The Dividing Line (Youth Brigade album)

The Dividing Line
Studio album by Youth Brigade
Released	1986[1]
Recorded	February–March 1986 at Avatar Studios, Malibu, California
Genre	Hardcore punk[2]
Label	BYO Records[3]
Producer	Russell Jessum
Youth Brigade chronology
Sound & Fury (1983) The Dividing Line (1986) Happy Hour (1994)

The Dividing Line is a studio album by the Los Angeles–based hardcore punk band Youth Brigade, released in 1986 under the moniker The Brigade.^[4] This would be the band's only release with bassist Bob Gnarly, who replaced Adam Stern in 1985.

The track "It's A Wonderful Life" was featured during a scene in the 1987 ABC made-for-television film Easy Prey, and had been considered lost media because it was not listed in the film's credits at any point. The song was later identified on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).^[5]

Track listing

1. "I Scream"
2. "The Struggle Within"
3. "War for Peace"
4. "The Story (Part 1)"
5. "It's a Wonderful Life"
6. "The Dividing Line"
7. "The Last Frontier"
8. "All Alone"
9. "The Hardest Part"

Personnel

• Shawn Stern − guitars, vocals
• Bob Gnarly − bass, vocals
• Mark Stern − drums, vocals

References

1. "PUNK OR NOT, BRIGADE URGES NONVIOLENCE". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1986.
2. Hidalgo, Michael (July 18, 1996). "Youth Brigade", The Fresno Bee, p. E6.
3. "Interview: Shawn Stern of Youth Brigade and BYO Records".
4. Ensminger, David (May 1, 2013). Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons. PM Press. ISBN 9781604868869 – via Google Books.
5. "Easy Prey (1986 TV Movie) Soundtracks". www.imdb.com. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 January 2022.