@figfarmer Minutemen taking a step towards Ministry

@tiny rick! Or is the guitar doing the same thing as the bass lol

Funny enough he mostly uses a guitar amp, a marshall i think.

Pounding on your heart like the fist of God.

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE Can I smoke some of whatever you're smoking?

tiny rick! - other way round, the songs were written on bass.

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE You shouldn't generalize like that. I've known a couple of curly headed guys that wern't too bad. ;-)

@figfarmer "Like Motorhead went to art school."

Just thinking that.  Other than that I'm getting a Frank Zappa meets speed metal vibe from it.

To be fair, it's doing the same thing as the guitar. But yes, freaking good


This album Wrong was so far ahead of its time. This math rock hardcore stuff could easily be mistaken for something out of the late 90's or 00's. Does this really sound like something that was recorded in the 80's? This may be one of the most underrated bands ever.

They beat Systom to it! Great album! Great Canadian band! Got another one! Canada churns out the artists! It's the cold eh!

as others have said in this comment thread, this sound to me is mid-80s and I wouldn't put this album as "ahead of its time" as nomeans no was doing things similar to this for the entirety of the 80s. check out "you kill me" ep, there were a lot of bands doing the same thing. check the bands that played with them. a lot a parallels to the chicago / louisville / dc scene

@aye b0ss 1989 still means recorded in the 80s. At my age, actual dates and time tend to flow together. I'm not trying to split hairs, just trying to point out this album was ahead of its time. Years later it was almost as if certain musicians were directly influenced by NoMeansNo.

This one came out in early 90s but I understand your sentiment

This one came out in early 90s but I understand your sentiment

I agree, this sounds more at home with the late 90s post hardcore scene

@Dan M Keep going dude. You'll find they're punks and prophets. This is some real shit here! I would LOVE to be where you are right now, hearing nomeansno for the first time. I'm genuinely excited for you dude!

I've never heard these guys before. You're right, this is from the 80s? That's crazy. It reminds me of like a combination between minutemen and Dead Kennedys. I'm only on the first track though.

@Mike Graham Clockcleaner, AFrames...late 70s aussies X have a heavy bass/drum sound.  they dont sound the same, but are unique sounding that rely on the rhythm section while the guitar/vocals are free to do their own thing. Lamps, too.

@kollo duke hell yeah!  OM is bass and drums, the rhythm section of Sleep who, while totally different, used chords.  90s band Some Velvet Sidewalk appear in Hype! probably the most definitive movie soundtrack also a 2 piece without guitar, but Big Boys, Stranglers and especially Australia's X were all bass driven by standout bassists--i think its unfair to call NMN mathy or proggy.  Big Boys could nail an early Kool and the Gang cover alongside a driving skate punk powerhouse.  At least with Andy Kerr, it was ultimately a punk band who could play and crossed the usual boundaries.  They are, especially at this point, distinctive.  Mr Bungle...i dunno, but post-hardcore would be just as much a slap in the face.  As far as Alternative Tentacles---the label didnt really have a "sound".

@KOBKED-X hell yeah.  check out the enigmatic (rick "didjit" sims couldnt hide that voice) Lee Harvey Oswald Band "A Taste of Prison" and "Blastronaut" lps on Touch and Go

@lazarus_85 its not math...maybe some stuff before it, but its just well played bulldozer punk.  (i just made that up).  Its unique, but they werent reinventing the wheel.  they could play better than most, but they werent an island.

i always liked this one because it was getting away from the previous albums jazzy-math songs...just because they could play doesnt make it mathy.  its more straight forward punk.  Big Boys, Minutemen were examples of bass heavy punk that were bands that could really play well.  i think NoMeansNo really peaked here, thats not to say they went down...but this one is just unstoppable...song after song, no let up.

An arbitrary timeframe measured in units of ten doesn't create music, human beings do.

@lotusflowerdeathstar This isn't Nomeansno's first album...

@lotusflowerdeathstar This isn't Nomeansno's first album...

Rapeman did their debut in ‘88 man. It’s a good album but by no means is it a first for the genre. scratch acid was also around

check out some of the Big Boys (Texas punk band who flirted with funk and covered Kool and the Gang...).  And Scratch Acid, they did re-invent the wheel, they are a lot of things, they just happen to be better musicians than most...but not the Big Boys.  Check out their cover of Hollywood Swinging, and I Do Care and Lesson...definitely not math rock.  Punk played by serious musicians, jazzy like Minutemen...a unique sounding band, but more people need to hear Big Boys...early 80s Texas skate punk.

@lotusflowerdeathstar Jello had a technical guitarist in DK named 6025.  listen to his songs...Forward to Death, Ill  in the Head...Straight A's...he left and became a prog musician who is rumored to have been in the mysterious Residents.  he was gone after FreshFruit with the original drummer, and they never topped that album//early singles...the 5 piece was totally unique and never the same, as they fell into the hardcore sound soon after.  this is NoMeansNo not overdoing the jazzy stuff...powerful, punk and what music writers call "angular"..but some songs are punk blasters.  their best, imo.  Hanson Brothers are awesome, too...way more powerful than Fugazi who were kinda boring after awhile.  apples and Oranges.  organic.  of course.

Well, THAT depends on WHAT your thinking of by 80s music. Now there were UNDERGROUND groups of the THAT DECADE like The Minutemen and Black Flag that were a little like THIS. But if your thinking Michael Jackson, Madonna, Sting, Huey Lewis, U2, Bon Jovi, and THAT lot then I can see you getting THAT impression.

@Wicked Lee all in the same era... i saw victimsfamily together with nomeansno AND Alice donut

@Wicked Lee all bands that started in the 80s btw

@Wicked Lee all bands that started in the 80s btw

@Mark Preston true, can't remember anyone back then saying "gee, that band surely sucks!".  Most folks weren't used to this high level of musicianship in the punk scene but they got enough props.

@Jesse Estrada yeah 8 songs and margin walker

@Jesse Estrada yeah 8 songs and margin walker

@lotusflowerdeathstar What other rock group or musician was doing anything like this? If you know of any other bands like this I'd love to hear.

@G_Beri if you want to ignore all context given, okay, you're the guardian of truth

@lotusflowerdeathstar nobody was doing anything like this in 89' period.

The vocals definitely keep in the 80s imo. The vocals have that olds 80s hardcore sounds, like early henry rollins in black flag. but I agree everything else sounds super 90's.

@Wicked Lee  all great and all on my epic playlist for all time,  I saw Alice D , NoMeansNo many times and saw Victims Family once sadly.. but they are one of my faves !

math rock hardcore? never heard of this genre...its hardcore but not quite the agnostic front/hatebreed/dropkick murphys sounding hardcore...NMN is more like Black Flag (Angry Punk)

shurdi3 in spirit yes, sound not as much in my opinion. Minutemen are great too...If you haven't seen "we jam econo" check it out. mm documentary

@Wicked Lee honestly, I feel like there's a definite minutemen influence in this album

It is such a fantastic album. As someone above pointed out: not so much underrated, since most people who know it will sing its praises, but not as well known as it should be. I wouldn't go so far as to call it obscure.

@Jamie Aylward I'm hoping the hammered hulls lp doesn't disappoint

@Jamie Aylward I'm hoping the hammered hulls lp doesn't disappoint

there were other bass heavy post hardcore punk bands going at the time- but nomeanso were on alternative tentacles at the height of that label’s success (and prior), and you could actually get their records- bands like Ruins (from japan) were doing crazy, tightly composed bass driven noise rock as well during the era that this came out, as well as pre Man is the Bastard bands Cyclops and Pissed Happy children.

NOMEANSNO is not 'underrated' they are obscure.

NOMEANSNO is not 'underrated' they are obscure.

Check out alternative tv , unless of course you already have it ? lol

Check out alternative tv , unless of course you already have it ? lol

@Mike Graham 98 moch orange 90s Danzig did waiting room for fungzi

@Mike Graham *98 moch orange* 90s *Danzig did waiting room for fungzi*

@lotusflowerdeathstar remember that 13 songs it's a compilation, the first Fugazi EP is from 87 if I'm not mistaking

If it was 83 sure, but it's 89, the year 13 Songs by Fugazi came out. They were very earIy on in the styIe, but by no means they were so ahead of time Iike your perceptions suggest.<br>And this was out via AIternative TentacIes, which is JeIIo's IabeI and you can cIearIy teII it's a IogicaI evoIution of the Kennedys' sound.

If it was 83 sure, but it's 89, the year 13 Songs by Fugazi came out. They were very earIy on in the styIe, but by no means they were so ahead of time Iike your perceptions suggest.
And this was out via AIternative TentacIes, which is JeIIo's IabeI and you can cIearIy teII it's a IogicaI evoIution of the Kennedys' sound.

@Wicked Lee  I love all of em..and the Didjits too!

@Wicked Lee  I love all of em..and the Didjits too!

it's technical but i don't consider it math

it's technical but i don't consider it math

Mike Graham Victim's Family,<br>Minutemen, Alice Doughnut

Mike Graham Victim's Family,
Minutemen, Alice Doughnut

What bands sound like this? Especially from the 00's?

What bands sound like this? Especially from the 00's?


How the FUCK did these guys not take over the entire world?? "Rags and Bones" and "The End of All things" are seriously two of the greatest songs ever. The whole album is excellent. They should have as least as big a following as Fugazi did. I mean, Fugazi are great too, but these guys are superior in my opinion.

@lonewizzard its possible to appreciate both, both were tight af punk musicians

Yes, praise for one amazing band includes putting down another great one, you know who you are. Good god...

Basically, the were a Canadian band before the year 2001. That is one of the primary reasons lol

this album blows away Fugazi, let off the prog punk pedal...its perfect.  Oh No Bruno too progressive?

the holy trinity is fugazi , nomeansno and shellac .

@Rodger Groyim you listened to 0 + 2 = 1?

Raymond Arcangel their other albums are not on par with this one. that might be why

@iwanxxx  fugazi was 20 years ago  poland c mon now  lol ,  you have great  food

Here in Poland they probably have bigger following then Fugazi

@redshaftedflicker Mediocre? Preachy, yes, but mediocre? Blimey....


I got to play on the same bill with these guys when they were touring for this record.  As soon as they started "It's Catching Up," the whole place just went insane, and nothing stopped until they'd finished the whole album.  One of the greatest live bands I've ever seen.

@Bill Davis - No.  It was a warehouse space in Dayton, Ohio.  I don't know if there was a name for it, but if there was, it might've been "The New Space" or something with "12x12" in it.

For this show, it was The Oxymorons -- Dayton, OH.

