Boxset / Compilation · 1999
Tracklist
A1. Population Birth Control (05:50)
A2. Father's Gun (02:28)
A3. Self Defeating Prophecy (05:22)
A4. Sleep (06:06)
A5. Socialized Death Sentence (03:11)
A6. Backstabber (02:14)
B1. They Live (02:40)
B2. Anger Brought by Disease (02:52)
B3. Jarhead Fertilizer (03:45)
B4. Taste Your Own Medicine (01:52)
B5. Instrumental (03:13)
B6. Diary of a Battered Child (29:34)
Total Time 69:07
CD version:
1. Population Birth Control (05:50)
2. Father's Gun (02:28)
3. Self Defeating Prophecy (05:22)
4. Sleep (06:06)
5. Socialized Death Sentence (03:11)
6. Backstabber (02:14)
7. They Live (02:40)
8. Anger Brought by Disease (02:52)
9. Jarhead Fertilizer (03:45)
10. Taste Your Own Medicine (01:52)
11. Instrumental (03:13)
12. Diary of a Battered Child (29:34)
13. Cosmetic Plague (01:03)
Total Time 70:10
Line-up/Musicians
- Todd Keisling / bass
- Dino Sommese / drums, vocals
- Matt Parillo / guitar, vocals
About this release
Cassette released 1998 on Impregnate Noise Laboratories (IMP 012).
CD released 1999 on Life Is Abuse (LIFE 009).
Digital compilation released 19th April 2019 on Tankcrimes.
CD and 12" clear vinyl LP released 23rd October 2020 on Tankcrimes (TC116).
This CD contains all Dystopia tracks off the Backstabber 7" EP (5 to 7), Dystopia / Skaven split LP (8 to 11) and Dystopia / Suffering Luna split 7" (12).
Sleeve notes mentioned a split with Wellington, but it was never released.
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded at Kuschelrock Studios in Bremen, Germany, July 1997.
Tracks 5 to 8 recorded at Sideways Studios in Santa Ana, CA, January 1996.
Tracks 9 to 12 recorded in Santa Ana, CA, spring 1995.
All recordings suffer from low recording budget (DIY).
Re-Mastered December 1998 at Speed Semen Clove Factory in North Hollywood.
Thanks to triceratopsoil for the addition and Bosh66 for the updates