HEART ATTACK- Keep your Distance 12″EP (Serious Clown, USA, 1983)
Who created the blast-beat (ultra fast drum beat, snare / bass kick / snare / bass kick etc.)? Some say it was Dave Grave from REPULSION, others say it was Mick Harris from NAPALM DEATH who first played it and Pete Sandoval from TERRORIZER thinks he came up with it (check this priceless video – it’s topless in a double sense: The interviewer takes off her top and the guys from MORBID ANGEL have no brains either).
The earliest recorded blast-beat that I know of can be heard on this record. HEART ATTACK’s second vinyl (get the first 7″ here), released in 1983, always makes me wonder what went on in the heads of the geezers after they finished the recording session. They must have stormed the studio, recorded the songs and mixed them down in such a hurry, cause it was all done in one day, January 29 1983. A quarter of a century later and still this EP has so much power and fury. And if the A-side hasn’t blown you away already, wait until “From what I see” bursts off with it’s crazy fast drumming and all as tight as a baby rat’s ass.
I didn’t know of this 12er until I found a whole stack of them, still sealed, in a record shop in the dump I grew up in. That must have been ca. 1985. At first, the pink sleeve turned me off a bit and I feared, the band who brought me (and only me) “God is dead” might have gone dull on “Keep your Distance”. Haha. No dull, no no. No dull at all. Have you played “English Cunts” yet? Oi! Every other song is outstanding too and shows quite a bit of talent for catchy and memorable song writing. Oi!
Unfortunately, the followup to this most glorious piece of musical history, wasn’t all that great. “Subliminal Seduction” was a bit hippie-esque, a lot about indians and stuff.
I’m pretty sure this has been rereleased on some label. Buy it.
I request every January 29 from now on to be the “Blast Beat Memorial Day”, in honor of HEART ATTACK and the band’s drummer Javier Madariaga.
Society.mp3
English Cunts.mp3
Trendies.mp3
From what I see.mp3 (<— Attention, Attention: Historical moment in music!)
Victim’s Inquisition.mp3
The last War.mp3
Edit: Found this on the net. It’s the liner notes from Jesse Malin that came with the CD you can get from Broken Rekids. Please buy it and send me a copy of the demo
From the CD Booklet:
“I formed Heart Attack in early 1980 in my hometown of Whitestone, Queens with a bunch of friends of mine. We were all 12-years-old and had grown up listening to KISS, The Who and Ted Nugent. Then we saw the Sex Pistols on TV, on the People’s Choice Awards and everything changed. Next thing you know we were making trips into the city to find records like The Clash, The Ramones, The Heartbreakers, some only on import at that time. We weren’t interested anymore in KISS or other arena rock bands, and now we were even more the freaks of the neighborhood. Rock people and disco boys at the time hated punk rock and I got beat up a few times pretty badly, similar to the situation portrayed in “Summer of Sam.” The ignorance level was high; people were scared, homophobic and played it very safe. I spent a lot of time taking the train and bus to St. Mark’s Place and other downtown areas to see shows, but we still felt like we had missed everything because the Ramones were already playing theatres, the Dead Boys and Sex Pistols had already broken up and clubs were filled with lame rockabilly power pop and whatever you want to call post-punk or new wave.
So we started playing. In those days they didn’t ID in Manhattan clubs and you could be a 12 year-old and play in a band. I hooked up with another native Queens boy named Jack Flanagan and we began writing songs together, sharing a common appreciation for the so-called “punk rock.” We went in and recorded five of these songs, which would become known as “The Hitler Demos.” We began playing clubs like CBGB’s, The 80’s and Max’s Kansas City, along with the occasional Queens Polynesian restaurant like Mona Kai. Once we were out there we met a band called The Stimulators, whose drummer Harley Flanagan was the same age as me. We had thought we were the youngest punks in NYC. We went back to Queens after the shows. Harley went to Ireland and became a skinhead.
