No Questions Asked (album)

No Questions Asked
Studio album by the Flesh Eaters
Released	1980
Studio	Program Recorders, Los Angeles Mental Ward
Genre	Punk rock garage punk[1]
Length	24:20
Language	English
Label	Upsetter
Producer	Chris D.
The Flesh Eaters chronology
Flesh Eaters (1978) No Questions Asked (1980) A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1981)

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AllMusic	[1]

No Questions Asked is the first studio album by Los Angeles punk rock band the Flesh Eaters, released in 1980 on Upsetter Records.[nb 1][2][3]

Critical reception

According to reviewer Joseph Neff from The Vinyl District:

"The Flesh Eaters’ [early output was] good, but flirtations with greatness arrived on the 1980 long-player No Questions Asked, [Chris] Desjardins refining a vocal approach comparable to a wilder West Coast Richard Hell."[4]

For his part, Jay Hinman from Perfect Sound Forever, was of the view that:

"... The album suffers a wee bit from muted production and some discontinuity, which is not particularly surprising given that eight musicians rotated through 14 short tracks ... The sound is sharp, static bursts of punk heat, dressed up with Chris’ phantasmagoric visions of plagues, hemorrhages and rabid cops. The sound is best represented on tracks like "Impossible Crime", "Dominoes" and "Police Gun Jitters" ... It’s worth noting that Desjardins’s tales were repeatedly inspired by B-movies (the name of the band being a prime example ...),[4] with a ghoulishness particularly heard in the lyrics of this LP. No Questions Asked marked the end of the first wave of the Flesh Eaters, and gave birth to the all-star roots/voodoo combo of 1981’s A Minute to Pray, A Second To Die."[5]

Reissues

In February 2004, Atavistic Records released a remastered edition on CD[nb 2][6][7] of the original record, which was extended with ten bonus tracks, including the entire four-song debut EP Flesh Eaters from 1978,[nb 3][8] the three cuts contributed by the band to the Tooth and Nail compilation in 1979,[nb 4][9] and three previously unreleased demo recordings from 1978.[6][10] Mark Wheaton was in charge of the mastering at Catasonic Studios in Echo Park, California.

Track listings

1980 LP release

All tracks are written by Chris Desjardins, except where noted

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sleeping Sickness"		Stan Ridgway	1:42
2.	"Jesus Don't Come Through the Cotton"	Judith Bell, Fredo Sutton		0:54
3.	"Police Gun Jitters"			1:34
4.	"Dynamite Hemorrhage"		Stan Ridgway	1:33
5.	"Ten Inch Razor"		John Curry, Scott Lasken	2:06
6.	"Kiss on My Cheek" (spoken word)			0:13
7.	"Suicide Saddle"			1:49

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Cry Baby Killer"		4:16
2.	"Dominoes"		1:54
3.	"Crazy Boy"	Joe Ramirez	2:09
4.	"The Child Comes First"		1:16
5.	"Home of the Brave"		1:07
6.	"Impossible Crime"		1:50
7.	"No Questions Asked"	Stan Ridgway	1:57
Total length:			24:20

2004 remastered CD edition

The extended version contained 10 bonus tracks: 15 to 17 were originally released as part of the 1979 Tooth and Nail compilation, 18 to 21 were originally released in 1978 as the four-song EP Flesh Eaters, and 22 to 24 are previously unreleased material.

All tracks are written by Desjardins, except where noted

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sleeping Sickness"		Stan Ridgeway	1:42
2.	"Jesus Don't Come Through the Cotton"	Judith Bell, Fredo Sutton		0:54
3.	"Police Gun Jitters"			1:36
4.	"Dynamite Hemorrhage"		Stan Ridgeway	1:32
5.	"Ten Inch Razor"		John Curry, Scott Lasken	2:09
6.	"Kiss on My Cheek" (spoken word)			0:14
7.	"Suicide Saddle"			1:50
8.	"Cry Baby Killer"			4:20
9.	"Dominoes"			1:56
10.	"Crazy Boy"		Joe Ramirez	2:10
11.	"The Child Comes First"			1:17
12.	"Home of the Brave"			1:08
13.	"Impossible Crime"			1:50
14.	"No Questions Asked"		Stan Ridgeway	1:57

