PRE-ORDER: Poison Idea “Pearls Before Swine: The Early Years Volume 2” LP + Poster (Green Vinyl)

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around MAY 1st, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items.

Kicking off the collection, we have POISON IDEA performing their first ever gig as a high-velocity punk band on New Years Eve 1980 truly an incredible find. We put our gear in shopping carts and pushed it to the venue Jerry recalls as well as the reaction from Portlands first wave of hardcore kids, They only had 30 seconds in a song to throw each other around and pogo, so theyd go for it. It came naturally, like the music possessed them. The embryonic versions presented here of future POISON IDEA classics like Give It Up and Castration are played in a more quirky and herky-jerky manner than how they would appear three years later on their debut seven-inch EP, Pick Your King. This recording also holds the most unfiltered display of Germs vocalist Darby Crashs influence on Jerry. His voice gave me the license to go states Jerry. You didnt have to be a trained singer. Just open up your soul and scream.

The remainder of this release is culled from a recording done in June of 1981 at a birthday party for Kim Kincaid, vocalist for local punk group, Neo Boys. The event was held at the short-lived but groundbreaking punk venue for Portland, Clockwork Joes. Clockwork Joes was like Peter Pans island of lost boys Lang recollects, There was a lot of booze, a lot of drugs and a lot of young kids. Hearing this ferocious, tightly-wound set, one can only imagine the sweaty debauchery that occurred that night, especially during the pounding rendition of Underage presented here, yet another future Pick Your King track.

street date 5/1/2026