Discharge is a British
hardcore punk band. The band
was formed by Terry "Tezz"
Roberts and Roy "Rainy"
Wainwright in 1977 in
Stoke-on-Trent, England. They
are frequently acknowledge as
one of the very first bands to
play Hardcore punk and to
combine punk with metal.
Although the band had
considerable changes in their
line up in the bands history,
the original members over the
early 1980s when they compose
their basic recordings were
Tony "Bones" Roberts (guitar),
Roy Wainwright (bass), and
Terry Roberts (drums), Kelvin
"Cal" Morris (vocals).
The goups music style is
describe by a heavy,
distorted, grinding
guitar-driven sound and
shouted vocals identical to a
speech with lyrics on
anarchist and pacifist themes.
The Discharge first album
"Hear Nothing See Nothing Say
Nothing" in 1982, enter the
number two spot on the UK
Indie charts and rank number
40 in the UK Album Chart.
During the 1980s, the band had
several singles and EPs that
entered in the top 10 of the
UK indie charts which include
the 1981 EP Why(#1) and the
1982 single State Violence
State Control.
When 1982 has passed, the
guitarist Peter "Pooch"
Purtill joined the band and
bring meaningful thrash metal
crossover elements to the
band. During the 1990s, the
group released numerous
metal-influenced albums which
estranged some of the original
fan base. The original line up
was reunited in 2000 and they
released a self-titled album
using the 1980s musical style.
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