Electro Hippies were a British trash/hardcore punk band, formed in 1985 in St Helens/Wigan.
Though they were short-lived and underground through their career, their music influenced many future crust, hardcore punk and grindcore bands. The band relied heavily on low bass end sounds to create their low-fi, primitively produced music. They also incorporated elements of heavy metal. The band strongly embraced the D.I.Y. ethic which was very common among many early hardcore punk bands. The band's lyrics spoke heavily about animal rights and vegetarianism.
Electro Hippies split up in 1989, playing one last gig at Planet X in Liverpool and releasing the show as their final album.
Band members:
Jeffrey Walker - vocals
Andy Barnard - guitar
Brian Rylance - bass
Dom Murphy - bass
Simon Whiteman - drums
Mark Wightman - drums.
"The Only Good Punk" is the only studio album by Electro Hippies, released in 1988 on Peaceville. The album was reissued in 2002 on Peaceville.
Tracks:
1-20 LP The Only Good Punk
21-22 LP Hiatus The Peaceville Sampler, released in 1988
23-26 LP A Vile Peace Sampler, released in 1987
27-40 Electro Hippies Live LP, recorded 15 April 1989 at Planet X in Liverpool.
Tracklisting:
1. Faith
2. Acid Rain
3. Run Ronald
4. Scum
5. B.P.
6. Unity
7. Terror Eyes
8. So Wicked
9. Profit
10. Freddy's Revenge
11. Mistake
12. Things Of Beauty
13. Protest
14. Gas Joe Pearce
15. Lies
16. Tortured Tears
17. Turkeys
18. D.I.Y.
19. Suck
20. Deception
21. Could You Look Me In The Eyes
22. Sometimes I'm So Glad
23. At The Edge
24. Reject
25. Escape
26. Mega Armageddon Death
27. Mother
28. Faith
29. Unity
30. Sheep
31. City
32. Acid Rain
33. Run Ronald
34. Chickens
35. So Wicked
36. Profit
37. Meltdown
38. Mega Armageddon Death
39. Mega Armageddon Death Extended
40. Silver Machine
VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Play Fast Or Die" is a 12" by Electro Hippies, released in 1989 on Necrosis Records. The songs were originally released on the split LP Play Loud Or Not At All with Generic on Flat Earth in 1987.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro (Wrath Of Michael)
2. Acid Rain
3. Run Ronald
4. Wings Of Death
5. Terroreyes
6. Theme Toon (Frash It Out...)
7. Am I Punk Yet?
8. The Reaper
9. Next Time
10. Vivisection Song
11. Profit From Death
12. Mega-Armageddondeath Pt. 3
13. The Horns Of Hades
VBR ~243K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Napalm Death are a trash/hardcore punk band, formed in 1981 in Meriden near Coventry, West Midlands in the United Kingdom.
The band were initially inspired by the anarcho punk movement and associated bands such as Crass. After various personnel changes, demo recordings and a period of dormancy, they had returned to activity in 1985 and the line-up's sound reflected an increasing interest in heavy metal while remaining rooted in anarcho punk.
The band are credited as pioneers grindcore by incorporating elements of crust punk and death metal, using a noise-filled sound that uses distorted, down-tuned guitars, grinding overdrive bass, high-speed tempo, blast beats, vocals that consist of incomprehensible growls or high-pitched shrieks, extremely short songs and sociopolitical lyrics.
Napalm Death have released sixteen studio albums.
Band members:
Lee Robert Dorrian - vocals
Justin Karl Michael Broadrick - guitar
William Geoffrey Steer - guitar
Shane Thomas Embury - bass (From Enslavement To Obliteration)
Nicholas James Bullen - bass (tracks 1 to 12 Scum)
Jim Whiteley - bass (tracks 13 to 28 Scum)
Michael John Harris - drums.
"Scum" is the debut studio album by Napalm Death, released in 1987 on Earache.
The album was reissued as a dual disc (CD & DVD) in 2006 on Earache as the 20th Anniversary Edition. The DVD video side The Scum Story contains a 45 minute documentary film.
Tracks 8 and 9 suffer from the apparently poor condition of the original master tape with track 8 slightly fluctuating in pitch/speed throughout and track 9 rapidly speeding up halfway through the song for a few seconds.
Tracklisting:
1. Multinational Corporations
2. Instinct Of Survival
3. The Kill
4. Scum
5. Caught... In A Dream
6. Polluted Minds
7. Sacrificed
8. Siege Of Power
9. Control
10. Born On Your Knees
11. Human Garbage
12. You Suffer
13. Life?
14. Prison Without Walls
15. Point Of No Return
16. Negative Approach
17. Success?
18. Deceiver
19. C.S.
20. Parasites
21. Pseudo Youth
22. Divine Death
23. As The Machine Rolls On
24. Common Enemy
25. Moral Crusade
26. Stigmatized
27. M.A.D.
28. Dragnet
VBR ~250K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"From Enslavement To Obliteration" is the second studio album by Napalm Death, released in 1988 on Earache with a gatefold sleeve and a bonus 7" The Curse. The 7" record should not be submitted as an unique release and was not sold separately. The album was reissued in 2012 on Earache.
Tracks:
1-22 LP From Enslavement To Obliteration
23-27 7" The Curse
28-30 LP The North Atlantic Noise Attack, released in 1989 on Manic Ears Records
31 LP Pathological Compilation, released in 1989 on Pathological Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Evolved As One
2. It's A M.A.N.S. World!
3. Lucid Fairytale
4. Private Death
5. Impressions
6. Unchallenged Hate
7. Uncertainty Blurs The Vision
8. Cock-Rock Alienation
9. Retreat To Nowhere
10. Think For A Minute
11. Display To Me...
12. From Enslavement To Obliteration
13. Blind To The Truth
14. Social Sterility
15. Emotional Suffocation
16. Practice What You Preach
17. Inconceivable?
18. Worlds Apart
19. Obstinate Direction
20. Mentally Murdered
21. Sometimes
22. Make Way!
23. Musclehead
24. Your Achievement
25. Dead
26. Morbid Deceiver
27. The Curse
28. Scum
29. Life?
30. Retreat To Nowhere
31. Internal Animosity
VBR ~263K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"The Complete Radio One Sessions" is a compilation album, released in 2000 on Strange Fruit.
Tracks:
1-4 Peel Session 13 September 1987
5-8 Peel Session 8 March 1988
9-12 Peel Session 12 August 1990
13-16 Radio 1 Friday Rock Show March 1996.
Tracklisting:
1. The Kill/Prison Without Walls/Dead Part 1
2. Deceiver/Lucid Fairytale/In Extremis
3. Blind To The Truth/Negative Approach/Common Enemy
4. Obstinate Direction/Life/You Suffer Part 2
5. Multi-National Corporations/Instinct Of Survival/Stigmatised/Parasites
6. Moral Crusade/Worlds Apart/M.A.D.
7. Divine Death/C.S./Control
8. Walls/Raging In Hell/Conform Or Die/S.O.B.
9. Unchallenged Hate/Murdered Mentally
10. From Enslavement To Obliteration/Suffer The Children
11. Retreat To Nowhere/Scum
12. Deceiver/Social Sterility
13. Glimpse Into Genocide
14. Greed Killing
15. My Own Worst Enemy
16. Anti-Body
VBR ~261K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
