1 CD – remastered with bouns tracks
Merge Records is thrilled to reissue “Neurotica” by Redd Kross, the 1987 power pop and alternative rock opus celebrating 35 years in 2022.
The original album is remastered by JJ Golden (Pearl Jam, Thee Oh Sees) and then paired with 12 unreleased demos rediscovered in the archive of original A&R guy Geoffrey Weiss. “Neurotica” could be viewed as a “This Is Your Life”-esque document of what brothers Jeff & Steve McDonald had been working toward creatively since starting Redd Kross in their Hawthorne, CA living room circa 1978. The songs quake with punk rock fury.
And how could they possibly have shaken off the untamed energy of their early Red Cross years which laid a foundation for Southern California hardcore punk and DIY culture alongside bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Descendents? But fury is only part of their formula. To find the other parts, travel back to the 1970s, when the McDonald boys lived for nothing but Saturday morning cartoons, sugary cereal, bubblegum pop singles, Beach Boys LPs, Partridge Family TV specials, and the arena rock guitars of KISS and Cheap Trick.