Label: L.G.

Reissued 4/19/2024

Before Circus Lupus landed on DC’s venerable Dischord Records, the group’s original Midwest lineup recorded a full LP's worth of songs less than a year after forming. With the demise of DC’s Ignition in the late 80’s, bass player Chris Thomson headed to Madison, WI for college. Before leaving DC, he dove headfirst into being a vocalist fronting the short- lived throwback punk/hardcore project Fury. Chris served up pointed and profound Tony Cadena-inspired screeds about betrayal, disappointment and poseurs all set to a soundtrack of furiously primitive and chaotic music supplied by members of the DC punk band Swiz. Brief yet influential, this band marked Chris’s switch to vocals, putting him on course to front Circus Lupus and claim a notable spot in the DC punk timeline of the late 20th century.

Track listing:

1. Mean, Hot, And Blessed
   
2. Tightrope Walker
   
3. Cat Kicking Jerk
   
4. Thermo King
   
5. Chinese Nitro
   
6. Deviant Gesture Catalog
   
7. Marbles
   
8. Kansas City Bomber
   
9. Pulp