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anyone else a fan of this long-standing UK metal-drum 'n' bass-punk band? i love em :D
great political lyrics, too

if you're not a fan... listen to some damnit ;)


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Subject to Status:

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yes sir they're gonna save us* (*subject to status).
absolution guaranteed* (*for a small additional fee) and the first will be
first and the last won't last.

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Meh. Moderately entertaining in the early nineties, but eclipsed by their peers such as Godflesh. If you have never heard their Streetcleaner LP dig out a copy from somewhere and give your ears treat.

Meh. Moderately entertaining in the early nineties, but eclipsed by their peers such as Godflesh. If you have never heard their Streetcleaner LP dig out a copy from somewhere and give your ears treat.
excellent *rubs hands together* just what i needed...

*downloads some Godflesh*


and would Streetcleaner be before pitchshiter.com? (no i don't have it... i need more!)

and would Streetcleaner be before pitchshiter.com? (no i don't have it... i need more!)

I don't understand the question, but if you're into this kind of thing then it would certainly be worth your while having a poke around at some of the samples of the early acts signed to Earache records here:

http://www.earache.com/


EDIT: ah, right. I understand now - Streetcleaner is an LP by Godflesh, not Pitchshifter.

I don't understand the question, but if you're into this kind of thing then it would certainly be worth your while having a poke around at some of the samples of the early acts signed to Earache records here:

http://www.earache.com/


EDIT: ah, right. I understand now - Streetcleaner is an LP by Godflesh, not Pitchshifter.
ah lol that would make more sense. cheers for the link - i definatley want to explore more of this kinda music :)


edit: hey wow, just realised, Earache... Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death are signed to them. excellent :D

edit2: OMG... looking at some of these early pitchshifter vids, they sound nothing like their more recent stuff after the album www.pitchshifter.com :eek:
well "nothing like" is perhaps a bit strong but still :eek:

edit: hey wow, just realised, Earache... Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death are signed to them. excellent :D

Thatr's funny, after I posted my last one there I was heading off to a gig and on the way down I was thinking about how much Boltthrower rawk. Track down the Peel session for some of their best stuff (shit production aside).

Pitchshifter is a good band, but their early stuff was best. They're, sadly, getting progressively worse as they move away from using guitars (but that's to be expected.

Streetcleaner is a good album, but not Godflesh's best.

If you like slow, drum heavy stuff, you might want to check out Swans, for instance their Cop album.

If you like slow, drum heavy stuff, you might want to check out Swans, for instance their Cop album.

Personally I prefer the Body To Body Job To Job compilation, anyhow, I guess mention of the Swans brings us on to Neurosis via Jarboe - another band who are sadly well past their prime. I am all for bands developing and changing their sound, but far too often people have a tendency to end up just taking it to banal and pointless places... Neurosis being one such example. I don't think they will ever recapture the flame they had during the Souls At Zero/Enemy Of The Sun period.

Personally I prefer the Body To Body Job To Job compilation, Eh. It's good, too. I actually prefer later Swans stuff, but their later stuff after Jarboe joined isn't slow and drum heavy.

anyhow, I guess mention of the Swans brings us on to Neurosis via Jarboe - another band who are sadly well past their prime. I am all for bands developing and changing their sound, but far too often people have a tendency to end up just taking it to banal and pointless places... Neurosis being one such example. I don't think they will ever recapture the flame they had during the Souls At Zero/Enemy Of The Sun period.Perhaps not. I don't have all of Neurosis's albums, but out of the ones that I have, Souls At Zero is the best. I'll have to check out Enemy of the Sun. But Jarboe still rules. :)