Notes About the Release

Before Green Day, Operation Ivy, and Lookout Records put the East Bay’s burgeoning punk scene on the map, a trio of Berkeley kids were reinventing the genre with music that was melodic but full of feedback, and a singer who sounded like he gargled glass. Crimpshrine's debut EP was Lookout’s fourth release, followed by an album, a second EP, and a slew of split singles and compilation tracks before the band imploded in 1989 after a ridiculous two-and-a-half-month tour in a Ford Pinto hatchback. Formed around teenage binary stars Jeff Ott and Aaron Cometbus, Crimpshrine went through a series of lineups in their four-year run, utilizing future Tilt and Go Sailor bassists Pete Rypins and Paul Curran, and briefly including second guitarist Idon Bryant. Not overtly political, their fiery brand of introspective punk touched on homelessness, teenage pregnancy, drug use, friendship, isolation, and a grimy sort of romance. Two collections have emerged posthumously: 1992’s Duct Tape Soup and 1998’s The Sound Of A New World Being Born, both falling out of print upon Lookout’s demise in 2012.



Free Box compiles Duct Tape Soup, Sound Of A New World Being Born, and the 7 Song Demo+Berkeley Sampler into one tidy box. Packaged in a sturdy, side-loading, tip-on style box, and limited to 500 copies. Includes Cometbus-designed History of East Bay Punk fold out poster. Only available here.

Product Details

3xLP 3 150g black LPs

3 direct to board single LP jackets

1 wrapped slipcase

1 19" x 14" double-sided folded poster

1 8.5" x 5.5" 28-page zine

1 18" x 22" folded poster of East Bay Punk's first dozen years



TRACK LIST

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

S.A.G.

S.A.G.

Basic Radio

Basic Radio

Soup

Soup

Kwikway

Kwikway

Sweet Baby Jesus

Sweet Baby Jesus

Distorted Truth

Distorted Truth

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

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Crimpshrine

Trying Too HardSummertimeCaught UpLeft Outside AgainSafely Wasting AwayWake UpPick Up The PiecesRDCConstructionClosed Doors, Closed MindsPretty MessWNWSFKCan You Feel That?Along The WayFree WillFucked Up KidOver The YearsAnother DayWalk AwayCan You Feel That?I Don’t Know WhyMy FriendTomorrowToil and SinSlaving MoronsThere’s A PlaceJedTake A DayHanging Out With MyselfPaddle Or DieFuck!Looking For LoveTalk About The GirlDistorted Truth???Another DayRearrangedBricksSleep, What’s That?MSFMBSecond Generation JunkiesIn My MindTomorrowButterfliesSituationThe Direction Of Things To Come....SanctuaryMy FriendThe TourEasy AnswersInspiration