No Hidden Messages

by The Faction

No Hidden Messages cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1983
  • Label: IM Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 21:32
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The only full-length LP by San Jose band The Faction, 'No Hidden Messages' was first pressed in an edition of 1,000 copies on black vinyl, with professional skateboarder Steve Caballero on bass. Its song 'Skate and Destroy' became the defining anthem of skate punk, circulated through skate parks and early skate videos, and was later featured on the soundtrack to 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'.

Genres

Descriptors: political, male-vocals, fast, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Being Watched (2:27)
  2. Lost in Space (2:07)
  3. Skate & Destroy (1:49)
  4. Change of Pace (2:26)
  5. Running Amok (2:31)
  6. Why Save the Whales (2:21)
  7. Fast Food Diet (0:57)
  8. Not Mine (2:44)
  9. Since I Was a Kid (1:34)
  10. Beyond the Mirror (2:31)

Credits

  • Steve Sargenti - engineer

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