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Alongside Infest, Crossed Out and No Comment, Neanderthal define everything I love about power violence. At times, they had the speed of other thrashcore/grindcore bands, but they also had the ultra-slow, sludgy aggression and power in their music that ended up redefining a genre, primarily due to their bass heavy sound.
In just over a year, the band would release a spilt 7" with Rorschach, get bootlegged a couple times and then morph into the almighty Man Is the Bastard and proceed to release about 5000 split 7"s and lps. Ah, the 90's.
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"Fighting Music" was released by Slap a Ham Records in 1990. The first press was 1000 on black vinyl with black & white insert. The second press was a ridiculous 300 pressed, 100 of those on purple. I don't have one. Damn.
The entire second press is recognizable by the red print used on the insert.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiZQKvGG3uBhy6CFnJ1gF5AiS3rRkCw7hdqpgpL1qi677hGyuRYH7POIcGeuD-C7dWfHhRHhLtetKb1vwokg_h3v6gohuOJz0M0FtnVt7m_Bxy_f1I5wlNMhHbjeaCiAhdINQEBg2MnIp/s320/rec+pic+068.jpg)
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Sickest record, this e.p. truly defines the term "powerviolence" before it became a household name. Way better than Man Is The Bastard. I really wish their discography would come out!
ReplyDeleteAnyone send off for the lyrics??
ReplyDeleteNever seen any photos.