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(Damian Interview - ''Lifes a rape" issue 2 - 2006?) |
I just read a Pink Eye interview with you and Jonah from the band and you came across as really in touch with a personal and like therapeutic side of your self - how come this doesn't come across in Fucked Up?Pink Eyes: Fucked Up serves a different purpose for me. The lyrics I write in fucked up address broader themes. Pink Eye is a very selfish thing for me. It's a lot of fantasies and personal ranting set to music. I hope that Fucked Up reaches more people and people can take something away from it. With Pink Eye it is not important that anyone gets anything more then a surface level enjoyment. I read a review of it that alluded to it being some kind of joke band and at first I was hurt that it would be misinterpreted, which is not to say that I didn't have some humor intended in the lyrics but that some one could so easily dismiss it as a comedy thing when there are parts which I am serious as a heart attack about, but I quickly realized that it doesn't matter. With Pink Eye, it is something so personal that I can't expect anyone else to get what I meant.
(from Fucked Up Interview - Heartattack Fanzine 2006)
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| Fold out sleeve (folded out) - reverse has school shooter game |
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| Regular pressings are on pink and white vinyl with pink being the most common. The gold vinyl is a limited version, usually hand-numbered on the 'B' side label; the labels are otherwise the same for all pressings. The orange is limited to 10, but its not the rarest version... |
Stats:
Side A: How To Rob An Indie Rock Star / 1 Pink 2 Blues
Side B: In Praise Of School Shooters / Behind The Shoe / THC0
Released: 2005
Label: Slasher (MURDER 004)
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| The gold vinyl were for me Damien and Jonah to use as gifts/traders etc. I certainly sent a bunch to Slasher members, however the white vinyl were the ones made for club members. The mixed colours were just a bit of an added bonus. Kind of surprising they made so many orange ones usually the blends only take two three records. (Matt Bickle - Slasher Records) |
(Thanks to Matt Slasher for info and pics)
Test Pressings - 8 on black
Pink Vinyl - 1350 (regular version - some are a little darker than others)
White Vinyl - 110 (slasher club version - some have streaks)
Gold Vinyl - 88 (numbered copies retained and used for trades / giveaways - officially 20 were destroyed, though it was actually more like 32. Pieces of the broken records were used in the Pink Eye box-set)
Orange Vinyl - 10
*Puke - 4
White /Pink swirl - 2
Grey /White swirl - 2
*All variants except puke shown in picture above.
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| Puke vinyl - picture taken of record laying on sleeve - vinyl is translucent |
Inserts:
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| Inserts are single-sided xerox prints on different coloured paper. The pink vinyl comes with white paper, white vinyl comes with pink. Gold comes with goldenrod paper stamped on the back. |
Variants:
- Seven variants (of whole disks) - different colours as above.
- Pink Eye Box Set version - as below
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| Pink Eye portrait on gold encrusted box, containing regular pink vinyl in stamped dust sleeve and a piece of the exclusive gold vinyl. |
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| The boxes are big, flimsy, difficult to store / transport and were given to punks; some of them look a little squashed these days... |
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| The rest of the space in the box is filled with a special long-sleeve shirt, pack of button pins, and the School Shooter Pack comprising plastic (Glock-type) pistol, 3 rounds of ammunition and a target. |
12" Version
In 2006 there was a 12" 'repress' which has an additional track and some different song titles...
Pressing Info:
14 test press (These were NOT on square vinyl).
First press 300 on clear vinyl.
2nd press 700 on black vinyl.
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| Sleeves are the same for both versions of the main pressing |
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| Black and clear vinyl showing 'A' and 'B' side labels |
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| Clear vinyl comes with a yellow insert, black vinyl comes with white. Basically larger versions of the 7" design but, the layout has been updated and there are a few alterations. |
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| Yellow insert has artwork on reverse, white is blank. |
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| Love this decorated dust sleeve - have no idea how it came to be. |
Pink Eye CD
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| Limited to 50 CD with ''Songs from the upcoming Slasher Records 7" as well as other rare grooves" including tracks intended for the first Criminally Insane LP and a couple of interesting Fucked Up numbers... |
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| DIY CD with numbered inlay |
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| School Shooter Game on reverse of inlay |
Notes:
Live band had Mark Hurst (Punch In The Face) and a dude who was in Unit Pride (Tim Monroe) Both of them lived in Chicago. I think one show in Toronto and one in Chicago and that was it.
(Matt Bickle - Slasher)
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| Jonah and Mark Hurst (Photo courtesy of Matt Bickle) |
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| L-R: Damian, Tim Monroe, Neal Dyrkacz, Mark Hurst, Jonah Falco (Photo courtesy of Matt from Chicago) |
Neal Dyrkacz is credited as bass player on the recordings - Neal and Mark Hurst also played a few shows with Career Suicide
