This thread is for all the people who love hardcore-punk/punk/thrash and want to check out what the world has had to offer in obscurity. I'll toss in a few non-obscure classic albums while uploading some really obscure 7"er's from all across the globe. Stuff you've mostly likely never heard before. Stuff from Japan, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Germany, Canada, Austria, England, and even all the way to South Africa. The releases will be spread across the eras - from 1977 to 1989, and maybe the odd one into the really early 90's. All are taken directly from 7" records. I chose not to put these in the mp3 thread because they would just end up getting drowned. Originally I wanted people to only contribute with vinyl sourced uploads, but this will be impossible probably for most people to achieve. So if you have a CD of some obscure punk band, upload it! I want this to be a educational punk experience showcasing the world. Sit back, download, listen, enjoy some classics and learn a x history you (most likely) never heard before because it was unreachable.
I've used megaupload.com for the downloads. If you are unfamiliar with this site follow these simple directions:
1. click on the album's link.
2. When taken to the download page you will see near the top right hand corner of the screen that a countdown has begun. Await till the countdown reaches zero. (you might be asked to put in a little code before you click download)
3. You'll notice a pop up appears before the countdown reaches zero. Just close the advertisment box and click "download". The file will come up and you can save it.
I've zipped/compressed the mp3 files using winrar (.rar) format. You need the Winrar program which can be download for free at:
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html Discharge
Country: England
First up are five classic 7" records from Discharge. Discharge was formed in Stoke-on-Trent in 1977 by two brothers, Terry (Tez) Roberts (vocals), and Tony (Bones) Roberts (guitar), along with Roy (Rainy) Wainright and a drummer called Hacko (real name unknown). The bands name itself was chosen due to it being obnoxious.
The line-up didn't record anything and only played local gigs in the Stoke-on-Trent area. In 1979, Hacko left and Tez became the drummer, with Cal (Kelvin Morris) taking over on vocals. The band was influenced at the start by The Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.
When Cal joined, all previous songs were scrapped and they began to work on new material, the lyrics of which were written by Cal himself. Nothing really happened until a certain Mike Stone moved to Stoke from london. Mike had a record shop and a label and when he went to see Discharge play their first gig with the new line-up at Northwood Parish Hall, he told them they had no musical ability but got off on the intensity of the performance. He offered them a chance to sign up to his label, Clay Records.
The first single, 'Realities of War' was released circa March 1980 and as Mike Stone did not have a distributor, he sold copies to shops from his car. The single got into the top 10 of the Indie Chart in Sounds (a UK weekly music newspaper). This was followed by 'Fight Back'.
Discharge then performed their first gigs out of the home town of Stoke, at Leicester, Preston and Glasgow. Their next record, 'Decontrol' was again released in 1980.
A tour followed, called the 'Apocalypse Now' tour, it featured new recruit Bambi, who was in turn replaced later by Garry Maloney (ex-The Varukers). This line-up recorded the next single 'Never Again' which was released at the end of 1981.
Discharge pioneered the D-Beat, which is a punk subgenere. The D of course refers to Discharge and the beat has it's popularity with Japanese, Scandinavian, & Brazilian hardcore and punk scenes.
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