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Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself Analysis

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On August 29, 1979, the day after Ron Reyes joined them on drums, replacing Johh Stielow, The Tourists changed their name to Red Cross. A few days later, the reformed band went into a recording studio for their first time, together with Joe Nolte, leader of The Last, who produced the session at Media Art Studios in Hermosa Beach, California on September 6, 1979. However, when Red Cross went with Posh Boy Records, Robbie Fields didn't like the Nolte recordings, and made most of the songs were redone. Only one of the cuts from the Nolte session would be later released. The "Rich Brat" song was featured on Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself, a compilation issued in 1982 on New Underground

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