I Can't Relate - The Absentees March 13, 1981 - Long Beach Punk Rock

Long Beach Punk Rock Rocco Banich far as collectibles go, the ABSENTEES epitomizes the obsession with Killed By Death type obscurities. For years, desperate collector scum combed through fanzines, poured over flyers, talked to old scenesters and sniffed out any and all far-fetched leads only to find themselves searching in vain. The only known information was that the 7in. was from 1981 and that it had a fuzzed-out A-side that just about floored everybody who heard it. "Tryin' To Mess With Me" appeared on Killed By Death #7 in 1993 and what followed was utter frenzy. The record was at the top of every want list across the globe. "I NEED that f$%@**&$ record" was an oft-repeated phrase. The only name — the only possible lead — credited on the record was to one "R. Roll", what seemed to be an obvious pseudonym. This did not stop at least one collector from writing to every single R. Roll he could find. Such is the brand of madness the Absentees inspired.

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