''The Early Years'' is a compilation album by

stoner metal Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sleep. ...

band

Acid King Acid King is an American stoner metal band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1993 by frontwoman Lori S., drummer Joey Osbourne and bassist Peter Lucas. Acid King have since recorded four studio albums and two EPs with a series of ...

. It was released in October 2006 through Leaf Hound Records. It combines Acid King's first two releases, which are both out of print. The songs were remastered by Billy Anderson. These releases are: *''

'' – the band's debut EP, released in 1994. *''

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'' – the band's debut album, released in 1995.

Track listing

#"Lead Paint" – 4:36 #"Blasting Cap" – 4:43 #"Drop" – 7:02 #"The Midway" – 2:05 #"Evil Satan" – 7:55 #"If I Burn" – 3:43 #"One Ninety-Six" – 4:22 #"Vertigate #1" – 3:47 #"Tank" – 3:53 #"Dry Run" – 4:16 #"Fruit Cup" – 2:00 #"Queen of Sickness" – 5:15 #"Reload" – 3:22 #"Vertigate #2" – 2:33

Credits

*Lori S. – vocals, guitar *Peter Lucas – bass, backing vocals *

Joey Osbourne Joey Osbourne is a founding member and drummer for Acid King, Altamont, and The Stimmies. He has also been a drummer for The Men of Porn, Triple X (an X cover band), and for San Francisco punk band The Corruptors. Currently, he is the drummer ...

– drums *

Dale Crover Dale Crover (born October 23, 1967) is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist an ...

– additional vocals *Billy Anderson – engineering, remastering *

Ricky Kasso Richard Allan "Ricky" Kasso Jr. (March 29, 1967 – July 7, 1984), also known as The Acid King, was an American killer who murdered his 17-year-old friend Gary Lauwers in Northport, New York on June 19, 1984. Two other teens, Jimmy Troiano and Al ...

– man on cover artwork (note: the cover artwork is identical to the ''Acid King'' EP)

References

Acid King albums 2006 compilation albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub