Lower Class Brats

Lower Class Brats

Tales Of The Wild, The Ugly & The Damned

Tko

***“Needs no introduction” is a phrase that’s frequently bandied about with little attention paid to its real weight. But with five full lengths, over a dozen 7” EPs, a live record, countless compilation appearances, and a nearly 30 year career under their belt, LOWER CLASS BRATS are a band that truly need no introduction. Since their formation in 1995, the BRATS has been one of the premier American punk acts, playing a brand of Glam Rock and Oi!-informed streetwise Punk Rock that is unmistakably their own. With 15+ years since their last LP, the droogs are back at long last with a new offering of sonic ultra-violence in the form of Tales Of The Wild, The Ugly & The Damned. While other bands with long histories inevitably crest and dip over time—seeking that elusive “return to form” in their later years—Lower Class Brats have managed to forge a legacy free of missteps. Consequently, Tales Of The Wild, The Ugly & The Damned isn’t a return to form, but the next chapter in their legendary career. . Produced by Jack Control (of World Burns To Death) at Enormous Door, in their original home of Austin, TX, this album clocks in at just over 25 minutes, and boasts 11 raging, sub-3 minute songs. Tales is replete with the razor-edged, boot stomping, singalong anthems that have long been the band’s hallmark. Massive choruses, 70s rock ’n’ roll swagger, and no shortage of antisocial mania make this yet another worthy addition into the formidable...

Lower Class Brats

All The Young Dudes Are Pissed

Tko

***To close out 2022, TKO is proud to bring you the first new material from THE LOWER CLASS BRATS in a decade! Featuring a foot stomping, fist pumping new A-side anthem, and backed up with a one minute and ninety second barn-burner of a B-side that's so sharp and fast, it’ll draw blood. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl.

Lower Class Brats

The New Seditionaries

Tko

***15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!! LOWER CLASS BRATS' groundbreaking 2006 album released domestically on vinyl for the first time. Brutally remastered for max audio destruction. Edition of 300 on orange vinyl.

Lower Class Brats

Rather Be Hated Than Ignored

Tko

***You can’t discuss the American Street Punk movement of the 1990’s without talking about Lower Class Brats. Alongside bands like fellow TKO albums the Templars, the Brats helped usher in a new wave of American working class Punk Rock whose reverberations are still being felt nearly 30 years after the fact.Lower Class Brats. Additionally, TKO Records and Lower Class Brats.S have a shared history, dating back to 1997 (TKO Year One) and the label’s fourth release: the legendary Templars / Lower Class Brats split single. So with this in mind, it seems fitting, and perhaps a little overdue that we are proud to announce the reissue of Lower Class Brats’ classic debut album, Rather Be Hated Than Ignored.Originally released on CD in 1997 by GMM Records, Rather Be Hated Than Ignored served as Lower Class Brats’ raucous statement of intent. Combining influences from 70s UK Punk, Oi! and UK82 and early California Hardcore, Rather Be Hated… served to quickly and definitively establish the Brats’ style, and their legacy. Heavy on melody, attitude, and a distinctly American sense of confrontation, their debut album remains a foundational entry in the American Street Punk canon.This reissue bears all the hallmarks fans have come to expect from TKO. Rather Be Hated Than Ignored has been expertly remastered, repackaged and restored, all with our signature attention to detail. For the first time ever, the original GMM track sequence is available on a vinyl edition. When you get the opportunity to revisit a classic like this,...