Did you play at the commodore with them? That's where I saw them touring this album

Same! I saw them in salt lake city at the speedway cafe at least 3 times. Their shows were always sold out with tons of people listening outside. Ugh 😫 i miss real punk rock!

@ Patrick Jones  Kool 👍What band were you in

I saw them many many times in our mutual home town of Victoria BC Canada o7


I'm so grateful one of my best buddies in the world turned me onto NoMeansNo. If you like Minutemen, Fugazi, Pere Ubu, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, or any other punk-influenced group that relies heavily on technical prowess in the rhythm section, then you can't go wrong here.

or Jesus Lizard/Shellac/This Heat/the Ex

this album was one of mike pattons favorites

@Dave Anchovies would you believe me if I told you my phone auto corrected Cleveland to Akron?  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

@John T id LOVE to forget Primus.  Primus is obnoxious, post-Frizzle fry.  i figured they'd get name dropped, but really not a good reference point. How about the Stranglers instead?

There's a band from Cleveland called Devo that you might enjoy!🙊

Check out Zounds and Wipers as well. You can only go wright.

...yeah that was lame.


From door stuck to NoMeansNo, a hell of an evolution

holy shit this IS the guy who posted the door stuck video. crazy.


Everyone comments on the bassist's talent and rightly so, but to my ears the real superstar in the band is the drummer. Those are some of the most complex drum lines I've ever heard in rock music. Absolutely insane.

Maybe some of the comments on here focus on the bass, but generally John Wright is recognized as one of the best punk drummers of all time and really a world-class drummer more broadly. Dave Grohl refers to him as one of his favorite  and most influential drummers.


Really wish this was on spotify, one of the best punk albums I've ever heard


two years ago i was wearing my NoMeansNo shirt and i randomly passed out while on the stairs and nearly gave myself a concussion. went to the ER and they did an EKG to see if it was a heart thing. in came a dude covered in tattoos who saw my shirt and we talked about music while he put electrodes on my body. i was fine btw.

Not surprised and I believe your story 100%

Must. Edit. now.
I stand by my assertion you are telling the truth. My 52 year old Detroit born hillbilly self says so and that's enough. For those of you who don't believe, then you haven't died yet...yet.

It's possible you had a panic attack.  Assuming this isn't one of those recycled YouTube comments, I'm glad all was okay for you (and possibly making a new friend as well).

Heart conditions are no joke.

Out from the pic corner comes One of those Time Lords whose' sudden<br>appearance is to bandaid

Out from the pic corner comes One of those Time Lords whose' sudden
appearance is to bandaid

@skate n destroy totally impossible that people have medical conditions which lead to suddenly losing consciousness

So, Pots dysautonomia? Is that what made you faint?

Try waking up out of a COMA. Especially having three surgeries inside of my own cranium. Not just that, but this took place on 8/23/88.

I forwarded this to the various band members and, their 2 live sound guys and, the studio engineer who recorded most of their albums. BEST COMMENT EVER!<br>(Hopefully getting passed on to John and Rob via Tom H or Chris Crud. Sent to Andy too!)

I forwarded this to the various band members and, their 2 live sound guys and, the studio engineer who recorded most of their albums. BEST COMMENT EVER!
(Hopefully getting passed on to John and Rob via Tom H or Chris Crud. Sent to Andy too!)

I followed your advice and now I always wear my metal shirts when I go to the hospital.

Punk heeds are more resiliant than any one elses fact ! Thats why i think i have rhino dna , heeeehaaeaaa..lol..

Oh wow. Glad youre okay but thats an awesome story.

@Oystein Martin Tvedt Agreed, it is a cool story.

If i was doing an EKG on a kid with a nomeansno shirt, i would be like "0 + 2 = 1"


Man, such a classic album that my neighbours listen to this album often. Whether they like it or not.

sometimes my neighbor (yeah, i spelled like a yank) asks what i was playing around 5 am...he liked it.  i thought he was being passive aggro, but he writes it down and scurries away.

some kind of music is getting better if you hear it loud :-)

MINE TOO ! HAHA HE THINKS I LISTEN TO GRINGE MUSIC RATHER THAN GRUNGE ..LOL

I'm your neighbor, and i live 5 and a half miles down the road from you. And there is a freeway and an Ampitheater between us.

My upstairs neighbour loves this album so much he dances to it really loud, his timing is a bit off but you cant blame him with all the signature changes in the songs

I've seen this comment multiple times and i think there might be a conspiracy here

@pedrao420 I'm such a nice bloke, that not only do I give great music for free, I give free concerts.  By my reckoning, I have some serious residuals coming my way.  Plus a few heartfelt apologies that I may or may not indulge in. That shall depend on my mood at the time. I do suspect that there shall be many fornication's that were supplied in a general fashion, all of which  were heartfelt, yet ultimately directionless for they failed to meet their destination. Yet not being the acknowledged recipient, I can not be entirely sure of said desired delivery. I can only attest to my soul fueled desirations. Perhaps I shall inquire of my new neighbors as to my said efficacy?

I am moving in and out and in your neighborhood.

mine also. they love it so much they even call the cops to listen too

I remember when this was new I was living in Mission Beach.  Others asked if it was 'Red Hot Chili' or something.  I saw this tour in San Diego.  Saw NOMEANSNO about 45 times.

I almost commented halfway thru your comment to say how cool it must be to have neighbors that like the same music...silly me

Hey, I know you! Sega Saturn and NoMeansNo. Good taste, man.


Nomeansno, Minuteman, Firehose, Primus, Mr Bungle, Infectious Grooves, Tortoise, Slint, Shellac,  really took the attention from frontmen and guitarists, and switched it to the rhythm section...and also how else you could employ the band combo, the Genre based format, into something totally original... it feels like today folks just gave up... Opting to do an "homage"retro reconstruction of "rock encyclopaedia" notables. The search for originality changed focus toward the "producer", which generally loses the visceral, interaction between performers and crowd. I remember this album being ridiculously compressed; virtually no dynamic range, louder than whatever else preceding or following it, in those heady tape compilation days... but here we are, 3 dudes, playing their asses off, tight as fuck, thunderous and implacable. Freaking awesome!

Fugazi too. And IDLES are holding down that tradition today. Best rhythm section around these days.


Still one of my favourite bands if not the favourite. I remember the 1st time (1st of many) I saw them live back in the beginning of the 90's when Rob walked on stage and started fiddling with his bass and me thinking "man, that's an old roadie". Next thing the other two come on stage as well, Rob grabs the mike and says "Hi, we're NoMeansNo and we're here to play for you." The wall of sound they produced for the next 2 hours was not too bad for a bunch of old farts. The next day I'm walking to the train station in my new NMN T-shirt when a voice calls out "Hey man, nice shirt". So I turn around and there's Rob sitting outside a bar having a cup of coffee. He asks me if I want to join him, which I of course do and we sat there chatting away for the best part of an hour. Needles to say I missed my train but also needles to say I didn't give a flying F, plenty of trains but not too many opportunities to talk to one of your favourite artists.

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE To birg or not to birg, that is the question. We just knocked back a few and talked about life and what is right. Like 0+2=1, race that to the finish line at a dead run. You bitter man, I don't like to see you cry, you're alone and I know why. When does so much become so little and when does too little become too much? It was Mama's t-shirt btw, yellow on blue, Total Goombah! Always a lass....I was once on my way to visit this woman I knew, Victoria, what a bitch and always pissed. All we had in common was good sex.....only two lips two lungs and one tongue, well, you know what it's like when you just found out your girlfriend is a robot. Your older brother and his missus....newly weds, nearly deads, that would make a man bitter. Real love is scary, you try to hide when it looks for you because it don't care about me or you, not real love. Maybe it's better to be a brainless wonder....I need lunch, feed me now... big dick, come quick.......it's easy to rub off on you, be a good machine now. The hero is dead and the children are in bed so let the bells ring out.<br>Don't worry, I don't really think this way, I did yesterday, but not today. Do you know why they call me Mr Happy?

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE To birg or not to birg, that is the question. We just knocked back a few and talked about life and what is right. Like 0+2=1, race that to the finish line at a dead run. You bitter man, I don't like to see you cry, you're alone and I know why. When does so much become so little and when does too little become too much? It was Mama's t-shirt btw, yellow on blue, Total Goombah! Always a lass....I was once on my way to visit this woman I knew, Victoria, what a bitch and always pissed. All we had in common was good sex.....only two lips two lungs and one tongue, well, you know what it's like when you just found out your girlfriend is a robot. Your older brother and his missus....newly weds, nearly deads, that would make a man bitter. Real love is scary, you try to hide when it looks for you because it don't care about me or you, not real love. Maybe it's better to be a brainless wonder....I need lunch, feed me now... big dick, come quick.......it's easy to rub off on you, be a good machine now. The hero is dead and the children are in bed so let the bells ring out.
Don't worry, I don't really think this way, I did yesterday, but not today. Do you know why they call me Mr Happy?


I clicked on this out of curiosity, the music held my interest long enough for me to finish the whole album, damn intense!

allice donut and victims family are also near this level of awesome!

@I guess I'll start using Music reminds me of the Wyatt family

@Jeswin Thomas yeah probably so I mean it reminds me of Erick Rowan's mask

Intense lol!? Is this your first time listening to Punk music?

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Best thing you never heard of wasn't it?

On my first listen it was too intense to finish

welcome , I've been here since "mama" was a demo [in 1981 ish]

Charles Uhli "this band could be your life" :-)

+Eldon B This a life changing band. All I can say.

+Eldon B <br>Hopefully you can still catch them as they've toured for almost a 1/4 century and always make the house jump!

+Eldon B
Hopefully you can still catch them as they've toured for almost a 1/4 century and always make the house jump!

+Eldon B then all purpose was fulfilled :)


I can't believe how good this is.<br>I can't believe i spent most of my life blind to this band. What the hell?!

I can't believe how good this is.
I can't believe i spent most of my life blind to this band. What the hell?!

I hated dem
Even though i saw them 85 montreal
Battalion of saints
Saints gave me ride back to Toronto
Van dura
Punks traveled far n wide
The next gig
Good olde days🖤🚺🚺🇨🇦🇨🇦

I myself am so very happy that I was introduced to this band as early as 1990. Lucky me, unlucky you.

błądzić rzeczą ludzką jest mój przyjacielu :)

@seejayunderscore dude they're just NoMeansNo, an animal unto itself. Incomparable. This album is a masterpiece, they could have just dropped the mic right there.

