Living in Darkness


Living in Darkness is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Agent Orange, released in 1981 on Posh Boy Records. The album showcased the band's innovative mixture of punk, surf rock and skate punk, and was also listed in the "10 Best Skate Punk Records of All Time".
The original album consisted of eight tracks. In 1992, it was expanded to include three unreleased tracks from the album sessions as well as the 1979 recordings that won them their Posh Boy contract. A 1981 interview and liner notes written by guitarist Mike Palm were also included in the reissue. In 1988, Agent Orange recorded an as-yet unreleased version of the album, titled Living in Total Darkness.
Three songs are covers of classic surf instrumentals: "Pipeline" by the Chantays, "Miserlou" by Dick Dale and "Mr. Moto" by the Bel-Airs.

In popular culture

"Everything Turns Grey" was featured in the 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered, as well as the 2001 video game Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX. "Bored of You" was featured in the 2013 open world video game Grand Theft Auto V, on the Channel X punk rock radio station. "Bloodstains" was featured in the skateboarding games Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and Skate 3.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Palm, except for where noted.

LP original release: Posh Boy Records PBS 122 (US) - released in 1981

CD reissue: Posh Boy Records R2 71092 (US) - released in 1992