Compiled from a series of audience tapes recorded between 1978 and 1985, Funhunt is a good live document that falls short of being definitive. True, the sound quality is not exactly high-fidelity, but the frequently enthralling performances shine through the murk. Richard Hell is in full howling banshee form, and guitarist Robert Quine (who appears on all but one track) flails with hypercharged fury. It also helps that, for the most part, the track listing is well chosen, containing all of Hell's most famous songs -- "Blank Generation," "You Gotta Lose," and "Love Comes in Spurts," -- in nicely venomous, if not conclusive, versions. In addition, this is the only place to hear the title track, one of Hell's best songs of the period. The song selection, however, highlights one of the flaws of the record: some of Hell's equally classic, though more obscure tracks -- "Another World," "Destiny Street," "I'm Your Man" -- are omitted in favor of a smattering of covers, none of which are more than merely pleasant. What's more, the selection is almost completely from the late-'70s-era lineup of the Voidoids, which omits any tracks on which Hell himself played bass or had Marc Bell (later of the Ramones) on drums. Thus, for fans it isn't quite as necessary a recording as it could be. Still, for a portrait of intricate, articulate punk rock, Funhunt is hard to beat.