Yeah brother, best band (and album) you never heard of. So fucking under appreciated with not nearly enough accolades and acknowledgment of it's brilliance. First time a dude played it for my in about 1997 I was all whaaaaaat-THE-fuuuuuuuuck dude!

Nomeansno :Wrong and Minutemen: Double Nickels on a Dime

In my top 10 albums that Is re listenable and in my top fav albums ever

@phroz I agree about NMN... to name my favourite album by them is another matter 'coz I don't think I really can. To me it's a very tough battle between Wrong, Why Do They Call Me  Mr Happy and The Worldhood Of The World (As Such). But man, they were a great band.

Wrong is the type of album that has a "before" and an "after". The kind you remember hearing for the first time.<br>For me it was summer of 95, at the end of a concert/party in a field somewhere. The friend who put the show together played it on the PA shortly before the sun went up. About halfway through The Tower, my drummer - who already knew the album - looked at me and said "I think you have a new favorite record!". He was totally right.

Wrong is the type of album that has a "before" and an "after". The kind you remember hearing for the first time.
For me it was summer of 95, at the end of a concert/party in a field somewhere. The friend who put the show together played it on the PA shortly before the sun went up. About halfway through The Tower, my drummer - who already knew the album - looked at me and said "I think you have a new favorite record!". He was totally right.

i was brought into a Jazz/Punk/Improv band about 9 yrs ago and the Bass player/band leader made me listen to these guys and I had the same reaction as you. how can one of the most important bands of all time go completely ignored ?!?

2018 -& I’m only hearing this now wow 😮 as a bass player & a human with ears, I’m just so embarrassed

they are remarkably underappreciated. i've seen them several times, always as opening bands for punk standards, and they were always the best set. like, by far. i suspect the technically impressive musicianship and sorta eggheadish (at times) lyrics set them apart from punk as a whole. you almost have to qualify their type of punk, though i refuse to do so.

Hanson Brother (band) was a fun off-shoot for them... PUCK ROCK!

They officially broke up and will no longer tour, after 30 years of almost constant touring :( Saw them like 10 times.

Yep --- please let me know who ATDI is tho....  I probably know but not by that initialism.

In my humble opinion NMN are the greatest post hardcore band in history. Yes, I even consider them better than Fugazi and ATDI. Although, Mr Happy is personally my favorite album by them, not Wrong. Wrong is nothing short amazing though.

They didn't break up they just quit music

WAIT did they seriously broke up a few days ago?

+Nate Pike I know that feeling, ahah! <br>Felt the same 2 yrs ago! Now this album is in my top 10, gotta dig this!

+Nate Pike I know that feeling, ahah!
Felt the same 2 yrs ago! Now this album is in my top 10, gotta dig this!


1. It's Catching Up 0:01

2. The Tower 3:28

3. Brainless Wonder 8:40

4. Tired of Waiting 10:11

5. Stocktaking 12:00

6. The End of All Things 15:05

7. Big Dick 20:16

8. Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue 23:29

9. Rags and Bones 25:16

10. Oh No! Bruno! 30:20

11. All Lies 33:25

12. Life in Hell 39:49

13. I Am Wrong 43:45

Bonus Tracks:

14. State of Grace 50:45

15. End of the World 56:13
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Haven't listened to this for 20 years, but I remember every note like that time didn't exist at all.

same. but its been at least 25 years.   awesome.

exactly Malcolm, every note is memorable

me too ! and it was my personnal bass teatcher ^^

same here... many people who love this album know it by heart

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@Charlie Roberts he meant the time between 20 years ago and him listening to the album for the second time

Do you mean like that time existed? Because if it didn't exist ever, you would have no memory of it and therefor couldn't remember.


Over 1,4 million views? Wow! NoMeansNo have been one of my biggest favourite bands since 2013, I am glad to see some well-deserved love towards them, most of the comments warm my heart.


I believe that this is, likely, the best musical punk rock album of all time.

Honestly, I thought this was the best when it came to punk until I heard of a Japanese band called Bleach03. <br>Still such an amazing album.

Honestly, I thought this was the best when it came to punk until I heard of a Japanese band called Bleach03.
Still such an amazing album.

It’s all punk rock really. It’s trite at this point, but still for some reason totally forgotten; punk is not a specific sound. Too many people define punk music into too narrow parameters. The Sex Pistols don’t sound like Talking Heads, Talking Heads don’t sound like Minor Threat, Minor Threat doesn’t sound like Gang of Four, Gang of Four don’t sound like the Cramps, the Cramps don’t sound like the Fall, etc. that’s the whole point. To say Nomeansno is not punk is some internet music critic revisionist shit

What did you think of the Shape of Punk to come?

No, it's very very good, but Big Black is the GOAT my young friend. Steve Albini knows how to coax the most punk out of anyone...

I'd have to give that honor to talking heads 77

Post punk and post hardcore are really essentially the same genre. Both Hardcore and Punk Rock were limited to the same self imposed rules, post punk is really just a larger umbrella term than post hardcore.

If labels are that important then technically it's a Post-Hardcore band. It has the same intensity of a hardcore band, but technically more complex and diverse in sound.

Arguably too progressive to really be punk. Post punk, kinda like the DK. Enough staples to really cement them into the hardcore scene but much like plastic surgery disasters it has too many experimental qualities to really be <b>true</b> punk.

Arguably too progressive to really be punk. Post punk, kinda like the DK. Enough staples to really cement them into the hardcore scene but much like plastic surgery disasters it has too many experimental qualities to really be *true* punk.

OOOH- haven't heard it! >>>runs off to look it up...

This is pretty damn awesome, but I'm gonna have to go with The Shape of Punk to Come musically.

@Contrariwise37 yeah I guess i'm a fanboy  and yeah 1st album equally as good as Deceit, hard to pick which is best, cheers.

+FAST N BULBOUS Not saying This Heat aren't great because they totally are, but considering your profile picture is Deceit I'm gonna have to call you a fanboy, just sayin. also imo This Heat's first album was better

@misternylon yeah I know This heat aren't in the same vein at all, fuck it though i said it, i don't care. the cardiacs do some good progressive punk tracks, make sure u hear them. they are the best band of all.

+Stephen Reeder Besides fast n bulbous - I've never met anyone who would not call nomeansno punk.

+FAST N BULBOUS , WRONG has aged very well and. I got it when it was first released, but when it was released it was very much considered a punk rock record.

+revalesq Not entirely sure if it can be considered a punk album , but musically best album of the time would be This  Heat Deceit.  I've just stumbled across this album just now and it sounds fucking awesomethough, got to say.


The fact that it's not on any other music streaming platform is a crime. It's so good.


30 years later, still one of the best albums ever recorded. So tight, so harsh, so amazing - long live NMN!


Well fucking played! I buried a mate today and he loved a frug with these boys..I needed to hear them too..big thanks. Peace and Love.

Sorry for your loss, mane... Your friend had an excellent taste


My neighbors loved it so much they started banging on the walls! 🤘🏽


2021 "There are somethings that just don't die..."<br>Still the soundtrack of my life!

2021 "There are somethings that just don't die..."
Still the soundtrack of my life!


One of the best albums ever. PERIOD. No discussion possible whatsoever.

I agree, so far one of the bands that speaks for real humans the best. period

I like them all ive got a play list on my channel


27 years? seriously? wow. Still one of my all time favorite albums.


These guys were insanely ahead of their time! Can't believe this came out in 1989 <br>Great stuff, one of NEW my favorite bands. so glad I found out about these guys.

These guys were insanely ahead of their time! Can't believe this came out in 1989
Great stuff, one of NEW my favorite bands. so glad I found out about these guys.

Crank Sinatra Since I assumed you've listen to more of their albums. where would I go after this one? what's a good album to follow this one up with?


This album is a masterpiece from beginning to end.


As amazing as NMN albums are, They are so much more live. Same energy, same precision, same intensity.


Saw these in Berlin in 92/ or 3…never heard of them an old girlfriend took me…holy Jesus…will never forget it..pretty unbeatable live


This album is as old as me and I'm just now hearing it for the first time. My life up until this point feels half-lived.


I had never listen to this kind of punk. So musical, it's crazy. Didn't know that existed.

@gnarly bastard idk if this is "underground" but negative approach is really fucking good

@gnarly bastard <br>I can recommend some pretty heavy Crust Punk bands if ya want

@gnarly bastard
I can recommend some pretty heavy Crust Punk bands if ya want

hey man do you know any underground punk band to recommend


One of my favorite albums, pure timeless beast.

Do you know who else is a pure timeless beast? My mom


this is a perfect album from beginning to end, there is no room for argument on this.....

Daniel Tittyfish your right. The world of  a Lifetime


Summer of 1990, scorching hot evening in Ottawa. One of my favourite shows. Cheers Nomeansno and Wrong is legendary!


Transports me back to 1990. Still a great album after all these years. Ah, the Andy Kerr years really were something special...


This album literally saved me from a panic attack, and helped me reorient myself in the present moment and think for myself. Thanks to the artist and the person who uploaded this.


just stumbled on this band. holy shit this just blew my mind . My balls are in my mouth. One of the best bands iv heard

That expression is certainly new to me. But already long behind you

Sanath Gb saw them live was worth the 12$ ipaid and the 10 buck acid i took

+гคﻮเภﻮς๏ฬฬคŦŦlєz <br>Lol I think I got a little carried away there haha

+гคﻮเภﻮς๏ฬฬคŦŦlєz
Lol I think I got a little carried away there haha


Nice and fresh sound to my ears ..great music


I love the lyrics of this band. And love the bass, drums, lead & rhythm section.


It's great to see that this album has well over a million views. No Means No wasn't one of the world's more famous punk bands, but they were one of the very best, and this album was their masterpiece. I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to see some of their live shows, which were as tight and as energetic as those of the Ramones.

Without disrespecting the Ramones, NoMeansNo pisses them into two halfs.


I love NoMeansNo, Mr Wrong, and the Hanson Brothers.  John and Rob are true originals, amazing musicians and lyricists.

The Hansons are wicked...I've seen them play a few times...makes me proud to be Canadian

@Szymon Nowak I have met them several times in the 90s when I lived in Vancouver. My roomates were on the Wrong Records label and they did a couple of tours with them. My ex-boyfriend owned the studio and actually recorded some of their 7inch records. Very nice guys. Sad that they retired, because musically, they are one of the most talented musicians in punk history

and on top of that they are really cool people to hang out with and puff one. Awesome from start to finish..AND they never sold out. The very best of the Best

Really!! (you look like pipi langkous that's awsome too) :-) x


The most amazing thing about nomeansno is how long they have continued to create great music for. IMO all of their albums are good, and they are still amazing live today. How the fuck can this album have 42 thumbs down? Idiots!


