- Rancid Hell Spawn
Rancid Hell Spawn was a
punk rock band, active between1988 and1995 . [ [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/presenting_the_.html Blog.wfmu.org] ]Discovered in
London the band released fivealbum s and three extended plays. Rancid Hell Spawn also provided twosong s for thesoundtrack ofDennis Worden 's "Stickboy"music video in 1993. Theirmusic was characterized by a distinctive noisy and distorted sound, featuring aCasio organ and large amounts offeedback . The majority of Rancid Hell Spawn songs are short, high-speed punk burnouts with melodies hidden beneath the feedback.fact|date=June 2008 Steven Wells of New Musical Express described it as "listening toEddie Cochran while wearing an astronaut's suit full of angry wasps."The band was fronted by Charlie Chainsaw, former editor of Chainsaw which started in 1977 and continued until 1984. Charlie Chainsaw remains active in the London punk scene, running the
Wrench Records record label and mailorder company.Rancid Hell Spawn have reformed, and have announced that they will be releasing a new EP.
Discography
* "Festering Pus" EP,
Wrench Records , 1988
* "Jumpin Jack Flesh" LP,Wrench Records , 1989
* "Gas Mask Love" mini-LP,Wrench Records , 1990
* "Chainsaw Masochist" LP,Wrench Records , 1990
* Split EP with The Fells, Toxic Shock Records, 1991
* "Gastro Boy" EP,Wrench Records , 1992
* "Axe Hero" CD,Wrench Records , 1993
* "Teenage Lard" EP,Wrench Records , 1995
* "Scalpel Party" Retrospective CD,Wrench Records , 2000References
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