VIRULENCE was originally formed in Southern California in 1985. The lineup was vocalist KEN PUCCI, guitarist SCOTT HILL, bassist MARK ABSHIRE and drummer RUBEN ROMANO. Their primary influences were Black Flag, Melvins and Bl'ast. In 1989 Abshire left the band and was replaced by GREG MCCAUGHEY, and soon after the group's debut album If This Isn't A Dream was released on Alchemy Records (Melvins, Neurosis, RKL, Poison Idea, etc.). Shortly after the album's release, Alchemy folded, the album was lost in obscurity, and the Virulence disbanded (re-forming later with a different vocalist as FU MANCHU). Southern Lord's reissue includes all the tracks from the debut album, along with early demons and live tracks. Packaged with liner notes from the band and tons of photos and flyers from the band's glory days.