This is as if Zappa did a punk record - very intense, to say the least

@Dave Anchovies Two Lips Two Lungs beautifully, achingly  and economically explores human beings imploding due to communcation failure. Frank was an excellent satirist, but such lyrical subtlety wasn't his strong suit. Oh No Bruno is a straight up punk rock song, of which there are relatively few in their catalog. I feel they add as much complexity to punk rock as one can without the music ceasing to qualify as punk rock.

no way.  zappa couldnt dumb it down for an oh no bruno or two lipstwo lungs...and the tower is more pounding e chord than anything.  no way these guys were into that.  try a band like aframes who relied on a thunderous rhythm section.  it isnt proggy because they can play, some of the best rhythm sections belonged to punk bands.  you wont find better drummers than brian betzger or the original circle jerks short lived bass-drummer.  even the Cures original bassist was nuts.

@David Kelemen No. The Florentine pogen  or the Peaches en Regalia are not.

@KOBKED -X,i've seen them 5 times near Venice(Italy),best gigs of my life.Cheers!

@Francesco Tomasin  I mean it's all subjective of course but for me and many of my friends, who grew up with NoMeansNo in our literal backyard/hometown, they saved my life in many ways, I can never thank them enough for the depth they shared so vibrantly! Saw them first in a shithole [much loved shit hole mind you] The Rats Nest, they played with Black Flag and some other band.. I was a kid still, age 14, they changed my life and then gave it back. When I did my first live performance for pay,  I used their song Getting Started as my backdrop./walkout music, love them as if they were family,and they are in a way

I agree Mr Kobked,no one like them.Legends.

Zappa has always been good but not this good.

@Jakob Nielson,they listened a lot of Frank when they were kids

alll Zappa records are """punk""" records : D


It's Catching Up just might be the finest opening track ever. <3 Certainly the finest opening of any punk album.


Masterpiece is correct. A masterpiece of rock, no matter which way you slice it.


I just realized how a real music sounds like. it's my first time hearing this but it already became one of my top 10 best albums.


Fortunate enough to see them live 3 times as a teenager. UNBELIEVABLE LIVE!! Second half of "Dark Ages" is the best psychedelic punk rock song ever written...love the bass segue.


one of the greatest albums ever..still resonates inside my gray and red ivory mind bowl to this day..awesome band...


I remember seeing them on this tour maybe 1988 in Olympia Wa. at the Reko Muse.  I was blown away.  life changer for sure


Greatest band from Canada ever live !! Imagine seeing them with 2 drummers on stage rocking this brilliance out . I was lucky enough to do that and slam dance to this .


This album  was like a gospel of my teenage years...i was 15 when it came out, and i used to listen to it with my friends repeatedly after high school, every day for a year or two....30 years later i still know it by heart. This mastrpiece is something else...beyond comparison, out of time, one of a kind.

Милан Старчевић


Lyrics of all the songs of the album:

It's Catching Up
The dead walk...
Do you hear that sound?
Do you hear that sound?
Like fingers scratching underground
Do you hear that sound?
That slamming door?
I've fought it all my life
But I can't fight it anymore
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck
How do you hide from
Something you have found?
Do you hear that sound?
That scratching sound?
Is it better to be lost or found?
You can't ignore it
You can't talk it away
You can't drink it away
You can't fuck it away
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck
Give me aslylum, let me in
I am mad, you are my only witness
There are some things that never die
Things that never really were alive
I've shut them out
I've slammed the door
But I can't keep them back
Anymore
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck

The Tower
The sword of truth is just another weapon
Let me live for just one more second
I see a woman, she's holding flowers
A bouquet of roses that are blood red
From a burning building, a man leaps to his death
I stand above these mansions of the dead
Red tombs and above us looms
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye
Radiowaves curve and cross
I stand below them - lost!
Above me is a black obelisk
And the dangers that I risk
Here gather the ghosts of the mind
That tear my heart and here I find
All the traps that have been set
Everything I would forget, beneath
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye
Violence is close at hand
You are damned if you do
And if you don't - damned!
A red eye, tyrant full of hate
Glares from the sky, it's captive state
If it should blink or deviate
A thousand worlds would obliterate
I do not move, nor do I speak
Beneath that hard and pitiless peak
Of concrete, steel and antennae wheels
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye

Tired Of Waiting
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
Tired of waiting, waiting for news
Tired of waiting for things to improve
Tired of waiting, waiting for your letter
Tired of waiting for things to get better
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
Tired of waiting, waiting by the phone
Tired of waiting here all alone
Tired of waiting for something new
Tired of waiting for you
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
I got tired of waiting, waiting in line
Tired of waiting for my clothes to dry
Tired of waiting for this show to begin
I got tired of waiting for my ship to come in
Tired of waiting, waiting for the bus
Tired of waiting for my shoes to get fixed
Tired of waiting, waiting for my cheque
Tired of waiting for a change in the weather
Tired of waiting for the water to boil
Tired of waiting for the paint to dry
Tired of waiting, waiting for a sign
Tired of waiting for my big break
Tired of waiting for the dam to break
Tired of waiting for the bombs to drop
Tired of waiting and waiting and waiting
I got tired of waiting for the end
I got tired of waiting because I found out
There's only a fine line between
Biding one's time and wasting one's site
Do you know what I mean?
I got tired of waiting that's all

Stocktaking
Are you getting what you want?
And are you getting what you need?
I've heard it said that love is truly sacred
But nowhere is it written that it's guaranteed
Who decides what will happen?
And who decides who for?
Is this just a crazy little game?
Or is this just an ugly little war?
Are you sick and tired of the same old things?
Or are you happy enough?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?

The End Of All Things
You are here
I am here
Fear
Bound in fear
We are here
I see here
Nothing
All is clear
Crystal clear
Fear
All that's here
Pain and fear
I see here
Nothing
Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things
All is clear
Nothing's here
Fear
What is fear?
Nothing's here
I see here
Nothing
Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things

Big Dick
Like a monkey in a zoo,
You're half gorilla too
When you pound it with your fist
And make it real stiff
Big Dick
Gotta cover your mistakes
Your bloody out-takes
So you dip it in the wine
And make a holy sign
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick
Well, you're running up a tree
You're trying not to scream
Then you're pounding on your chest
Like you whipped the best
Big Dick
The rivers of the blood
You've spilled have turned to mud
Now the flies are buzzin' round
Don't they make a loud sound
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick
It won't be long
Till those bad bits are gone
It won't be long till those bad bits are gone
Now we're sitting by the fire but Daddy's getting tired
'Cause he drank the whole crock
Now he's got a limp cock
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick

Two Lips, Two Lungs And One Tongue
He kept trying
He kept trying
But he couldn't find out
Why he couldn't stop crying
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue
She kept praying
She kept praying
That she would understand
What she was saying
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue
He kept dreaming
He kept dreaming
Of the day they'd realize
What he was feeling
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue

Rags And Bones
Well, Christ was married on the cross
My father was married to my mother
And I am married to a cigarette butt lying in the gutter
And I am married to a cigarette butt lying in the gutter
Oh, that's too bad, isn't it
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
White Man, you, you just starting to get the blues
I said, White Man, you, you just starting to get the blues
The blues
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
The beast has arisen, all sins are forgiven
The beast has arisen, all sins are forgiven
In the belly of the beast I shall be released
In the belly of the beast I shall be released
She rises, Captain! She rises, Captain!
Captain---dive, dive! Captain---dive, dive!
If I could choose to believe or not to believe
You know I would choose not to
If I could choose to believe or not to believe
You know I would choose not to
But I can't choose
Not to
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
Any old rags and bones?
Who would have thought that I would be
A sailor on the deep blue sea
Any old rags and bones?

Oh No! Bruno!
Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, do it do it
Too much, now do it again
Too much, play for stienes
Too much, play for cash
Too much, put up or shut up
Too much is not enough
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Too much, hit hat e nightclubs
Too much, drink champaign
Too much, double bullseye
Too much, do that again
Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, such a big guy
Too much is not enough
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Too much, no escaping
Too much, you've been framed
Too much, the cops are knocking
Too much, no not again!
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Ten... twenty for two... thirty for six
You son of a bitch! Go!
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much, too much, too much, too much

All Lies
Lies are the words that I use
When you look up hopefully
All of the things that we feel
Are a trick, a fantasy
What is the end?
It is love I pretend
It's calling, it's calling
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And she said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
She said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
She said, I see, I see
She said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies, a pack of lies
It was all lies, why don't you fuck off and die
It was all lies, a pack of liesIt was all lies, all lies
Lies are the light and the hope
In your eyes as they shine on me
Tie up my hands with your chains
They are bound to set me free
I'm singing, I'm singing
And to that I'm clinging
The words that I say only drag me away
And I said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
I said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
I said, I see, I seeI said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies . . .
Lies are the hopes and the chains that have dragged me here to you
All of these hopes and these chains I will gladly share with you
It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
It's raining, it's pouring
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And he said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
He said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
He said, I see, I see
He said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies...

Lyrics of all the songs of the album:

*It's Catching Up*
The dead walk...
Do you hear that sound?
Do you hear that sound?
Like fingers scratching underground
Do you hear that sound?
That slamming door?
I've fought it all my life
But I can't fight it anymore
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck
How do you hide from
Something you have found?
Do you hear that sound?
That scratching sound?
Is it better to be lost or found?
You can't ignore it
You can't talk it away
You can't drink it away
You can't fuck it away
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck
Give me aslylum, let me in
I am mad, you are my only witness
There are some things that never die
Things that never really were alive
I've shut them out
I've slammed the door
But I can't keep them back
Anymore
It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit out of luck

*The Tower*
The sword of truth is just another weapon
Let me live for just one more second
I see a woman, she's holding flowers
A bouquet of roses that are blood red
From a burning building, a man leaps to his death
I stand above these mansions of the dead
Red tombs and above us looms
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye
Radiowaves curve and cross
I stand below them - lost!
Above me is a black obelisk
And the dangers that I risk
Here gather the ghosts of the mind
That tear my heart and here I find
All the traps that have been set
Everything I would forget, beneath
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye
Violence is close at hand
You are damned if you do
And if you don't - damned!
A red eye, tyrant full of hate
Glares from the sky, it's captive state
If it should blink or deviate
A thousand worlds would obliterate
I do not move, nor do I speak
Beneath that hard and pitiless peak
Of concrete, steel and antennae wheels
The tower
I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye

*Tired Of Waiting*
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
Tired of waiting, waiting for news
Tired of waiting for things to improve
Tired of waiting, waiting for your letter
Tired of waiting for things to get better
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
Tired of waiting, waiting by the phone
Tired of waiting here all alone
Tired of waiting for something new
Tired of waiting for you
I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
I got tired of waiting, waiting in line
Tired of waiting for my clothes to dry
Tired of waiting for this show to begin
I got tired of waiting for my ship to come in
Tired of waiting, waiting for the bus
Tired of waiting for my shoes to get fixed
Tired of waiting, waiting for my cheque
Tired of waiting for a change in the weather
Tired of waiting for the water to boil
Tired of waiting for the paint to dry
Tired of waiting, waiting for a sign
Tired of waiting for my big break
Tired of waiting for the dam to break
Tired of waiting for the bombs to drop
Tired of waiting and waiting and waiting
I got tired of waiting for the end
I got tired of waiting because I found out
There's only a fine line between
Biding one's time and wasting one's site
Do you know what I mean?
I got tired of waiting that's all

*Stocktaking*
Are you getting what you want?
And are you getting what you need?
I've heard it said that love is truly sacred
But nowhere is it written that it's guaranteed
Who decides what will happen?
And who decides who for?
Is this just a crazy little game?
Or is this just an ugly little war?
Are you sick and tired of the same old things?
Or are you happy enough?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?

