Government Issue | Finale | CD

Government Issue, often referred to as G.I., was a punk rock band from Washington, D.C., active from 1980 to 1989. The group began as a hardcore punk band and gradually incorporated more melodic and alternative rock influences. The band's frontman died in May 2016 after a battle with stomach cancer.

This 2022 reissue on Audio Platter is a one disc CD album of live recordings by Government Issue, released under licence from Dr. Strange Records. The recordings were made live on KFJC-FM in California on 11 October 1988, at The Ritz in New York City on 5 February 1988, and at The Scorpion at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania on 19 April 1989. Credited musicians include John Stabb Schroeder on vocals, Tom Lyle on guitar, J. Robbins on bass and Peter Moffett on drums.

Track List

1. Strange Wine
2. Where You Live
3. Blending In
4. Understand
5. Better Than Tv
6. Jaded Eyes
7. Mad At Myself
8. Beyond
9. Wishing
10. The Price
11. Public Stage
12. Connecticut
13. It Begins Now
14. Last Forever
15. Wishing
16. Another Day
17. Understand
18. The Price
19. They Know
20. Beyond
21. Mad At Myself
22. Forever
23. Say Something
24. Visions And
25. Caring Line
26. Hole In The Scene
27. Where You Live
28. Rabbits
29. Land Of Me