DISCHARGE - 2 LPs and 5 7"s to choose from

Few bands have been radical and influential enough to spawn their own entire subgenre but the mighty DISCHARGE have. Here are a few selections from their earlier period (in chronological order) to help you better understand just exactly how they did it.

DISCHARGE - Realities Of War 7" The Classic first 7" from Discharge circa 1980. A monumental record that helped jumpstart the hardcore movement around the world. This is one of a handful of records from 1980 that pushed 70's punk into the bleak era of the 1980's hardcore scene. Discharge set the standard with their raw and uncompromising visual style and unbridled hardcore punk music. DISCHARGE - Fight Back 7" Five song blast of pure anger and energy, Dishcarge is at their finest here. Pure d-beat raw punk against which all the successors can be measured. This hard driving music is the perfect vehicle for the outrage at war and oppression conveyed by the harsh lyrics and graphics. DISCHARGE - Decontrol 7" Classic three song rager from 1980. Less than a year removed from "Realities Of War" the sound is already faster and more aggressive, leaving 70's punk behind and blazing into pure hardcore raw punk. This record has three of Discharge's best songs which are just pure blasts of raw anger and urgency. Hardcore punk at its best. DISCHARGE - Why? LP An unrelenting blast of raw punk anger. This genre defining record turned up the intensity of hardcore punk several notches. A searing protest against the insanity of war and madness of politicians set to the most powerful and bombastic hardcore assault laid down to that date, hardly topped since. DISCHARGE - Never Again 7" It's 1981, the cold war rages, threatening to turn hot at any moment as Reagan, Thatcher and Brezhnev seem poised to destroy the world in a descent to nuclear madness. Using cover art appropriated from 1930's anti fascist agit-prop Discharge links the bleak reality of Thatcher's Britain with the descent to totalitarian oppression and war of an earlier generation. A bit more polished than the first three EPs and the Why? 12", Never Again delivers three blasts of hardcore punk. The bass playing in "Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles" is some of the best on any hardcore record ever. DISCHARGE - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing LP Considered by many to be one of the best, if not THE BEST hardcore record of the 1980s. This record caught Discharge at the peak of their powers, combining the anger, intensity and power of their early material with a high caliber of production and musicianship. Pure anger and power, shocking and provocative graphics (before these were passe on punk record covers) combined with rampaging riffs and coarse vocals. Faithfully reproduced as a gatefold LP. DISCHARGE - State Violence, State Control 7" Discharge's fifth 7", from 1982. The sound is a bit less raw and there is a tiny bit of the metal influence starting to show. The energy and power of Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing are fully manifested on these tracks.

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