Zero Boys

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The Zero Boys were a hardcore punk quartet from Indianapolis, Indiana fronted by Paul Mahern . Other members included bassist David “Tufty” Clough, drummer Mark Cutsinger and guitarist Terry Hollywood.

Their first release, Livin’ in the ’80s, was a 7” EP released by the band on their home-brew Z-Disc label. Their debut full length album, Vicious Circle, was released in 1982 with its distinctively ugly bright yellow cover on the local label Nimrod Records. Many punk fans nationwide were surprised to find a band like the Zero Boys coming out of the Midwest rather than from the larger and more established scenes in and around Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York City and elsewhere. Vicious Circle was reissued on Toxic Shock later in the 1980s, with added bonus tracks taken from the Affirmation Records compilations LPs The Master Tape and The Master Tapes 2. It was reissued again in 2000 by Lookout! Records, without the Master Tape tracks, but with two additional songs from the original album sessions, “She Said Goodbye” and “Slam and Worm”, which had been given limited release on a 7” single.

It has occasionally been reported that the band never recorded further material after this. This is true only in the sense that the lineup of the band that made Vicious Circle never recorded new material.

1	New Generation full track	126
2	Vicious Circle	47
3	Amphetamine Addiction	40
4	Drug Free Youth	37
5	Outta Style	36
6	Down the Drain	35
7	You Can Touch Me	33
8	Hightime	32
9	Trying Harder	28
10	Forced Entry	27
10	Civilization's Dying	27
12	Dirty Alleys/Dirty Minds	22
12	Livin' in the 80's	22
14	She Said Goodbye	21
15	Civilizations Dying	20

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Ghouly wrote:
July 2008

their first album's the best. better stick to your guns.

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lovely08 wrote:
July 2008

ZB are selling merch (just tshirts) on their site fyi.

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NUTxSACK wrote:
June 2008

stupidly stupidly underrated

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wendell3 wrote:
June 2008

Actually awesome.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
March 2008

killing children was better.
Blitzkid wrote:
March 2008

amazing band, Vicious Circle is one of the best albums ever.

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xxMKULTRAxx wrote:
February 2008

1-2-3-4 GO!

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AutumnSodomy wrote:
July 2007

Stoned to Death is awesome

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realjep wrote:
May 2007

Vicious Circle still one of the favourite albums ever

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Siedra wrote:
April 2007

Loud and proud!...loud and proud!

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savagetime13 wrote:
February 2007

ZB!

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robinwestman wrote:
February 2007

DRIV IN!!!!

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fletcher70 wrote:
January 2007

why you wanna push me.....what an album

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