Good records that artists put out past their prime.
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For 8th and 9th grade, I lived in Huntington Beach, CA. It was '84-'86 and TSOL was a big friggin' deal there. But it was all about Code Blue and Thoughts of Yesterday, with their original singer Jack Grisham still in the band. Nobody seemed to care much for the band's second incarnation with Joe Wood taking over singing duties. TSOL went from purer punk sensibilities, eventually delving into some seriously cheesy faux-metal, Doors-iness not much further down the line. And for whatever reasons, once I moved to Houston in '86, I would eventually come across a whole big group of surfer dudes at my school who loved the newer version of TSOL. While it was hard for me to bridge full-on punk rock TSOL with glammy Hit and Run TSOL, there was a happy medium there with TSOL's very first Joe Wood album, Change Today. The shit simply jams. Ron Emory was a beast with his almost-rockabilly, but wholly punk guitar. And damned if on his first outing if Joe Wood didn't shine as well. It's literally embarrassing to admit liking any Joe Wood TSOL within hard core TSOL circles, but I'll stand by Change Today until the cows come home.
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