Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive

Iron City Houserockers, Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Our Heritage
• ASIN: B00001NFH0
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,946 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive)

2. Don't Let Them Push You Around

3. Pumping Iron

4. Hypnotized

5. Price of Love

6. Angela

7. We're Not Dead Yet

8. Blondie

9. Old Man Bar

10. Junior's Bar

11. Runnin' Scared

12. Rock Ola

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM, June 20, 2000

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Reed (New Castle, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive (Audio CD)

Back in the late 70's, the Iron City Houserockers released a couple of albums that should have propelled them into rock 'n roll stardom. Although their success remained mostly regional,this CD release of a classic rock album is long overdue. (Their other album, "Blood On The Bricks" is still unreleased as a CD.)

The Iron City Houserockers are billed as "the world's greatest bar band", and these 12 songs go a long way towards proving that claim. Lead singer and main songwriter Joe Grushecky rocks out big time on the first three cuts, slows the tempo slightly with "Price Of Love," then kicks it in again. "Old Man Bar" and "Junior's Bar" are mirror opposites of every night in your favorite local tavern. "Pumping Iron" contains a tribute to the Houserocker's hometown of Pittsburgh. "Don't Let Them Push You Around" and "We're Not Dead Yet" are the anthems of rebellious youth. Grushecky shows the early promise of becoming a great songwriter, as evidenced by his more recent CD's (listed as Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers).

For fans of the old Iron City Houserockers, this is a long overdue treat. For any of Grushecky's newer fans, this CD gives you a glimpse into his beginnings. And for anyone lucky enough to just stumble upon this recording, crank up the volume and get ready to "Have A Good Time."

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Steeltown Rock, January 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive (Audio CD)

HAVE A GOOD TIME BUT GET OUT ALIVE is one of the greatest records to come out in the late 70s/early 80s, and it's a shame that it didn't reach a wider audience, because the lyrics could teach a lot of people a lot of things. The title track provides a warning for anyone about to act in a dangerous manner, reminding us that fools rush in where angels fear to tread; "Don't Let Them Push You Around" and "We're Not Dead Yet" have inspired me not to say yes to everyone who offers me unhealthy foods; and "Blondie" is an indictment of musical commercialism. There's lots more where these come from, so by all means, go out and pick up HAVE A GOOD TIME BUT GET OUT ALIVE.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Classic is Re-released !, September 27, 2009

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D. A. Dudus "Rocker.At.Heart" (Calgary, AB, CAN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive (Audio CD)

I picked this album up when it was first released. Couldn't find it in CD form and it broke my heart to find out it was discontinued. BUT IT'S BEEN RE-RELEASED ! You can get it at band leader's Joe Grushecky's website [...] for about 15 bucks. Sounds every bit as fresh now as it did back in the day when I wore by record player's needle out on it.