12" released on Mystic Records. The Rich Kids on LSD do it once again, release one of the best albums of the year. Hot tracks include "Think Positive," "Pothead," and "Unborn Child." This album rips!

I don't know if this was re-released on Destiny Records, but all their other old stuff was and Mystic isn't paying them royalties for this, so why not? This record was originally released in 1985 and has 10 great nardcore songs. Buy it if you can find it.

7 stars (out of 10)

Rock N Roll Nightmare

Review by: Intensity (1993)

One of my favourite punk albums of the 80s is finally reissued again, and now it can be bought on CD. When this was released on Alchemy in 1987 I played this album to death. Back when I felt that the band were cool, never mind what the lyrics meant. And although the original comic book is gone (it has been altered to fit into a regular CD booklet) the music is still here, especially such powerful songs as "One Light, One Mind", "Sargasm", "Catch Your Breath", and "Scab On My Brain". Way back then I played this stuff on the radio; hopefully programmers will be open enought to play this and reintroduce listeners to a great band. And a great LP.

Hardcore meets hippie on Rock'n'Roll Nightmare as this San Francisco band--Rich Kids on LSD--sings about nuclear meltdowns, pollution, militarism, greedy promoters, prejudice, hypocrites and critics and how to cope with it all(namely, sarcasm). If you dig the trip, the band is awesome and so are the accoutrements, namely a 24-page comic/lyric book that's way cool, dudes, er, man.

Before, when I said RKL sucks, I meant to say NEW RKL sucks. You see RKL used to be a half-decent nardcore (even though they're from San Francisco) band. Their music (at least on this album - which is out of print (?)) is very reminiscent of Aggression (another nardcore band) except heavier or more metallish (including solos) and the singer's voice sounds like the guy from Iron Maiden somewhat. This album contains 15 songs and I don't have the lyrics for any of them (they didn't come with the tape), however the music is kinda catchy. If you're into nardcore or (to a lesser extent) into oldschool So-Cal punk, chances are you'll like this album.

This is a very good album. 22 songs or so from Keep Laughing, Rock N Roll Nightmare, and It's a Beautiful Feeling; plus a Kiss cover of Detroit Rock City. It comes with a 15 page Black and white lyric book with tons of pictures. It sounds pretty good and a lot of the songs are sped up. If you are an RKL fan you definately want to get this album.

This is probably the last "good" R.K.L. release. Recorded live in Germany in 1988 they do pretty much all their good (old) songs on this double LP - 22 songs in all. Buy this if you're into nardcore and you can find this in stores.

This is one of the "good" RKL albums (before they went shitty metal - see my Reactivate review). This LP contains 21 songs and they're very reminiscent of old So-Cal punk bands except for the heavy-metal-like solos which show the direction this band is heading in. Shortly after this album (I think) some members of the band left to form Ten Foot Pole. So buy this album (1989 release) and everything released BEFORE this because it's good, however don't buy anything after this - it sucks. Oh yeah, they're a nardcore band (mix of So Cal punk and DC hardcore).

RKL sucks! Their song on Punk-O-Rama was decent, so I decided to buy this album. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that these guys are nothing but a lame metal outfit. Don't waste your money on this! I heard that their early stuff is pretty good, but I'm going to be very cautious about buying anything from these guys.

If you aren't already familiar with this rude-'n'-rowdy bunch, the opening punk-roar of "We're Back We're Pissed" explains in a nutshell who RKL is, where the band's been and why these crazy Californian hardcore Rich Kids On LSD are back and in your face with a vengeance. After a four-year "vacation," RKL explodes back onto the hardcore-punk scene with Riches To Rags, an intensely rockin', attitude-laden LP singed by a spewing volcano of bittersweet emotion and pissed-off aggression. RKL bangs out a loud, raw mix of music characterized by the rough vocal growl of Jason "Jaystink" Sears and the massive twin-guitar attack of Barry D'Live and Chris Rest. Sounding nothing like the huge, current wave of shiny, happy pop-punk, RKL will rip off your head and shit down your neck with tunes like "Beautiful Feeling Pt. 3," "In Your Mind," "Give It Up," "Betrayed" and "Heavily Sedated."