and Exene Cervenka. Kirk had played the instrument for 16 years but had never previously been part of a band. Other members were soon added, including Robyn Jameson (bass) and Steve Berlin (saxophones). The group's fifth member, drummer Chris Wahl, was found through a bulletin board advertisement in an area record store called Vinyl Fetish. Practices began in November 1981 with the first show played on December 21 of that same year. This permanent band released the third Flesh Eaters album, Forever Came Today, on Ruby Records in 1982. This was followed with the album A Hard Road to Follow in 1983. During this time they contributed a song to the Return of the Living Dead soundtrack. The Flesh Eaters initially broke up in 1983. However, a greatest hits album entitled Destroyed by Fire was released by SST Records in 1987 and a live album called Flesh Eaters Live was released on Homestead Records in 1988. 1990 relaunch Desjardins performed with his new band, the Divine Horsemen, until 1988. In 1989, Desjardins recorded an LP with the one-time group Stone by Stone. Shortly after this they changed their name back to the Flesh Eaters. They continued to perform on the west coast, and in 1990 released a second greatest hits album on SST Records entitled Prehistoric Fits – Flesh Eaters Greatest Vol. 2. Over the next three years, the Flesh Eaters released three more albums on SST Records: Dragstrip Riot (1991), Sex Diary of Mr. Vampire (1992), and Crucified Lovers in Woman Hell (EP - 1993). All three of these albums were produced by Chris D. and featured the musicians Wayne James, Glenn Hays, Ray Torres, Texas Terri, Juanita Myers, Christian Free, Stuart Lederer, and Madonna M. During this period, they also appeared on the 1991 compilation album Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones on Triple X Records. The Flesh Eaters discontinued performances in the spring of 1993. Since then, Desjardins has performed intermittently with a variety of musicians under this name. In 1999, the band released Ashes of Time on Upsetter Records (produced by Chris D. and Robyn Jameson). The most recent Flesh Eaters album, Miss Muerte, was released in 2004 on Atavistic Records and produced by Chris D. This label has also reissued No Questions Asked and Hard Road to Follow. In February 2006, it was announced that the original Flesh Eaters would perform several live