The Lead EP +35, by The Lead

The Lead EP +35

by The Lead

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neilkthompson oh man this is a real treasure! Just purchased and already loving the old rehearsal rough stuff from 1984. really great stuff! I miss you guys and hope to someday see you again. - Oatmeal

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Also includes additional 33 bonus tracks taken straight from Nina's boombox recordings of our first practices between August 1984 (before Nina took up the bass) and January 1985, selected from a dozen cassettes' worth of performances and and cleaned up and enhanced by Julio. They chronicle the band evolving from pop punk to punk rock to hardcore, culminating in an intense rundown of the set from January 1985. Almost two hours of music in all.

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The Lead +35 signed limited edition CD
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
28-track CD with the four original EP tracks, in both REYmastered and Rob Colwell-mastered iterations plus 20 selected rehearsal tracks. Signed and numbered by Nina Llopis, Rob Christie and Julio Rey.

1. It's Thru You (REYmastered 2020) 1:40
2. Better Off (REYmastered 2020) 2:02
3. Get Out Of My Face (REYmastered 2020) 1:42
4. Question What Authority (REYmastered 2020) 2:04
5. I'll Never Know (rehearsal 08/21/84) 2:44
6. Hurricanes and Earthquakes (rehearsal 08/21/84) 4:30
7. Israel (rehearsal 08/21/84) 2:14
8. No Religion (rehearsal 09/84) 2:35
9. Hurricanes and Earthquakes (rehearsal 09/84) 4:19
10. I'll Never Know (rehearsal 09/84) 2:38
11. Israel (rehearsal 10/02/84) 2:06
12. Take Him Home (rehearsal 10/02/84) 3:12
13. Get Out Of My Face (Nina bass demo 10/84) 2:25
14. Israel (rehearsal 10/29/84) 2:07
15. No Religion (rehearsal 10/29/84) 2:24
16. Take Him Home (rehearsal 10/29/84) 3:20
17. Get Out Of My Face (rehearsal 11/84) 2:09
18. Hurricanes and Earthquakes (rehearsal 01/85) 4:14
19. Take Him Home (rehearsal 01/85) 3:17
20. No Religion (rehearsal 01/85) 2:06
21. Israel (rehearsal 01/85) 1:55
22. I'll Never Know (rehearsal 01/85) 2:31
23. Better Off - It's Thru You (rehearsal 01/85) 4:56
24. Question What Authority? (rehearsal 01/85) 2:52
25. It's Thru You (2006 remaster) 1:41
26. Better Off (2006 remaster) 2:03
27. Get Out Of My Face (2006 remaster) 1:43
28. Question What Authority? (2006 remaster) 2:04

All songs written by Julio Rey except It's Thru You, Get Out of My Face, and Take Him Home written by Nina Llopis.
Tracks 25-28 remastered by Rob Colwell.

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1.	It's Thru You (original master 1985) 01:40	lyrics
I had to make a big decision Was I gonna listen to what You say Or go my own way I’ve always been a reckless dreamer I never knew where I was going to But now I know You And I’m doing things I could never do before And everywhere I go You open up the door And You’re like a bright Light shining out of me Everywhere I go I want them all to see It’s thru You I could get a strange reaction Maybe some people will think I’m crazed But that’s okay If they can get up and shout against You You know that I will do the same But I’ll exalt Your Name Lord You’re in everything I say and do And everything I do I do it unto You And You’re like a bright Light shining out of me Everywhere I go I want them all to see It’s thru You
2.	Better Off (original master 1985) 02:02	lyrics
Better to have been a baby seal Thank an unborn living baby human Baby shoulda been a seal Now he’s dead like the 17000000 O Lord have mercy on me Wondrously You have formed me You knew us all before we were born And we holocaust aaway and beat up our sons Better to have been a soldier With a gun to fight your killers That’s all she wrote as the needle comes in God’s mysterious wonder turns to collagen But they’re coming back triumphant
3.	Get Out Of My Face (original master 1985) 01:42	lyrics
I’m looking at you You’re looking at me You’re wondering why I say I’m free I’m under his thumb Is that what you say You’ve got to be strange To follow the Way All you ever do is cover your ears I see you living in death and fear If you knew God He’d open your mind He’s easy to reach He’s not hard to find But you always say Get out of my face You say it’s not cool To follow some rule We’ll see in the end Who ends up a fool You won’t be bought Is what you’re telling me My battle’s been fought And that’s why I’m free All you ever do is cover your ears I see you living in death and fear If you knew Jesus He’d open your mind He’s easy to reach He’s not hard to find But you always say Get out of my face
4.	Question What Authority? (original master 1985) 02:03	lyrics
Hardcore rules here are two Hate Ronnie Reagan no matter what he do Question authority I’d really like to know Who got the authority to make those rules Question the authority that says question authority Gonna hafta see for yourself Left right wing bands, bands without a stand It is a fad or is it a command We’re no role models cos as for us Our Role Model died for us on the Cross We looked all over and when it was done The Truth we thought was a lie was the truest One The Cross Resurrection the Forgiveness of sins And the Spirit inside adds up to more than a whim Its the devil’s world so there’s no surprise Just mention Jesus no comfort inside Try to hide it by ridiculing Him Shouldn’t that be telling everybody something
5.	It's Thru You (REYmastered 2020) 01:40
6.	Better Off (REYmastered 2020) 02:02
7.	Get Out Of My Face (REYmastered 2020) 01:42
8.	Question What Authority? (REYmastered 2020) 02:03

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released December 29, 2020

Nina Llopis : bass, vocals
Julio Rey: guitar, vocals
Robbie Christie: drums

Produced by The Lead & Mike McNamee
Recorded at Sync Studios, Miami, 1985

Bonus tracks recorded on Nina's boombox at practice at Sync Studio and Jam Studio, August 1984 - January 1985

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The Lead Miami, Florida

Christian hardcore punk pioneers of the 1980s, now Christian post-hardcore apostles with a lower case 'a'

The Lead is
Nina Llopis,
Rob Christie,
Andy Coyle
and Julio Rey

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