The Queers/Antagonizers Atl Beyond The Dirty South Valley vinyl is a 7-inch split released on Sexy Baby Records (catalog SBR 1033) and one of the more interesting punk pairings to come out of the Record Store Day 2015 lineup. Joe Queer and company link up with Atlanta street punk crew Antagonizers ATL for four tracks that cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. Two bands, one slab of wax, zero filler.
The Artists: Two Bands, One Shared Frequency
The Queers have been a fixture in American punk rock for decades, with Joe Queer operating as the project’s engine and creative constant. The band’s approach has always been rooted in melodic, no-nonsense punk with hooks that stick. Antagonizers ATL represent a different branch of the same tree: Atlanta-based, street-influenced punk rock with a harder, rawer edge. Pairing these two on a split makes sense in the way good splits always do. Each band brings its own identity, but neither sounds out of place next to the other.
Queers/Antagonizers Atl Beyond The Dirty South Valley Vinyl: What’s on the Record
The Queers contribute two original tracks: “Uncouth” and “In With The Out Crown.” Antagonizers ATL answer with their own two cuts, “(I’m) Stranded” and “Rock N’ Roll Rebel.” Four tracks across a 7-inch is the format working exactly as intended. Short, direct, and done before you second-guess anything. The release was produced in coordination with Teenage Rehab and dropped on April 18th, 2015, the same day as Record Store Day, which placed it squarely in the limited-run, moment-specific category of releases that tend to move fast and surface rarely afterward.
Why This Pressing Matters to Collectors
Record Store Day releases occupy a specific niche. They are pressed in limited quantities, distributed through independent retailers for a single day, and tied to a cultural moment that doesn’t repeat. This one, on Sexy Baby Records under catalog number SBR 1033, checks all those boxes. It is not a reissue or a repress of something widely available. It is a purpose-built split for a specific occasion, featuring original recordings from both bands. For anyone collecting punk 7-inches, especially material connected to Joe Queer or the Atlanta punk scene, this is a record that does not show up often. The format is right, the label is small, and the occasion that produced it has long passed. That combination tends to define what collectors actually look for.
Tracklist
1. THE QUEERS: UNCOUTH 2. THE QUEERS: IN WITH THE OUT CROWN 3. ANTAGONIZERS ATL: (I'M) STRANDED 4. ANTAGONIZERS ATL: ROCK N' ROLL REBEL