Jack and I started having musical differences after seeing a DC band called The Bad Brains. They blew our minds, playing in front of 30 people at CBGB’s. Jack went on to form The Mob and played pure speed. I continued with Heart Attack and we put out the first NY hardcore seven inch, the “God Is Dead” EP on Damaged Goods Records, a label started by Lyle Hysen, who had a fanzine, also called Damaged Goods. I hooked up with Javier Madariaga from Mexico City and down there we went for a three week tour. We came back to NYC and got thrown out of junior high school. My mom was cool about it so I took a job at a gas station and found a club in lower Manhattan called A7. I began playing there, along with several other clubs, including 171 A and The Ritz. It was a small scene of about 50 people, misfits and outcasts who loved the music as a lifestyle.
Things started brewing on the West Coast and The Bad Brains moved to NYC. The audiences got bigger and scenes started popping up in DC, Boston and San Francisco. The term “hardcore” became common in these circles. Heart Attack did two more records and became more and more political with time, aided by lots of Crass records, protests and lyric sheets. It was a time when you really had to know your stuff. It was very underground, way before MTV, the Internet or big record chains. We slept on floors, booked our own tours, and got to watch the words “mosh,” “slam,” “hardcore” and “punk” become common and cliched. By 1984 Heart Attack was playing with bands like The Swans, Sonic Youth and Live Skull. I felt that hardcore had become typical, macho and conformist, everything that I had tried to get away from back in Queens. We had great times and got to share the stage with bands like The Dead Kennedys, The Misfits, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, MDC and others. On July 4th, 1984 we played our last gig at CBGB’s matinee with Agnostic Front, HR of Bad Brains and Harley’s new band, The Cro-mags. It was their first gig.
I continued to play in bands and still do to this day. I am currently performing under my own name. Jack Flanagan now manages me. Javier Madariaga still lives in NYC and still plays drums. We go jogging around Manhattan sometimes. I lost touch with most of the other guys, but felt that this music should be documented, instead of overpriced on eBay. I hope you enjoy this and don’t laugh too hard at my English accent on the first demo. I got rid of it when I turned 13.
Peace, love, and anarchy.
JESSE MALIN
NYC 2001″
Steve wrote:
Awesome post! I remember trying to find this record back in the day and couldn’t . Sure glad you posted it!
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 11:53 am | Permalink
marcelo wrote:
great post erich, i have that “god is dead” ep !
as for the blast beat, i am not sure who made it first but ASOCIAL on their 1983 demo called “asocial attack” made “scum” before ND !!!
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 12:06 pm | Permalink
Rivethead wrote:
Wasn’t the Asocial demo on GBM? anyway I don’t think it’s anywhere near the glory (and speed!) of this and it was recorded in late 83. This is the first known blast beat, I’d say so too. GREAT post!
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 12:21 pm | Permalink
Niels wrote:
Wow, this is even better than I remembered, although any band that has a song called “English Cunts” is automatically great. On a totally anal note regarding the “Blast Beat”: I think United Mutation on the “Mixed Nuts Don’t Crack” comp were even a couple of months earlier (and pretty manic, too!).
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
Frank Mossi wrote:
You’re killing me Erich. Until a few months ago I was a Metalhead with a soft spot for Grindcore and Death Metal and now I learn that “Punk” has so much more to offer! This song “What I see” is amazing. The speed, the tightness and the power. I’m totally floored.
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 1:48 pm | Permalink
justin wrote:
Incredible, 1983? I don’t care who was first as much as who will be last. Thanx for another great one.
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 4:15 pm | Permalink
Jay Thurston wrote:
Thanks. This is better than I remember. It is definitely not as great to me, as the “God is Dead” ep. The other Heart Attack 12″ didn’t do much for me. Thanks again….aww. the memories.
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Posted on 03-Jun-08 at 9:08 pm | Permalink
The Flakes // Drummer wrote:
A great one but I seems to be the only one who really like “Subliminal Seduction”. This was all over the used bins here too as well as the God is Dead 7″(ok that’s a lie).
