Good Friendly Violent Fun

This is the only slab of official live recordings youll get with the almighty Steve Souza(probably the best) singer of Exodus. You get a decent amount of music here recorded pretty well from the 1989 "Fabulous DIsaster" Tour. Therefore, four of these eight songs featured here are on that subsequent album, making it sort of unbalanced discography wise. Personally, the cover of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds" is a throwaway track, I would have rather heard an original song here. Also, this gets a lower review rating than it should due to the track listing and the fact that they should just have made it a fucking full length. You got about 36 minutes of music here with the bullhsit banter thrown out, so I dont know why this didnt make the cut as an LP. Steve does a good job of getting the crowd going, though at times the audience doesnt sound like it was matched up to this concert, but IT IS A LIVE RECORDING. A bonus for drummer-philes is the first time call up of John Tempesta to the drumkit, filling in for a sick Tim Hunting. As expected, the thrash bveteran lives up to his reputation and does a solid job subbing for Tim. Set wise, you have the main portion of this coming from Disaster era, so ofd course Toxic Waltz is on it. The best surprise might be Cajun Hell, as they pull off the blues harmonies from the studio version pretty well on here. Chemi-Kill and Braindead are also strong renditions. So bascially, this is a cool ep only for Exodus fans, but a good way for a newcomer to check out tracks that were on the overlooked but solid ""Pleasures of the Flesh " album. If I had to pick between this and "Another Lesson in Violence", I'd take the latter as the more solid purchase, but this is recommended for the Souza freaks out there.