Government Issue | The Fun Just Never Ends | LP

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.

The Fun Just Never Ends is a vinyl LP reissue of the 1985 album by Government Issue, released by Dr. Strange Records on 22 December 2023. The reissue is remastered and adds four alternate and out-take songs from the band's vaults that had not been released before. John Stabb Schroeder provides vocals, and the producers are Brian Baker and Government Issue.

Track List

Side A

1. Fun and Games
2. Written Word
3. Mad at Myself
4. The Next Time
5. Bored to Death
6. Message to a Friend (Out-take)
7. Mad at Myself

Side B

1. Vanity Fair
2. World Caved In
3. Massacre
4. Trapped
5. World Caved In (Hit & Run Version)
6. Vanity Fair (Alternate Take)