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 12:39 am | Permalink
Terska wrote:
In 1982, Kuolema (Fin) played all their songs with that grinding beat (there are rehearsals & live). They were strange animals from Lapland and no one knew who the fuck they were (don’t think they really influenced anyone). In case you didn’t know, they’re still around today.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 4:18 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Terska: The KUOLEMA stuff I know is fast, but in the style of fast bands like early Gang Green, Jerry’s Kids or (from 83 on) D.R.I. If you have other material that is “blast beat” fast, please share. I’d be most interested in hearing this.
Anyway, from a historian’s point of view, it’s not about reconstructing a genealogy of any sort here. It’s not possible to tell who was first (think of all the unrecorded music there is!). The questions that always puzzled me are more like this: At which point in time did certain elements (like playing fast, growling vocals, simplistic song structures, downtuned guitars, distorted basses – whatever, you name it) come together or apart, how were such “milestones” perceived, when did others follow, which effect did the sound have on those in the same aesthetical field etc. etc.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 4:33 am | Permalink
Terska wrote:
You’re obviously more particular about these things than I am. Kuolema was the opposite of “tight”, but I have to say I disagree with those comparisons.
80s material can be found here
http://saapasnahkatorni.blogspot.com/2008/04/kuolema-1982-2006.html
All I want to do is just mention this band. This isn’t related to those questions you’re talking about.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 5:33 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Thanks for the link, Terska! Too bad there’s no information like recording date etc. given.
Anyway. I don’t wanna be picky, but it’s exactly what I meant. No “blast beat” and it’s not even as fast as the bands I mentioned.
January 29 1983 guys. I told you.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 6:59 am | Permalink
Javi wrote:
G-r-e-a-t! Grande!
Fantastic record from these dudes…
Don’t cha like the follow up (“Subliminal Seduction”), Erich? I really adore the first song on it “Man’s World”, ultraposi Punk, yeah!
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 8:14 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
To be honest: I haven’t played “Subliminal Seduction” in YEARS. Just for you, I will check it out tonight.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 8:54 am | Permalink
Pedro Carvalho wrote:
This Heart Attack record is indeed incredible and very underrated.
DXA from Boston, with the sax player from Mighty Mighty Bosstones on vocals is another very early example (1982/3) of a Blast Beat. They sound like a bit like a faster Siege minus the throat ripping vocals, or maybe like DYS on crack, on 45.
I’ve been trying to track down the DXA demo since 1997 when I heard one of their songs on a CD that came with Suburban Voice. Finally, early this year through Myspace, I asked Al Quint if he had the demo and could rip it and send it to me, but he said that song is from a radio show, so no demo unfortunately.
Does anyone know if they actually have a demo or even if other songs from that show exist?
By the way, if anyone here understands portuguese, check out my podcast: sinistra.libsyn.com
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 9:09 am | Permalink
Stuart Schrader wrote:
I agree that Kuolema is not this fast, though still incredible. Of early Finnish hc bands, Sekunda was trying to be “the fastest” more so than Kuolema at the time–though recordings of Sekunda before they made this decision do exist. Sekunda, however, were not blast-beat fast either. I’m planning an article for http://www.shit-fi.com on early, primitive, and extreme Finnish hardcore. Watch out for it this summer, hopefully.
My question about Heart Attack is whether this song was made to sound this fast in the studio artificially. Undoubtedly some of their other stuff is super-fast, but I’ve always thought this song sounded fishy. After the Koro lie was revealed, I try not to get my hopes up…
(I, too, am greatly interested in what Erich described: the moment a variety of features coalesced into something knowable and nameable as a thing unto itself. But I also think it’s useful and interesting to try to spot early examples of phenomena like, for example, blast beats, d-beat, etc. Or, the flipside, all the lame boogie rock that was labeled “punk” to make it more marketable in 1977.)
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 10:56 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
I know what you mean, Stuart: Maybe it’s the opening part with the rather strange sounds (kinda digital, innit). I hope somebody from the band will stop by sooner or later and give us more details.
