Point Blank – ‘86

Point Blank
‘86
1986 (no label)
San Diego, California, USA

Mitch Wilson
Bill Power

1. (Don’t You Be a) Pious Punk
2. He’s Calling You
3. What’s So Fun About Getting Drunk
4. God’s Not Dead
5. Raining in Paradice
6. What is a Human Being
7. Scared Stiff
8. Got to Create
9. No More Blood
10. Don’t Fight
11. You Decide
12. Baby in a Bottle
13. I See You Devil
14. Amen

For those that didn’t know, this is one of the first bands that Bill Power of Blenderhead fame was in. Apparently the band was first called “Pontius Pilate & The Pious Punks,” but decided to change their name to Point Blank right before releasing this demo. If I remember correctly, they didn’t release anything under the earlier name. At one time, this was available for purchase on BandCamp, but I can’t find if it is any more or not. Anyways, this is mid-80s punk rock – a bit alternative here and there, a bit skate rock here and there, but still punk rock. This was also pre-pop punk, so all of the tough edges that pop punk smoothed out are on full display here. A nice bit of early Christian punk history here. Also of note is that there are several different color versions of the cover – they probably printed it up on a pack of various colored pieces of paper.