Steerpike
07-26-2006, 12:19 PM
Okay, due to the recent hackings, I can't link you to the previous threads the way I used to. Or at least not until that gets fixed. But I'm sure you guys know how to click on my name and search for threads.
This one is not going to be easy for me to write due to the way this band communicates with the rest of the world.
Biography
Ever since Glenn Danzig first took the stage with a skeleton-print T-shirt and a devilock, there has been a section of the punk community obsessed with horror movies. This Misfits to this day remain the most influential band of all in the horrorpunk scene, though lately some groups have taken the movement in a stranger direction. Lately, Leeds has seen a trend toward these bands writing about zombies, but the only band to have gained more than local notoriety is Send More Paramedics.
Originally, the group was nothing more than a side project of a hardcore punk band called And None of Them Knew They Were Robots. The name was derived from the 1985 movie Return of the Living Dead, the title of which if often quoted throughout the horrorpunk scene.
In 2001, SMP released a single demo and were signed to In at the Deep End Records. The songs were exclusively about zombies and the cannibalism element of said monsters. This started the trend with the band that they would dress up as zombies themselves, and acted like them in interviews.
The debut album released in 2002 was titled A Feast for the Fallen and was a furious display of the group's crossover style that blended hardcore punk with thrash metal. Hooks were aplenty, vocals threatened to shred the ears, and the rhythms were the mosh-inducing frenzies one would hope for.
The group gained more notoriety than they're original project And None... So, the original band split up and worked on Send More Paramedics full-time. They had fully embraced the aesthetic and dubbed their style of music Zombiecore, a label which they currently stand as the undisputed lords of. Which is helped by the fact that the only other band that shares the label is a US group called Zombie Apocalypse, and even then it's mostly bestowed on them by their fans.
Anyway, SMP quickly followed the debut up with another album titled The Hallowed and the Heathen which showed them trying their hand at a few different structures in songwriting with mixed results, though an altogether strong album. Following that, they went on a world tour supporting The Offspring.
Predictably, not all of the famous pop-punk band's fans were open to a quartet of blokes dressing up as zombies on stage and screaming their bloody heads off about eating brains. However, the band enjoyed the tour anyway, and took the boos they got as standing ovations of bad taste. Kind of like John Waters at that.
No sooner had they gotten home, than the band cut a split EP with Zombie Apocalypse and then played at the Download Festival.
Fans were getting a little impatient for a new full-length album, and the band has delivered. They are currently taking pre-orders on the upcoming The Awakening album and have already scheduled a tour to support it.
As you can tell, these guys are pretty busy. They haven't taken much time to slow down and breath in their short history, but being undead, lungs are overrated anyway.
This one is not going to be easy for me to write due to the way this band communicates with the rest of the world.
Biography
Ever since Glenn Danzig first took the stage with a skeleton-print T-shirt and a devilock, there has been a section of the punk community obsessed with horror movies. This Misfits to this day remain the most influential band of all in the horrorpunk scene, though lately some groups have taken the movement in a stranger direction. Lately, Leeds has seen a trend toward these bands writing about zombies, but the only band to have gained more than local notoriety is Send More Paramedics.
Originally, the group was nothing more than a side project of a hardcore punk band called And None of Them Knew They Were Robots. The name was derived from the 1985 movie Return of the Living Dead, the title of which if often quoted throughout the horrorpunk scene.
In 2001, SMP released a single demo and were signed to In at the Deep End Records. The songs were exclusively about zombies and the cannibalism element of said monsters. This started the trend with the band that they would dress up as zombies themselves, and acted like them in interviews.
The debut album released in 2002 was titled A Feast for the Fallen and was a furious display of the group's crossover style that blended hardcore punk with thrash metal. Hooks were aplenty, vocals threatened to shred the ears, and the rhythms were the mosh-inducing frenzies one would hope for.
The group gained more notoriety than they're original project And None... So, the original band split up and worked on Send More Paramedics full-time. They had fully embraced the aesthetic and dubbed their style of music Zombiecore, a label which they currently stand as the undisputed lords of. Which is helped by the fact that the only other band that shares the label is a US group called Zombie Apocalypse, and even then it's mostly bestowed on them by their fans.
Anyway, SMP quickly followed the debut up with another album titled The Hallowed and the Heathen which showed them trying their hand at a few different structures in songwriting with mixed results, though an altogether strong album. Following that, they went on a world tour supporting The Offspring.
Predictably, not all of the famous pop-punk band's fans were open to a quartet of blokes dressing up as zombies on stage and screaming their bloody heads off about eating brains. However, the band enjoyed the tour anyway, and took the boos they got as standing ovations of bad taste. Kind of like John Waters at that.
No sooner had they gotten home, than the band cut a split EP with Zombie Apocalypse and then played at the Download Festival.
Fans were getting a little impatient for a new full-length album, and the band has delivered. They are currently taking pre-orders on the upcoming The Awakening album and have already scheduled a tour to support it.
As you can tell, these guys are pretty busy. They haven't taken much time to slow down and breath in their short history, but being undead, lungs are overrated anyway.