*The End Of All Things*
You are here
I am here
Fear
Bound in fear
We are here
I see here
Nothing
All is clear
Crystal clear
Fear
All that's here
Pain and fear
I see here
Nothing
Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things
All is clear
Nothing's here
Fear
What is fear?
Nothing's here
I see here
Nothing
Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things

*Big Dick*
Like a monkey in a zoo,
You're half gorilla too
When you pound it with your fist
And make it real stiff
Big Dick
Gotta cover your mistakes
Your bloody out-takes
So you dip it in the wine
And make a holy sign
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick
Well, you're running up a tree
You're trying not to scream
Then you're pounding on your chest
Like you whipped the best
Big Dick
The rivers of the blood
You've spilled have turned to mud
Now the flies are buzzin' round
Don't they make a loud sound
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick
It won't be long
Till those bad bits are gone
It won't be long till those bad bits are gone
Now we're sitting by the fire but Daddy's getting tired
'Cause he drank the whole crock
Now he's got a limp cock
Big Dick
Big Dick! Come quick
Big Dick! Come quick

*Two Lips, Two Lungs And One Tongue*
He kept trying
He kept trying
But he couldn't find out
Why he couldn't stop crying
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue
She kept praying
She kept praying
That she would understand
What she was saying
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue
He kept dreaming
He kept dreaming
Of the day they'd realize
What he was feeling
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue

*Rags And Bones*
Well, Christ was married on the cross
My father was married to my mother
And I am married to a cigarette butt lying in the gutter
And I am married to a cigarette butt lying in the gutter
Oh, that's too bad, isn't it
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
White Man, you, you just starting to get the blues
I said, White Man, you, you just starting to get the blues
The blues
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
The beast has arisen, all sins are forgiven
The beast has arisen, all sins are forgiven
In the belly of the beast I shall be released
In the belly of the beast I shall be released
She rises, Captain! She rises, Captain!
Captain---dive, dive! Captain---dive, dive!
If I could choose to believe or not to believe
You know I would choose not to
If I could choose to believe or not to believe
You know I would choose not to
But I can't choose
Not to
Rags and bones, are we finally alone?
Any old rags and bones?
Who would have thought that I would be
A sailor on the deep blue sea
Any old rags and bones?

*Oh No! Bruno!*
Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, do it do it
Too much, now do it again
Too much, play for stienes
Too much, play for cash
Too much, put up or shut up
Too much is not enough
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Too much, hit hat e nightclubs
Too much, drink champaign
Too much, double bullseye
Too much, do that again
Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, such a big guy
Too much is not enough
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Too much, no escaping
Too much, you've been framed
Too much, the cops are knocking
Too much, no not again!
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Ten... twenty for two... thirty for six
You son of a bitch! Go!
Oh no! Bruno!
Too much, too much, too much, too much

*All Lies*
Lies are the words that I use
When you look up hopefully
All of the things that we feel
Are a trick, a fantasy
What is the end?
It is love I pretend
It's calling, it's calling
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And she said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
She said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
She said, I see, I see
She said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies, a pack of lies
It was all lies, why don't you fuck off and die
It was all lies, a pack of liesIt was all lies, all lies
Lies are the light and the hope
In your eyes as they shine on me
Tie up my hands with your chains
They are bound to set me free
I'm singing, I'm singing
And to that I'm clinging
The words that I say only drag me away
And I said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
I said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
I said, I see, I seeI said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies . . .
Lies are the hopes and the chains that have dragged me here to you
All of these hopes and these chains I will gladly share with you
It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
It's raining, it's pouring
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And he said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
He said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
He said, I see, I see
He said, pray to me, pray to me---but it was
All lies...

Bonus tracks:

Life In Hell
Foolish girl in swelling woman
Here's a blunt knife for your bosom
Here's the devil's hand to shake
Watch what the other tries to take
Hell
Life in Hell
By your loving disposition
You let him get into position
And train his rising gun upon
The cervix of your inner sun
Hell
Life in Hell
Can you not distinguish pain?
Red nail and red shame
Woman, world in one complete
Your heart's awake, your mind's asleep
You spread your inner sun to make
A den for some sly, basking snake
Which burns stronger?
I can't tell
The gowing sun?
Or fiery Hell?
Hell
Life in Hell

Am I Wrong
Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?
Am I wrong for saying that I'll choose another way?
I ain't trying to do what everybody else doing
Just cause everybody doing what they all do
If one thing I know, how far would I grow?
I'm walking down this road of mine, this road that I call home
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see
Am I tripping for having a vision?
My prediction, I'mma be on the top of the world
Hope you, hope you don't look back, always do what you decide
Don't let them control your life, that's just how I feel
Fight for yours and don't let go, don't let them compare you, no
Don't worry, you're not alone, that's just how we feel
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see
If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right, right
If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see.

Bonus tracks:

*Life In Hell*
Foolish girl in swelling woman
Here's a blunt knife for your bosom
Here's the devil's hand to shake
Watch what the other tries to take
Hell
Life in Hell
By your loving disposition
You let him get into position
And train his rising gun upon
The cervix of your inner sun
Hell
Life in Hell
Can you not distinguish pain?
Red nail and red shame
Woman, world in one complete
Your heart's awake, your mind's asleep
You spread your inner sun to make
A den for some sly, basking snake
Which burns stronger?
I can't tell
The gowing sun?
Or fiery Hell?
Hell
Life in Hell

*Am I Wrong*
Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?
Am I wrong for saying that I'll choose another way?
I ain't trying to do what everybody else doing
Just cause everybody doing what they all do
If one thing I know, how far would I grow?
I'm walking down this road of mine, this road that I call home
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see
Am I tripping for having a vision?
My prediction, I'mma be on the top of the world
Hope you, hope you don't look back, always do what you decide
Don't let them control your life, that's just how I feel
Fight for yours and don't let go, don't let them compare you, no
Don't worry, you're not alone, that's just how we feel
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see
If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right, right
If you tell me I'm wrong, wrong
I don't wanna be right
So am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong for trying to reach the things that I can't see?
But that's just how I feel, that's just how I feel
That's just how I feel trying to reach the things that I can't see.


Great band..great groove...great cover!!


the bass in this album killed me and brought me back to life in a span of 3 minutes and 28 seconds


One of the finest punk albums of all time. This makes me want to have kids just so I can raise them on it.


I hear very strong Black Flag/Rollins band/Melvins influences goin on here and i like it alot and the production on this album is fantastic for when it came out.


Saw them for this tour at the Rivoli in Toronto. Everything changed after that. One of the best bands of all time, hands down

love that they changed you :).  I've only seen them once and it was for the zero plus two equal one tour in like 91 I think in Seattle at the OK Hotel.


kakav bend gospoe bože, stvarno su večni. ovo je i u srednjoj školi zvučalo dobro, i danas isto

@Милан Старчевић Уз Рамонсе, најбољи бенд икада!

Владимир Перишић

posle skole bi otisli kod jednog druga koji je imao najbolje zvucnike, pustili bi Wrong i slusali ga po 3 , 4 puta za redom. I tako mozda goduinu dana, skoro svaki dan. Znali smo svaku notu, rec, rif, prelaz...sad kad se setim, te 1990 smo imali 15 godina !!!!.

Милан Старчевић

Управо тако! Сам Бог зна колико пута сам преслушао овај албум. И сада, после толико времена (више од 25 година), одушевљавам се њиховом генијалношћу исто као и први пут. Хвала Богу имао сам прилику и уживо да их гледам.

Владимир Перишић


These guys rule-I remember watching them live at the warehouse in Vic and were always good shows-these guys loved what they do


i saw them first as a two piece opening for doa back in like 84 and have seen them countless times since....believe it or not this record doesn't do them justice.


How tf have I never heard of them, actually the most underrated band I've ever listend to.


Fantastic album for sure - but my highlight is the first bonus track (while the second one is a real spoiler). Just voice and bass but what a raw intensity, lyrics that really dig deep. Much better than their later recording of State of Grace.


This makes me feel both very young and very old at the same time.


I saw these guys in 1986 open up for Husker Du at the University of Washington. Believe it or not, as great as both those bands are, THE U-MEN blew them both off the stage.

What is this U- Men you speak of. Dü and NMN are pretty fucking rad. The U-Men blow the top of my skull off. What lp do I start with!???


This album is incredible and I hate that I didn't find this sooner wtf...punk isnt dead


Love that one so hard! It´s a masterpiece! Seen them live in the late 80s in homburg, s/w germany at AJZ Homburg.


Wow, flashback to the 90s. I remember this album. I was stoned at the time and it went mostly over my head, but these guys were something else. Those were happy times.


there is nothing WRONG with WRONG!!! Masterpiece!


This band is really a technical marvel...plus these songs kick ass...impressive


Never heard this w/bonus tracks. Truly a masterpiece...the drums just don't let up, ever. Seen them live twice, the last time in 98? or '99 at Emo's in Austin, TX...I was so psyched I threw up in the sink in their bathroom. Now THAT'S music!!!


One of the most amazing 3 piece bands of all-time.


Sounds great. I used to listen to "Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue" over and over when i was a kid.


