"Record collectors are pretentious assholes" is the punk band POISON IDEA second album, released in 1984 through "Fatal Erection Records". The back cover of the album featured a picture of Elvis Presley with the words scribed below "The King" as a response to their previous release, the "Pick Your King" ep which had a picture of Jesus on the front and Elvis on the back. Louisiana Eyehategod vocalist Mike Williams cited this album title as his favourite of any album in the liner notes for the 200...
"Record collectors are pretentious assholes" is the punk band POISON IDEA second album, released in 1984 through "Fatal Erection Records". The back cover of the album featured a picture of Elvis Presley with the words scribed below "The King" as a response to their previous release, the "Pick Your King" ep which had a picture of Jesus on the front and Elvis on the back. Louisiana Eyehategod vocalist Mike Williams cited this album title as his favourite of any album in the liner notes for the 2006 Century Media reissue of Eyehategod's Take as Needed for Pain (Take as Needed for Pain apparently came second). The artwork, coupled with the title, is a joke at the expense of guitarist "Pig Champion", as it is a picture of his extensive record collection. Hardcore band Cold World released an EP called Pretentious Assholes in parody of this EP, featuring similar artwork with pictures of "collectible" versions of Poison Idea records.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Collectors_Are_Pretentious_Assholes
https://files.nyu.edu/cch223/public/usa/poisonidea_main.html
https://myspace.com/blankblackoutvacant/photos
https://myspace.com/poisonideapunk/photos
http://www.discogs.com/release/1067244
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