The Loud Ones "Time To Skate" CD

“Skate Rock for Skate Rats” is what THE LOUD ONES are about! In 1983, fueled by skateboarding, a general need to party, raise hell, skate and session every ramp in the northwest, soon-to-be-legendary pro skater FRED SMITH and four of his friends would start THE LOUD ONES. The public named them THE LOUD ONES. LOUD ONES was not a band name— it was a reputation!So with the influence of punk bands they always listened to (SEX PISTOLS, JOHNNY THUNDERS, DEAD KENNEDYS) and one month of practice they would go into the studio and record their first demo. Without knowing it, among with soon-to-be-peers from throughout the US and Canada, they would be creating a whole new genre termed SKATE ROCK!That demo tape would end up being dubbed a million times and being played at backyard sessions all over the US. Over the next two years THE LOUD ONES would play a ton of keg parties; record another demo; play shows with GANG GREEN, THE FREEZE and THE F.U.S! Eventually FRED would get picked up by Alva Skat