Blank Blackout Vacant

by Poison Idea

Overview

Though not quite the shotgun blast of an album that its predecessor, Feel the Darkness, was, Blank Blackout Vacant is nonetheless an ample testimony to Poison Idea's unbridled power and force. Suffused with enough hate, pain, and rage to fuel an entire army, Jerry A.'s vocals, positively dripping with bile and venom, certainly cement his ideas with passion and force. "Understated" is not a word that is possible to use with this band. Poison Idea, from their inception in the very early '80s through their terminal point, shone with bitter, violent power. Unlike most Poison Idea albums from the '80s, Blank Blackout Vacant doesn't rely on speed to get its point across. In fact, a song like "Forever and Always," with its loose, Aerosmith-like groove and its saxophone, presages the type of rock & roll that bands like Rocket from the Crypt would make years later. Many other songs reside in the same vein. The cover of the New York Dolls' "Vietnamese Baby" provides an interesting touch, amping up the original, while retaining its desperate, low-rent feeling. While not quite the bellowing, fire-breathing beast that is Feel the Darkness, Blank Blackout Vacant is a more varied, eclectic piece of work from this veteran American hardcore band. ~ Patrick Kennedy

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2020
Label:	AMERICAN LEATHER REC
UPC:	0614511868525

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Poison Idea   Primary Artist
Bob Stark   Piano,Keyboards
Jerry A.   Vocals
Pig Champion   Guitar,Recorder,Vocals (Background)
Mondo   Piano,Guitar,Bass,Piano
Thee Slayer Hippy   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
David Hite   Saxophone
Phil Irwin   Saxophone
Myrtle Tickner   Bass,Harmonica,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Poison Idea   Producer
Iain Burgess   Mixing
Bob Stark   Engineer
Jody Reynolds   Composer
David Johansen   Composer
John Entwistle   Composer
Jerry A.   Composer
Pig Champion   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Thee Slayer Hippy   Mixing,Composer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Brian James   Composer
Stiv Bators   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Jimmy Zero   Composer
Lewie Steinberg   Composer
Slayer Hippy   Composer
Myrtle Tickner   Composer
David Wilds   Photography
Mondo   Composer