Demo material produced by Thurston Moore through the debut album, plus selections from the EPs and LPs released on the Beastie Boys' 〈GRAND ROYAL〉. When they debuted in the '90s, NOISE ADDICT had plenty of fans among Japanese artists too, and got written up on radio and in magazine columns. Plenty of listeners fell hard for the lopsided (you could just say clumsy), lo-fi sound and melodic sense, Ben Lee's pre-voice-change vocals, and the sweetness of those bratty street-kid lyrics. It's also the perfect lineup for a first listen to NOISE ADDICT — 25 tracks in all, gathering nothing but the early pre-voice-change material. Start with #A1 "Waves Of Love" (sample_1), the opening track of the debut album "Def," and the post-voice-change classic with the unforgettable chorus, #C4 "16" (sample_3) — and check out the video below as well! Apparently, for the first time in the history of record pressing, and for no particular reason, the blackboard portion of the jacket is designed so you can actually write on it (laughs). (Original Japanese text by AYAM)