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The Lead

Pioneers of 80s Christian Hardcore Punk

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Hardcore For Jesus (recordings 85-89)
2 CD retrospective
Signed and numbered by the Lead
$20 + $4 s/h

CD 1
1. It's Thru You
2. Better Off
3. Get Out Of My Face
4. Question What Authority?
5. You Don't Know
6. Kill Satan
7. It's Thru You
8. The Law Of Love/Throwaway
9. Second Chance
10. Lead You To Repent
11. Question What Authority?/One Step Ahead
12. Death Of A Gunfighter
13. Better Off
14. Lead Us To Salvation
15. Take Him Home
16. Get Out Of My Face
17. Hide His Name
18. It's A Crazed World
19. No Religion
20. Emergency
21. Revolution In The Heart
22. No One's An Atheist
23. XB
24. Sick Of This
25. You Don't Need Him
26. Calling Out To You
27. Alienated

CD 2
1. Abomination/National Pride
2. He Won't Take A Joke
3. No Religion
4. Old Warrior
5. Tunnel Vision
6. Puritan
7. Jesus Became Sin
8. Change The World
9. Boring World
10. Suicide Is A Lie
11. Internal Pain
12. Hope You Stay Alive
13. Oh No! Not Again
14. To The Ends Of The Earth
15. Losers
16. Who's The Victim
17. I Can't Find It In My Heart
18. Skate Or Die
19. Kill Satan Mosh
20. The Empty Sepulchre
21. Defiance
22. Wink Of An Eye*

*accidentally left off the CD, download will be back soon .

Retroactive Records press release: HARDCORE FOR JESUS is a sonic assault from beginning to end with 2 CDs containing: .85 self-titled 4 song 7. EP, .86 Return Fire 19 song (cassette), .86 Automoloch 6 song (vinyl) 12. EP, .87 The Past Behind 6 song 12. vinyl EP (1st recorded version, not the R.E.X. recording), and .89 Burn This Record (R.E.X.) all of which provides a lesson in stamina that invites the listener to question if the band will outlast the listener or vice versa.

When THE LEAD hit the scene and released their debut self-titled, four song 7. record on their own, it seemed to many a nearly impenetrable cacophony of sound (which is great for fans of punk-n-thrash!). And, with each release, the band seemed to get heavier and faster. Over two decades later, it.s easy to see that The Lead.s music was incredibly ahead of its time. Touring nationally, and opening for such legendary bands as D.R.I. and Suicidal Tendencies only cemented the bands place in the early hardcore/metal scene.

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Member Since: 12/20/2005
Band Website: juliorey.home.mindspring.com/thelead/
Band Members: Photos from
Cornerstone 1990
by Bonnie Lee Groth

Nina Llopis
Vocals, bass

Julio Rey
Guitar, vocals

Robbie Christie
Drums, vocals

Andy Coyle
Guitar, vocals
(1989-1991)
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Record Label: Retroactive Records (www.retroactiverecords.net)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Lead on YouTube

  Lawrence, Kansas, June 1990. I'm really not sure what I was doing when I played those solos....
Posted by The Lead on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

Old microsite pics are back up in ImageShack

Since I find myself between web pages for my label, I decided to do a little housekeeping on my ImageShack account. I've created a profile page for Not Silent and stuck a link to it under Links To My...
Posted by The Lead on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:51:00 PST

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Posted by The Lead on Tue, 22 May 2007 10:27:00 PST

The Lead on last.fm

(by Julio) I took a good look at this website in the last few weeks, and was amazed to find an already-existing page for the Lead.Last.fm is the best music-intensive Web 2.0-type site I've seen so far...
Posted by The Lead on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:09:00 PST

Lead Review Roundup

Having been a few months since Hardcore For Jesus was issued, a few reviews have been appearing here and there.I love record (uh, CD) reviews and have loved them since I started reading rock magazines...
Posted by The Lead on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

The Lead are on another comp from Retroactive

The second "Lightning Strikes" compilation from Retroactive is out. Lightning Strikes Twice...Again. It includes the Lead's 1986 speedcore ditty "Calling Out To You" plus 19 other songs of various str...
Posted by The Lead on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:00:00 PST

A wik attempt at posterity

I don't know who did this (probably Matt Hunt) but the Lead now has a Wikipedia entry. Nowhere does it say that we broke up in 1991....
Posted by The Lead on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:19:00 PST

Wink Of An i

Okay...I uploaded a .wav of "Wink Of An Eye," the one-second epic (inspired by all four sides of "Tales Of Topographic Oceans" by Yes) that was accidentally left off the end of the second CD of the Le...
Posted by The Lead on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:26:00 PST

Wild October

Translated from the Julio Rey Since I last posted: I had lunch with Nina Llopis and got back the first batch of signed Lead Hardcore For Jesus CDs. I sent out all the preorders (let me know if you o...
Posted by The Lead on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:06:00 PST

HARDCORE FOR JESUS has been released!

The Lead's HARDCORE FOR JESUS 2-CD set is finally out.We the Lead got our copies last week and we're quite stoked. Big-time thanks to Matt Hunt of Retroactive for putting the project together.And than...
Posted by The Lead on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST