Adolescents / Rikk Agnew "All by Myself" bluesgrass tearing through fuzzed-out Southern rock-style

tearing through fuzzed-out Southern rock-style riffs song after song without ever giving the dust they kick up time to settle

and even more crucially a record that continues to have an impact well beyond the indiepop scene

when these guys rival the gruesome metallic energy Pantera

“Cream”

Twelve songs

Adolescents / Rikk Agnew "All by Myself" bluesgrass tearing through fuzzed-out Southern rock-styleRikk Agnew's All by Myself is one of those records that feels like a secret you're lucky to stumble upona raw, weird, totally personal snapshot of a restless artist at a pivotal moment. Originally released in 1982 on Frontier Records, the album stands apart from most of what was coming out of Southern California at the time, even though it was born right in the middle of the exploding hardcore punk scene. By 1982, Rikk Agnew was already a big deal