Name: Boycott Stabb Complete Session
Brand: Government Issue

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DIS 166

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Limited edition

Release date

2014-01-17

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Supplier US

Revol­ver

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Sales:8.875

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643859166017

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Government Issue

Genre US

Punk / Hardcore

Label US

Dischord

Government Issue (often referred to as G.I.) was a punk rock band from Washington, DC. Formed in 1980 and split in 1989, they started as a hardcore band but evolved into alternative rock sounds over time. Singer John "Stabb" Schroeder was the only constant member, while original drummer Marc Alberstadt played with the band until 1986 and bassist-turned-guitarist Tom Lyle joined in 1981 until the end. Brian Baker played with them from 1981 through 1982, and J. Robbins became their final bassist from 1986 until their split.
The band had reunions in 2007 and 2010 for shows but has no plans for a full-time reunion. In a special reunion show in 2014, three-fourths of the "Legless Bull" lineup performed songs from that record as well as the 1980 demo.
In May 2016, John Stabb passed away after battling stomach cancer. Government Issue's music is often associated with other punk bands such as Teen Idles, Battalion Of Saints, S.O.A., Wasted Youth, Scream, Ill Repute, Reagan Youth, The Freeze, JFA, Artificial Peace, Zero Boys, Jerry's Kids Necros Gang Green Dicks Angry Samoans D.I., The Meatmen MDC Agression.

In November of 1982, I went into the studio with GOVERNMENT ISSUE to record what was to be their first full-length album. Up until that time, they had only released the Legless Bull 7-inch EP, and the tape they recorded early 1982 would take over a year and a half to be released as the Make An Effort 7-inch EP. The members of G.I. excelled at driving each other crazy and there was a lot of arguing, but still we had a great session at Inner Ear and we managed to track 20 songs in one day. From the beginning the band had been divided on what to record, and it was only after much debate that they decided to leave off the material they had recorded with the earlier line-ups and only put out 10 new songs. In early 1983 Dischord was strapped for cash, meaning that we could only work on one release at a time. Since all of our money was tied up with the manufacturing of Minor Threat’s Out of Step 12-inch EP, the G.I. record would have to wait. A new DC label, Fountain of Youth expressed an interest in releasing Boycott Stabb, so it was decided to do a ‘split-label’ record. In this case, Fountain of Youth put up the money and we let them use the Dischord Records name to help with context and distribution. It has since been reissued on a number of different labels and formats, but after coming across the master tapes and hearing the songs that had been left off, we thought it would be cool to release the complete session, and to fi nally release the record on Dischord proper. In going through the tapes, I discovered that most of the outtake songs were never mixed, so earlier this year I took the recordings back into the studio. Hearing the separated tracks amazed me. Such great playing and songs! With the technological advances in the recording world making multi-tracking and overdubbing so common, it’s easy to forget that studios could also be used as something more akin to a photo-booth, capturing what was happening at that very moment. Most of the early Dischord sessions were essentially ‘live’ recordings, so the bands had to be able to play, and because the budgets were minuscule, they had to get the songs down in short order. G.I. stepped up on both counts.”—Ian MacKaye,&nbsp;

Boycott Stabb Complete Session

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Discover Boycott Stabb Complete Session by Government Issue on vinyl. Original songs on Side A, outtakes on Side B. Free MP3 Download included.