Definitely a little hazy on the year, and definitely remember different cover art for the original CDr release, but this is what I got so I'm working with it. The first incarnation of Have A Go Heroes was called Broken Toys but I don't think there were many gigs played under that name, if at all really. Guitarist/vocalist Kris seemed to have a constant rotating cast of characters behind him so the name wasn't very important in general because this was all his brainchild. Good catchy street rock/oi that definitely had more songs than what's recorded here, but I was so obscenely drunk all the time at this stage in my life that I couldn't tell you anything about them. My old band The Sleaze/Scag Rotter used to chum around with Kris a lot in the old days, so we naturally played a lot of gigs together too. This includes a song written by the late, great Nate Switzer called "Alleyway" about all of us boozing in the parking lot and behind Valentine's before and during shows. It was originally written as a dig against punks because there wasn't a lot of love when everyone first met, but we all became close friends and this became a real anthem for the times. Kris now plays bass with local oi/hardcore band Murderer's Row.
Tracklist:
- When the Day Comes
- Tension
- Broken
- Alleyway
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