TERRORIZER / NAUSEA- Split Demo Tape (selfproduced, USA, 1988)
Jesse Pintado (who died in 2006) and I had been penpals for some time, when he sent me his bands TERRORIZER final demo tape. It was this split cassette with L.A.’s NAUSEA. Even though I loved the previous tapes (like the legendary “mixer rehearsal” from August 22, 1987), this one blew me out of the window. We were discussing the possibility for a release on my label, but things never worked out.
Some call this Grindcore, which it is of course not. It’s Death Metal of the most savage sort. I guess almost everybody into this type of music will have met at least once in their lives somebody who said “I love TERRORIZER, but I hate Metal”, haha. Everything is perfect on this tape and whenever the 2nd guitar comes in, my heartbeat stops for a second. Fantastic. Forget the LP (“World Downfall”) – it’s much too clean. To me, this is what TERRORIZER were all about. Raw, dirty, brutal yet listenable thanks to the great riffs.
NAUSEA are catchy, very ENT influenced. I like the speedy parts and Oscars vocals.
Here is the complete booklet of the tape with some interesting historical details.
All the bootlegs of this I’ve heard sounded like shit. Now you can hear the demo (almost) as it originally sounded, encoded in wonderful 320kbit/sec.
Terrorizer Side:
Corporation pull in.mp3
Human Prey.mp3
Infestation.mp3
Ripped to Shreds.mp3
Strategic Warheads.mp3
After World Obliteration.mp3
Nausea Side:
Why judge others.mp3
Think for yourself.mp3
World Chaos.mp3
Starving Nations.mp3
Will it ever end?.mp3
World Downfall.mp3
Condemned System.mp3
Starving Nations (1st Mix).mp3
The End.mp3
Attila wrote:
Uau!!! Thanks a lot! This is a killer release!
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Posted on 23-Feb-08 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
O. wrote:
hey man thanks a bunch. sounds so MASSIVE!! never seen the booklet before. best blog beats the crap out of every other blog i know!
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Posted on 23-Feb-08 at 2:36 pm | Permalink
Sean Hogan wrote:
I’m sorry Erich…but you’re going to have to take this down because only the self-righteous are allowed to hoard and masturbate to such gems that the plebians are unworthy of E-V-E-R hearing.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
I’m fuckin’ stoked to get all the extras…I’m still working on Nausea getting me the 2005 Majesty rehearsal…they like the CD art I’ve done so far too for their new record (oh wait, can’t mention that as certain people will think I’m “bragging”).
No tape…go ahead and ream C.H. post.
I say for your next post you SERIOUSLY think loooooong and haaaaaard about your absolutely BEST musical curveball to throw at us!
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Posted on 23-Feb-08 at 10:35 pm | Permalink
Pär wrote:
GREAT upload! Never hard this stuff with so good sound! Thanks alot!
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Posted on 23-Feb-08 at 10:37 pm | Permalink
F. wrote:
thumbs up!
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 3:16 am | Permalink
not guilty wrote:
Terrorizer side is RIDICULOUS! Definitely my favourite American Metal band ever, hands down. Thanks!
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 4:31 am | Permalink
Picard wrote:
I haven’t even listened to it, but I’m already hard and stiff.
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 6:56 am | Permalink
Rivethead wrote:
so nice of you! killer sound as always!! and good to read one of the “godfathers of grind” calling this death metal (sorry, i’m sure you don’t wanna hear “godfather” but it’s true and you know it!).
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 12:11 pm | Permalink
Boneyard wrote:
First Wehrmacht then Terrorizer, love this blog. Not grind? Anyway I love this stuff, I have a relly good copy of 4/25/87 & 8/22/87 Rehearsals, and the godly World Downfall LP, but have always wanted to hear this split, all the extra and notes are fantastic. By the way does anyone know the lyrics for the original version of “dead shall rise” Thanks again for a great blog!
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 1:18 pm | Permalink
joe b wrote:
fuck yeah! such a rager! you are doing us a great service, thanks!
