LA's Wasted Youth
| Wasted Youth | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | LA's Wasted Youth |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres |
Hardcore punk Crossover Thrash (later) |
| Years active | 1981–1988 |
| Associated acts |
Velvet Revolver Danzig Queens of the Stone Age Goatsnake Zilch Sugartooth Savage Republic |
| Past members | Chett Lehrer Jeff Long Allen Stiritz Danny Spira Paul Rossi Jeff Dahlgren |
Wasted Youth (also known as LA's Wasted Youth) was a hardcore punk band in the early 1980s from Los Angeles, California. The band followed in the footsteps of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks. It was a prominent and popular act among the Los Angeles punk underground. Other bands active in the early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene were The Adolescents, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Agent Orange, and The Stains.
Footage of the original lineup (1981-1983) can be seen in the film Slog Movie, which is a film documenting the Orange County punk scene.
The original members of Wasted Youth were Chett Lehrer, Jeff Long, Allen Stiritz, and Danny Spira.
The band's first album Reagan's In, is in the early West Coast hardcore punk music style. It is known for the Pushead artwork of Ronald Reagan on the front cover. The back of the album features Edward Colver's photograph of an upside down stagediver in midair. Though this album consists of ten tracks, it is less than fifteen minutes long.
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