Saw these guys in a rinky dink venue in Poiiers, France in the early 90's. They were actually pretty upbeat and fun.


When I first got this album, my brother and I were cribbage addicts.We're talking 10-15 games per day — more if we were drinking. So my first day having this album, I had it playing on a boombox in the background while we had a match. When it got to the score calling at the end of "Oh No! Bruno!", our heads exploded. A goddamn punk song about cribbage. Fantastic.


I just discovered this by accident and it's blowing my mind!  I'm on the last song and I've sat here and listened to the whole thing straight through.  I can't believe this album got past me all these years.  My God!  This is incredible!  I haven't been this excited about discovering a band in years.  Wow!  just wow.

Naked CIty - Naked city. (1989) (all genius; Fred Frith, Yamatsuka eye, JOhn Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horowitz, Joey Baron, Mike Patton...) Boredoms - Chocolate sintesizer.(1994?¿) Mr. Bungle - Discovolante.(1995),  At Electronic Music: Squarepusher - Go plastic! ...Flanger... Burnt Friedman, Señor Coconut/Atom Heart. if like ugly Metal: FAxed Head (Trey Spruance), Secret Chiefs 3, Administrate theese "things"... Do not hear all at the same day! v: ... (:, !!!


This was the soundtrack to my teens.  Good times.


Killer album! Thanks for uploading. Been awhile since I listened to them.


First CD I ever bought....right at the concert!


Best punk record ever made. Perfect in all aspects.


I discovered NMN with this record in 1989. Became a huge fan since then. To me, NMN is the quintessence of punk. Intelligent, provocative, ironic, creative, technically outstanding and, yes, wild. I saw them 7 times, always worth being there. I listen to almost all kinds of music, from free jazz and experimental to doom and ska. But, at some point, I always come back here.


I wasn't expecting the bass to slap me in the face like that! Damn!


One of the great 'post hardrock' masterpieces of the decade! Thanks so much.

I believe it’s Post Hardcore technically


Discovered this in 2020. Addictive album.

MeToo :-D<br>Absolutely unique mix. Jazz-funky-RHCP-DeadKennedys... I dont know.... F.cking great!!!

MeToo :-D
Absolutely unique mix. Jazz-funky-RHCP-DeadKennedys... I dont know.... F.cking great!!!

Andrew Shideler typo, must’ve happened when I was listening to the album and had phone in my pocket

PUNK ROCK DJ NIGHT Y what? What is this supposed to mean?


Saw them when they toured their endless tour for this back in the very early '90s. Probably the very best concert out of the maybe 8 or so times I saw them back then. Holland's 'The Ex' opened, an amazing double bill. The sheer intelligence of both bands was incredible. Criminally under recognized, flying permanently under the radar because their type of brilliance isn't capable of being acknowledged by the crepuscular ghouls have run the music industry these many years past.


Was listening to this in high school 1989, still some of the best technical punk ever made


so stoked I found this again...been over twenty years since I heard this album ! fucking tight in every way...made me start drumming


Best Canadian band you've never heard of. Hell, best Canadian band, period!


I got this on cassette when i was about 16. I still have the tape. It truly is one of the best albums ever made.
I want this  at my funeral. ( not too soon though ) .


Saw them play in the flat of a halfpipe in Kalamazoo back in the day. Life altering event.


"It's Catching Up" makes me just wanna fight everybody, what an amazing opening song to an amazing album

I’m Fucked
A dead duck OOOOHH
SHIT OUTTA LUCK

@Logan Mohler its a bratz doll actually. Think Barbie Cholas.

It's funny you say that, and you have a Barbie doll picture. Rock on, barbie


really cool to see  this album almost reach a million people.


Memories are coming back ! I remember NMN concert in Poznań (Poland) in 1992...This music does not age.


This is my favorite music to mash turnips to. Long live NOMEANSNO


This is an absolutely brilliant record. I can't believe that it isn't more popular. After almost thirty years it is still utterly outstanding. The playing, the songwriting, the production - still in my top three and I have listened to a lot of music from many different genres.


Ive always wanted to listen to this whole album so fkng bad on a kick ass home or car stereo so i can feel that straight bombastic bass and mids. Sounds good even on my phone, but ill bet that it fkn cranks on a system!!


Great band. This is there benchmark album. I saw them upstairs at the Boston Arms, Kentish Town in 1989. I was 18 at the time. They were the tightest sounding punk band ever! Awesome stuff...


THE BEST. I am grateful for this album. Thanks for posting!


Mmmmh!!! No Means No!!!!!
Quelle belle époque!!!
D'ailleurs c'était chiant parce que quand cet album est sorti
il n'y avait pas vraiment d'équivalent,
impossible de trouver ailleurs la même énergie que ce groupe!!
Du coup on l'écoutait en boucle! Encore!! Et encore!!!


9:42-9:48!!! I have no words to accurately describe this band & album, arguably the best & most talented/creative/intelligent in punk rock. "Punk rock" doesn't even really fit, or do them justice. As if justice is needed. Wow, I'm in shock.

The bass is even more impressive from 9:49.


From "The Tower" to "Stocktaking" seguing into "The End of All things" I feel as if I have had the shit beat out of me. Such a ferocious album. It's as subtle as an ax blow to the cranium.


This is one of those albums where you have to listen to in it's entirely every time, because it's just that damn good!


This is just insane. It is one of the most complex and deep punk albums i have ever heard. Definitely one of the best pieces of art ever created.


Vinyl sounds soooo good.   Not my favorite nmn record (small parts) but  this one was produced much better.     Really brings me back to my childhood.    Thanks man.     Good upload.


Greatest ever! These fine folks ruined live shows for me - nobody can compare!


this is still my favourite album of all times. turning 36 this year. <3


Definitely one of my favorites! energetic, pushing, fun!

Still remembering their show way back in 92 ...


LOVE THIS ALBUM . ONE OF THE ALL TIME CLASSICS.


Absolutely the finest punk album.  I still think it’s miles above every other punk album.  One of my favorite bands as well.  Great upload.


Haven't heard this in about 20 years and have just been blown off the sofa. Massively inventive, fresh and fast, and as tight as an ant's love box. Absolutely top hole. That urgent, toppy bass sound is great, first invented by the great JJ Burnel.


No band can touch the awesome granddads that are NoMeansNo! Love 'em! :D


when they say “real” bass players don’t use a pick I think of this and I just smile at them.

the people that say that arent even bass players lol. agreed.


This is a good combination of 80's Emo like Fugazi, Punk Rock, Hardcore, Metal, and a bit of Funk thrown in. Awesome band...


God damn, dat bass. This is the first time I'm listening to them and already love them.


Saw NMN several times in Portland 1990-92. In small venues. Some of the best shows I've ever been to


I found one of my dads t-shirts, it was from this album lol, im listening to it right now because of it, its not bad :0


This is a hardcore's masterpiece as the top of a pine!!! 10 over 10, no doubt. Listen some album of Victim's Family, please...


This is one of the coolest albums from start to finish I have ever heard. nuff said


Just witnessed this Live. Some twenty years on I'm still astonished that some of it is even possible.


It's Catching Up 0:00
The Tower 3:28
Brainless Wonder 8:40
Tired of Waiting 10:11
Stocktaking 12:00
The End of All Things 15:05
Big Dick 20:16
Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue 2 23:29
Rags and Bones 25:16
Oh No! Bruno! 30:20
All Lies 33:25
Life in Hell 39:49
I Am Wrong 43:45
State Of Grace 50:45
End of The World 56:13
Your welcome.


Great album, and the best albumcover ever!


I loved their album with Jello Biafra. I done wore that cassette out!

I played the hell out of that cassette, too; recently found it on used vinyl--sounds great!


Just discovered this band and loving it. Thanks!


FUCK YEAH!!! It's been so long since I've heard this. It's been on my "to do list" for almost 2 decades. Finally gettin' 'er done...NICE!!!!


thanks for posting this record. amazing album & band. i can't believe how great they are live.


Crazy that this isn't on Spotify, i'll be stopping by here often - thanks!


Of course the most underrated album of all time is nomeansnos' Wrong


I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE OF THE GREATS MY FELLOW CANADIANS


Classic album... definitely brings me back.  If my memory serves me correctly: Ben Weasel got a bit of name for himself with a letter (column?) in Maximum Rock 'n Roll fanzine and specifically called out NoMeansNo for having boring songs that were too long and intricate.  This was the next album and there was a sticker on it hyping how most of the songs were under 4-5 minutes.  (And they were a great live band... with the drummer playing up front with the bass and guitar - but playing sideways - at least when they played NJ all those years ago.)

My Punk rock Church is broad enough to accommodate the best of NMN (ie Wrong) and Screaching Weasel...


This is the Inspiration of S.O.A.D... The smart lyrics, rough sound, hyper metric and complex composition. Thanks for sharing!

Can recomend bands like this, recorded with this "old school" punk rock sound? Saludos desde Argentina!

You'd probably like Fugazi, similar post hardcore sound.


One of the best albums ever made! Easily the best live band I ever had the privilege to see too! Cosmic Overlords of Rhythm!


When Sex Mad and Wrong 1st dropped, here in Vancouver we'd refer to their live shows as "The School of NoMeansNo"


Seeing them live was awesome. Tightest, most intense band ever. I'd just stand there, mouth agape, head boppin'. What else could I do?


Saw them live past year, they're just awesome, don't even hesitate to catch them, they're great musicians, and great peoples too, never seen happier musicians on stage !


timeless classic...kicks epic ass on so many levels ! why i got into drumming dudes timing is bonkers


This album is a masterpiece! Congratulations on winning the Polaris Heritage Prize! HOF!!!


I grew up with this music, deadly! De la balle !


Brilliant. Loved this band. Great memories. THX.


I think I would even enjoy this album if it had just the bass :-)


I was turned onto this album over 28+ years ago by a friend of a friend named Brian S. Was totally blown away. F'n raddest sound I had ever heard. Just rediscovered it and it sounds even better now. 🎸🎶❤


Played this a lot when I was in my late teens/early twenties. Saw them live at Nottingham Marcus Garvey in 1990 - epic! Loved the music. Came back to it 25 years later, finally started to understand the lyrics!


This is the only band I look back on and seeing Rush and this band share the same style. Nomeansno was Never popular.  The talent is there and ahead of its time.