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Posted on 24-Feb-08 at 7:58 pm | Permalink
Nate wrote:
another great one buddy!
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Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 6:38 am | Permalink
stinky82 wrote:
thanx for this Erich. I love early TERRORIZER, that Mixer Rehearsal as you mentioned.
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Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 7:18 am | Permalink
Luc wrote:
How ironic! My old zine (Poulets Basquaise) is credited on the booklet’s thanks list, but I actually never saw it until today since Jesse Pintado ripped me off at the time!… Ha. This is hands down my favorite Terrorizer recording too…
Erich, would you happen to have a good quality copy of the Majesty demos? Possibly with the cover if it exists…
Ha, funny as I was just re-reading an old issue of Apocalyptic Noise ‘zine today… together with D.O.D., Decayin’ Maggot, U.S.D., etc. the Geuggis bros introduced me to that whole early death metal scene at the time. Good times.
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Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 10:29 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Luc – I have some Majesty tapes, I might post them one day. No covers though.
Yeah, the Geuggis brothers. They both played guitar for a very short time in Fear Of God. They’ve turned really evil and became techno djs.
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Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 11:58 am | Permalink
Justin wrote:
You’re killing me man, I could fill my hard drive with just the stuff you post. I was just looking through my tapes for my thing and ran across a mixed one that had Fear of God, Terrorizer, Dead Horse, and Stark Raving Mad on it. Two great posts in a row. Many thanx man.
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Posted on 25-Feb-08 at 5:31 pm | Permalink
Rob wrote:
I thought Nausea were one of those late-80’s NYC Hardcore bands, is this a totally different band?
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Posted on 28-Feb-08 at 1:37 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Nausea was quite a popular band name. There was a band from NY too, so called “Crust” band. The first 7″, “Cybergod”, was pretty good, actually.
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Posted on 28-Feb-08 at 1:43 pm | Permalink
roman wrote:
terrorizer is great on here! nausea just doesn´t work for me.. i like the ny nausea much more!
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Posted on 01-Mar-08 at 10:50 am | Permalink
Terska wrote:
Majesty material (other than Bestial vomit) = my holy grail. If anyone would share something like that i would be climbing all over the walls for months.
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Posted on 21-Mar-08 at 6:38 am | Permalink
jorge montoya wrote:
thanks man excellent shit
from colombia stay hardcore parceros
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Posted on 31-Mar-08 at 2:06 am | Permalink
PIUCRUST wrote:
Hi friend, thanks for the brutality demo tape, greetings from Brazil!!!
See my blog !!!
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Posted on 13-May-08 at 11:44 am | Permalink
necro wrote:
Hi Oskar!
TERRORIZER and NAUSEA were my first influences (musically and lyrically) and will be a reference forever!!!! Good times!!!
Nice work with the blog!!
All the best!!! Viva Jesse!!!
Necro
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Posted on 21-Jul-08 at 11:57 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Hi Fritz-Peter.
Thank you.
Mosh hard.
Viva Jesus
Oskar
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Posted on 21-Jul-08 at 12:00 pm | Permalink
Pär wrote:
Majesty?
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Posted on 21-Jul-08 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
Bay Area Metal Dip wrote:
This had me freaking out all day long. The quality is far far superior to every bootleg I know. Excellent Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted on 19-Sep-08 at 3:18 am | Permalink
Matt wrote:
brings back alot of memories of tape trading!
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Posted on 16-Jan-09 at 10:02 pm | Permalink
gg allin wrote:
eric both bands are cool. this is coming from a 14 year old punk so you know it rocks. terrorizer is death metal not grindcore and nausea is sick dude the 80s sucked but at least you had kickass music. i wish i could get my hands on some more 80s punk and metal but most of it is out of print and i don’t have the money to get on ebay. eric you are one cool dude i wouldn’t like a lot of bands if you didn’t show them too me. most of the kids today don’t know shit about music so it’s a good thing i do.
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Posted on 17-Mar-09 at 4:56 pm | Permalink