Sunday, 18 September 2022
Prong - Primitive Origins & Force Fed
Prong are a hardcore punk/trash metal band from New York City, formed in 1986.
Prong released two 12": Primitive Origins and 3 and a studio album Force Fed in the late 1980s, which were noted for their very raw sound. The band signed with Epic Records in 1989 and it was the start of Prong's change in music direction into heavy metal.
In 1996 Prong disbanded and reformed in 2002.
Band members:
Tommy Victor - vocals, guitar
Mike Kirkland - bass
Ted Parsons - drums.
"Primitive Origins" is a 12" by Prong, released in 1987 on Spigot. The 12" was reissued on CD in 1997 on Southern Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Disbelief
2. Watching
3. Cling To Life
4. Denial
5. Dreams Like That
6. In My Veins
7. Climate Control
8. Persecution
VBR ~263K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Force Fed" is the debut studio album by Prong, released in 1988 on Spigot. The album was reissued in 1998 with two bonus tracks on Southern Records.
Tracks:
01-12 LP Force Fed
13-14 12" 3 (Third From The Sun), released in 1989 on Spigot.
Tracklisting:
1. Freezer Burn
2. Forgery
3. Senseless Abuse
4. Primitive Origins
5. Aggravated Condition
6. The Coliseum
7. Decay
8. It's Been Decided
9. Force Fed
10. The Taming
11. Look Up At The Sun
12. Drainpipe
13. Third From The Sun
14. Mind The Gap
VBR ~263K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Friday, 2 September 2022
Siege - Drop Dead
Siege were a hardcore punk band formed in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1981. In 1984 Siege went into the Radiobeat studios in Boston to record a demo with Lou Giordano.
There were also three songs recorded for the 1985 compilation LP Cleanse The Bacteria.
When the album was finally given a proper release on CD by Relapse Records in 1994, the three Cleanse The Bacteria tracks were added to the original six demo tape songs.
Siege called it quits in 1985.
Band members:
Kevin Mahoney - vocals, saxophone
Kurt Habelt - guitar
Henry McNamee - bass
Robert Williams - drums.
"Drop Dead" is a 1984 self-released cassette by Siege. The cassette was reissued on CD in 1994 on Relapse Records with three bonus tracks.
Tracks:
1-5 demo tape recorded at Radiobeat February 1984
6-8 LP Cleanse The Bacteria compilation released in 1985
9 demo tape recorded at Radiobeat February 1984.
Tracklisting:
1. Drop Dead
2. Conform
3. Life Of Hate
4. Starvation
5. Armageddon
6. Walls
7. Cold War
8. Sad But True
9. Grim Reaper
VBR ~281K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo