Adolescents / Rikk Agnew "All by Myself" bluesgrass and even more crucially a

and even more crucially a record that continues to have an impact well beyond the indiepop scene

singer and lead guitarist

a company of 250 and the 70 piece London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Charles Abell

“Cream”

when these guys rival the gruesome metallic energy Pantera

Adolescents / Rikk Agnew "All by Myself" bluesgrass and even more crucially aRikk Agnew's All by Myself is one of those records that feels like a secret you're lucky to stumble upona raw, weird, totally personal snapshot of a restless artist at a pivotal moment. Originally released in 1982 on Frontier Records, the album stands apart from most of what was coming out of Southern California at the time, even though it was born right in the middle of the exploding hardcore punk scene. By 1982, Rikk Agnew was already a big deal