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''Live '91'' is a live album by the American hardcore punk band
T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, a ...
(True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1991 through Triple X Records. It marked a reunion of the band's original lineup of singer
Jack Grisham Jack Grisham (born July 22, 1961) is an American rock vocalist, musician, raconteur and political activist from Southern California. He is the vocalist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s L ...
, guitarist
Ron Emory Ron Emory (born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California, United States) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emo ...
, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes. At the time, the rights to the name "T.S.O.L." were held by Joe Wood and Mitch Dean, who had replaced Grisham and Barnes in 1984 and taken the band in a glam metal direction. Wood legally prevented the original members from using the name for their reunion, so they were billed by their four full names and ''Live '91'' does not carry the name T.S.O.L. on its packaging.


Background

T.S.O.L.'s original lineup of singer
Jack Grisham Jack Grisham (born July 22, 1961) is an American rock vocalist, musician, raconteur and political activist from Southern California. He is the vocalist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s L ...
, guitarist
Ron Emory Ron Emory (born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California, United States) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emo ...
, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes had released two albums and two
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before Grisham and Barnes left the band in 1983. They were replaced by singer/guitarist Joe Wood and drummer Mitch Dean, and over the course of four studio albums between 1984 and 1990 the band moved away from the original lineup's hardcore punk sound in favor of
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and glam metal. Emory left the band in 1988, and Roche followed suit in 1990. Wood and Dean retained legal rights to the name T.S.O.L., and continued the band for a few more years with replacement members. Meanwhile, Grisham formed the keyboard-driven Cathedral of Tears and then the
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-influenced Tender Fury. Barnes, in and out of jail during the 1980s, played on the first Tender Fury album but had difficulty playing the kick drum due to years of injecting
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s into his leg. After Emory and Roche quit T.S.O.L., the four founding members reconvened for a one-night reunion. Wood served legal papers on them to prevent them from using the name T.S.O.L., forcing them to bill themselves by their four full names. For subsequent shows they would sometimes bill themselves as "T.S.O.L.: The Original Members". For a time, both incarnations of the band were active, sometimes playing the same cities on the same nights. Further complicating the matter was the fact that Grisham and Wood were
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, Wood having married Grisham's sister. ''Live '91'' was recorded at
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in
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and released through Triple X Records. The photograph used for the cover, taken by Edward Colver a decade earlier, is the same one used for the band's 1981 debut EP, but given a sepia tone rather than the high- contrast
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treatment used for the EP. Because they did not have the rights to use the name T.S.O.L., the band's name does not appear on the album packaging. Instead, it bears the four members' full names. The T.S.O.L. reunions were ultimately short-lived; the members' drug habits kept them from performing regularly. Emory did heroin, while Roche descended into poverty and drug dealing. Grisham continued with music, forming
The Joykiller The Joykiller was an American punk rock supergroup from Huntington Beach, California, United States. The Joykiller were formed in 1995 by Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L., Billy Persons (The Weirdos/Gun Club) and Ronnie King. After the formation of the ...
in 1995, which initially included Emory. Following the punk rock revival of the 1990s, the original T.S.O.L. members overcame their drug habits and fought a legal battle with Wood, reacquiring rights to the band's name in 1999. Barnes died in 2000 and the band continued on with other drummers, releasing new albums in the punk rock style.


Track listing


Personnel

;Band *
Jack Grisham Jack Grisham (born July 22, 1961) is an American rock vocalist, musician, raconteur and political activist from Southern California. He is the vocalist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s L ...
– lead vocals *
Ron Emory Ron Emory (born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California, United States) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emo ...
– guitar; co-lead vocals on "I'm Tired of Life" *Mike Roche – bass guitar *Todd Barnes – drums ;Production *Mark Linett – producer,
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, mix engineer *Ed Colver – photography *Steve Martinez – art direction


References

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