This auction is for a CD of Frantix My Dad's a Fuckin Alcoholic (CD, 2014, Virus 459, Alternative Tenticles). The CD is in good condition for a punk CD, though there are some surface scratches. The CD has been tested and plays without any problems. The jewel case is a generic slimline case.

Denver, Colorado has never been celebrated as one of the meccas of American punk rock, but in the '80s, the city birthed at least one top-shelf band, Frantix, who earned a savage local reputation for their powerful, noisy gusts of guitar and inspired sloppiness overall. While Frantix could be loosely classified as hardcore, they didn't allow themselves to be shackled by the fast/loud template, occasionally veering into noisy jams with a metallic undertow (check out their cover of "Interstellar Overdrive") and generating a level of snotty bad karma that was genuinely impressive. While the band only lasted a bit more than three years, Frantix managed to release two 7" EPs and a cassette-only collection of demos, all of which are included on My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic, along with a fistful of previously unreleased live material. 

Musically, Frantix weren't strikingly unique, but their attitude and ferocity really didset them apart (as did the paint-peeling tone of Rick Kulwicki's guitar), and the bitter honesty of the best tunes here -- particularly the title track, which later became a staple of Mudhoney's live sets, and the scene satire "Dancin' to Punk" -- make it clear these guys weren't messing around. Several members of Frantix would later go on to form one of Denver's best-ever rock bands, the Fluid, but if these guys gained a better command of the rudiments of rock & roll with the passage of time, they already had a healthy surplus of energy and attitude, and My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic is a rough-hewn portrait of a great punk band in action.

Tracklist:

1          Face Reality
2          Cat/Mouse
3          Sharin Sharon
4          New Questions
5          My Dad's A Fucking Alcoholic
6          Car
7          You're Hill
8          My Das's Dead
9          Dancin' To Punk
10        New Questions
11        Static Cling
12        FM Ear
13        Static Cling
14        Paths Unknown
15        Tomorrow
16        Interstellar Overdrive Written-By [Uncredited] – Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett
17        Face Reality
18        Cat/Mouse
19        My Dad's Dead
20        We Noticed
21        Car
22        Near Future
23        My Dad's A Fucking Alcoholic

Shipping will be $4.75.