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Infest, while not coining the term Powerviolence , were definitely pioneers of it. The Los Angeles quartet blended the ethos, speed and song structure of Straight Edge hardcore, along with the aggression and anger of bands like Negative Approach and Negative FX creating a style emulated by many and an energy captured by few. Joe Denunzio’s vocals exhibited pure angst, with lyrical content about conformity, war, scene politics and socio-political issues, mostly delivered in an accusation assault. Straight Edge was an influence in Infest's songwriting, with such songs as 'Mindless' and 'Drunk Motherfucker'. Infest did however differ from their peers in their fervent political stance and imagery, often depicting the tragedies of war and poverty, countering the obligatory "band in action" album covers common to the era. When asked about the hardcore scene Matt Domino said, "I think Hard Stance rips it up and Chain Of Strength are cool, but Insted and Breakaway are pretty cheesy. It seems most hardcore bands are going for a polished sound and package, we are really not into that." On the contrary, Infest's sound was fuzzy and on many of the early recordings indecipherable, but still captured their raw intensity. On July 1, 1991, Infest recorded a live set for the Los Angeles radio station KXLU , capturing them in their element. This session was later released by Deep Six Records who also released the ''No Man's Slave'' LP. The vocals on ''No Man's Slave'' where recorded posthumously. Many Infest bootlegs have been made and are highly sought after by fans. Infest recently has become a highly popular retro band among not only modern Grindcore and Thrash fans, but with fans of Youth Crew hardcore due to their straight edge ethics and moshable songs. Bands such as Internal Affairs have cultivated a great deal of influence from Infest. DISCOGRAPHY 1987 demo # Where's the Unity # If I Were You # Which Side? # Sick of Talk # Life's Halt # The End # Dirty Dope Dealer # Son of the Sun # Going Self-titled 7" also known as Machismo 7" no label, year 1988 # Machismo # Where's the unity # The game # Mindless # Which side # Headfirst # Break the chain # Slave # Sick & tired # Pliers Slave LP Draw Blank Records/Off The Disk Records, year 1988 # Break The Chain # Pickled # Sick-o # Plastic # Mindless # Which Side? # Voice Your Opinion # Where's The Unity # Screwed # Machismo # The Game # Sick of Talk # Iran Scam # Life's Halt # Slave # Head First # Sick and Tired # Fetch the Pliers Split 8" flexi with Pissed Happy Children Slap A Ham Records #1, year 1989 # Mindless # Which side # Them # V.Y.O. # Pissed! Mankind 7" Draw Blank Records, year 1991 # Mankind # Judge Me # Speak Easy # Once Lost # Excess Pig # Them # Shackled Down # Just Act Blind # Kill The Peace # Three Or Nothing 1991 KXLU Radioshow 12" Deep Six Records, year 2001 # Shackled Down # Mankind # Judge Me # Blinded # Nothing's Changed # Once Lost # Speak Easy # Kill the Peace # Excess # Pig # Why Don't You # Sick and Tired # Just Act Blind # Seend it All Before # Slave # Pickled # Sicko # Break the Chain # My World My Way No man's slave 12" Deep Six Records, year 2002 # Cold inside # Feeling mean # Sick machine # Upright mass # Terminal nation # In his name # Behind this tongue # Whats your claim # True violence # Sickman # Punchline # Contact # Effort falls down # You're a star # Freeze dried # Rabid pigs # Lying to myself # Nazi killer # My world, my way # scapegoatrulz |
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