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
15.	"Word Goes Flesh"	John Doe, Pat Garrett, Don Bonebrake	2:30
16.	"Pony Dress"		2:20
17.	"Version Nation"		1:53
18.	"Disintegration Nation"		1:53
19.	"Agony Shorthand"	Ramirez	2:00
20.	"Radio Dies Screaming"	Curry, Lasken	2:09
21.	"Twisted Road"		1:34
22.	"Disintegration Nation" (demo version)		1:55
23.	"Agony Shorthand" (demo version)		1:53
24.	"Twisted Road" (demo version)		1:32
Total length:			44:14

Personnel

The Flesh Eaters Chris Desjardins (best known as Chris D.) – Vocals Joe Ramirez – Guitar Pat Garrett – Guitar (track B1) John Richey – Bass (A1, A3 to A5, B2 to B5, B7) John Doe – Bass (A2, A7, B1, B6) Karla "Maddog" Barrett – Drums (A1, A3 to A5, B2) Don Bonebrake – Drums (A2, A7, B1, B6) Joe Nanini – Drums (B3 to B5, B7) Judith Bell (credited as V) – Backing vocals (A2, A4, A5, B6, B7) Exene Cervenka – Bracelets and 8 ball 2004 bonus tracks personnel Chris Desjardins – Vocals Pat Garrett – Guitar (15, 16) John Doe – Bass (15, 16) Don Bonebrake – Drums (15, 16) Exene Cervenka – Backing vocals (15, 16) John Curry – Guitar (17 to 21) Scott Lasken – Bass (17 to 21) Dennis Walsh – Drums (17 to 21) Judith Bell (credited as V) – Backing vocals (17) Tito Larriva – Guitar (22 to 24) John Richey – Bass (22 to 24) Joe Nanini – Drums (22 to 24)

Production Randolph J. Stevens – Executive in charge of production Chris Desjardins – Production, graphic design (front cover) Judith Bell – Graphic design (back cover, disc labels) Larry Duhart – Engineering[nb 5] Zamp – Engineering[nb 6] Larry Boden – Mastering Additional production (2004 CD edition) Chris Desjardins – Co-production (15, 16), remixing (17), mixing (22 to 24)[nb 7] Judith Bell – Co-production (15, 16) Zamp – Engineering (15, 16)[nb 6] Randy Stodola – Co-production (17 to 21), production (22 to 24), engineering (17 to 24)[nb 8] Flesheaters – Co-production (17 to 21) Mark Wheaton – Mastering[nb 7] Byron Coley – Liner notes

Notes

1. Upsetter #UPCJ 34
2. Atavistic #ALP143CD
3. Upsetter #UPSET 8
4. Upsetter #UP WR 1&2
5. At Program Recorders Studios in Hollywood, California.
6. At Mental Ward Studios.
7. At Catasonic Studios in Echo Park, California.
8. At Alleycat House, Stodola's four-track home studio.

References

1. Campbell, Al. "No Questions Asked: AllMusic Review by Al Campbell". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
2. No Questions Asked. AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
3. No Questions Asked, 1980 LP release cover art Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. Record Collectors of the World Unite. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
4. Neff, Joseph (July 24, 2014). "Graded on a Curve: The Flesh Eaters, A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die". The Vinyl District. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
5. Hinman, Jay (January, 2001). "The Flesh Eaters: Heavy Punk Thunder from the Lake of Burning Fire" Archived 2001-04-20 at the Wayback Machine. Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
6. No Questions Asked, 2004 CD reissue. AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
7. No Questions Asked, 2004 CD reissue cover art Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. Record Collectors of the World Unite. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
8. The Flesh Eaters, Flesh Eaters, 1978 7-inch EP release cover art Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. Record Collectors of the World Unite. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
9. Various artists, Tooth and Nail, 1979 LP cover art Archived 2016-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. Record Collectors of the World Unite. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
10. Jelly, Kames (July 27, 2009). "L.A. Punk Vol. 3- The Flesh Eaters". New Jersey Noise. Retrieved May 20, 2016

External links

• No Questions Asked. AllMusic.
• No Questions Asked. Discogs.
• No Questions Asked. Rate Your Music.