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Youth Gone Mad is a Post-punk band founded in California in 1980 by Paul "ENA" Kostabi (also of White Zombie and Psychotica ). Youth Gone Mad signed onto the Posh Boy Records roster, scored a minor radio hit with "Oki Dogs" in 1981 , and played with bands such as Black Flag , Caustic Cause , The Mentors , The Stains , Fear , and others.

The band migrated east to New York, and went through numerous line-up changes along the way. At one time or another, the ranks included Dee Dee Ramone and Joey Ramone .

2002 saw Youth Gone Mad release "Youth Gone Mad featuring Dee Dee Ramone" on Trend Is Dead! Records . The album included the former Ramones songwriter/bass player's final studio recordings. Additionally, the song "Meatball Sandwich" was co-written and recorded with Joey Ramone .

Youth Gone Mad has released seven (7) studio albums and a slew of 7" singles and splits (including False Alarm , Letch Patrol , Los Gusanos and more).