@@seanmcdonald8452 you're absolutely right. And for whatever reason the second half of my comment never got posted. But it went something like this, "upon my initial listening to Discharge and immediately becoming a lifelong fan. I had to rethink my initial response" . Please take in my mind I was maybe 12yrs old when I first heard them and now present day I'm a nearly 40yr who's got a good understanding of the band and has had the privilege to seeing them live once. Definitely one of my favorite shows ever
I saw Discharge on their first U.S. tour, at City Club, in Detroit. Negative Approch and Necros opening. It was my first exposure to UK Hardcore and it was like a blastwave of a nuclear explosion, but nonstop.
First saw them in London 1981 supported by the Exploited/Anti Pasti/Chron Gen & first ever London gig by ANWL(with their original drummer before JJ took over),
I almost look at Discharge as like punk perfected, or its minimal essence taken to its absolute maximum, absolutely everything unnecessary stripped away. There's a purity to it. Playing almost as fast as physically possible, as loud as possible, only one or two lines per song, no melody at all, chorus-verse-chorus-solo-done.
Rite on the Punk band that Metalheads like, I say that cause I started off being a Metalhead in my Pre Teen yrs with Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, Slayer, King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Necrophagia, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Death I only knew Iggy Pop And The Stooges my gateway to Punk then I found out about Discharge LOVED em and soon after I got into other Hardcore bands witch led me to like Punk more the usual Minor Threat, Black Flag, Cro Mags, Agnostic Front and Bad Brains as a newbie when I heard The Exploited though that was my game changer aside from them becoming my favorite Punk band of all time but from there through them I went into the Street Punk and Oi Punk rabbithole then I found my favorite style of Punk period but I would say Discharge led me to find more aggressive style of Punk as from there I began finding more Hardcore bands for newbie Punk in me over a decade and a half ago oh and Broken Bones freakin rule too!! I have yet to see Discharge live they don’t tour the states much and the last album End Of Days was really good!!!
I know Siege have one of their Compilation albums from many yrs back awesome band they reunited some yrs back so hopefully they have some tours going, possibly one of the first bands to use Blast Beats either them or DRI but I lean more Siege whom should also be accredited to helping shape Grindcore in terms of their style of playing and influence.
No just a band, if us old punks had souls they would sound like Discharge...when my wife left me a single dad i consoled myself by thinking " at least it doesnt hurt as much as when Discharge released - born to die die in the gutter, that broke my heart".
Really frustrating to remember my homie saying how he really didn't like JJ's vox back when he was still American here in NJ and singing for Dead Heroes (NJ) , yet he loved DISCHARGE. Quote ironic really 🤔😅
That collective loud, howling laughter you hear is coming from the belly’s/mouth’s of damn near every legit Black Metal band after reading that you labelled *Discharge* as being *”dark.”* 😂
@@guiltyhxc - Hey, man. I fuckin’ love *Discharge.* So much so that their Live (1990) release *The Nightmare Continues* is one of the grails in my collection. But to label them as being *’Dark’* I think is a bit of a stretch & then some, as well.
Saw them @ the Ritz NYC when grave new world came out I think 1984 they tried to change their sound. Did not go over well. Someone threw a beer at the singer. Knocked him near unconscious. He got up "mooned" the crowd and walked off.
That line up was trash. It was not Discharge. Then Cal does a great album with the classic band "DISCHARGE", and refuses to tour? YeT, he toured his crappy band as Discharge. HA! JJ is killer, and no prima donna. Cal has too many "issues" despite being great. I can't wait until the next album comes out.
