Jul 20, 2026 By Matthew Berlyant

Since their 1976-1980 existence, there have been several previous attempts to capture the recorded and live legacy of Boston’s early punk luminaries La Peste (from the Camus novel of the same name, literally meaning “the plague”), ranging from the self-titled 1996 Matador compilation to Bacchus Archives’ 2006 compilation of studio and live tracks. More