- Assück
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Assück Origin St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Genres Grindcore[1][2]
Death metal[3][4]Years active 1987–1998 Labels Sound Pollution Associated acts Discordance Axis, In/Humanity, Nasty Savage, Scrotum Grinder Assück was an anti-capitalist and anarchist grindcore and deathgrind band from Saint Petersburg Florida, active from 1987 to 1998. The band proved influential,[1] with their album Anticapital (1992) voted number 4 in the Terrorizer list of their top 20 US grindcore albums, who described it as a "low-calibre battery of brooding, malicious, doom-ridden grind pitched somewhere between early Napalm Death and even earlier Bolt Thrower".[3] According to journalist Greg Pratt, "Assück were an incredible band with probably metal's best drummer [Rob Proctor], although no one ever mentions his name. They combined shockingly well-written poetic and political lyrics with catchy songs, insane musicianship and a short-fast-loud brutality that no one has topped since."[5] Writing for Maximumrockandroll, Felix von Havoc describes the political punk and metal roots of this band, stating "Assuck managed to combine the anger, fury and social commentary of a punk band with the musicianship and production quality of a Death Metal band."[4]
Contents
Members
Last known line-up
Former members
- Daryl Kahan (vocals)
- Dave "Spinach" Malinksky (vocals)
- Paul Pavlovich (vocals)
- Pete Jay (bass)
- Steve Kosiba (bass)
Discography
- Necrosalvation EP (No System, 1989)
- Born Backwards (demo, 1989)
- Split 7" with Old Lady Drivers (No System, 1990)
- Blindspot 7" EP (Schematics, 1992)
- Anticapital (Sound Pollution, 1992)
- State to State EP (SOA, 1993)
- Anticapital/Blindspot/+3 compilation (Sound Pollution, 1994)
- Misery Index (Sound Pollution, 1997)
References
- ^ a b Assück biography @ MusicMight
- ^ Allmusic.com review of Misery Index
- ^ a b Hoare, James (March 2009). "Criminal Records: Essental Records|US", Terrorizer 181, p. 44.
- ^ a b Felix von Havoc, Maximum Rock'n'Roll #198. [1] Archived by Havoc Records. Access date: June 20, 2008.
- ^ Stewart-Panko, Kevin (March 2009). "US Grind", Terrorizer 181, p. 43.
External links
Categories:- American grindcore musical groups
- Musical groups established in 1987
- Musical groups disestablished in 1998
- Musical groups from Florida
- Deathgrind musical groups
- Heavy metal musical groups from Florida
- Musical trios
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