Sunday, November 17, 2019

Discharge : Hear Nothing See Notthing Say Nothimg LP 1982 - Why ? EP 1981



DISCHARGE are a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977. The band is characterised by a minimalistic approach to music and lyrics. A heavy, distorted and grinding guitar-driven sound and raw, shouted vocals similar to a political speech, with lyrics on anarchistic and pacifistic themes.


While the band undergone several line-up changes throughout its history, the classic line-up from the early 1980s featured bassist Wainwright, drummer Gary Maloney, Anthony "Bones" Roberts playing guitar, and vocalist Kelvin "Cal" Morris.


AllMusic calls the band's sound a "high-speed noise overload" characterised by "ferocious noise blasts". The band's 1982 debut album, »Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing«, went to number two in the UK Indie Charts and number 40 in the UK Album Charts. In the early 1980s, numerous DISCHARGE singles and EPs landed in the top 10 of the UK Indie Charts, including the 1981 EP »Why?« and the 1982 single 'State Violence State Control'.


2015, DISCHARGE announced their signing with Nuclear Blast. After the release of the »New World Order« EP, the time has now come to unleash their new studio album, their label debut, on an unsuspecting world: It's titled »End Of Days«and was released in April 2016.
The band is characterized by a minimalistic approach to music and lyrics, using a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and raw, shouted vocals similar to a political speech, with lyrics on anarchist and pacifist themes, over intense drone-like rhythms. The band's sound has been called a "grave-black aural acid assault."


Discharge "paved the way for an astounding array of politically motivated, musically intense and deeply confrontational bands". Discharge was "explicitly political" and used a "revolutionary/activist" attitude that moved hardcore away from its pub rock origins and towards a "dangerous and provocative" territory.
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing is the debut studio album by English hardcore punk band Discharge, released on 21 May 1982 by Clay Records. While some critics at the time dismissed this album as "unmusical",[citation needed] in retrospect, it is viewed both a classic of the era and the peak of Discharge's career.

Treble magazine calls "Hear Nothing Say Nothing" one of the ten essential hardcore albums, in a list that includes Black Flag's Damaged and the Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. In the early 1980s, numerous singles and EPs placed in the top 10 of the UK Indie Charts, including the 1981 EP Why? (#1) and the 1982 single State Violence State Control.



Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing paved the way for various extreme metal styles such as thrash metal, black metal, crust punk, and grindcore. The band's "brutal, extremist approach" and "extreme thrash noise" style of playing eventually led to the thrash genre. "Discharge's influence on heavy metal is incalculable and metal superstars such as Metallica, Anthrax and Sepultura have covered Discharge's songs in tribute."  Discharge was a major influence on at least two generations of metal. Along with Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror, Discharge have been credited for laying the groundwork for grindcore. The musical genre of d-beat is named after Discharge and the band's distinctive drumbeat.


The album is characterized by a minimalistic approach of music and lyrics, a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and raw, shouted vocals similar to a political speech, with lyrics on anti-war themes. AllMusic calls the band's sound a "high-speed noise overload" characterized by "ferocious noise blasts".
The album is considered highly important in the evolution of extreme forms of metal and punk music, paving the way for genres such as thrash metal, black metal, crust punk and grindcore.

All tracks are written by Discharge (Cal Morris, Bones, Rainy and Garry Maloney).

Personnel

Cal Morris – vocals
Bones – guitar
Rainy – bass
Garry Moloney – drums
Mike "Clay" Stone - producer


TRAXS

01. State Violence State Control  2:43
02. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing  1:33
03. The Nightmare Continues    1:51
04. The Final Blood Bath    1:42
05. Protest and Survive     2:17
06. I Won't Subscribe     1:39
07. Drunk With Power     2:46
08. Meanwhile    1:30
09. Dooms'Day
10. A Hell on Earth    1:54
11. Cries of Help    3:07
12. The Possibility of Life's Destruction  1:17
13. Q: And Children? A: And Children    1:49
14. The Blood Runs Red  1:36
15. Free Speech for the Dumb    2:18
16. The End    2:32


WHY ? EP 1981


Why is the 4th EP of Discharge released in 1981 on Clay Records. It is sometimes confused as the debut album by the band. It reached #1 on the UK Indie Charts in 1981.
The band's 1981 EP Why? was their fourth short-form release, but its 10 songs (in 14 minutes!) made it their longest and it also became their most successful to that point, hitting the top of the U.K. indie charts at the time. "Visions of War" leads off with an unrepentantly angry and punishing attack, and became one of the band's signature songs, but the other nine songs were equally aggressive and unapologetic.

While hardcore has a lineage as diverse and untraceable as punk rock itself, it's inarguable that the first few releases by anarchist/pacifist punks Discharge paved the way for an astounding array of politically motivated, musically intense and deeply confrontational bands who flew the hardcore banner.
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TRAXS

01. Visions Of War     1:41
02. Does This System Work     1:17
03. A Look At Tomorrow     1:57
04. Why     1:11
05. Maimed And Slaughtered     1:06
06. Mania For Conquest     1:16
07. Ain't No Feeble Bastard     1:30
08. Is This To Be     1:31
09. Massacre Of Innocents (Air Attack)     1:23
10. Why     1:49
11. Realities of War  1:10
12. They Declare It  1:12

   

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