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No Policy
EP by State of Alert
Released	March 1981 (1981-03)
Recorded	December 1980 – January 1981
Studios	Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	8:20
Label	Dischord (No. 2)
Producer	Skip Groff
State of Alert chronology
No Policy (1981) First Demo 12/29/80 (2014)

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No Policy is the debut studio EP by the American hardcore punk band State of Alert, the first band to be fronted by Henry Rollins. Consisting of ten tracks, it was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, produced by Skip Groff and engineered by Inner Ear owner Don Zientara. No Policy was released on Dischord Records in March 1981, as the label's second release. No Policy was financed by Rollins, as Dischord was tied up in releasing Minor Threat's debut EP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Henry Garfield and Michael Hampton, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lost in Space"	0:43
2.	"Draw Blank" (written by Garfield, Hampton and Lyle Preslar)	0:36
3.	"Girl Problems"	0:48
4.	"Blackout" (written by Garfield and Simon Jacobsen)	0:45
5.	"Gate Crashers"	1:03

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Warzone"	0:51
7.	"Riot"	0:41
8.	"Gang Fight"	0:59
9.	"Public Defender"	1:12
10.	"Gonna Have to Fight" (written by Garfield and Jacobsen)	0:43
Total length:		8:20

Personnel

• Henry Garfield – vocals
• Michael Hampton – guitar
• Wendel Blow – bass
• Simon Jacobsen – drums

Production

• Skip Groff – producer
• Don Zientara – engineer
• Tina Angelos – cover art
• Michael Hampton & Chris Edwards – sleeve

Bibliography

• Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-78753-1.

• Cogan, Brian (2008). The Encyclopedia of Punk. Sterling. ISBN 978-1-4027-5960-4.