D.O.A.
Early Vancouver punk, "Disco Sucks," "Something Better Change," "Hardcore '81" and later returns.
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The music room holds releases, performances, collaborations, open questions and the verified links between punk, metal and later projects.
Randy Rampage ST EP
Released in 1982 on Friends Records FR012. Benny Doro is credited as solo guitar on "Livin' On Borrowed Time."
Open the songs
Annihilator
Randy's lead vocals on "Alice in Hell" create one of the site's strongest cross-genre rooms.
Follow the influenceThe Sick Ones
Presented as what the archive currently shows: a connected story around Randy, Brad Kent, Zippy Pinhead and Benny Doro.
Archive questionDo not overclaim
Rampage
Later band material and road evidence give the site another hallway beyond the better-known chapters. Images remain held until cleared.
Open later notesLive video framework
Future video embeds, credits and source notes will live here after clips are cleared. V1.0 keeps the room ready without pretending unverified footage is public.
See research statusRecorded work
The releases that carry Randy's voice, bass and damage.
This section is source-led. Confirmed facts are separated from research-active questions so the music room can grow without guessing.
Randy Rampage ST EP
Five-song solo EP recorded and mixed at Ocean Sound Studio. Discogs and CitizenFreak both support the Friends Records FR012 release identity, with Discogs adding track durations, runout data, production notes and photography credit.
- Randy's role
- Lead vocals, bass
- Track listing
- A1 Cheap Tragedies - 4:25; A2 Don't Be Afraid - 4:30; B1 The Last Song - 3:55; B2 Livin' On Borrowed Time - 3:40; B3 Why, Why, Why? - 4:28
- Production
- Produced by Rampage & Boy; engineered by Tracey Marks; photography by Fred Fulton.
- Runouts
- Side A: 4170A R; Side B: 4170 B R.
- Why it matters
- The record connects Randy's D.O.A. world to Benny's firsthand session history and becomes the first song-by-song exhibit in this room.
Something Better Change
Early D.O.A. album from Randy's first run with the band. MusicBrainz verifies the 13-track Canadian Friends Records release data used for this V1.1 exhibit.
- Randy's role
- Research-active: verify release-specific bass/vocal credits against primary sleeve evidence.
- Why it matters
- Part of the Vancouver punk chapter that made Randy a public force before the solo EP and later metal period.
Hardcore '81
A defining early hardcore release and a required room in any Randy Rampage music map. MusicBrainz verifies the 14-track Friends Records release data used here.
- Randy's role
- Research-active: verify release-specific credits before publishing personnel as final.
- Why it matters
- One of the records that anchors Randy inside the birth of hardcore punk, not just Vancouver punk local history.
Alice in Hell
Randy's best-known metal-era vocal document: the Annihilator debut that carried his voice into a much larger international audience.
- Randy's role
- Lead vocals
- Why it matters
- The bridge between Randy's punk mythology and the thrash-metal audience that discovered him through Annihilator.
In Command: Live 1989-1990
Live Annihilator document from the Alice in Hell period. Treat as a live-performance exhibit once source details and track-level Randy vocal credits are finalized.
- Randy's role
- Research-active: verify track-specific vocal credits.
- Why it matters
- Shows Randy's Annihilator voice in front of an audience, not only as a studio artifact.
Criteria for a Black Widow
Randy's return to Annihilator, important because it is not just a footnote to Alice in Hell but a later recorded chapter in the same metal lineage.
- Randy's role
- Lead vocals
- Why it matters
- Reopens the Annihilator connection after the original Alice in Hell era.
Rampage
Later band material belongs in Randy's music story, but the site should not invent release data until source evidence is tied to specific recordings, photos or documents.
- Randy's role
- Research-active
- Why it matters
- Represents Randy's later attempt to keep the machine moving beyond the records everyone already knows.
The Sick Ones
This project is preserved as a connected Randy room, not a finished discography claim. It should expand from verified artifacts, Benny recollections and source-confirmed releases.
- Randy's role
- Research-active
- Why it matters
- Connects Randy, Brad Kent, Zippy Pinhead and Benny's later archive material without overstating the public release history.