Edit PS: Niels – I love United Mutation and the songs on Miixed Nuts are great and in a way more “extreme” than HA. But as for speed, it’s nowhere near “From what I see”.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 11:12 am | Permalink
TomsyBomsy wrote:
YEAH… superb music. Oi tschusst häppn to luuuuve iit. Is this a french band? (o(u)i o(u)i o(u)i ouille!!!! ha ha ha) O_hne I_nhalt
Ringo Starr invented the blast beat. The video you posted proves it
Oh… and by the way, this is from the D.R.I Myspace Page…
When we started. our influences were bands like Black Flag and the Dead Kennedy’s. In 1982 our first release, which was really a demo, the 22 song 7″ ep, kick started our carear as a fomidable hardcore band. 22 songs in 17 minutes. Blistering fast, with on the dime cuts, and vocals to match. Said to contain the first grindcore blast ever recorded (No Sense).
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 12:59 pm | Permalink
Adrian Son of Satan wrote:
Man this is superb really. I like english cunts best but the ultrafast song rules too. The production of this is incredible full of power. I’m trying to find me the CD version now.
Don’t want to kiss ass but I need to add this: Your blog is the best of its kind and I think everybody knows it. Why? You just seem to LOVE the music.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 2:23 pm | Permalink
greatmazinga wrote:
Broken Rekids of San Francisco released a CD which has all their recordings. Available thru Midheaven Mailorder.
http://www.midheaven.com/artists/heart.attack.html
I had the original back in the day and the pink cover really threw me too, I wasn’t even sure it was a hardcore band but took a chance and was blown away.
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Posted on 04-Jun-08 at 8:59 pm | Permalink
Nic wrote:
Nice choice(s) as always Erich…
The ‘first’ blast beat is a hard question to answer…
I know for a fact that when Harris was first blasting with N.D., he hadn’t heard Grave or Sandoval…
The ND ‘Blastbeat’ was exclusively modelled on the drumbeats used by Chaos UK on their first couple of releases, which were then sped up to the intense speeds that Harris delivered…
Our listening may have been coloured by Boston HC, Dutch Thrash and Scandinavian Thrash, but none of these groups were the focus for the Blastbeat…Neither were we influenced by DRI – we liked them, but they weren;t one of the bands we referenced amongst ourselves as we discussed what we were doing…
By the way, it should be quietening down for me in a month or so, so I’ll be able to do your questions justice my friend…
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 6:56 am | Permalink
Nic wrote:
Oh, and to comment on what Marcelo wrote above…
The ND title ‘Scum’ was my own personal reference to an obscure band of young kids from the north of England called Scum whose only recordings ever made available were 3 live tracks on a compilation cassette called ‘Cigars on Wednesday’ put out by a member of the Notsensibles in 1980…
(oh, and a slight reference to the fanzine made by Andy Martin of The Apostles)…
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 7:00 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Good to hear from you Nic!
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 7:36 am | Permalink
Zach wrote:
Don’t forget the song “Time Zone” off The Worst 7″ from 1983 too! There are definitely blast beats in that song. I’m pretty sure it was recorded later than January 1983 though.
Anyway, I’d rather not argue too much about the origins of the blast beat, but rather thank my lucky stars that it was invented at all!
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 12:41 pm | Permalink
Steve Distraught wrote:
Let’s not forget Septic Death with Burial, maybe not quite the definition of blast beat, but pretty damn close… not sure of the year though and I am too lazy to check…….
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 7:10 pm | Permalink
blake wrote:
someone i worked with told me about some jesse malin album. i immediately played him this record. he didnt seem to like it that much. this is my favorite Heart Attack record by far… fuck god is dead!!
RE: Stuart- What koro lie?? i always thought that the Bad Brains Rock For Light was speeded up, it doesnt sound natural.
Erich, do you have that late Life Sentence EP? ive been looking for quite a while. im sure its not great but im eager to hear it none the less.
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Posted on 06-Jun-08 at 8:38 pm | Permalink
Zach wrote:
Was the Koro EP really sped up in the studio? I heard the rumors but never heard any confirmation one way or the other.
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Posted on 07-Jun-08 at 9:03 am | Permalink
JJ wrote:
Nic = Nic from Napalm Death???
