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brutal:
This ain't metal, not punk, maybe not even rock. Sounds a little like hardcore, and sonic youth. It isn't fun music, it's not exciting, it just hits you with a thud, and hits you hard. Very negative, clang-y, and sometimes shrill music. The whole CD last less than a half hour (easily), with 12 songs. What's it REALLY sound like? Lydia plays Loud screeching slide (occasionally chords, I think) with simple thud drums, and a bass that sometimes seems to sort of...echo more thn normal. Two tracks feature James Chance on screechy sax. The beat changes here and there, and "Woke Up Dreaming" sort of points the way to death metal. Incredible.

This is Terrible...:
Wow is this ever terrible. i mean, i dn't want to be rude or watever but how can anyone call this the music that saved their lives? So many people are raving about this record and how it totally changed their life and blah blah blah...its terrible! Seriously you want some good music? Start somewhere else.

NOOOOOOOOO WAVE:
perfect example of dangerous music. i wonder why sonic youth got popular?

Murder-Suicide:
God I can't believe something like this exists on record--for future generations to discover--and wonder how f-d up the world was! Even now, after so much yet so little has been said about Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, I wonder what New York was like in the late 70s that could birth a 16-year old with the kind of scream that Lydia Lunch unleashed. In words alone, you might read 'scream' and think of the many genres of music that have been built around the 'scream' alone. But listen to this album and try to imitate Lydia's vocals (as I have, my poor tonsils) and you'll realize that you can't fashion this kind of expression. It has to be beatened and pummeled into existence, forced to do the worst acts that a cruel mind can compose. This music isn't pretty or even angry. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks made music that antagonized(s) the audience, attacking all comers as a defense mechanism for their loss of trust. But what do they sound like? I'll put it like this: The CD is about 18 minutes and 52 seconds long; it feels like its end never comes too soon. The band fills up every crevice of space. From the first note the music doesn't like you, doesn't want to like you, doesn't want you to like it. Throw it away, it dares you! The first time I heard this album I stopped the CD on the 3rd song and didn't come back to it for about 5 hours. I couldn't sit still and I couldn't think straight. But I came back for more and still do. You'll know immediately if you're ready for this or not.

A REAL Revelation...:
I first heard "Teenage Jesus" on the "No New York" compilation album from 1978. Frankly, 16-year-old Lydia blew Johnny Rotten and all the other snarling punks away with this incredibly primal music. And, unlike much of the music released from that time, "Teenage Jesus" is not dated one bit - it sounds as though it could have been released yesterday. If you hunger for some real and raw music, do yourself a favor and get this!

• Red Alert - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Orphans - Lydia Lunch, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Closet - Lydia Lunch, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Burning Rubber - Lydia Lunch, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• I Woke Up Dreaming - Lydia Lunch, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Freud in Flop - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Baby Doll - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Race Mixing - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Crown of Thorns - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• My Eyes - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Less of Me - Lydia Lunch, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
• Red Alert - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks