Poison Idea - Blank Blackout Vacant [2xLP 2024 Remaster] - New LP

When it came to the follow-up of their 1990 magnum opus Feel The Darkness, failure was not an option for POISON IDEA.


Seeking a way to expand their musical horizons while still retaining their cranked-up style, UK-cum-Chicagoian producer Iain Burgess (BIG BLACK, the EFFIGIES, NAKED RAYGUN) was brought in to assist in this audacious feat. The results – 1992’s Blank Blackout Vacant – successfully showcased a meshing of POISON IDEA's classically surging sound and a new found refinement: demonstrated by the brass section on tracks like the driving opener “Say Goodbye” or the chugging, MOTORHEAD-esque “Forever and Always”. Rolling on with their relentless reissue schedule for Portland’s Kings of Punk, TKO replenishes the double-disc edition of Blank Blackout Vacant first introduced back in the maddening year of 2020. Along with the album’s original batch of thirteen tracks capped off by a thundering version of NEW YORK DOLLS’ “Vietnamese Baby”, you get a bonus LP containing a bevy of B-Sides, covers by acts as disparate as LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH, the WHO and BOOKER T. & the M.G.'s, as well as a live on-air performance on Portland’s long-running community radio station KBOO from the Fall of 1991. Originally released at a pivotal point in POISON IDEA's career, Blank Blackout Vacant remains an essential component in the understanding of the band's epic trajectory. Grab yourself a copy or pose hard.

TRACK LIST: SIDE A 1. Say Goodbye 2. Star Of Baghdad 3. Icepicks At Dawn 4. Smack Attack 5. Forever And Always 6. Punish Me

SIDE B 1. Crippled Angel 2. What Happened To Sunday? 3. You're Next 4. Drain 5. Brigandage 6. Amy's Theme 7. Vietnamese Baby (New York Dolls)

SIDE C (B-sides, Covers & Tributes) 1. Mario The Cop 2. Open Your Eyes (Lords Of The New Church) 3. Flamethrower Love (Dead Boys) 4. Endless Sleep (Jody Reynolds) 5. Doctor, Doctor (The Who) 6. Green Onions ( Booker T. & The MGs)

SIDE D (LIVE ON KBOO) 1. Feel The Darkness 2. Crippled Angel 3. Drain 4. Alan's On Fire