pierce were queens

[@greggobbi859]

Cant bealive i found this song i forgot who sang it havn't heard it in so long they sound like the go'gos witch is kool .

[@vince_votan]

this album is sunset strip hairspray rock

[@desertfoxleo]

While I prefer their earlier, 60's tinged Paisley Underground sound, this is still good stuff. RIP Paula and Kim, you are both very missed.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

Kind of a Go-Gos/Bangles thing, I guess.

[@UsefulEntertainment]

i hear more runaways attitude but im only the first song in so far.

[@BuccWylde]

Sounds like The Donnas.

[@jeffandersen7397]

Kim is a Dream

[@gplunk]

What an inviting album title; I think I will....

[@gplunk]

And; I am very glad that I did!

[@andyritter6764]

this is cool

[@eddiehulk7804]

All dudes!!

[@petehaas1543]

Kojak Approved...

[@SheriWeinstein]

Hey! Some of the info is incorrect. Pross notified the band in December…not Xmas day. ❤❤❤sheri

[@xPrincessPandora]

Thank you for the info, Sheri! ❤️

[@SheriWeinstein]

@@xPrincessPandora you’re welcome. Also I don’t think Pross was involved in a lawsuit. I will ask Melanie!

[@omaryela442]

!

[@wcatholic1]

Always prefered their earlier 60s inspired stuff

[@TheMetalMag]

thx would love to get the Lp

[@billyshears6622]

Subtle but effective. Elektra screwed the band and the whole world botching this release but sounds like they liked it. 😆 Singer sounds like Belinda Carlisle. I can't believe The Donnas never covered any of these songs. Right up their alley. 🔥🙌

[@Marcus_C51]

Damn, we know the music biz sucks and this is another sad example. Tragic story, hate hearing about good bands getting dropped from labels before they even have a chance to really prove themselves. Some good songs on here, great harmony vocals and good guitar work. Yeah they remind me a bit of the Donna's who've always been a favorite of mine. I'm from Palo Alto too and went to the same junior high, although way before. Yeah, they were doing their own writing obviously but they could've covered a tune or two of Pandora's.

[@planetmoon5817]

oops...

[@Cocopuff55]

From the comments I take it that 3 outta 4 are gone, that sucks. Great band.

[@SheriWeinstein]

2 gone. Paula Pierce and Kim Shattuck. The rest of us are alive and kicking!

[@kevadelic]

I hear AC/DC's "Problem Child" in the first track... but with much sweeter vocals!

[@christrotter3052]

Is this banned in FL?

[@hasseelmerson]

Thanks to Omaha and Intrvert Hanna without......

[@aaronmnsky]

hmmm....

[@russellj.s.257]

The hot blonde on the left wearing the maroon top looks like Stevie Nicks.

[@WhatHaveIMade]

"Run Down Love Battery" is pretty good. It uses the main riff from AC/DC's "Gimme a Bullet" so it should be!

[@PunaSquirrel]

I was thinking it sounded like Problem child.

[@i_love_furballs]

I hear a tad bit of the stones

[@markydkiehl]

@@PunaSquirrel that's what i heard too

[@planetmoon5817]

The db´s, but girls

[@spacebeer8421]

zov!!!

[@MintyRiverboat-px5jd]

Empty pubescent ale houses ratio

[@danny3207]

You cant whack the Muffs.

[@scottjoyner9267]

but you can tickle their fancy

[@marchenson608]

😝 P R O M O S M.

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

They beat Steel Panther by about 20 years. Funny as fuck.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Except they were serious.

[@robertnewman4072]

They looked more masculine than the fruits in poison

[@errikartazuri5651]

Eran muy femeninas.

[@vincenzocricchio2443]

This is not a GarageBand lp It seems a mainstream pop album 👎

[@xPrincessPandora]

This was going to be their major label debut album. Even though this isn’t their usual garage punk sound, I still love it. If you want garage punk listen to their other albums “It’s About Time” and “Stop Pretending”.

[@vincenzocricchio2443]

I buyer it’s about time in ‘85

[@vincenzocricchio2443]

Damn T9

[@antidoteify]

@@xPrincessPandora Sounds like "the Donna's"

[@grooviefan]

@@antidoteify sounds like the donna’s ?? Sorry but this band pre- dates the donnas.