Don't forget the Devo influence. John I am pretty sure  said so :)

NomeansNo had their days, not really popular but not underground either ... now that you´re comparing it to Voivod and looking back at the mid/late 80s when I was into both bands , both had solid fanbases, they just weren´t any Metallica but they sure weren´t too underground either . <br>         Both on the edge , neither ever broke up into the Soundgarden, Sonic youth mainstream type of audiences . Do not think they were obscure in the late 80s though cause neither one nor the other weren´t ... just very specific audiences . People who weren´t so much into " instant gratification " as they were into musicality and longevity ... I mean, almost 30 years later there´s not many albums I can say I enjoy more than "Nothingface" ... actually can´t come with one off the top of my head as I type this ... mood also plays a role in these things, obviously .

NomeansNo had their days, not really popular but not underground either ... now that you´re comparing it to Voivod and looking back at the mid/late 80s when I was into both bands , both had solid fanbases, they just weren´t any Metallica but they sure weren´t too underground either .
         Both on the edge , neither ever broke up into the Soundgarden, Sonic youth mainstream type of audiences . Do not think they were obscure in the late 80s though cause neither one nor the other weren´t ... just very specific audiences . People who weren´t so much into " instant gratification " as they were into musicality and longevity ... I mean, almost 30 years later there´s not many albums I can say I enjoy more than "Nothingface" ... actually can´t come with one off the top of my head as I type this ... mood also plays a role in these things, obviously .

Rush?????????? I like them, but similar??

and we all know RUSH are the masters, i hear touches here and there also.

I hear tons of Rush influence. This is good.

+Charles Uhli I thought I was the only person who saw the similarities between the two! Huge fans of both bands.


the bassist sounds extremely similar to the one from dead Kennedys. its just fast and insane. i love it


This ALBUM is truely A MASTERPIECE!!! im still listening to it after soooooooooo many years and I still cant believe how can it be possible to create something like this. INCREDIBLY AMAZING. THANKS NO MEANS NO!!!


Just bought this on vinyl.  Best purchase ever!


Also one of my personal favorite albums, a perfect mix of punk/hardcore and at the same time pure rock n roll<br>Love it!

Also one of my personal favorite albums, a perfect mix of punk/hardcore and at the same time pure rock n roll
Love it!


Definitely one of the best albums ever made.


I'm so glad I accidentally stumbled upon this masterpiece


Great Album...I spent many hours listening and reading the album insert.  Also around this time I was listening to The Victims Family, Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, Cop Shoot Cop, Rapeman, Big Black... The list could go on.  To many good bands to name them all, But NoMeansNo was one of the best.


I feel bad for anyone who hasn't seen this band live. I've been into them for at least 25 years, been to 15+ shows, and this is exactly what it sounds like. So fucking good!


I was listening to something else, and when that finished, it bled right into this. I'm glad it did. This is friggin' fantastic.


This album blew my ears out years ago, they just finished repairing and I discovered it again! My fookin'ears but Iove it!!


Classic  , one of my all time favorites and so very lucky to say I saw them many , many , times and never let down !!


i´ve seen them 1st time live in 2000, they rocked the shit out of the crowd, for a fist full of d-marks they gave us over 2 hours full throttle and a WALL OF SOUND, hard to describe, bassline on "rags and bones" hypnotize me :)  until this point the concert of my life, 3 days "sickness" after that was more than worth it, ****ing great 3>


Just listened to the whole album again. My heroes!


this has been my favorite album for more than 20 years.


God damn.  Badassery.  Just discovered these guys.  Loving it!


One of the greatest bands EVER more people need to know NOMEANSNO


It was my second CD..Had the LP first.Ever so pleased to hear it again


I remember hearing them in 93 and being very impressed. Revisiting after so long, and I think I'm actually even more impressed now.


How many times do I need to witness this 'band' live before everyone realizes: this is King. Vancouver Island Canada.


It's nice that the legend that uploaded "door stuck" also has an amazing music taste


The first time I heard this band was on an Alternative Tentacles various artists' compilation CD I got back in the '90s.


It took me a few listenings to really get it, but now I'm convinced this is a towering monsterpiece.


This and Voivod's Nothingface are the best lps of 1989. Crossover Canadiana FTW.

ThePaperPrince -cool, I never knew that. I’ve talked to Rob a couple times, his influences that I know of are kind of surprising, but not entirely. He’s one of MY personal influences, not only artistically, but sonically and gearwise.

Reg Rock I mean I know they took their dissonance from Die Kreuzen and in an interview somewhere they admitted to ripping them off I believe.

ThePaperPrince - I like all the bands you mentioned here, I highly, highly doubt that they<br> were influenced by any of them though.

ThePaperPrince - I like all the bands you mentioned here, I highly, highly doubt that they
 were influenced by any of them though.

gaziltapig Voivod was shockingly a very punky band. Legit took cues from Die Kreuzen, Sonic Youth, Killing Joke, and probably this band aswell.

Totally agree, two bands with my favourite bass players.

Voivod is from the gods. Listening to them in the early 80's was as good as taking acid. So far ahead of the game.

@Genre Slur I did not notice how similar both bands are until a year later (1991) I played Nomeansno to a couple metal/grunge guys and they mentioned Voivod sounding similar. They said NMN were the punk version of Voivod. I got into both these bands at around the same time (a couple months maybe) and did not notice. Duh.

Same! Well, I grew up in northern alberta, so I got a hold of Voivod a little earlier. When I moved to Calgary, the first cool cats I met (they were also big into Voivod) showed me Nmeansno. I was blown away. still am.<br>


I saw them on this tour in DC with The Ex opening. As tight as this album sounds, they were tighter live.


The End of all Things is so batshit insane... love it. Also heil Voivod.


One of my personal favorite albums of all time, "Wrong" is a masterpiece from start to finish and should be required listening for anyone into punk, post-hardcore, or technical drumming and bass playing,...............

i have to agree


can hear where black midi get their inspiration - this is awesome, will deffo be listening to NoMeansNo more now


I'm so glad I stumbled across this.  its great


i always go back to this album nomeansno is fucking epic and forever on my play list


This is like a perfect mix of Minutemen and Dead Kennedys.


God forgive me, I haven't listened to this album in years & it is so damned good.  I had been to busy listening to all their other stuff as this was always their most accessible album for the non NMN fan, a pioneer album in what we then called the pop punk world but just a little better (musically) than most.
Also one of the best live bands I ever saw on each tour that I saw (Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Whistler.  People say they broke up but really they retired and deserve the rest after kicking ass from 1979 -2013.  (I know they announced the quit in 2016 but that's because they took their time, last time I know that they played was 2013, not including the Vancouver music hall of fame ceremony)
I must listen to this more often.  I still know every note on this record though...thanks poster!!


what a lost gem….not added in Nomeansno Spotify discography!!! incredible


Man.. I couldn't imagine how hard it must have been in the old days.. hearing this album without Life in Hell


thanks for posting, i havent heard this in ages! So good ! saw them live back in the 90's in Edinburgh, prol for the tour for this album, they were awesome live ;)


I saw them in Bristol at the Bierkeller with crane & nerve rack supporting.
I can't remember the support at all, they may well of been good bands for all I know.
NoMeansNo played all of wrong it was one of the best gigs I have ever been to, there tightness complexity & intensity blue my mind, even tho I was smashed & got punched in the face before thay played. It was on Thursday 12th September, I was 15 or 16 I think it was 89 or 90 its definitely the right date because I have a poster but it doesn't have the year on it. I have the record but it is nice to not have to get up & flip it or stop my deck. Cheers for the upload.


I saw this album in recommended videos and had no idea what musical style it would be or when it was released. I decided to listen only by the name of the band and damn, what a good surprise!


Wow forgot all about this album. Had this as a teen, I believe it was stolen by a sk8r “friend” who also took all my MDC and Angry Samoans records. Thanks for the rediscovery 🖤🖤


dude how have I never herd this......... this sounds really good to me.


one of my verry best concerts ever. Still thanks for coming to Germany guys. You rule :)))))


Every track is a fire and every bassline is a blaze piercing my ear


Punk evolved... Did it evolve more after this?  Brutal, furious, disturbing, sophisticated, well played and real.. NomeansNo. NOW WHERE CAN I GET A MASK LIKE THIS???

@Enzo Almada  or just Art made by talented artists who have a lot of truth to tell...

Alex Zith of course not all of those bands go as hard as NoMeansNo DO, but they all carry that same vein of progression past punk's boundaries. Post Punk in its purest form.

Alex Zith punk evolved far past this album. In fact, for experimental punk this album was pretty grounded in punk's sound. It's recognizable as hardcore. Try out the Cardiacs - Sing to God, the Blood Brothers - ... Burn Piano Island, Burn!, if you want post/art punk that came out after this and stuff before this that's good are the Fall, This Heat, No Trend, DNA, Foetus, Wire, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, James Chance and the Contortions, I could probably go on for hours with examples.


The vocals are like a mix b/n Glenn Danzig, h.rollins. I can't get enough of that punchy bass.

Yeah, too right man I hear Danzig / Rollins soud


Jesus...that intense drummer and bass together is phenomenal!

And of course the guitar is great as well. But, you know...the drums and Bass!


@Bird Rustler imagine thinking less is better than thinking more

@Dmitry Generalov just a little thought I had while listening to this

Andrea Yates it certainly means not now? Are you female?

@Guilherme Vieira well, I don’t like bad music, but I like this, so therefore this must be good music. Consider yourself logicked and reasoned.

408 people think “get lost” means “take me I’m yours”

insert nonsensical generic youtube comment

Maybe they just don't like bad music. ;)

too many people still meme the dislikes on youtube videos.

@John Stromboly it'll grow back probably

I knew a toxically masculinist dude in college that actually hated this band because of their name. Of course he is an artisanally barbered meme-person today.

did u know they took the name from a anti-rape date campaign...??

166 first against the wall... and counting

@John Stromboly i guess you didn't think it was important enough to bust out the good kitchen cutlery?

+hexonatapeloop and now 42 people are wrong...


The transition from It’s Catching Up to The Tower never ceases to pump me up, this album inspired me to pick up bass, it’s legendary

my
favourite
too. always tried to figure out, when i was kid, what the fuck they were doing to make my
chest fall jnto my belly with that simple transition


Been listening to a rap for the majority of the past two years, but man this brings back a very specific feeling I've only ever found with punk of this caliber.


NoMeansNo, an animal unto itself. Incomparable. This album is a masterpiece.They could have just dropped the mic right there. The best thing most people never heard of.


How have I never heard this before now!? Epic!


This would've easily been a staple for me as a teen. I can't believe I've never heard of them before now. WTH!!! I can easily say I will never understand how not 1 friend of mine turned me on to this back in the day. NOT ONE!


Such an oddly beautiful cover of "end of the world".


Trippy...i just discovered these dudes.....good shit man.