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Posted on 07-Jun-08 at 10:26 am | Permalink
Stuart Schrader wrote:
The “Koro lie” is unconfirmed but several self-styled “experts” seem to agree that the 7″ was sped up in the studio. When the “LP” came on vinyl recently, we got to hear different versions of songs on the 7″. They differ by being uniformly slower, with every note (singing, gtrs, bass) a bit lower. It seems likely these are not completely different recordings but rather the 7″ songs are sped-up versions of them. No one from the band has confirmed this hypothesis (and likely never will). Here’s what a friend wrote about it: http://bidhardcore.com/2008/05/22/koro-700-club/
Funny that the 7″ continues to climb in price because its value to me dropped dramatically with this discovery–though I’m not quite ready to let go of it…ha ha.
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Posted on 07-Jun-08 at 11:11 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
About the KORO issue: just tried and playd the 7″ on a slightly slower speed (-8%) and as sad as this makes me …. it sounds quite “natural” on that speed too ….. I hope somebody from the band will clear this up one day.
PS: Here’s my review of the 12″: http://www.goodbadmusic.com/2006/11/13/koro-speed-kills-12ep-7-reissue-sorry-state-records-usa-2006/
And here is the 7″
http://www.goodbadmusic.com/2006/10/07/koro-8-songs-7ep-no-label-nr15035-usa-1983/
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Posted on 07-Jun-08 at 11:35 am | Permalink
Peter - KBD Records wrote:
Zach, Time Zone by The Worst was actually recorded in 1982:
http://www.kbdrecords.com/2008/03/16/the-worst-time-zone-ep-7/
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Posted on 07-Jun-08 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
pj wrote:
This is what blogs are made for…never knew anything about this band, but this record is unbelieveable. Thanks a million…
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Posted on 08-Jun-08 at 3:47 pm | Permalink
marcelo wrote:
hey, just something to add on my comment: when i wrote ASOCIAL made “scum” 3 years before ND i meant that ND on “scum” A side sounded very similar to what ASOCIAL made 3 years before! Just listen to it: same vocal lines, crazy guitar solos, fast drumming, etc… !
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Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 6:45 am | Permalink
Lee wrote:
If I’m not mistaken, the Beastie Boys released the Pollywog Stew EP in 1982, and the song “Riot Fight” features blast beats.
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Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 4:21 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
The VORKRIEGSPHASE records features blastbeats too…
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Posted on 15-Jun-08 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
You probably play it on 45 instead of 33, chano
No blastbeats there, but awesome totally distorted mayhem.
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Posted on 15-Jun-08 at 1:20 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
The song “starve to death” ? sounds like blastbeats…:-)
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Posted on 15-Jun-08 at 1:23 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
Wretched wrote one of the first song with blastbeats . “ribelle per moda” from the “live at torviscosa 1982″ comp tape .
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Posted on 15-Jun-08 at 11:25 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Chano, stop it. Wretched’s drummer was barely capable of holding his sticks – no way he ever could play a blastbeat. You obviously didn’t quite get the blastbeat thing
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 1:25 am | Permalink
chano wrote:
Ok Admin , i quit…
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 4:43 am | Permalink
Mark the Bark wrote:
wtf?? wretched or vorkriegsphase blastbeat??? what’s this guy talking about??
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 5:02 am | Permalink
chano wrote:
well guys , i’ve listened to the song “starve to death” by VORKRIEGSPHASE . No blastbeat . And the song “ribelle per moda” by WRETCHED is more in the CYANAMID style of total mayhem . I was wrong . Forgive this poor old(?!)punker….
:-):-)
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 10:30 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Ha! You’re among experts here, Chano. Other blogs are like school or high school. Few are like university. This blog is Walhalla.
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 10:38 am | Permalink
chano wrote:
Sure , Admin . It’s one of the many things that’s make this blog so great .
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 10:51 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Others might see this a bit different, though. Hahaha.
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 10:53 am | Permalink
chano wrote:
Admin , i have question for ya : a whole lifetime ago (i was about 11 years old) i saw an ad on KERRANG! whit the picture of 2 crazy looking swiss guys (one with thick glasses , holding a bass guitar , the other wearing a CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER shirt) looking for other maniacs into tape trading and bands like SIEGE , SEPTIC DEATH , WERHMACHT , CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER , N.Y.C.MAYHEM , ARSENIC , NECROVORE and the likes . Maybe you were one of those guys ?
