Light bastard

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Light bastard
Hellbastard live in 2014
Hellbastard live in 2014
General information
origin Newcastle upon Tyne , England
Genre (s) Thrash metal , crustcore
founding 1984/1985, 2008
resolution 1992
Website www.hellbastard.co.uk
Current occupation
Paul
Mike
Tom McCombe
Electric guitar, vocals
Malcolm "Scruff" Lewty
former members
Electric bass
 Ash
Electric bass
 Gianluca
Electric bass
 Christopher "Simo" Simmons (†)
Electric bass
 Ian "Scotty" Scott
Electric bass
 Drew Wright
Drums
 Phil Laidlaw
Drums
 Martin "Hairy" Harrison
Drums
 Brian Newton
Drums
 joint
Electric guitar
 Blobb
Electric guitar
 Ian Crow
Electric guitar
 Danny Guy
Electric guitar
 Gordy
Electric guitar
 Eric Thompson
Electric guitar
 Ali Lee
singing
 Grant
Vocals, electric guitar (live)
 Nick Parsons

Hellbastard is an English crustcore and thrash metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne , which was founded in late 1984 / early 1985, disbanded in 1992 and reunited in 2008.

history

The band was founded in late 1984 / early 1985 by singer and guitarist Malcolm "Scruff" Lewty. The name was derived from the title of a song that his friend Martin had written for his band Sons of Bad Breath. Phil Laidlaw joined the band as drummer, while Christopher "Simo" Simmons played bass. Their first appearance was planned for the end of 1985 in Scunthorpe , but the band played 10,000 Species of Moss, 20,000 Species of Catfish in the Amazon, Okay !, with which Hellbastard was supposed to appear, too long that they used up the entire performance time. Before the planned gig, Simmons destroyed his bass, so he had to borrow one. The band then held their first appearance in Newcastle together with Satanic Malfunctions . Before the performance, bassist Simmons left the band and was replaced by Ian "Scotty" Scott. Simmons then moved to Bristol and then to Wales , where he died. After their first concert, other appearances followed together with Conflict , Sacrilege , Kreator and Death . In 1986 the demo Ripper Crust was recorded at the Old Mill Studios in Alnwick . Through the demo, Peaceville Records and Gore Records, the forerunner of Nuclear Blast , became aware of the band and wanted to release the next demo, Hate Militia . Slatko Dolic, owner of Gore Records, died before that, so that the demo could no longer be released on this label. Peaceville Records did not release the demo either, although they did the song Civilized? released on their compilation A Vile Peace . The demo wasn't released until 2000 on Dirty Thrash Records . The debut album Heading for Internal Darkness was released in 1988 via Meantime Records . The album was recorded at Lion Studios in Leeds in January of the same year . Wendy Gill was a guest singer in the song Death Camp . The release was followed by appearances across Europe . After the release of the album, drummer Phil Laidlaw left the band and was replaced by Brian Newton, who was first heard on record on the EP They Brought Death . The EP was released in 1989 on the German label Temple of Love Records . Shortly thereafter, Ian Crow was added as the second guitarist and bassist Scott was replaced by Drew Wright. The band then negotiated with Vinyl Solution about the release of the next album. A short time later, Necrosis Records came into play, which was a sub-label of Earache Records and was operated by Bill Steer and Jeff Walker of Carcass . Ultimately, the album Natural Order was released in 1990 via Earache Records itself, with Ian Crow being replaced by guitarist Ali Lee. Crow founded Hellkrusher a little later with Ali Lynn from Energetic Krusher . Natural Order was produced by Colin Richardson at Slaughterhouse Studios in Kingston upon Hull . The publication followed various appearances, including a concert in 1990 in Naples together with Napalm Death . In early 1991 drummer Newton left the band and was replaced by Martin "Hairy" Harrison, another Energetic Krusher member. The band then recorded another demo called Situation Violent before they split up in 1992.

In 2008 founding member Malcolm "Scruff" Lewty (vocals, guitar) reformed Hellbastard. In addition to Lewty, the band consisted of guitarist Danny Matthew Guy, bassist Gianluca Ait and drummer Kristjan B. Heidarsson. The album The Need to Kill followed in 2009 and a European tour in March of that year.

style

Felix Von Havoc named Hellbastard alongside Concrete Sox , Deviated Instinct and the late works of Amebix as an example of true crust in contrast to crusty hardcore or crust-core, which is mainly based on thrash metal and dis-core and from bands like Disrupt , Extreme Noise Terror and doom . Hellbastards Ripper Crust is considered to be the first use of the term crust for a variety of punk . Her late works, however, are "pretty predictable Metal ". The band itself cites the "continuous attack of super-repressive patheticism on humanity" and humanity on the environment as influences and describes their music as an unclassifiable mixture of punk and thrash metal. The band names groups such as Amebix, Antisect , Discharge , Hellhammer and Venom as influences for their music . Lewty names bands like Crass , Rudimentary Peni and Flux of Pink Indians as the main influences for the mostly political lyrics, which are close to the anarcho-punk .

Discography

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 183 .
  3. ^ Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 184 .
  4. ^ Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 185 .
  5. ^ Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 187 .
  6. ^ Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 188 .
  7. ^ Ian Glasper: Trapped in a Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 . Cherry Red Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-901447-61-3 , pp. 189 .
  8. ^ A b Felix Von Havoc: Profane Existence 40 Rise of Crust article ( Memento of April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 29, 2013.