Favorite Jay Reatard (& related) records?

ratcharge

Mine would be « Blood Visions » and « Grown Up, Fucked Up » (« Blew my mind!!!»), which are pretty obvious choices I guess? I feel like there’s a lot I haven’t paid enough attention to.

Mystery_Ship

Bad Times LP, Lost Sounds “1+1=2 Nothing” 7”, Reatards “Teenage Hate” and Final Solutions first LP are the first ones that pop into my head.

Uptown ruler 666 420

Blood Visions and the first few singles
Reatards - ALL
Bad Times
Eunuchs Lp (jay “produced”) is underrated

Ryan Leach

Nervous Patterns and the last two Lost Sounds records. Jay and Alicja cut some good records together. The Destruction Unit records they appeared on were great too. As I recall, only the first two.

Blood Visions. I interviewed Jay for Thrasher just before the album was released. Larry sent me a promo copy. We talk about this period in an upcoming interview. I'm not trying to hype my own failed career as a rock journalist...but I interviewed him over the phone once and DJed his first solo show in L.A. Spoke with him after the show. I don't remember many of the interviews or people I've met. But I distinctly remember chatting with Jay. Almost everything about it. Left an impression. Weird to think he was a couple of years older than me. I haven't thought about this stuff for years.

Ben Lyon

I'm partial to Reatards, Angry Angles and "Black Wave".

Vinnie Vacuum

Teenage Hate was a game-changer for me. When I first hear it, I was the same age as Jay was when he made it and that album got me thru my last year of high school. Got a 4-track not long after that. Grown Up, Fucked Up is obviously another favorite for the raging KBD bordering on hardcore kinda vibe, but I don't think it had quite the same initial impact on my life as Teenage Hate. Obviously love most of his records but that's what stands out most in my mind.

Mystery_Ship

Neglected to mention Lost Sounds “Rats Brains and Microchips”. Maybe my favourite record the guy made. Can’t overstate how big of an influence that band was on me. So happy I got to see them live once, Election night 2004 in Seattle. The vibe was appropriate.

Guy Lombardont

These days the CC Rider lp i probably listen to more than anything else he's done. Also even a little more fringe but that sector zero 45 he played traps on still gets a fair ammount of spins. Such a sick 45

Uptown ruler 666 420

Guy Lombardont sector zero 45

forgot all about this one, great shit. HIDING IN MY CAR

half man half mole

His track on Nervous Patterns 7" (sung by Alicja)
And destruction unit 7" are some other killer deep cuts.

I think his finest moments were "Teenage Hate" and "Rats Brains".

Was lucky enough to see all his bands several times. Seeing Lost Sounds changed how I thought about punk music.

Alien Point Of View

Teenage Hate
Blood Visions
Angry Angles
Terror Visions

It really is hard to narrow it down, everything he touched was pretty great.

Ryan Leach

CC Riders was my biggest seller. I was proud of that one. I honestly wanted to do a Jeff Evans record. The backup band sealed the deal. It came out first as a CDr on Contaminated. Around 2001ish. Our reissue was 2013 or thereabouts.

I saw Lost Sounds in LA before they imploded. Scene Bar in Glendale. Very memorable.

Jay on the phone was lucid and incredibly motivated. Really bright guy. After his first LA show promoting the record -- he was having a hard time. After that I lost track of his career. I've never heard the Matador records.

Jeff Novak seemed to understand Jay the best. He and Friedl.

JessVex

I haven’t listened to Jay Reatard anything in a decade or so…however, I really loved both Reatards LPs, Bad Times, and Lost Sounds Memphis is Dead + Black Wave. I liked all of his LIVE performances best of all.

Mystery_Ship

If anyone missed it, this article that came out a few months back was a pretty fantastic and heavy read- https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-127-winter-2024/the-life-death-and-memphis-blues-of-jay-reatard

Al Dorado

Mystery_Ship bought a physical copy for posterity. it is a heavy read.

Rapid Adapter

I've heard at least four bands rip off this specific song. Also, last month Zillow sent me an email saying a house was available on the 1600 block of Echles St. and I was like "No thanks, I've been warned about that block."

Gimmie Sopor

Found out about Reatards via the great fanzine Human Garbage Disposal and their rave review of Teenage Hate. I had been into garage punk for a few years, but most of the bands seemed to consist of old people (they were probably 30 at the most). Reatards were the first band of this kind I got into with members roughly my age, which made me like them even more.

Teenage Hate and the first batch of singles are still my faves along with the Bad Times LP, the Hammer I Miss You 7" and Rats, Brains & Microchips by Lost Sounds. Blood Visions is fine, but I'm not as crazy about it as most seem to be. Never got into his last solo album and singles. Come to think of it, I never really listened to Nervous Patterns, need to fix that. And yeah, Final Solutions are great too, especially the first two EPs and the first LP.

Riskless Risk

Introduced to Jay Reatard with his Matador Singles '08
Especially like the period of singles 06-07, Blood Visions off course, Terror visions, Reatards first material, Angry Angles and Lost Sounds !
A preference for Lost Sounds and Blood Visions

Sid_Delicious

Teenage Hate is tops for me. A stellar record all around. I liked the Angry Angels stuff too. Asides from that I haven’t dove too much into his other work.

Nathan Loud

Control+F Persuaders - Forced to Fuck. (LOCK THREAD.)