POISON IDEA – "War All The Time" cassette (official)

Formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon, by vocalist Jerry A (Lang). Within a year, the band's line-up consisted of drummer Dean Johnson, guitarist Tom Roberts (AKA Pig Champion) and bassist Glen Estes. The band was influenced by the like of The Germs, Black Flag, Discharge and SOA. Chris "Tense" replaced Glen on bass by the time of their 1983 debut EP, Pick Your King. This and its follow up, Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes (featuring parts of Pig Champion's record collection on the cover), were both put out on the Fatal Erection label, run by Pig Champion and Malcom Conover from Eugene, Oregon.

In 1986, Poison Idea released the Kings of Punk LP on Pushead's Pusmort label. In the next few years, theirs line-up (mainly the rhythm section) changed several times.

By 1989, they started their own label, American Leather, and began by reissuing their 1982 demo. The band recorded the Discontent 7" with the line-up of Jerry A., Pig Champion, Myrtle Tickner and Thee Slayer Hippie (the second guitarist switched between "Mondo" and Aldine Strichnine). In 1990, they released the Feel the Darkness LP.

label: CITY NOISE RECORDS OFFICIAL RELEASE 2026