ENDLESS STRUGGLE LP
Label: Rabid Cat Records
Cat. #: 005
Released: 1985

1. You Got a Right
2. Face Down In the Dirt
3. Victory
4. On the Crooked Edge
5. Impact
6. Endless Struggle
7. Coming Down
8. Get Mad
9. Inside the Middle
10. Trials and Tribulations
11. Do or Die
12. When Push Comes to Shove
13. You Keep Me Hanging On

LYRICS
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Offenders es un grupo claramente menospreciado en la historia del hardcore, seguramente por que nunca llegaron a ser tan conocidos como otros grupo de Texas como MDC o DRI. Pero si escuchas este disco te daras cuenta de que es uno de los mejores de los 80. El bajo sencillamente no para de hacer escalas imposibles, y la bateria hace un ritmo extraño pero perfecto. Si tuviera que destacar una cancion me quedaria con "Impact," por sus poderoso cambios. Lo unico que falla minimamente es quizas la voz que te puede llegar a parecer algo monotona despues de escuchar el disco varias veces, pero aun asi este disco es de lo mejor que puedes encontrar en el Hardcore.
-CARLOS

This is a solid LP - a big improvement over the Offenders' first 12", both in terms of songwriting (and diverity) and recording quality. The band tightened up on their faster thrash tunes and wrote a bunch of mid-tempo songs to balance it out. The record starts off with the melodic intro-anthem "You Got a Right" and rips right into a sped-up version of "Face Down In the Dirt", their classic track from the P.E.A.C.E. compilation. The rest of the LP continues in similar fashion, only letting up for the 5 min+ epic "Endless Struggle" (complete with Hammond organ intro) at the end of side one.
-CHRIS

A highly-evolved metal beast has now been added to the Offenders' MDC-like thrash attack. J.J. definitely still has the Dave MDC staccato delivery and sound to his voice. The lyrics are fairly simple, conveying their violent emotional views, mostly chronicling the endless struggle of life. The metal sound is mostly used as a powerful swirling and surging undercurrent that is propelled by the bass. They are fast but they can and do slow a bit to build the tension.
-Thomas, from Ink Disease #10, 1986
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