Concrete Sox
| Concrete Sox | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Nottingham (Great Britain) |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore , crustpunk , grindcore |
| founding | 1984, 2009 |
| resolution | 1994, approx. 2012 |
| Founding members | |
singing |
Andy (1984) |
guitar |
Victor "VicTim" Timoveric (1984–1989) |
Drums |
Leslie Duly (1984-1987, 1988-1994) |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Michèle Croll |
singing |
Lambert |
guitar |
Victor Timoveric |
bass |
Dave "Brownie" Brown |
Drums |
Joe "Pug" Nott |
| former members | |
singing |
Sean Cook (1986–1990, 1993–1994) |
singing |
Loyd Sims (1990-1992) |
guitar |
Rick Button (1989-1990) |
guitar |
Ian (1990-1992) |
guitar |
Mark Greenwell (1992-1994) |
bass |
Kalvin "Kalv" Piper (1984, 1987) |
bass |
Rich Lamell |
Drums, vocals |
John March (1984-1986) |
Drums |
Andy Sewell (1986-1994) |
Concrete Sox was an English hardcore - band . She was one of the pioneers of the grindcore scene in Great Britain.
history
Concrete Sox was founded in early 1984 as a straight-edge band; Founders were Leslie Duly (drums) and Victor Timoveric (guitar), and the founding place was Nottingham . Duly's brother-in-law Andy was the singer, and after a series of sessions and concerts with changing musicians, he was the bassist, Kalvin Piper, who wrote articles for the US fanzine Maximumrocknroll . Since Duly did not master his instrument properly, he switched to bass in the summer of 1984, and John March took the place on drums. Piper remained on friendly terms with the band and founded Heresy a little later . In the line-up of Andy-Timoveric-March-Duly, the band recorded a demo in 1985, which earned them a record deal with the Bristol punk label Children Of The Revolution Records. The group's first release, however, was Eminent Scum , which appeared in October 1985 on the Anglican Scrape Attic sampler published by Digby "Dig" Pearson . Pearson then founded Earache Records . The following year, the Concrete Sox debut album Your Turn Next was released on Children Of The Revolution Records. During the shooting of a split - LP was changed with Heresy drummer and singer John March, who played at that time in both bands and the load was not grown more in 1986 not to Heresy and (by Sean Cook (vocals) and Andy Sewell drums ) replaced. The split LP was released on Earache, where it was the second record in the company's history. A little later, the group switched to Manic Ears Records , where the second album Whoops Sorry Vicar! appeared. Bassist Les Duly left the band and was replaced by Piper, who was returning to the band. The third album Sewerside was released on Big Kiss, the label of Flux of Pink Indians singer Colin Latter. Before the album was released, Victor Timoveric was the last founding member to leave the band in 1989. Session guitarist Rick Button was hired for the upcoming tour with Doom . After the tour Cook left the band for private reasons and was replaced by Loyd Sims. In 1990 Mark Greenwell became a permanent guitarist. With this line-up, Concrete Sox opened for Agnostic Front in 1992 and went on a tour of Japan with various Japanese hardcore bands, where they headlined. In 1993 the fourth album No World Order was released . After a financially disastrous European tour, the band broke up in 1994.
In the late 1990s, Concrete Sox reformed for an EP , a Scandinavian tour and a few appearances in the UK; Rich Lamell played bass for Duly. In 2009 Timoveric reformed the band with a new line-up. A European tour started in spring 2010 was canceled after a few concerts. Then the band's tracks are lost.
style
The recordings from 1985 show the band stylistically closer to hardcore and crustpunk than to straight edge. The debut album is described by music journalist Ian Glasper as a trailblazer for the development of the crossover between punk and metal that emerged in both the British and US hardcore scenes in 1985. Glasper argues that the band's sound has become more metal-heavy from album to album.
The band's lyrics were often political; Drummer Sewell described the band as "anarchist left-wing extremists" and the band Crass as a role model. But Concrete Sox also had humorous lyrics in their repertoire, a rarity in the scene. The band branded stereotypes of the metal scene with their song titles. B. with titles like Speak Siberian Or Die ( minted in Speak English or Die ) or At Tea With Satan ( At War with Satan ).
Discography
- 1985: Your Turn Next (Children Of The Revolution Records)
- 1987: Split album with Heresy ( Earache Records )
- 1987: Whoops Sorry Vicar! ( Manic Ears Records )
- 1989: Sewerside (Big Kiss)
- 1990: Lunched Out (EP, Desperate Attempt Records)
- 1991: Split EP with Nightmare (MCR Company)
- 1993: No World Order ( Lost and Found Records )
- 1999: The New EP (Data Records)
Web links
- Concrete Sox at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 92 ff .
- ^ Ont-Road-Fanzine: Concrete Sox Euro 'Tour' 2010. Accessed on September 6, 2017 .