Impetigo (band)
| impetigo | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore , grindcore , death metal |
| founding | 1987 |
| Website | http://www.Impetigo.Grindgore.net/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Stevo Dobbins | |
| Mark Sawickis | |
| Dan Malin | |
guitar |
Scotty |
Impetigo was an American death metal / grindcore band from Bloomington in the state of Illinois . Her texts dealt with subjects such as torture , serial murder , cannibalism and death. The lyrical concept provided the band with plenty of black humor . Most of the band's songs begin with intros, some of which come from media reports on legal murder trials. For the meaning of the band name, see Impetigo contagiosa .
history
The band was founded in 1987 as a hardcore / grindcore band. With the emergence of Death Metal, the music of Impetigo also gradually changed. In 1991 the band got a recording deal with Wild Rags Records . Impetigo broke up after the 1992 album. In an interview, the members admitted to having led the band only as a hobby, but the demand from fans and the music press became too great and it was decided to split up. From the late nineties there was a new boom in demand for the band's music and various live material was released and the sold out albums were re-released via Morbid Records .
In 1992 Stevo started a side project called Church of Misery , the band played Doom Metal . In 1992 the band was renamed Insomnia and broke up after a demo.
Impetigo songs were noticeably often covered by other bands. a. by Purgatory , Sanitys Dawn , Exhumed , Last Days of Humanity , Deceased ... , Haemorrhage , Mortician or Blood . To date, over 40 cover versions are known. The song "Boneyard" was covered most often. A tribute album entitled "Wizards of Gore" was released on the music label Razorback Records .
Discography
- 1987 All We Need is Cheez (Demo)
- 1989 Giallo (demo)
- 1990 Ultimo Mondo Cannibale
- 1991 Antefatto / Salvation ... to the Dead ( split EP ) with the German Blood
- 1991 Buio Omega (EP)
- 1991 Faceless (EP)
- 1992 Horror of the Zombies
- 1999 Late Night Necrophiliac Fun (Split)
- 1999 Impetigo / Transgressor Live (split album)
- 2000 Giallo / Antefatto (Best-of)
- 2000 Peristaltica IX (Split-EP) with ingrowing
- 2006 Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (rerelease via Razorback Records (USA) incl. Faceles EP, live bonus tracks)