The Formative Years - Adrenalin O.D.
Based in New Jersey and active from 1981 to 1990, Adrenalin O.D. pioneered blazing speed-punk with sarcastic lyrics and a humorous edge.
With their first emission they found themselves on what is considered the definitive document of the late 1970s punk and emerging hardcore scene, i.e. the New York Thrash tape compilation, which was released through the ROIR cassettes label in 1982.
Let's Barbeque was Adrenalin O.D.’s first vinyl release and along with their 1984 LP The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. became instant cult classics.
Originally released on the band’s own Buy Our Records label and capturing the frustrations and restlessness of suburban youth during the angst-filled Reagan era, the full length delivers fifteen songs in less than twenty-four minutes comprised of lightspeed paced riffing without running danger of lacking musicality, pummelling drumming and majestical onslaughts delivered to the point, peppered with wise-ass derision, comedic elements and mayhem in equal measure.
To this day Adrenalin O.D.’s first full length remains one of the most energetic offerings that has emerged from within the aforementioned historical continuum, creating the foundation for irreverent punk and speed metal to fuse and thereby effectively being one of the originators that spawned thrash metal and served as a source of inspiration for bands like Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death.
