L.A.M.F.
| L.A.M.F. | |
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| Studio album by The Heartbreakers | |
| Released | October 3, 1977 |
| Recorded | March 1977 |
| Genre | Punk rock |
| Length | 34:02 (original LP) 39:51 (1994 reissue) 1:31:26 (2002 CD edition) 2:55:55 (2012 "Definitive" edition) |
| Label |
Track (original album) Jungle (most reissues) |
| Producer | Speedy Keen, Daniel Segunda, Mike Thorne |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.4/10 |
| Q | |
| Record Collector | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10 |
| Uncut | |
L.A.M.F. is the only studio album by the American band The Heartbreakers, which included Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Walter Lure and Billy Rath. The music is a mixture of punk and rock and roll.
The acronym "L.A.M.F." stands for "Like A Mother Fucker"; in a 1977 interview in the UK monthly magazine Zigzag, Thunders said this originated from New York gang graffiti. Thunders claimed the gangs would add the LAMF tag after writing their gang name. However, if they were on another gang's territory they would write "D.T.K.L.A.M.F" (Down To Kill Like A Mother Fucker). The original, vinyl release of the album has been criticised for having a lackluster sound, despite several attempts to remix it.
The Heartbreakers had been trying to get a record contract in the United States since their formation in 1975.
In the fall of 1976, Malcolm McLaren, who had informally managed the New York Dolls in their waning days, invited the band to come to England and participate in the Sex Pistols' Anarchy tour, along with The Clash and The Damned, who were replaced by Buzzcocks shortly after the tour commenced. The band accepted the offer, arriving in London on December 1, the same day that the Pistols swore at Bill Grundy on live, prime-time television, which precipitated the cancellation of most of the tour.
Stranded in England with little money after the Anarchy tour came to a halt, the band contemplated a retreat to New York, but their manager, Leee Black Childers, convinced them to stay in England, believing that they would be more successful there. After several gigs in London, Track Records offered the Heartbreakers a recording contract.
Track asked the band to sign to the company as "The Chris Stamp Band Ltd." a holding company owned by Track, with the proviso that if that holding company went out of business, the rights to any recordings the band made would revert to the band's own business partnership. The band agreed and signed on to Track.
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