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Heroin

Posted: November 19, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Band Profiles | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment »
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artist:
HEROIN

label:
Gravity Records, Vinyl Communications

members:
Matt Anderson – vocals
Ron Johnson – bass

 origin:
San Diego, California

years active:
1989 – 1993

Scott Bartiloni – guitar
Aaron Montaigne – drums
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Heroin was a forerunner of the screamo subgenre of hardcore punk. They were noted for the psychological intensity of their songs, which tended to be very short and include extraordinarily fast drumming andscreamed vocals. Heroin only released a handful of vinyl EPs and singles, primarily on San Diego record label Gravity Records; the group’s debut 7″ was also Gravity’s first release. These releases were typically packaged in enigmatic ways, such as in a sleeve that looked like a grocery bag. A complete discography was later compiled on the Heroin CD in 1997, also issued on Gravity.The band split in 1993 after its members decided amicably to move on to other projects. Members went on to play in groups such as Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi, and Second Story Window; vocalist Matt Anderson also worked with A Minor Forest, Mohinder, and Angel Hair. Matt and Scott even played in the legendary San Diego punk/hardcore band, Battalion of Saints from 2005-2008.Though the group was active for only four years and received little attention during the band’s actual lifespan, the release of the Gravity compilation, as well as later accolades, resulted in their receiving considerable posthumous acclaim. Geoff Rickly, lead singer of Thursday, named Heroin as one of his major influences. Allmusic called the group “one of the defining innovators in early ’90s hardcore”. In 2008, Alternative Press named Heroin as a group of significant interest in its profile of “23 Bands who Shaped Punk”, writing that “Heroin never received overdue credit for inspiring the aesthetic that Story of the Year, From First to Last and others eventually took to the bank.”Emo subculture and history website Fourfa describes Heroin’s self-titled LP as “A wall of furious, chaotic noise, vocal-chord-shredding screaming, lyrics of ultimate disillusionment and pain, and just the right amount of melody to pull things together without interrupting the flow of angst.”
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.download		 All About Heroin
type: 7″ year: 1991
released by: Vinyl Communications

Tracklist:
1. Head Cold
 2. Undertaking
 3. Indecision
4. This Time
5. Never Ever
6. Has Been

.download		 Self-Titled
type: 7″ year: 1992
released by: Gravity Records

Tracklist:
1. Leave
2. Wander
3. Blindly
4. With No Name

.download		 Self-Titled
type:12″ year: 1993
released by: Gravity Records

Tracklist:
1. Meaning Less
 2. A Portion
 3. The Obvious
4. In General
5. Moving Parts
6. Another

.download		 Self-Titled
type: CD year: 1997
released by: Gravity Records

Tracklist:
1. Head Cold
 2. Undertaking
 3. Indecision
4. I’ve Got Mine
5. This Time
6. Never Ever
7. Has Been
8. Leave
9. Wander
10. Blindly
11. With No Name
12. Meaning Less
13. A Portion
14. The Obvious
15. In General
16. Moving Parts
17. Another
18. Destination
19. Untitled 
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Spanakorzo

Posted: September 10, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Band Profiles | Tags: , | 3 Comments »
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artist:
SPANAKORZO

label:
Wrenched Records, Three One G,
Snowblind, Goldenrod

members:
John Brady
Grant Reinero
Brian Cook

 origin:
San Diego, California

years active:
1994 – 1997

Timothy Semple
Robby Chism
Ian Woodward
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Spanakorzo was a flame rising from the embers of San Diego’s distinctive and highly influential music scene. Featuring members of Swing Kids, Second Story Window, and Sweep The Leg Johnny, Spanakorzo brought the delay, creepy misery, and scorn of Joy Division together with the brash art-punk decadence of Antioch Arrow. If you think that you can describe Spanakorzo completely, you just haven’t listened long enough. The music can be beautiful and soft, it can be smooth yet heavy, and then it can be downright manic and insane.
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.download		 Self-Titled
type: CD year: 1994
released by: Wrenched Records

Tracklist:
1. Pegleg
 2. Rose
 3. Landslide
4. Instrumental
5. Blue
6. Bite the Bullet
7. One Horse Race

.download		 Parasite
type: 7″ year: 1995
released by: Snowblind

Tracklist:
1. Parasite
2. Ghostdance
3. Prelude to Copulation
4. Dialectic

.download		 Swing Kids / Spanakorzo
type: split 10″ year: 1995
released by: Three One G

Tracklist:
1. Intro to Photography (Swing Kids)
 2. Situation on Mars (Swing Kids)
 3. Forty Three Seconds (Swing Kids)
4. In Love With a Liar (Spanakorzo)
5. Ghostdance (Spanakorzo)
6. Change of Program (Spanakorzo)

.download		 Self-Titled
type: 7″ year: 1995
released by: Wrenched Records

Tracklist:
1. Role of the Proletariat
 2. Land Mind
 3. Brown, Lightbrown and Tan
4. Ready, Set, Revenge

.download		 Influx
type: LP year: 1996
released by: Goldenrod

Tracklist:
1. Parasite
 2. Prelude to Copulation
 3. Ghostdance
4. End of the Dialectic
5. In Love With a Liar
6. Change of Program
7. Brown, Lightbrown and Tan
8. Ready, Set, Revenge
9. Veins Collapse

.download		 Drama
type: LP year: 1997
released by: Wrenched Records

Tracklist:
1. Pleasure Test
 2. Tonight’s the Night Just Like Any Other Night
 3. Proposition 19, 614A
4. Fall from Grace for Man, Angels, and a God
5. Love Sings for Elvis
6. I Die Nightly
7. Idea Pseudo Ideal
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Second Story Window

Posted: July 10, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Band Profiles | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »
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artist:
SECOND STORY WINDOW

label:
Gravity Records

members:
Ron Johnson – vocals, guitar
Grant Reinero – vocals, guitar

 origin:
San Diego, California

years active:
1993 – 1995

Chris Grundy – bass
Brian Cook – drums
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Real classic San Diego HC sound to me! Members of Heroin, Spanakorzo, Candle, Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi and many others.
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.download		 Self-Titled
type: 7″ year: 1993
released by: Gravity Records

Tracklist:
1. Bottleopener
 2. Justified
 3. Pole to Pole
4. Abigail
5. Left Behind

.download		 Self-Titled
type: 12″ year: 1994
released by: Gravity Records

Tracklist:
1. Big Eyed Blue
2. New York Loop
3. 86 Submunitions
4. Unfinished
5. Hypothalemus
6. Circus Act
7. Targeting Precision
8. Executive Realignment
9. Sophisticated Engineering
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