I'm so sad this album isn't available on Spotify in my country


Couldn't agree more with the video description. One of the best albums ever, for fuck's sake!


This is absolutely one of the best albums that has ever been recorded.


I'm fond of music that thumps all over the place, and man does this album thump.


It's not "math rock" it's called talent. Metronome confirms this as it was done in one take.


This is the only time YouTube Recommendations did its job right... Enjoyed every minute of it!


How is it possible to unlike this masterpiece? Certainly people with shit in their ears.


Everything by NoMeansNo is a masterpiece.


This appeared on my suggestions n I instantly sensed potential greatness purely from the album cover. Then heard the first 20 seconds n BLAM!....This sounds right up my street. Big Faith No More, Bungle n Rollins listener. This has the same spirit. Fucking quality. 😁😁😋


one of the quintessential albums of all time.  I stress the Essential part!


There is only one way to listen to this album, fucking  L O U D.


So damn amazing...thanks for the upload!


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I can't stay still when Im listening to this album.


how can one dislike this album. more of the question how could 500?!


the tower... this album simply owns you.


This makes me understand more now about other alternative bands and their sound like Helmet, Quicksand, and Orange 9mm.


I'd always heard of them, and only heard the song No Fgunick on the Short Music comp. This came up after listening to Firehose, and GODDAMN what an album!


This comes up frequently in my rotation of "great albums".


I saw these guys when I was 21 at Newcastle in England im now 44 an I still say this lp is the greatest thing to happen to America since someone attacked pearl harbour :))) 3 guys 1 guitar 1 drums 1 bass what more do ya need these guys prove it :)))

+Ryan Mahon yes the band is from Victoria British Columbia Canada ., I went to High School with 1 of the band members in the  70s ,They started in the late 70s playing with groups like DOA, Subhuman's,   Dayglo Abortions ,and other bands from the Vancouver BC and Seattle Washington areas in clubs and Halls all over.

They are Canadian I believe. Doesn't change that it definitely helped (North) America.


Christ almighty John is a beast drummer!!!


One of the few punk bands I enjoy listening to.


Greetings from Finland! Thank you for the music! Two Wrights do make a Wrong!!


I've been listening to this album since I was a little kid and until now, I always thought that in the chorus of 'it's catching up' It said "It's catching uuuuup, I fucked, a dead duck, sheer luck!"


Got to see them live 3 times, the first was when Wrong came out. They were bigger in Europe I think, but never got the recognition they deserve. If this album had been released in the times of Social Media things would be different - ~700k views just for this posting of the album on youtube! Some times I'll read that a well known musician will site them as a big influence, but I'll never understand why they didn't take off more. Live they were amazing, one cohesive unit like on their albums and a great sense of humor.


They had a concert tour towards small clubs in Belgium in the 90's. I saw them 5 or more times, that was cool. Drunk some beer with the band. Different times... :D


my favorite and IMO the best NOMEANSNO album from front to back.  bulldozing lawnmower.


This is my I-got-tons-of-work-to-do album


oh man, i had never heard the track "End of the World" it's wild how it sounds like a pre-cursor to Neutral Milk Hotel. A connection I never would have drawn between those two bands.


Back in the day my Sister's Boyfriend Described this Album as Rollins singing over Primus.  I keep coming back like a scab. ♡


I handshook the drummer for some time ago, and Johnny Wright has the warmest, most comforting hands in the universe.


Just imagine a new Tony Hawk Pro Skater game with these songs on the soundtrack...

we used to skate to this all the time.  no, we weren't mr hawk, but this album helped nevertheless


er... well this is fucking great isnt it?! :D


Saw these guys in Bellingham, Wa....incredible!


Love the fact that the lettering was drawn freehand.  Different era!


I forgot how much these guys blew me Away!!! Fuck yeah!


Thank you for putting this online, I can't believe it's so hard to find anywhere.


Pamiętam te czasy cudowne  czasy najpierw zgorzelec  potem cudowny koncert w Pradze Tak własnie pamiętam hard core


at Drummondville,qc 28 years later i'm still listening this chef d'oeuvre !!!!!!!!! VERY LOUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!


Obviously a very ahead of its time record


Brainless Wonder - oh shit, I can't believe this musicality!


If you haven't seen this band, do so before they retire. They are still rockin' well into their 60's! AWESOME!


Saw them in my birth place Oakland for my 50th, 2 years ago. Fucking Amazing!


This album just won the 2021 Slaight Family Polaris Prize. Congrats!!


I bought this album in when I was 16 and 20 years later it is still the best purchase I've ever made. Onlysomanysongscanbesung....


The dead walk! Up there with the best thing that alternative tentacles has ever done.


We all love a good 'ole P bass with a pick.


This is like punk with prog elements. It's beautiful

This IS punk with prog elements. Totally matches my personality. Chaotic, rebellious, but intelligent at the same time.


Saw them for this tour in a small venue in Poitiers, France. Great show.


kinetik you are an absolute legend for uploading this. oh and also for capturing door stuck hihihi


Lost all my albums a couple of decades ago and this was one of them. You gotta love YouTube 💯👍


Anyone know why Oh No Bruno wasn't included on The People's Choice? Surely that's everyone's favourite - the ladies at the Setting Sun Retirement Centre certainly think so...


No puedo creer que no conocía esta banda tan buena, sera porque son canadienses que no tuvieron difusión? De todos modos buenisimo


izjebalo sto majki. nakostrešila mi se glava sto puta, od početka do kraja albuma. i tako već 30 godina. i da, jedino se i može slušati od početka do kraja.


This is fucking amazing...<br>How am I 47 years old and just now hearing this for the first time?

This is fucking amazing...
How am I 47 years old and just now hearing this for the first time?


the vague lyrics of It's Catching Up are so fucking good.


Fast, furious and full of angst. Everything I love about life and music.


i love how this was made in 1989 but it sounds so much like 1993 or something


Well,  I guess if you are going to try to sound like an already existing band of high quality, you couldn't do any better than the Minute Men.


YouTube’s been recommending me a lot of good music recently


Thanks Mike Patton for leading me to this album


When pressed (and I was just pressed), I'd say this is the album from the 80's that spoke to me the most.


This band is the punk version of Rush. There's three of them and they're Canadian as fuck. Magnificent


wonderful to listen to, if not for it's reductionistic negation of all total-a-fying forces.  negation lives out it's existence as instruments battle for dominance, and a crude whisper of death permeates all.


Hermosos redobles y córtes me alucinan x la ctm !!!


Man i havnt hear this in years. So happy right now thanks man


havent listened to these guys in decades


This album is mando to become an adult. REALLY!!!!


It's 10.44am in the UK brother recommended this to me last night I'm only into the 3rd song fucking loving it how did I not know about these I love Primus Mr bungle biohazard and lots of other shit but yeah banging ...thank you brother


great music indeed.  Left for 30 years alone.


Also only just 'got' this band! Although I've had this album on a CD-R for ages, sounds like Rollins early Black Flag crossed with Dead Kennedys! Cool Shit!!!


Saw them in Manchester UK about 30 yrs ago. Absolutely incredible.

Saw them in Leeds (possibly the following night?) ,and still recall the feeling of my bones rattling to the bass!


i saw these guys 22 yrs ago. i know some young "punk rockers" n when i show them nmn they shit themselves. timeless,progressive,way ahead of their time


lol i dont remember making that comment but you did a good job!

@Martien de Jong completely different albums and artists.


This is fucking brilliant and I loves it!


Such a tight album.......fu#@ing awesome!!!!!!<br>


W O W (actually ashamed of not having listened to this band before) W O W


As a Canadian, i'm ashamed to admit I never listened to these guys.<br>Knew of them, but yeah

As a Canadian, i'm ashamed to admit I never listened to these guys.
Knew of them, but yeah


Thanks for posting. I'm 43 and never gave em a chance. Glad I did just now. I used to see ads in old MRR but back then I was into powerviolence/grind core. When I recommend different sounding bands to young punk recruits I recommend the Minutemen, Husker Du, Saccharine Trust, Drive Like Jehu etc. Have a good day! And thanks!


Only 10 seconds into the song and I already know where Tomahawk got his main influence from.


Got introduced to this band via virus 100 and I am not disappointed in fact I'm the opposite of that. Quite impressed I might say.

Yup, the virus 100 acapella was rollicking fun. I maintain that Dad is NMN best song, but Wrong the best LP by some distance


I saw them with the Ex in Canada - was a great show!


no matter how much alcohol i drink, i always find myself here at the end of the night.

kindest regards, a vancouver boy who was born too late to hear this live </3

Im sure u see singer wondering around commercial drive<br>Keep up the sexy .Real haggis

Im sure u see singer wondering around commercial drive
Keep up the sexy .Real haggis


Randomly stumbled across this while eating Wendy's, holy fuck this is good. The entire album is great as fuck. I gotta listen to more of these guys, Christ.

Yeah, they are amazing. I recommend 0 + 2 = 1 if you want to hear another great album.


i haven't heard this before, but this is pretty cool, thanks youtube recommendations


I have asked eveyone I know and not a single one of them has heard of nomeansno. like, whyyy?? It's so good!


friendly reminder, this is the same person who posted door stuck

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE Shit's stuck. Outta my way son! DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK! PLEASE! I BEG YOU! We're dead.

"do you hear that sound? that slamming door?"<br>DOOR STUCK

"do you hear that sound? that slamming door?"
DOOR STUCK

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE wtf bro I'm just joking around why you toke it serious? I just made the likes 666 that's is it.<br>I'm not a Christian btw.

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE wtf bro I'm just joking around why you toke it serious? I just made the likes 666 that's is it.
I'm not a Christian btw.

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE ikr just joking around

DOOR STUCK by NOMEANSNO coming out 2021 amazing wow

no fucking way dude, his rapping career got him here it seems lmao\

Wait that's fucking amazing. Door stuck guy also has a great taste in music apparently.

@Sevanity Ayte he's had his finger on the pulse for ages

I JUST FOUND OUT<br>this guy is a fuckin genius

I JUST FOUND OUT
this guy is a fuckin genius

i was like why am i getting this recommended ?? then i clicked and saw ur comment, yeah i subbed to him xd

Sort their videos by popular to bring it up. This is so cool holy shit


Saw them at the Black Cat in D.C., 1996? AMAZING! Ian stood next to me rocking out.


8/2021 Where has this been? I missed this the first go-round and am happy this randomly popped up in recommendations. I LOvE THIS. Play it loud!


It brings back memories of blackflag, very good


Us 80's kids would say " this shit rips-!!"