Discharge

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Discharge
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Discharge in Rome (2006)
Discharge in Rome (2006)
General information
Genre (s) Anarcho-punk , hardcore punk , thrash metal
founding 1977
Current occupation
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright
Tony "Bones" Roberts
Terry "Tezz" Roberts
Jeff "JJ" Janiak
Dave "Proper Caution" Bridgwood
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
  UK 40 05/15/1982 (5 weeks)
Singles
Never again
  UK 64 October 24, 1981 (3 weeks)

Discharge is an influential second generation anarcho-punk band from Great Britain .

style

The band played a very fast, guitar-driven and strongly distorted sound with anti-melodic vocal passages that were more screaming than sung. Later they approached speed metal . Thematically, they focused primarily on anarchist and pacifist topics, and spoke out against capitalism and nuclear war. They were among the forerunners of hardcore punk and founded their own sub-genre: the “D-Beat” (or “Dis-Core” or “Dis-Punk”), the “D” standing for discharge. The D-Beat prevailed especially in Japan, Brazil and Scandinavia - bands of the genre not only take over the band and the music from Discharge, but also the textual themes, the cover artwork and even the names and lettering of bands like Discard , Disclose , Disfear , Dissect or Recharge reveal their relationship to Discharge. They also anticipated important elements of crustcore .

history

Terry "Tez" Roberts (vocals), Tony "Bones" Roberts (guitar), Roy "Rainy" Wainwright (guitar), Nigel Bamford (bass) and Akko (drums) formed the band in 1977. Shortly thereafter, Rainy switched to bass Nigel Bamford left the band. In this founding phase, Discharge was still very much based on the Sex Pistols . In this line-up, the band released only one demo.

1979 Kelvin "Cal" Morris replaced Tez as singer, Tez played drums and Akko left the band entirely. In this formation they created the classic discharge sound. Although the line-up only lasted about a year, for many fans this is the band's classic line-up. Tez created the D-beat during this time .

After the EP release in 1980, various line-up changes followed. The band's music slowed down and began moving more and more from fast punk to metal in the mid-1980s . It wasn't until 2002 that the 1979 line-up came back together to record the album Discharge .

Discography

Albums

  • 1981: Why
  • 1981: Live at The Lyceum; 24th May 1981
  • 1982: Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
  • 1984: The Price of Silence
  • 1984: Never Again
  • 1986: Grave New World
  • 1989: Live at the City Garden New Jersey
  • 1990: The Nightmare Continues ... Live
  • 1991: Massacre Divine
  • 1993: Shootin 'Up the World
  • 2002: Discharge
  • 2004: Tour Edition 001
  • 2008: War Is Hell
  • 2008: Apocalypse Now
  • 2009: Disensitise
  • 2009: Japan 09
  • 2015: Live 2014
  • 2015: Toronto '83: In the Cold Night
  • 2016: End of Days

Compilations

  • 1984: Punk and Destroy
  • 1984: Never Again
  • 1987: 1980-1986
  • 1992: Protest and Survive 1980-1984 (2 CDs)
  • 1995: The Clay Punk Singles Collection
  • 1997: Vision of War (2 CDs)
  • 1999: Free Speech for the Dumb (2 CDs)
  • 1999: Hardcore hits
  • 2002: Decontrol the Singles
  • 2004: Society's Victims
  • 2008: Early Demo's
  • 2015: Replica LP Box Set

Singles and EPs

  • 1980: Fight Back
  • 1980: Realities of War
  • 1980: Decontrol
  • 1981: Never Again
  • 1982: State Violence State Control
  • 1983: Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health
  • 1983: The Price of Silence
  • 1984: The More I See
  • 1985: Ignorance
  • 2005: Discharge + MG 15 - Split 7 "
  • 2006: Beginning of the End
  • 2011: Off with Their Heads / Discharge - Never Run / Legacy You Left Behind
  • 2011: Propaganda Feeds

Further information

  • After leaving Discharge, the guitarist "Bones" founded his own band called Broken Bones , which "Tez" also joined.
  • Metallica has on the double CD Garage Inc. , the Discharge Songs Free Speech for the Dumb and The More I See gecovert.
  • The limited edition of Soulfly's self-titled debut album (1998) includes covers of Ain't No Feeble Bastard and The Possibility of Life's Destruction .
  • Machine Head covered the song The Possibility of Life's Destruction on the album The More Things Change… .
  • Anthrax covered the discharge song Protest and Survive on his 1991 compilation album Attack of the Killer B’s .

Web links

Commons : Discharge (band)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK