This Is Boston, Not L.A.
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| Compilation album by various artists | |
| Released | May 1982 |
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| Genre | Hardcore punk |
| Length | 36:46 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Modern Method |
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| Unsafe at Any Speed | |
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| EP by various artists | |
| Released | Late summer 1982 |
| Genre | Hardcore punk |
| Length | 11:48 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Modern Method |
This Is Boston, Not L.A. is a hardcore punk compilation released in 1982. It is considered the definitive album from the Boston hardcore scene, as several of its most prominent bands appear on the record, namely, Jerry's Kids, the Proletariat, the Groinoids, the F.U.'s, Gang Green, Decadence, and the Freeze. For all of them, with the exception of the last one, This Is Boston, Not L.A. was also their debut release. Al Barile's band, SSD were asked to contribute to the compilation, but they refused to participate on it.
The album was named after its closing track, the eponymous song by the Freeze:
If you dance the same and dress the same
It won't be long 'til you are the same
You look the same and act the same
There's nothing new and you're to blame
This is Boston, not L.A.
This is Boston, fuck L.A.
According to Clif Hanger, vocalist for the Freeze, the title song was written not to insult Los Angeles scene, but to encourage other Boston acts to find their own unique, local sound rather than emulate other bands from other areas. However, Boston audiences often took away a different meaning. They assumed the song asserted Boston's superiority to Los Angeles.
The album's front cover features a black-and-white image of a mosh pit, taken by Bostonian punk photographer Phil In Phlash.
This Is Boston, Not L.A. would be followed up a few months later by a six-song complementary record, the Unsafe at Any Speed EP.
Consisting of only previously unreleased material, This Is Boston, Not L.A. was originally released in May 1982, as LP and Compact Cassette, on Modern Method Records. A second vinyl pressing of the album would be released later that same year.
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