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 11:03 am | Permalink
Pär wrote:
“This blog is Walhalla”
I am a viking, I´m going out to war. I got death upon my mind.
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 1:05 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
…and i will drink the blood of my enemies !!!!!!!!
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
@ Chano: No, I never advertised in Kerrang! magazine, though I used to look like that kind of nerd you’re describing (check the youtube videos, haha). I stopped reading Kerrang! in 1984 anyway and have never ever thought of it again until now. Is it still around? It used to be one of my bibles. Could it be the add was from one of the Geuggis brothers? They looked really nerdy too and were a tad younger.
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 1:18 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
Yes , it’s still around , but obviously VERY far from what it was back then . To me METAL FORCES was far better . I can’t remember the names . LIke i said before , it was a whole lifetime ago . Too bad…
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Posted on 16-Jun-08 at 1:31 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
Yeah , Admin ! Now i remember , they were 2 brothers . I’m almost sure .
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Posted on 17-Jun-08 at 4:42 am | Permalink
chano wrote:
I hope you’ll post some NECROVORE , someday…
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Posted on 17-Jun-08 at 4:44 am | Permalink
Lee wrote:
Anyways, I wouldn’t consider the first song with blasting. Beastie Boys did it a year or two before, and there jazz drummers doing it in the 40s.
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Posted on 19-Jun-08 at 5:03 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Show us, Lee, show us.
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Posted on 19-Jun-08 at 11:54 pm | Permalink
Neil wrote:
The Geuggis brothers, haven’t heard that name in a while. I used to write to Hervé in the mid-80s, trading Wehrmacht, Cryptic Slaughter and Messiah etc., then he started sending me 7 Minutes of Nausea and Crawl Noise demos (to be honest I was never a big fan of the whole noisecore scene).
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Posted on 23-Jun-08 at 8:54 am | Permalink
Industrislaven wrote:
I’m a bit bad when it comes to commentating. I guess it’s because I’m a “late-born” and have no real anecdotes to tell about what you post.
But still, I’m very grateful for what you post here. For example this post, without your blog i’d probably missed such .good shit.
(too drunk to form better sentences.)
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Posted on 01-Aug-08 at 5:23 pm | Permalink
Al Quint wrote:
re: DXA… that song is from a live soundboard tape at the Rat from ‘83. I taped it off the radio. I just found out about the source early last year. Anyway, they never did a proper studio recording. I’m trying to get a copy of the tape from the person who has it but no luck yet
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Posted on 17-Sep-08 at 5:29 pm | Permalink
Chris Worsh wrote:
Hey guys, just came across these posts fueled by a burst of nostalgia…I was the singer for DXA and we did make a demo tape but never made it to an album after a multiple series of show cancellations led to our breakup.
The song on the CD from Suburban Voice is actually called “The New Right” and it is from our demo tape recorded at Radiobeat in Boston in 1983. We did play the Rat that same year, but I don’t it was recorded.
Al if you want you contact me, we can figure out a way to get the demo up on the web for anyone interested.
Chris(@)idy.com
Cheers,
Chris
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Posted on 18-Nov-08 at 11:01 pm | Permalink
Daryl Kahan wrote:
“From What I See” is an amazing track…. Erich is dead on – the blast beat originated in NY and what a great song.
Hope your doing well old friend. Peace -
DK
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Posted on 07-Feb-09 at 12:20 pm | Permalink
mike wrote:
i remember hearing that HA song off a hardcore comp with some other bands (might’ve been a bootleg) like systematic death and the stupids, and thinking “wow, this is fucking fast”. i eventually bought that recent discog, and i love everything on it. i even made a tribute page: http://www.myspace.com/heartattackny80
however, from what i’ve read, i still think the earliest example is either beastie boys “riot fight”, or youth korps “crime”.
