LOCKJAW – Shock Value 7″

First of two 7″s by Portland, OR’s “most hated band.” Musically, they were basically PDX’s answer to Agnostic Front—hard ‘n fast skinhead hardcore, often maligned over their potential politics (or lack there of). They had another 7″ after this one called Dead Friends, and a track on Fatal Erection’s Drinking Is Great 7″ comp. There’s also an unreleased LP, which was collected along with their vinyl output on CD by Grand Theft Audio.

500 made of this guy back in ’82 (when the Cowboys were strong), with rumors of copies being smashed by local stores who accused the band of being nazis. There are also 50 alternate sleeves with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy on the cover, but I think those were made after the fact. As mentioned in an earlier post here, I passed up this and their other ep once in ’97 or so for $10 each, in lieu of buying a 2nd press Turning Point 7″. I did end up getting both records at once a few years back, but the price was not nearly as nice.