GANGGREEN ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A 3 PIECE BAND IN 1981 WHEN CHRIS DOHERTY BILL MANLEY & MIKE DEAN PLAYED TOGETHER , THE PHRASE TRIPLE SPEEED HARDCORE THRASH WAS COINED!!!!!

NO BAND EVER PLAYED SO FAST & FURIOUS WITH THE VENOM OF THESE BRAINTREE BASHERS .(A TOTAL OF ONLY 10 SONGS WERE EVER RECORDED) &

ARE BROUGHT TO YOU IN ITS ENTIRETY ON THE CD “PRE-SCHOOL” INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY “SOLD OUT”7IN TAANG FIRST RELEASE 1984

PHASE II

“ANOTHER WASTED NITE”

THIS CD IS A COLLECTION OF THE SECOND ERA OF GANGGREEN, FROM 1985 TO 88, WHAT SOME CALL THEIR BEST & MOST PRODUCTIVE ERA. THE BAND WENT INTO THE STUDIO IN EARLY 86 WHAT THEY CAME OUT WITH WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST SELLING, HEAVILY PLAYED RADIO SINGLES IN BOSTON OF ALL TIME.

BY JUNE ‘86, WALTER LEFT GANGGREEN TO REJOIN HIS OLD BAND THE OUTLETS. BRIAN BETZGER WAS DRAFTED FOR THE DRUMMING POSITION FROM JERRYS KIDS. HE STAYED WITH GANGGREEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME & DOHERTY THEREAFTER. JOE GIDDLEMAN, ROADIE, LATER JOINED ON BASS AND IS NOW IN THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES. TONY NICHOLS FROM MELIAH RAGE ALSO JOINED THE BAND FOR A SHORT TIME. BOTH MEMBERS HAVE RECORDED TRACKS ON THIS CD. ALL THE TRACKS RECORDED OF THE 85-87 ERA ARE INCLUDED ON THIS CD. A TOTAL OF 16 SONGS .

1988 GANGGREEN LATER RECORDED FOR THE ROADRUNNER LABEL ONLY TO BE MARKETED AS A CROSSOVER METAL HARDCORE BAND & FELL INTO OBSCURITY.

IN EARLY 96 THE WASTED NITE LINE-UP PLAYED OUT

BACK & GACKED / 1997

AFTER THE DISPERSMENT OF THE STILPHEN BROTHERS IN MID 96, CHRIS & WALTER STARTED WRITING NEW SONGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS , THEY RECORDED 6 SONGS IN JAN 97 RELEASED IN MAY 97

& W DAVID MINEHAN PRODUCING IT HAS A CLOSE SIMILARITY TO THAT OF IN THE “ALCOHOL / ANOTHER WASTED NITE” VEIN

“ANOTHER CASE OF BREWTALITY”

IN THE SUMMER OF 97 A TOTAL OF 18 NEW SONGS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE DOHERTY/ WALTER G. DISTILLERY. ALONG WITH A COVER OF LABEL MATES STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ” SUSPECT DEVICE” IS SET FOR RELEASE IN OCT 1ST 1997 GANGGREEN , THE INCURABLE DISEASE OF GANGGREEN IS BACK. WE ARE FUCKING PSYCHED!!!!!!!! THE NEW RECORD IS A RIVETING HARDCORE MASTERPIECE W ITH ALL THE VENOM OF A RATTLESNAKE

TAANG! TV “ALCOHOL” WITH MTV UPON US . PAUL RACHMAN WAS BROUGHT IN (MISSION OF BURMA FAME ) & PRODUCED SEVERAL VIDEOS FOR GANGREEN 3 FOR TAANG! “HAVE FUN ” & “ANOTHER WASTED NITE” WERE THE OTHER 2 “