It's Not The Eat, It's The Humidity

Like many early punk pioneers The Eat operated in a near-total vacuum, in that infamous cesspool of clueless retirees and moronic sun worshippers known as South Florida. Forming in 1978 and playing their first show in July of 1979, it took another year before they were able to record. Their classic 7's were rare and sought after from the moment they came out, distribution was nil, most were given away at shows and crushed on the spot, some even wound up lining a parrot cage. The result is that their 7-inches 'Communist Radio' and 'God Punishes the Eat' are some of the most sought after and obscenely expensive Killed By Death items ever!

Both early 7's are here, the audio dropouts in the five 'God Punishes' songs fixed up at last, followed by the entire 'Scattered Wahoo Action' cassette album and all the unreleased songs from their aborted 'Hialeah' album that was chopped down to their third and final seven inch. Sound is top-floor melodic punk 'n' roll - sort of a sped-up Real Kids with rock-bottom Angry Samoans-style lyrics. A landmark release from a landmark band on a landmark label!