All Systems Go 3 is a compilation album by the San Diego, Californiarock band Rocket from the Crypt, released by Vagrant Records and Swami Records August 28, 2008, nearly three years following the band's breakup.[1] It collects songs recorded from 1997 to 2000 on 8-track in the band's practice space. Many of the tracks were previously unreleased and became available for the first time on this album.[1]All Systems Go 3 includes contributions from original drummer Atom Willard as well as Chris Prescott and Tony DiPrima, both of whom filled in after Willard left the group in 1999.[1]
Singer/guitarist John Reis describes the album as "violent, aggressive and thuggish stuff and to me sounds much better now in retrospect than when we originally were recording these demos...Thematically, musically, etc. it's all very period to an undocumented part of the bands history...I really believe if the band was still around, we would make a record at least sonically similar to ASG 3."[1]
The album is the third in the band's series of rarities compilations, the first having been released in 1993 and the second in 1999. A fourth and final installment is being prepared and will consist of a CD/DVD combination package.[1]
Track listing
"Falling Down Stairs" - 2:01
"Total Bummer" - 3:01
"Chariots on Fire" (demo) - 2:36
"Little Shaver" - 3:51
"Canyon Killer" - 1:53
"Don't Wanna Be Touched" - 3:04
"Orange County" - 2:57
"Pictures of Lenny" - 1:33
"Man Down" - 0:34
"Summer Survivor" - 2:58
"Luck is the New 13" - 2:38
"Tiger Mask" (instrumental) - 2:10
"When in Rome (Do the Jerk)" (demo) - 4:03
"Dick on a Dog" (demo) - 3:10
"Dynamite!" - 2:51
"Due Warning" - 2:54
"The Whip" - 2:51
"Come on Everybody" - 1:17
"No Way at All" - 1:34
"This Way Out" (originally performed by Wall of Voodoo) - 2:49
"Falling Down Stairs" was recorded in 1996 or 1997 and was influenced by Discharge.
"Total Bummer" is an early version of "Wrong and Important", which was released on the compilation album Free the West Memphis 3 in 2000.
"Chariots on Fire" was recorded with Chris Prescott on drums and appeared on the Vagrant Records compilation Another Year on the Streets in 2000. A re-recorded version appeared on the UK release of Group Sounds.
The lyrics to "Canyon Killer" were inspired by the fact that the band's rehearsal space, called Drag Racist Studios, was located in a mostly undeveloped basin that frequently had to be evacuated due to flooding or fire.
