The video’s pretty rough, as you might expect, but this week, our ongoing celebration of all things Wino takes us back to 1984 and finds The Obsessed rocking a packed house in NYC. There are a ton of old Obsessed clips on the YouTubes, and they can be fun to sift through, but this one is short, sweet and pulls no punches either in sound or style.

Near as I can tell, the trio lineup is Scott “Wino” Weinrich (obviously) on vocals/guitar, Mark Laue, who’d later go on to join Unorthodox, on bass/vocals and drummer Dave Williams, though the latter is a guess at best, since the clip is grainy and whoever it is, his face is obscured for the most part by the cymbals. Sorry, but I’m no good at picking out drummers by their arms. It’s always been my private shame.

As for the song itself, “Lifer City” never made it onto an Obsessed record, but it would show up 17 years later in 2001 on Spirit Caravan‘s final full-length, Elusive Truth. This version is a lot more punk, a lot less fuzzed and has no shortage whatsoever of vitriol. Hope you dig it on this time-traveling Wino Wednesday:

Tags: Scott "Wino" Weinrich, The Obsessed, Wino Wednesday

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