Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990 | ||||
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Compilation album by T.S.O.L. | ||||
Released | March 31, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1984–90 | |||
Genre | Gothic rock, hard rock, glam metal | |||
Length | 52:30 | |||
Label | Restless (72581) | |||
Producer | Ron Goudie, Chris Gray, Howard Benson, Joe Wood, Marshall Rohner, Mike Roche, Mitch Dean | |||
T.S.O.L. chronology | ||||
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Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990 is a compilation album by the American rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1992 through Restless Records. It includes material from the band's hard rock/glam metal era with singer/guitarist Joe Wood and drummer Mitch Dean, which saw lineup changes resulting in the departure of original members Ron Emory and Mike Roche. It compiles tracks from the albums Revenge (1986), Hit and Run (1987), and Strange Love (1990), two tracks from other compilations, and three songs recorded live for radio station WBCN in Boston. It was the final album released by this incarnation of T.S.O.L.; in 1999 the original lineup of Emory, Roche, Jack Grisham, and Todd Barnes reacquired legal rights to the band's name and relaunched the group with a return to its hardcore punk roots.
T.S.O.L.'s original lineup of singer Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes had released two albums and two EPs before Grisham and Barnes left the band in 1983. They were replaced by singer/guitarist Joe Wood and drummer Mitch Dean, and over the course of four studio albums released through Enigma Records between 1984 and 1990 the band moved away from the original lineup's hardcore punk sound in favor of hard rock and glam metal. Emory left the band in 1988 and was replaced, first by Scott Phillips and then by Marshall Rohner. Roche quit in 1990, the last original member to leave the band. Wood and Dean retained legal rights to the name T.S.O.L., eventually hiring Dave Mello as their new bassist. Rohner was unable to continue touring, so Phillips rejoined the band in September 1991.