Story Behind The Song
Written in 1989 recorded to 4 track cassette in a Garage Studio in Manhattan Beach California as a collaboration between Gary Lalin aka Gary Slammer and Jeff Cabbot. Gary Wrote the Music an epic 4 chord punk rocker and Jeff wrote the lyrics. Gary taught the drum parts to his roommate Dan Robles who played Gary's POS Japanese drum kit and his other roommate Magic Moreno who was a top Gold Record mixing engineer miked the drums and amp and ran the mixing board into Gary's Cassette 4 Track. The song was recorded live with Gary playing Rhythm Guitar and singing backing vocals and Jeff singing Amazing lead vocal after which Gary overdubbed Bass / Lead Guitar and Tambourine and Magic did the bounce downs to stereo. This 4 chord 4 track punk masterpiece was never released. The songs original 4 track cassette was recently discovered and cleaned up and transferred to digital and remixed in 2025.
Song Description
Written in 1989 recorded to 4 track cassette in a Garage Studio in Manhattan Beach California as a collaboration between Gary Lalin aka Gary Slammer and Jeff Cabbot. Gary Wrote the Music an epic 4 chord punk rocker and Jeff wrote the lyrics. Gary taught the drum parts to his roommate Dan Robles who played Gary's POS Japanese drum kit and his other roommate Magic Moreno who was a top Gold Record mixing engineer miked the drums and amp and ran the mixing board into Gary's Cassette 4 Track. The song was recorded live with Gary playing Rhythm Guitar and singing backing vocals and Jeff singing Amazing lead vocal after which Gary overdubbed Bass / Lead Guitar and Tambourine and Magic did the bounce downs to stereo. This 4 chord 4 track punk masterpiece was never released. The songs original 4 track cassette was recently discovered and cleaned up and transferred to digital and remixed in 2025.
| Song Length |
2:19 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, Rock - Punk |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Annoyed, Mad |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Fight |
| Similar Artists |
Reverend Horton Heat, Stray Cats, |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
LYRICS
Don't wanna see you in my face
I don't want you around
Don't wanna see you at my door
I don't want you around
Don't want to hear your callin on the phone
I don't want you around
Don't want to see you in my life
I don't want you around
Want you around SCREAM
Don't want to read your letters anymore
I don't want you around
Don't want to see your car no more
I don't want you around
Don't want to see your dog no more
I don't want you around
Don't want to see you at my door
I don't want you around
Want you around
Don't wanna see you in my face
I don't want you around
Don't wanna see you at my door
I don't want you around
Don't want to hear your callin on the phone
I don't want you around
Don't want to see you in my life
I don't want you around
Want you around
I don't want you around (backing harmonies oh...oh....oh )