The Kretins * NYC * 1984

|January 28, 2011 | Found Images, Found Sounds, White Zombie

I was looking at this amazing collection of photographs taken at New York City hardcore shows in the mid 1980s and I got really nostalgic, which is funny, since I wasn’t there. I thought I recognized the singer in the shot below as Rik Slave, who now fronts Rock City Morgue and who I’ve recorded many times. I showed him the picture, and he said ” Yeah, that’s me. Everybody in that photo is dead, but me. “. I always wished I’d grown up in NYC, but, you know, maybe it’s better that I didn’t.

01. The Kretins : Mercy Of The Lord

01. The Kretins : Mercy Of The Lord

02. The Kretins : Fortune Teller

02. The Kretins : Fortune Teller

Fun White Zombie fact : The photo on the cover of The Kretins’ 1984 7″ was taken by Sean Yseult.