GRINDCORE Flashcards
what is grindcore?
created in the 80’s, derived from hardcore punk and death metal, uses abrasive sounds, complex drum patterns, distortion, and fast speed
grindcore bands?
Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Full of Hell, Insect Warfare
Who was the first big grindcore band?
Napalm Death, 1987
What was the birth of grindcore?
April 1989, BBC aired a landmark documentary “Heavy Metal”
Metal’s great and good lined up in front of the cameras: Ozzy, Axl Rose… everyone who was anyone was involved. Towards the end of the show, things took a turn for the weird. Four suspicious-looking men barely out of their teens perched on a bed in a suburban room plastered with horror movie posters explained how their band, Napalm Death, were taking things to a whole new place. “You’ve got distorted bass, fast drumming, and over-the-top vocals,” says the bassist Shane Embury “Everything in the band is really extreme. That’s the way you’ve got to be, really.”
What was Napalm Deaths debut album, which introduced the world to grindcore?
“Scum”
Where did grindcore come from?
Napalm Death didn’t take the title as the creators of grindcore, instead, they pointed to Seige and Repulsion who started in the 80s. “We took the thrash beat and said, ‘Let’s play the song faster,’” says Matt (Repulsions’s lead guitarist). “Then we’d be, ‘Let’s play it even faster.’ We did demos in ’85 with blast beats.” Reception was cold at first, most people who were into Slayer and Metallica were confused, it’s not metal, not punk, wtf is it?? Without any labels signing them, they were too underground and ahead of their time.