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Posted on 21-Feb-09 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
mike wrote:
p.s.
that “time zone” is fucking killer! i’d say that definitely seems like another early example! mutha records seemed to put out alot of good stuff.
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Posted on 21-Feb-09 at 12:29 pm | Permalink
mike wrote:
one more thing, i’m not sure if anybody has noticed this, but olho seco from brazil, although not the first to have a blast beat, probably had the fastest back then (‘83). it’s during the beginning of the song “muito obrigado” on the
‘botas, fuzis e capacetes’ 7″.
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Posted on 21-Feb-09 at 12:46 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Beastie Boys and Youth Korps were fast, Mike. Heart Attack were blastbeatfast.
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Posted on 21-Feb-09 at 12:48 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Yeah Mike. Right.
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Posted on 21-Feb-09 at 12:52 pm | Permalink
mike wrote:
yea, that blast-beat olho seco does might be even faster than DRI’s “no sense”, or it’s at least a tie. but what do i know, i’m only 22, haha.
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does anyone know for sure when those asocial songs are from? i hear 82, 83, 84, even 85. was it a demo or a split or both?
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Posted on 22-Feb-09 at 1:37 pm | Permalink
hervé wrote:
@chano & @admin
yes we (my brother gilles & I) advertised in Kerrang! and i remember we had a lot of answers from this one. we were 13 & 16 y. old at that time … I still have copies of those scary pictures we used
cheers – nice blog btw.
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Posted on 20-May-09 at 6:35 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Send them in, Hervé! You know, that it’s me, Erich, running this site don’t you?
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Posted on 20-May-09 at 6:57 am | Permalink
gg allin wrote:
oh my fucking god this is better then sex! and i thaught hardcore was good now! this kicks the shit out of a lot of new hardcore.
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Posted on 17-Sep-09 at 6:39 am | Permalink
ashkenaz wrote:
I just have to say, i stumbled across this website looking for YDI info and have found SO much more. This blog is fantastic, there is so much info on here that i never knew before. I gotten to hear tons of music i would never get to hear as well. Killer blog once again, thanks!
This blog basically shows that my band and I owe everything to hardcore hah.
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Posted on 27-Sep-09 at 6:02 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Welcome, Ashkenaz. Which band are you in?
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Posted on 27-Sep-09 at 6:47 pm | Permalink
ashkenaz wrote:
My bands name is Uncle Slippy Fist. We are from Monroe MI about 40 minutes from Detroit in the US. We play an odd mix of death metal/weird shit. I am the drummer.
myspace.com/uncleslippyfist
Thanks for the welcome! It’s cool to see and hear stories from the old days (I’m only 23). I never really got to experience tape trading, closest i came was e-mailing bands and getting demo CD-R’s before they got signed etc. I love hearing and reading this stuff because it makes me wish i was there
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Posted on 27-Sep-09 at 10:10 pm | Permalink
gg allin wrote:
i feel the same way dude. i love old hardcore and i’ll check out your band. except my computer doesn’t work on myspace. can you help me?
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Posted on 27-Sep-09 at 11:31 pm | Permalink
crazydude1992 wrote:
Today is that day!…or not. Actually the first blast-beat the way it was meant to be was from the Asocial – How Could Hardcore Get Any Worse demo. Not as fast as the one here, but theyre fast blast-beats!
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Posted on 29-Jan-10 at 4:45 pm | Permalink
Pär Arvidsson wrote:
Happy bithday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear blastbeat happy birthday to you!
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Posted on 29-Jan-10 at 5:03 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
I still haven’t heard the demo from he CD version. Somebody upload it!
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Posted on 29-Jan-10 at 6:08 pm | Permalink
Steve wrote:
What about Cyanamid from New Jersey? they had a song called “i hate pidgeons” & that sounded like proto-blastbeat to me,although it was very chaotic in a noisecore sense. Come to think of it, i reckon that 7″ was from 1984…so just ignore what i just said!
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Posted on 26-Feb-10 at 12:58 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
The CYANAMID EP has ben posted here some years ago. And no – it wasn’t really blastbeat.
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Posted on 26-Feb-10 at 9:09 am | Permalink