IA Music Releases
Original Tape
This was the first real tape produced. Recording was done at Smart Studios by Butch Vig and Steve Marker. It included eight songs, with the stand out being "We are not Alone" which caused many a pig-pile when played live at the Wilmar center. This tapes songs were often compared with Black Flag and GBH but David's guitar and Jim's bass style really made these songs more original sounding than was given credit for. Mike did not play on this tape because he just had left the band to be in Westworld with Thomas Lockyear (Thorn) and Skippy Dred (RIP). If he would have know they were going into the studio well!!... This tape came out in 1983.Song List:
Side A- We are Not Alone
- Who are You?
- Punk is Silly and Insignificant
- Do What You Want
- Bad Habits
- We Took Control
- Worlds Gonna End
- Imminent Attack
Original Demo Tape Lyrics
Live For Fun Tape
I only have the original cassette tape that was dubbed off the board at Smart. I found a copy of the insert that went along with the tape but thats it. Brad got the masters from this session burned to CD and we created new mp3's of these.
Song List:
- No Rights
- Live For Fun
- Do You Have a Choice?
- Warning (Original)
- No
- Rebel
- Anthem
Live for Fun Lyrics
Element Of Surprise
Element Of Surprise was released in 1984. Recorded at SMC Studios (unlike most that were done at Smart Studios) This was the album Jim spent a fortune on in the studio and for vinyl. (well a fortune when you are poor young punks like we were) It included eleven songs and featured cover art by Kent and Bradd Bitney.
Song List:
- Perpetual World
- Element Of Surprise
- My Skin
- Basement
- Destruction
- Last Stand
- What Do I See?
- Starve
- Smash The Bore
- Hunter
- Do You Know?
Element Lyrics...
Holy Terror Tape
Released in 1985 the songs were getting more influenced by bands like Slayer and Metallica but still had more punk lyrics and vibe. Holy Terror was about the Barneveld WI tornado. The tape as usual was mass produced and cheap and didn't really reach the potential it could have.
Song List:
Side 1:
- The Show
- Doing Time
- Rotten Land
- Warning (second version)
Side 2:
- Laugh
- No Guts No Glory
- Holy Terror
- You'll Never Understand (acoustic guitar)
Here is a YouTube link to the full cassette
Holy Terror Lyrics...
Miraculous Power 45
This was put out on Ruin records in 1988 after B-rad and Mike were no longer in the band. The band had another drummer during this period of the band and only one guitar. The sound was metal and the hair was long at this point and the matching "Warlock" guitars proved that IA punk was finally dead. Very fast heavy songs and a recording that sounded like it was done with an AM radio. The songs are decent enough but a very thin recording. We wish we could remaster these too.
Song List:
Side 1: Miraculous Power
Side 2: Bullet and Full Speed Ahead
Here is a YouTube link to the whole recording
Miraculous Lyrics...
IA Greatest Misses (Details)
The Greatest Misses CD was released in March 2009. B-Rad did all the work in putting this together and getting the CD's made. Mike did the best he could to take the original source material and make it sound "decent". This includes 30 remastered songs from various quality recordings from old cassette tapes to vinyl. We did our best to make these sound decent considering most of the master recordings are missing or impossible to convert. This contains a majority of the songs released by Imminent Attack. These songs span from 1981 to 1986 and do not include songs from the Miraculous Power single. Also the opening song on Element of Surprise (Perpetual World) is not included. This will be available to listen to on the site.(at some point)
Title : Greatest Misses
Artist : Imminent Attack
Copyright : 2009 IA Music
Track Length Title
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1 00:03:55:07 We are not Alone/Who are You?
2 00:01:22:68 Punk is Silly and Insignificant
3 00:01:17:44 Do What You Want
4 00:01:13:15 Bad Habits
5 00:01:22:19 We Took Control
6 00:01:37:59 Worlds Gonna End
7 00:01:05:66 Imminent Attack
8 00:01:43:37 No Rights
9 00:02:49:41 Live For Fun
10 00:02:36:19 Do You Have a Choice?
11 00:02:08:58 Warning Original Version
12 00:01:29:48 No
13 00:01:34:14 Rebel
14 00:04:28:03 Anthem
15 00:01:29:39 Element of Surprise
16 00:01:46:74 My Skin
17 00:02:09:33 Basement
18 00:02:02:33 Destruction
19 00:02:11:18 Last Stand
20 00:02:05:65 What Do I See
21 00:01:27:40 Starve
22 00:01:41:08 Smash the Bore
23 00:02:23:53 Hunter
24 00:03:55:72 Do You know?
25 00:01:43:57 The Show
26 00:05:01:45 Doing Time
27 00:02:38:42 Rotten Land
28 00:01:59:19 Laugh
29 00:01:38:24 No Guts No Glory
30 00:04:33:13 Holy Terror