While has been bootlegged many times since released in 1988, NUCLEAR ASSAULT second album “Survive” never has been officially reissued due to legal disputes. Now 2024 NUCLEAR ASSAULT got the rights of the album and are releasing ”Survive [Remastered Reissue 2024]”.
Propelled by the single ‘Brainwashed’, ”Survive” was the album that broke NUCLEAR ASSAULT into the thrash metal mainstream, and was their first to enter the Billboard 200, reaching number 145.
For most fans, ”Survive” is NUCLEAR ASSAULT finest moment, or at least, their most ‘true thrash’ recording, epitomized by the lyrically anti-mainstream media rant ‘Brainwashed’. A record that shows the band enlarging their sound beyond the first few tentative progressive steps the band took on debut LP The Plague.
The album also includes a cover of Led Zeppelin’s classic ‘Good Times Bad Times’, also showcasing their classic rock roots.
01 – Rise from the Ashes
02 – Brainwashed
03 – F#
04 – Survive
05 – Fight to be Free
06 – Got Another Quarter
07 – Great Depression
08 – Wired
09 – Equal Rights
10 – PSA
11 – Technology
12 – Good Times Bad Times
John Connelly – lead vocals, guitar
Anthony Bramante – lead guitar
Danny Lilker – bass, backing vocals
Glenn Evans – drums, percussion