I'm pretty much just a punker when it comes to Jay. I bought Teenage Hate blind in 1999 and I'm not sure I've ever loved a record more on first listen than that. All I really still jam with is pre-reformation Reatards and Bad Times. "Mama Told Me So" may be his best song ever. I listened to Lost Sounds Memphis Is Dead a lot back in the day but haven't listened to it in forever now.

I saw Lost Sounds, reformed Reatards, Angry Angles, and solo and I can't say I loved any of the live shows. The original Reatards videos like the one from Fallout Records look amazing, though.

Grown Up, Fucked Up, Persuaders, Lost Sounds, Blood Visions. The first Destruction Unit album, Teenage Hate
I like pretty much all of it. Not Fucked Enough has it's moments (the cover of Sour & Vicious Man is one).

Blood Visions tops, I think all the solo stuff comes up top. I'm a Watch me Fall defender. I'm always thinking about the song "I want Sex"

No mention of the Final Solutions!? I think I have them all but haven't played the albums in years...

    Final Solutions were amazing. so much fun live with Jay berating the band between songs

    Not Fucked Enough is a slept on Reatards release. It's what got me into the band and Jay's other stuff.

    Over time the Lost Sounds 4th LP I would say it's my fav of his whole career. "Future Touch" is also amazing. They left the band at their top.

      1. Your So Lewd 7”
      2. Teenage Hate
      3. Blood Visions
      4. Bad TImes lp
      5. Get Out Of Our Way 7”
      6. Grown Up Fucked Up
      7. Final Solutions 1st lp
      8. Final Solutions 1st 7”
      9. Lost Sounds Rat’s Brains…
      10. Lost Sounds Demos Vol 1
      11. Evil Army or that metal thing with Rob Evil
      12. Angry Angles - cheat and say the comp lp
      13. Nervous Patterns - (there is room in the world for a Nervous Patterns comp)
      14. Singles collection on In The Red
      15. CC Rider lp (should be much higher)
      16. Lost Sounds Rat’s- Black Wave
      17. Reatards - Bedroom Disasters
      18. Reatards - Get Real Stupid 7”
      19. Watch Me Fall
      20. Sector Zero 7”

        PaddyBullocks you put the Winter Coffin black metal single over Nervous Patterns? not sure i would go that far.

            Clif that was not a good call. I need to revisit the NP records - I seem to misremember some of their songs as Lost Sounds songs. I was thing more of Evil Army, not sure of Jay’s involvement, but I saw him play bass for them live & it ruled

                PaddyBullocks i saw him play bass on the evil army tour too, it was indeed awesome. he never played on any recordings though, as far as I know.

                  PaddyBullocks Sector Zero 7”

                  Oh! Sector Zero should be much higher on your list if you ask me. Killer single

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                      Gimmie Sopor i agree. to me, it's better than all solo stuff except Hammer 7" and Blood Visions and over Winter Coffin 7"

                        That handful of singles from the 2000s Reatards & Terror Visions feels like the only slight dip. Still, no flagrant false moves.

                        Black Wave is my favorite Lost Sounds. Massive record, feels like all the pieces click.

                          Mitch C. i waver between Black Wave & Rat’s Brains - Black Wave is probably more immersive and defines the whole aesthetic but then Rat’s Brains kicks a lot of ass

                            I never got to see the first run of Reatards live, but of everything I did see LOST SOUNDS live couldn't be topped. I haven't listened to the records in a long time though. Need to go back and revisit, but at the time Future Touch and the final album were my favorites of the Lost Sounds catalog. I thought they had the best Alicja songs. The first few Final Solutions 7"s and the first LP are some of the best punk of the 2000's. I was wild about the ANGRY ANGLES singles when they came out but that was one band where I didn't think Jay's breakneck live speed worked as well. Jay's catalog is huge though and nearly everything is top notch. I often think about what he would be doing now

                            PaddyBullocks that was probably the only time Jay was ever relaxed and chill on tour - he didn't have any of the nervous anxious energy he otherwise always had. I think he was along for the ride on that tour. I would say he was much cooler but I probably made him talk about nerd shit he usually didn't have time for

                              gotta give Jay credit as the likely king of the short lived cd-r medium:
                              Lost Sounds probably did it best with Alicja's hand done unique covers - They had 2 cd-r demo comps
                              Bad Times Live was originally a cd-r release
                              Terror Visions lp & 7" were originally a cd-r
                              I missed out on the Nervous Patterns cd-r
                              Final Solutions cd-r - I have no idea if I am among the 25 people who own this or not

                              I guess they were all editions of 25? were there others?

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                                  PaddyBullocks i asked chad booth once about the final solutions cdr and he said all the songs on it eventually came out. either on the first Final Solutuons single or the last single

                                    5 days later

                                    not a big fan of his music but i love his termbo posts

                                    Teenage Hate was a blaster and total game changer. Admittedly, I haven't been a faithful follower of all that he produced.
                                    Grown up, Fucked Up holds its own with any of Jay's music. Bad Times is just a perfect album end to end.
                                    I had the privilege of opening for Lost Sounds a couple times during the debut album tour. Their album and live show just blew my wig off. Those were good times.

                                    In '99, I bought a used "Grown Up Fucked Up" CD (even though it had just come out) just cuz it was on eMpTy Records, which had a solid run of releases ... played it incessantly & still love it.

                                    Still regret not making the trip down to Seattle for their show around that time ... photos from their Fallout Records instore here.

                                    I think I saw this in r/GaragePunk a few days ago. Pre-ordered.

                                    Right out the gate- scum punk rock Pebbles.

                                    19 days later

                                    1st Final Solutions record is #1
                                    Lost Sounds done no wrong.
                                    Both Reatards LP's

                                    Ultimately I could listen to all of it and did for a long time. The first Final Solutions record is head above the rest(right now).

                                    Got the Bad Times record spinning currently. Bits of it make me want to set fire to cars. So good.

                                    Was listening to a bunch of King Khan's albums in the week. Had forgotten about his German language cover of Hammer I Miss You (Hammer Ich Vermisse Dich).