Research status
Source notes and open checks.
Verified enough for V1.1
Randy Rampage ST EP title, label/catalog number, year, Canadian 12-inch EP format, studio, track durations, runouts, production note, photography credit and track-level credits are sourced from Discogs and cross-checked against CitizenFreak / Museum of Canadian Music where overlapping. The D.O.A. and Annihilator release titles, dates, labels, catalog numbers, formats and track lists are sourced from MusicBrainz release records and Cover Art Archive front-cover assets.
Needs sleeve-level confirmation
D.O.A. release-specific personnel, later D.O.A. return-era releases, Rampage, The Sick Ones, Stress Factor 9, Joe Keithley appearances, compilations and unofficial releases should be reconciled against sleeves, Discogs/MusicBrainz data and archive evidence before being treated as final.
Listening links
No hosted audio was added. Release pages use source/research links only until official listening destinations or rights-cleared local audio are reviewed.
Friends Records FR012 / Canada / 1982
Randy Rampage ST EP
The record is treated as an entrance, not a database row. Discogs documents the release as a Canadian 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM EP on Friends Records, recorded and mixed at Ocean Sound Studio. Each song opens into its own exhibit room so documented facts and firsthand session memory can live beside the artifacts without being confused for the same kind of evidence.
No hosted audioFacts separate from memoryDiscogs + CitizenFreak cross-check
Open the song
Five doors inside the record.
Track 01
Cheap Tragedies
- Documented credits
- Drums: Zippy Pinhead. Guitar: Brad Kent. Written by Greg Ingraham and Penelope Houston.
- Session record
- Randy Rampage ST EP, Friends Records FR012, 1982. Duration: 4:25.
- Related rooms
- D.O.A. / The Sick Ones / EP artifacts
Authorized playback
Listen on CitizenFreakOpens the Museum of Canadian Music player for this EP. No audio is hosted here.
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Track 02
Don't Be Afraid
- Documented credits
- Drums: Zippy Pinhead. Guitar: Brad Kent. Piano: Tracey Marks. Written by Randy Rampage.
- Session record
- Randy Rampage ST EP, Friends Records FR012, 1982. Duration: 4:30.
- Related rooms
- D.O.A. / Photos / EP artifacts
Authorized playback
Listen on CitizenFreakOpens the Museum of Canadian Music player for this EP. No audio is hosted here.
From the session
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Track 03
The Last Song
- Documented credits
- Drums: Zippy Pinhead. Guitar: Brad Kent. Strings: Tracey Marks. Written by Brad Kent and Randy Rampage.
- Session record
- Randy Rampage ST EP, Friends Records FR012, 1982. Duration: 3:55.
- Related rooms
- D.O.A. / Open questions / Legacy
Authorized playback
Listen on CitizenFreakOpens the Museum of Canadian Music player for this EP. No audio is hosted here.
From the session
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Track 04 / documented Benny connection
Livin' On Borrowed Time
- Documented credits
- Drums: Chuck Biscuits. Guitar: Randy Rampage. Guitar solo: Benny Doro. Written by Randy Rampage.
- Session record
- Randy Rampage ST EP, Friends Records FR012, 1982. Duration: 3:40. Precise studio-session date remains research-active.
- Related rooms
- Firsthand context / EP artifacts / The Sick Ones
Authorized playback
Listen on CitizenFreakOpens the Museum of Canadian Music player for this EP. No audio is hosted here.
From the session
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Track 05
Why, Why, Why?
- Documented credits
- Drums: Chuck Biscuits. Guitar: Randy Rampage. Written by Randy Rampage.
- Session record
- Randy Rampage ST EP, Friends Records FR012, 1982. Duration: 4:28. Sleeve title noted by Discogs as "Why, Why, Why? (Instrumental Version)(Theme From The Ever Continuing Saga Of The SICK ONES)."
- Related rooms
- D.O.A. / Photos / Legacy
Authorized playback
Listen on CitizenFreakOpens the Museum of Canadian Music player for this EP. No audio is hosted here.
From the session
FIRSTHAND SESSION STORY - BENNY INPUT REQUIRED