Mutha 003 - Public Disturbance / s/t LP

MUTHA # 3 (1983): Public Disturbance - s/t LP

The funniest introduction to Public Disturbance might be a seller´s listing on ebay I found on Popsike

"In all my life, I've never encountered such unlistenable garbage. Any deranged malcontent clod who bids on this barf-bag of a record deserves to be locked up for the safety of society. O but that we could return to the days of yesteryear. It's just as well that the sleeve is missing because the primitive artwork looks like it was done by a two-year-old who spent too much time looking at the margin drawings in MAD Magazine. Bidders requesting audio samples might as well just flush the commode and listen to that."

I do not think that this is in any kind an appropriate review, in fact, this is a good an diverse Punk record in my books and I like it. Can somebody please reissue all these Mutha classics? I mean, you have each of the Revelation Records reissued again and again every year, is that fair?

They later released a 7" (Mutha 011) which made it to the cover art of the KBD comp. # 8 1/2. That 7" is commonly considered as their best effort (OK, they only made two records).

I read that there were only 300 pressed, and that´s plausible according to how seldom they pop up anywhere, and also the Chronic Sick 12" has 300 pieces.

To save production costs the band and label did paste black and white glossy photos to blank LP covers, so there are different variants in circulation: with or without pasted photos, sometimes only one photo pasted, sometimes photos and blank covers but not pasted onto it. The innersleeve is blank but does have the "PRI records" pressing plant signature which makes it easy to detect if original or not complete.


Review from MRR # 10 (thanks to Kill from the Heart):

Another new Mutha record. Public Disturbance have a somewhat incoherent stop/go semi-thrash style. The faster songs often sound thin and occasionally degenerate into mediocrity, but the band's slower material ("Caged", "Intro", and "Russel's Ramp") stickes in your head. Overall, though, this release seems a bit premature; these guys need to develop more.
-Jeff Bale (from Maximum Rock'n'Roll #10, December 1983)

Flex Book says:

"... If you are expecting raw, boneheaded, street punk-ish Mutha hardcore with, er, provocative lyrics, you won´t be disappointed - there are plenty of songs here that fit the bill. There are also some surprisingly experimental tracks, though, either in a post punk style, or in a darker rock/punk vein. These detours don´t always work well for me and as a whole, the LP doesn´t quite match the true Mutha Classics (Chronic Sick 12", The Worst), but it´s a solid, if somewhat uneven hardcore Punk LP."