Even 30 years later it sounds killer, and lays waste to pretty much anything considered powerviolence recorded since. I couldn't be bothered with anything else. A friend in school dubbed the Slave LP for me, and for a long while that's all i played. Infest was my new favorite band right then and there. After hearing those three songs, i knew that hardcore music was about to change in a big way. Pat followed up with "Which Side?" and "VYO". Sitting in my dorm room in art school (in Dover NJ) and hearing "Mindless" come on during Pat Duncan's show on WFMU. If you're reading this blog then chances are you know as much as i do on the subject.Ĭlear as day i remember hearing Infest for the first time. I won't get into the evolution of powerviolence, and how the dopey moniker came to be. But as i said before, there are still great bands out there keeping it all alive. Any genre influenced solely by the same genre rarely produces interesting results. Many of today's PV bands are only influenced by other powerviolence bands. These are the bands that will, and have, stood the test of time. Those original bands were so great because they were influenced by '80s hardcore/punk (as well as some outside influences in many cases) and taking the intensity and speed of classics like Siege, YDI, Youth Korps, DRI and D eep Wound to a new level. It was all about bands having their own unique sound and take on the genre. Unlike the majority of today's PV bands who try and emulate Infest and Crossed Out, back in 1990 there was no blueprint, no formula, and all the pioneer bands sounded so different from each other it's almost hard to believe they all fell under the same banner. Of course, like any genre, nothing comes close to that crucial first wave of bands (roughly between 1989 and the mid '90s). It seems there are more PV bands than ever now, and every once in a while i'll find something that hits the spot. Powerviolence is one of those genres that i find myself coming back to time and time again, both to spin the time-tested classics, and to check out newer bands. The Blogged and Quartered Record Store is now open.
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