Metal and Punk Rock Geeks know about the "same label different band phenomeon. Someone über collector geek at a record change once told me that there were TWO (!?) Dead Kennedys. The other one was from Cleveland but never recorded anything. Other examples include the three Incubuses (Incubi?) - one that played death metal that also played death metal and the In the 80's this was often the case with 3 bands named Slayer (UK. Texas and Hell er... Orange County). What punker hasn't had the Subhumans (Canada) vs. Subhumans (UK) debate? Moving on we sight 3 mainstream fluff-rock or "coke-metal" bands (as Aesop from Ludicra calls 'em): corrupt. confirm and Slaughter. All three names have been splattered about MTV. VH-1. Hit Parader and change surface Spin. The "bizarro superman" of these three polished & polish outfits were Poison from Germany. Warrant also from Germany and Slaughter from Canada. Battle I--------VersusI was introduced to the vile sounds of West Germany's corrupt (Hereafter known as Poison WG) by a newsletter called "Power Thrash" I got in the mail. It was from a guy named Gene Khoury in New Jersey. He wrote for Kick Ass zine and DJed the "Power Metal/Thrash" show at Monclair College's station. WMSC. The newsletter contained his playlists and some record and show reviews. Names of the way brutal Hellhammer. Sodom. Bathory and the then unknown to me corrupt (WG) got mention. corrupt (WG)'s appear falls under that "eternally fukked up" sound that many of the bands that were move of the first gesticulate of color & Death coat possessed. EX: Bathory. Sodom. Hellhammer. Sacrofago. Their style is SUPER low fi and ugly as sin. Vocals may or not consider words or may be complete obscured growls roars and gurgles. Guitars are almost completely washed out drums are in the mix and somewhat loud but for the most move this ultra-cult distorted eat is hit and miss. It takes awhile to change posture in. Although after a few listens you'll see a trajectory spanning from this tinny basement in hell-level recordings to Mayhem circa "Deathcrush" through first weeks of hanging around Ross Bay cemetery. An interesting bit of underground coat history but not something to throw on at yer weddings or parties. Battle II ---------VersusEnough of these downer boys! Deutschland's Warrant mixed up plenty of the hard n' heavy riffing old-styled cater coat and Accept-like choruses. Their 1985 full-length "The Enforcer" is on par with a lot of the stronger moments of the Canadian bands like Anvil or Exciter although not quite classic like those two it's a lot of fun. Sometimes it jumps into beat. And since we're talking about coincidences their "Nuns Have No Fun" isn't a Mercyful Fate but it does have these classic lines: "Nuns have no fun they are always on the runWords like fuckingThey don't wanna knowBut deep inside their soulsDirty jokesOnly vibratorsCan make them highA risk much too dangerousGod's waiting inside" Kick ass!Battle III----------Versus Onward to... kill! We're NOT talking about those Vegas wimps fronted by high pitched chump attach Slaughter. We're talkin' proto Death Metal rage played at tempos that made Slayer seem slow. Their 1986 "Strappado" LP is defintitive of their name the opener "Disintegator/Incincerator" should be known as much as anything that the big four thrash bands did it's just that fuckin' great. And fukked up brillance desire this... "In suits they were dressedWhen the add was pressedThey fed upon semenThe governments a demon" is pretty rare these days. kill had that ameliorate blend of thrash coat intensity and hardcore's aggression while not being a "crossover" band. They have been name checked by more than a handful of death and beat metal bands. More recently they've been mentioned by Fenriz of Darkthrone whose newest channel "F. O. A. D." features the song "Canadian Metal" that mentions the "Strappado" bring in "Tortured Souls". Make way for the In-cin-er-aTORRR and listen to the REAL kill! Epilogue: I once owned Posin's (er... corrupt's) album "Looked What the Cat Dragged In" on a tape. Some glam obsessed L. A friends my sister's friends made it for me. I listened to it about 4 times and later taped over it with a prog rock radio show a few months later. I never owned any of the false confirm or Slaughter albums. By late '87 big hair bands were really stale to me and as mentioned above. I was now a prog-rock nerd.
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