The Pagans Discography
 
 
SINGLES
 
 
1977  -  Six and Change/Six and Change &p;         Neck 1143 
Recorded live in October 1977 at a guy named Lou Kolar's house in Madison, Ohio, an old, broken reel-to-reel. Robert Conn sang, Tim Allee played bass, Mike Hudson played guitar and Brian Hudson played drums.  Tom Mackie engineered the cut. Copies of this have sold to collectors for $200, but the band got 60 cents apiece for them a the time.  200 copies. In 1996, a band named Teengenerate (from Tokyo) released a cover of this. real cool. 

1978  -  Street Where Nobody Lives/ What's This Shit Called Love  Drome DR 1 
Recorded at Suma, March, 1978.  Produced by John Thompson, engineered by Paul Hamann. Mike Metoff played guitar and Mike Hudson sang.  Robert Conn was gone and Brian and Tim continued on their respective roles.  Later, the Washington D.C. band, the Meatmen, did cover versions of the B side on two different LP records.  1700 copies first pressing, 200 copies 1986 pressing (yellow label) 

1979  -  Not Now No Way/ I Juvenile &nbbssp;       Drome DR 5 
Recorded Halloween, 1978, at Suma. Pere Ubu singer David Thomas producing.  The A side  
was covered by the California group The Creamers and released as a single.  
1,000 copies first pressing, 600 copies 1987 (yellow label) 

1979  -  Dead End America/ Little Black Eggg&nnbsp;         Drome DR 7 
Recorded late in 1978 at Mustard, produced by Thompson.  1,000 copies first pressing, 600 copies 1987 pressing (yellow label) 

1980 -  Michael Hudson's Cleveland Confidential EP       Terminal Records 
Compilation featuring 1979 sound board recording from Pirate's Cove, Cleveland, 1979.  
1,000 copies 

1987 - Dead End America '87/ Secret Agent Man       Treehouse 003 
A strong contender for the most unredeeming record on this list.  Recorded live, November, 1986, at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.  Line-up is Mike Hudson, vocals, Mike Metoff, guitar, Tim Allee, bass, and Bob Richey, drums.  2,000 copies. 

1988  -  Don't Leave Me Alone/ Real World&aamp;nbssp;      Bonafide 7004 
The A side is the only 70s studio track not included on the Buried Alive LP, while the B side is the same track, retitled, that appeared on the Cleveland Confidential EP in 1980.  2,000 copies 

1988  -  (Us and Them) All Our Friends Are So Messed Up/ Heart of Stone  
Treehouse PR01 
Bob Richey replaced by David Liston on drums for the A side, he's back for the B.  Boys will be boys.  B side from the same Minneapolis show. A side recorded in late spring 1988, at Al McGinty's Beat Farm Studio in Willoughby, Ohio.  500 copies 

1989  -  Scumbait EP    &p;       Treehouse 019 
Includes "I Can't Explain" Still more from that damned Minneapolis show!  
Red vinyl.  200 copies 

1990  -  Her Name Was Jane/ I Do  &p;   Treehouse 021 
Recorded November, 1989, at Beat Farm.  2,000 copies 
 
 

ALBUMS

1982  -   Cleveland Confidential, The LPP      Terminal Records TERM-6 
Compilation includes "Boy Can I Dance Good", from the David Thomas session, 1978.  
Thomas plays guitar and sings backup.  1,000 copies 

1983  -  Pagans (the pink album)  &p;       Terminal Records  TERM-7 
Recorded live at the Mistake in Cleveland, at radio station WRUW, and Mike Hudson's  
basement in late '82 and early '83.  First pressing 500 copies.  Reissued in 1988 on  
Treehouse.  Line-up is Mike Hudson, vocals, guitar, Mike Metoff, guitar, vocal,  
Bob Richey, drums, Robert Conn, bass.  Mastered and mixed by Jim Jones of the  
Mirrors and Pere Ubu fame. 

1986  -  Buried Alive    ;&nnbsp;    Treehouse  002 
17 song LP, most everything recorded by the Pagans in the studio between 1977 and 1979.  
One song on the record, "Eyes of Satin", was covered by the New York band,  
God Is My Co-Pilot and released in 1995.  Also in '95, a band from Spain called the 
Pleasure Fuckers covered another song, "Haven't Got the Time" that's better than the original!  
5,000 copies, various color vinyl, cassette 

1987  -  LIVE:  The Godlike Power of TThe Pagans       Treehouse 004 
14-song LP.  Recorded live, November, 1986, at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. 
2,000 copies, two vinyl colors 

1989  -  Street Where Nobody Lives   
Resonance/Semaphore (US) 8908-1  (Holland) 8921  
14-song LP, cassette, and compact disc.  Mostly the same stuff as on Buried Alive,   
with some live cuts and different (rough) mixes thrown on as well.  4,000 copies  

1990  -  Pre-Moon Syndrome   &p;  Sun Dog Propaganda 02  
Compilation includes "When I Die", live from September, 1989 show at D.C. Space in Washington, D.C.  Jacket incorrectly dated 1989.  1,000 copies  

1990  -  Family Fare    &p;     Glitterhaus (Germany)  0089  
Six song LP.  All songs from the Beat Farm sessions in 1988 and 1989.   
2,000 copies  

1994  -  Everybody Hates You   p;;   Crypt (Germany) CR 38, EFA 11575  
30 track CD, fairly comprehensive though questionably mastered overview of   
activities 1977 - 1989.  10,000 copies  

1994  -  100% Pure Beef   &nbbssp;    Crypt (Germany) CR 1443  
Compilation CD includes two Pagans songs, though unsure which ones, because the band  never received a copy and only found out about it through the grapevine.  Pressing unknown but substantial.  

1996  -  Pirate's Cove 9/24/79  &nnbbsp;     Thermlonic  001  
The Pagans last seventies stand.  14 songs recorded live by Paul Marotta at the   
Pirate's Cove in Cleveland.  For true fans only.  1,000 copies  

1996  -  Cleveland  So Much To Answer For    CLE CD2B  
CLE Magazine comp features "Dead End America", with Johnny Dromette intro, live at   
the Real World Nite Club, 1979, OK?  

1998  -  Pagans Live Road Kill  1978-889<  

2001  -  Shit Street CD & Pink Album Plluss CD         Crypt Records   
Crypt Records 75 minute CD, Shit Street, includes unissured studio and live material from 1979 and Pink Album Plus includes 78 minute CD of the Pink Album plus unissued material.  

  Shit Street/ Pink Album Plus
 
 
 
 
2001 - Pagan's Pink album is #18 on Rolling Stone Magazine's (July 19th)  
            "It's On the Edge Top 20" List  
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Pagans in Rolling Stone Magazine
 
 
Courtesy of 
Noise Zone Magazine
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