I was on the fence about including these dudes seeing as only one of them ever lived in the Albany area, while the rest of them were a little further south around Kingston, but they played the majority of their gigs in Albany at one point so I'd say they count. Besides that, this demo rips way too fucking hard to not include it, if we're being totally honest. Always a treat to see them play live partially because the songs were so good but partially because they had a real fucking grizzly bear on vocals. Singer Thomas Vomit was always the nicest of dudes, but the man is huge with a menacing presence and his vocal delivery can really only be described as a roar. The rest of the band were always tight as fuck, and played hard.
Really don't want to make comparisons to Discharge and Motorhead anywhere because then we get into that whole "motorcharge" terrain which is far more simplistic of a write-off than this band deserves. Yes.. naturally they took inspiration from both bands, but they made it into something that stands on its own two feet and smashed it together with a heavy UK crust influence along with some more USHC sounding hints here and there. Was really sad when this band stopped gigging, and wished there were more to their discography, but this demo stands the test of time. Drummer James would end up going on to form Bad Friends, who have been featured on this blog before, and eventually the Spirit of Violence.
Tracklist:
- Bleak Times Ahead
- Horrors of War
- I Need Another Drink
- Same Old Shit
- (A Sedative) Pill of Rights
- Cities Ablaze
- Parasite
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