Between November 1981 and March 1982, they recorded material at

Between November 1981 and March 1982, they recorded material at Boston’s Radiobeat Studios with producers Jimmy Dufour and Lou Giordano , and brought a couple of songs as reels for airplay on local radio, making some stations’ top-ten lists. In July 1982, after the group gained national exposure via the hardcore punk audience on This is Boston, Not L.A. , a compilation of bands from the local scene just released in May of that year by Newbury Comics ‘ Modern Method Records label, they self-released a limited edition seven-song cassette EP called Distortion , which received positive response from local critics and DJs . In the late summer of 1982, the band would appear on Unsafe at Any Speed , the six-song follow-up compilation EP to This is Boston, Not L.A.