The Gorilla Biscuits are a band who, in my opinion, don't get the credit they deserve from fans of american hardcore punk. Second only to Minor Threat in the East Coast Straight Edge movement, their music was in many ways ahead of it's time. The Gorilla Biscuits formed in 1987, a few years after the majority of prominent hardcore bands in America had come and gone, which is unfortunate because they most likely would have been hugely popular had they been conceived a few years earlier.
The Biscuit's music for this release is as much in the metal category musically as hardcore punk band. What reallly makes the distinction between the two is the lyrical themes of the songs, and the vocal style that singer Civ came to be known for. The music is standard fast, agressive power chords and 4-4 drums, but the Gorilla Biscuits have a way of making it seem uniquely their own when they play, unlike so many generic hardcore bands that the 80's had to offer. The hybrid of punk and metal was a premonition of things to come, with so many bands in the 90's and 2000's running with that combination and making it something all their own again, just as the Gorilla Biscuits had years prior.
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