1979. Heard it on K104 while driving to school & remember rushing to a record store to buy the album. generationX was instantly captured in each word of MCIS. It Spoke  a state of mind no other generation can understand nor relate to.

My parents were divorced & we lived in France with our mother. I made it back home to NY for college & remember taking the road with some friends heading to Willow Street club, in Rye. That club started so many punk, garage bands…& 1979 came on, & it felt as if the car was flying.

It spoke to me in terms of nostalgia even then. Because I knew that feeling of freedom would soon give in to the pain of having to leave the US. The past is never far when I hear the album.

” With the headlights pointed at the dawn, We were sure we’d never see an end to it all“.