Bassist Mike Fellows and longtime drummer Marc Alberstadt abandoned singer John Stabb and guitarist Tom Lyle midway through these sessions, replaced by Minor Threat ’s Steve Hansgen and Sean Saley, respectively. Government Issue ’s evolutionary rate continued to outpace the Senate’s ability to pass a House economic stimulus package. Read more: 15 punk-rock records of 1979 that still rule four decades later Government Issue – Government Issue Welcome to the 15 best punk albums of 1986. Of course, they were given enough of an ’80s facelift to duck accusations of nostalgia.
Coming in from the outside was a return to mid-’70s punk basics. But the first notable ’60s garage-revival releases also dropped, along with a healthy dose of noisy avant-punk.
