- Exit-13
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Name = Exit-13
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Origin =USA
Genre =Grindcore
Years_active = 1989-1997
Label = Econcentric Thrash Relapse
Associated_acts = Anthrax Birds of PreyBrutal Truth Burnt by the Sun Candiru CrucifistDiscordance Axis Extra Hot Sauce Harter Attack Hemlock HiddenHoly Moses Human Garbage Human RemainsMelt-Banana Municipal WasteNuclear Assault Overlord Exterminator Peacemaker Redrum Scorn Skeleton of GodStormtroopers of Death The Ravenous Total Fucking DestructionVenomous Concept White Heat
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Current_members = Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals)Bliss Blood (vocals) Steve O'Donnell (guitar)Dan Lilker (bass, piano, vocals)Richard Hoak (drums, piano, vocals)
Past_members = Dave Witte (drums) Pat McCahan (drums) Bill Schaeffer Joel Dipietro (bass) Scott Lewis (drums)Exit-13 was a
grindcore band from Millersville,Pennsylvania . The band were formed in 1989 byRelapse Records founder and co-owner Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals), guitarist Steve O'Donnell and bassist Joel Dipietro. Their early recordings, including the "Disembowelling Party", "The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup" and "Eat More Crust" demos (all 1989), their debut fully-length "Green Is Good" (1990) and the EPs "The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup" (1990) and "Spare the Wrench, Surrender the Earth" (1991) featured a line-up of Yurkiewicz, O'Donnell and Dipietro, with drum duties being shared between Bill Schaeffer and Pat McCahan.Exit-13 underwent a line-up change prior to 1994's "Ethos Musick", and recruited the rhythm section of
Dan Lilker , famous for his work with Anthrax,Nuclear Assault andBrutal Truth on bass guitar, and his Brutal Truth band-mate Scott Lewis on drums. Brutal Truth's vocalist Kevin Sharp also provided backing vocals. Future line-ups were to includeBliss Blood (ofPain Teens ),Richard Hoak (of Brutal Truth) and Dave Witte (of Burnt by the Sun,Discordance Axis andMunicipal Waste ), amongst others. [ [http://www.brutaltruth.com/exit-13/ Official Exit-13 homepage] ] [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/millersville/exit+13 Exit-13 biography at Rockdetector] ]The band's lyrics mainly focused on environmental issues (with open support to radical groups like
Earth First! ), but also concentrate on social issues. The band also supported the decriminalization ofmarijuana .Fact|date=September 2008Members
Last recording line-up
* Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals)
*Bliss Blood (vocals)
*Dan Lilker (bass, piano, vocals)
* Steve O'Donnell (guitars, vocals)
*Richard Hoak (drums, piano, vocals)Other members
* Scott Lewis (drums)
* Joel Dipietro] (bass)
* Pat McCahan (drums)
* Bill Shaeffer (drums)
* Dave Witte (drums)Discography
* 1989: "Disembowelling Party" (demo)
* 1989: "The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup" (demo)
* 1989: "Eat More Crust" (demo)
* 1990: "Green Is Good" (Ecocentric Records)
* 1990: "The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup" EP (Thrash Records)
* 1991: "Spare the Wrench, Surrender the Earth" EP (Relapse)
* 1993: "Don't Spare The Green Love" compilation (Relapse)
* 1994: "Ethos Musick" (Relapse)
* 1995: Split 7" EP with Multiplex (HG Fact)
* 1995: "...Just A Few More Hits" (Relapse)
* 1996: Split CD with Hemdale (Visceral Productions)
* 1996: "Gout d'Belgium/Black Weakeners" (Relapse)
* 1996: "Smoking Songs" (Relapse)
* 2004: "Relapse Singles Series Vol. 4", split with Phobia,Goreaphobia andAmorphis (Relapse)
* 2007: "High Life!" compilation (Relapse)References
External links
* [http://www.brutaltruth.com/exit-13/ Official Exit-13 website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/myexit13 Official Exit-13 Myspace page]
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/millersville/exit+13 Exit-13 biography @ Rockdetector]
* [http://shop.relapse.com/artist/artist.aspx?ArtistID=10041 Exit-13 @ Relapse Records]
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