Review: Recorded between 1986-1988 but not seeing release until 1990, Grow Up marked the debut full-length from New Hampshire punk legends The Queers. Plagued by a revolving door of members around singer/guitarist Joe King (aka "Joe Queer"), the piecemeal recording process and lack of studio funding would only be the initial hurdle, as upon completion, their at the time label would go out of business after only 1,000 copies were pressed, while a further 1,000 ordered by the band would be destroyed by the pressing plant when they couldn't foot the bill themselves, being left with only 160 copies which were distributed with photocopied covers. Releasing a remixed version overseen by Ben Weasel of Screeching Weasel in 1984 on their next label Lookout Records, this version would feature new cover art as well as a re-sequenced tracklist, before ultimately being remastered by the members of the band for another 2007 reissue through Asian Man Records, again with reimagined artwork and another tinkering of the tracklist. All of this is to clarify, this latest reissue from All Star is the first since that initial pressing to feature the original artwork, tracklist and raw, almost bootleg-quality restored masters. For the first time in decades, hear The Queers's debut how they first intended (before changing their minds several times over the course of the next three decades).
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