Release Date: 17/04/26
A definitive archival set from Boston’s first true punk band, La Peste, I Don’t Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976–1979 Vol. 1 captures the trio at their most ferocious—big, dirty riffs, knockout rhythms, and Peter Dayton’s searing vocals. Bridging the city’s ’70s proto‑punk underground to the college‑rock and hardcore era that followed, this collection assembles previously unheard studio and loft recordings alongside the band’s two officially released tracks. Sessions span material surrounding the Better Off Dead 7”, a 1978 recording with The Cars’ Ric Ocasek, a 1978 date at Electro Acoustic Studios, and raw 4‑track demos from 1977. As Johnny Angel once put it, La Peste sounds like “Black Sabbath meets Wire”—fun, intense, and bursting with barely contained energy. Pressed on LP with a gatefold sleeve and an attached 30‑page book. Tracklist: I Don’t Know Right From Wrong; Black; Spymaster; Let Me Sleep; Kindness Invites Abuse; Acid Test; I Don’t Wanna Die in My Sleep Tonight; Army Now; Color Scheme; Leave Me Alone; Blood; Better Off Dead; Kill Me Now; Figure It Out; Truth; Whirlpool; The Road; TKO; Whites of Their Eyes; Skintite; Not Today; After Dinner Crimes; Computer Love.
A definitive archival set from Boston’s first true punk band, La Peste, I Don’t Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976–1979 Vol. 1 captures the trio at their most ferocious—big, dirty riffs, knockout rhythms, and Peter Dayton’s searing vocals. Bridging the city’s ’70s proto‑punk underground to the college‑rock and hardcore era that followed, this collection assembles previously unheard studio and loft recordings alongside the band’s two officially released tracks. Sessions span material surrounding the Better Off Dead 7”, a 1978 recording with The Cars’ Ric Ocasek, a 1978 date at Electro Acoustic Studios, and raw 4‑track demos from 1977. As Johnny Angel once put it, La Peste sounds like “Black Sabbath meets Wire”—fun, intense, and bursting with barely contained energy. Pressed on LP with a gatefold sleeve and an attached 30‑page book. Tracklist: I Don’t Know Right From Wrong; Black; Spymaster; Let Me Sleep; Kindness Invites Abuse; Acid Test; I Don’t Wanna Die in My Sleep Tonight; Army Now; Color Scheme; Leave Me Alone; Blood; Better Off Dead; Kill Me Now; Figure It Out; Truth; Whirlpool; The Road; TKO; Whites of Their Eyes; Skintite; Not Today; After Dinner Crimes; Computer Love.