You Got It (album)

Infobox Album
Name = You Got It
Type = Album
Artist = Gang Green


Released = 1987
Recorded = Blue Jay Recording Studio,
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genre = Hardcore punk, Heavy metal
Length = 40:43
Label = Roadrunner Records
Producer = Thom Moore
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z72vad1kv8w5 link]
Last album = "Another Wasted Night"
(1985)
This album = "You Got It"
(1987)
Next album = "I81B4U EP"
(1988) |

"You Got It" was the second full-length album from Boston, Massachusetts hardcore punk/speed metal band, Gang Green.

It was released in 1987, nearly two years after their previous release, "Another Wasted Night", in 1985. It was their first for a major record label – Roadrunner Records – after leaving independent punk label, Taang.

Chris Doherty and Brian Betzger were the only surviving members from the previous album. Joe Gittleman replaced Glen Stilphen on bass, and Fritz Ericson replaced Chuck Stilphen on lead guitar after "a major dispute". The brothers had since formed a band of their own called Mallethead.

Overview

Gang Green were one of those bands who were extremely hard to categorize – they were the self-proclaimed "King of Bands" on the Boston hardcore scene and they certainly had the sound and the attitude for punk. However, their fast songs and brutal riffs were gaining attention in the world of thrash metal – a genre for which Roadrunner Records were notorious for pushing.

The first three tracks were undeniably hardcore punk – rock and roll at high speed with catchy, three chord melodies.

"Ballerina Massacre" sees the band adopting some thrash metal riffs in the chorus. "Born To Rock" and "L.D.S.B." – meaning "Let's Drink Some Beer" – were of a similar groove to the opening three tracks. Sandwiched in between those was perhaps the band's most famous track, "Another Bomb". It starts out in slow, semi-acoustic fashion (a la thrash) and builds to a crescendo of super fast thrash metal.

On the flip side, the songs were noticeably longer – an instant indication that these would have more of a lean towards speed metal than straight ahead punk.

The album's closer, "Sick, Sex, Six", is an "epic" six-minute song – almost six times the length of a standard punk song.

After this album, the band became almost inseparable from D.R.I., another crossover thrash band, as they toured extensively, stopping briefly to record an EP, "I81B4U" for a 1988 release.

Track listing

*All songs written by Chris Doherty, unless stated;First Keg
#"Haunted House" – 1:39
#"We'll Give It To You" – 3:12
#"Sheet Rock" – 3:53
#"Ballerina Massacre" (Brian Betzger) – 3:59
#"Born to Rock" (Doherty, Betzger, Joe Gittleman) – 4:36
#"Another Bomb" – 2:46
#"L.D.S.B." (Doherty, D Barret) – 1:11;Second Keg
#"Whoever Said" – 3:36
#"Party With the Devil" – 3:56
#"Somethings" – 2:32
#"The Climb" (Doherty, Betzger) – 4:09
#"Sick, Sex, Six" (Betzger) – 6:11

Credits

* Chris Doherty – vocals, guitar
* Fritz Ericson – guitar
* Joe Gittleman – bass
* Brian Betzger – drums

* Thom Moore and Rob Peters – background vocals
* Tony Nichols – additional guitar tracks – was in the band from November, 1986 but left to form Meliah Rage before it's release

* Recorded in 1987 at Blue Jay Recording Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* Produced and engineered by Thom Moore
* Assistant engineered by Mark Wessels
* Mastered at Masterdisk, New York, USA
* Logo artwork by Mark Falls

External links

* [http://www.taang.com/bands_ganggreen_body.html Taang Records band page]
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=gang_green Trouserpress entry for Gang Green]
* [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/usa/ganggreen_main.html More info on Gang Green]