Monday, 16 June 2008
Discharge
Artist: Discharge
Genre(s):
Hardcore
Discography:
Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing [Re-Issued]
Year: 2003
Tracks: 23
A lasting British hardcore band cited as a key influence by artists including Metallica and Anthrax, Discharge was formed in 1977 by isaac Bashevis Singer Terry "Tezz" Roberts, his twin brother/guitarist Tony "Clappers, " bassist Roy "Showery" Wainwright and drummer Hacko. New frontman Cal was recruited as the decennium john Drew to its shut, with Tezz moving to drums as a switch for the exiting Hacko; the first band sign to the newly-formed Clay Records label, Discharge issued their debut EP Realities of War in March of 1980, followed later that year by two more EPs, Fight Back and Decontrol. Tezz left the line up shortly subsequently, and afterward recording the Wherefore twelve-inch with impermanent drummer Bambi, Discharge named Garry Maloney their permanent skinsman in time to platter 1981's Never Again, which reached the number 64 spot on the UK pop charts.
In 1982, Discharge in conclusion issued their long-awaited full-length debut 'Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, which reached the Top 40; a U.S. Tour followed, and upon returning home the chemical group recorded a new single, "Land Violence, State Control." Bones then left wing to sort his own social unit, Broken Bones, and was replaced by guitarist Peter 'Pooch' Pyrtle for the EP Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health. In the waken of some other seven-inch, "The More I See, " both Pyrtle and Maloney departed; the singles compendium Never Again followed in 1984, and with new guitar player Les "The Mole" Hunt and drummer Nick Haymaker, Discharge released "Ignorance" a year later. Maloney returned to the flock for the 1986 LP Grave accent New World, which also featured new guitarist Stephen Brooks.
Wainwright was the future to go, and Discharge exhausted the future various days in limbo, at times releasing live material from their efflorescence. Finally, in 1991 the group returned with a fresh album, Massacre Divine, followed by Shooting Up the World. By 1997, the greco-Roman line up of Cal, Bones, Rainy and Tezz had reformed; around that same time, a tribute record album titled Discharged far-famed the band's continuing influence. Simlarly, Metallica's 1998 accumulation Garage, Inc. featured 2 Discharge covers -- "Liberate Speech for the Dumb" and "The More I See." Time would go by earlier the mathematical group made any new music, merely in 2002 they released a new eponymous album featuring the original lineup.