Adventurous southern California punk trio Agent Orange was the first band to mix surf rock with punk. The group was formed in l979 in Placentia, a small town close to Fullerton and Anaheim, by frontman Mike Palm on guitar and lead vocals, Steve Soto on bass and Scott Miller on drums. That early line up recorded the classic version of “Bloodstains” in l979 as a demo produced by Daniel R. van Patten (of the group Berlin). A year later it was included on the seminal Rodney On The Roq compilation album released by Posh Boy Records. Meanwhile James Levesque had replaced Steve Soto (Adolescents) and the new line up released their own self produced and self released 7″ ep in l98O. A year later, the group signed with Robbie Fields’ Posh Boy Records for their debut LP Living In Darkness, co-produced by Fields and former Simpletones guitarist Jay Lansford. The album was recorded at Brian Elliotts store front studio in North Hollywood (a few years before Elliott struck gold writing Madonnas Papa Dont Preach).

Tracklist

Too Young To Die

Everything Turns Grey

Miserlou

The Last Goodbye

America

Bored Of You

No Such Thing

A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad

Bloodstains

Living In Darkness

Pipeline

Mr Moto

Breakdown