#Crusthrash

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THE FACE OF INCOMING UK "CRUSTHRASH" -- A SOUND PRACTICALLY INVENTED BY DISCHARGE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on guitarist/band founder Vic Timoveric Kroll of UK hardcore/thrash/ crust punk band CONCRETE SOX, rocking a Dis-fathers tee, Nottingham, UK, c. February 1985. 📸: Jenny Plaits.

PIC #2: Bonus shot of CONCRETE SOX, performing live at the Station, Gateshead, UK, on February 23, 1985. 📸: Jenny Plaits.

Dis nightmare still @!#¢*%$& continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3455620708836856099 (Picuki 2x).

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THIS AIN'T NO OUTDOOR FESTIVAL --RAW PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE UK HARDCORE FRONTLINES.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on really early shots of UK hardcore/crust punk band DEVIATED INSTINCT (pre-dreads!), performing at a "Norwich Venue Campaign" event in their hometown of Norwich, UK, c. 1985. 📸: Derek Williams.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3387672001806589964.

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A LOOK AT THRASH PUNK -- HEAVY PUNK-- CRUSTHRASH -- CROSSOVER THRASH -- IT'S THRASHBACK THURSDAY.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on UK crusthrasher Damien Thompson of crossover thrash/crust/hardcore punk band SACRILEGE, defining the look way back in 1986, and a year after the release of their "Behind the Realms of Madness" album. 📸: Dickie Camm, from a gig in Riverside Newcastle, England, on November 9, 1986.

Sources: www.picuki.com/profile/negative_insight, Pinterest, various, etc...

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"IT'S TIME TO FACE THE REAPER'S SMILE, MONEY EQUALS PROFIT, AND PROFIT EQUALS POWER."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on an oversized banner of the UK's SACRILEGE, as well as referencing lyrics to their "Dig Your Own Grave" demo track. Bonus shots include a band portrait of the band standing in front of a DIY banner, c. 1985, and a shot of guitarist Damian with a plush toy? Weird.

"Investing in the arms race, investing in war production. Funding the holocaust, funding your destruction. It's time to face, face the reapers smile. Money equals profit, and profit equals power."

-- "Dig Your Own Grave" (1985) by SACRILEGE

Sources: https://monkeydefiesgravity.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/sacrilege-behind-the-realms-of-madness, Facebook, Pinterest, various, etc...

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THREE WORDS: CRUSTHRASHERS RISING FAST. FOR YOUR UK-STYLE "THRASHBACK THURSDAY."

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on guitarist/band founder Vic Timoveric of British crossover thrash/crust punk/UKHC band, CONCRETE SOX, performing live in Newcastle, UK, c. mid 1980s.

"These CONCRETE SOX photos were taken by former LEATHERFACE bassist Dickie Camm and submitted through another former LEATHERFACE bassist (as well as HDQ), Rob Bewick. They were taken at the Newcastle Riverside, UK, c. 1986-'87?=which was the spot for a ton of great gigs in the 1980s."

-- NEGATIVE INSIGHT (hardcore punk zine/record label/online shop)

Source: www.pixnoy.com/post/3726236020104749406931.

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FILE UNDER: THIRD WAVE UK PUNK, THRASHBACK THURSDAY, UK HARDCORE, PUNK GIRLS, LADIES OF THE '80s, METAL-PUNK, ETC...

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Lynda "Tam" Simpson, vocalist/co-founder of Midlands, UK hardcore/crust/ crossover thrash band, SACRILEGE, performing live at the Adam & Eve in Leeds, UK, c. mid 1980s, during the band's "Behind the Realms of Madness" era. 📸: Nicolas Royles (@niche_roy_les).

Source: www.pixwox.com/post/6716324625615653727015.

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"SUCH A SORROWFUL SCENE, A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES, THE WEAPONS PILE UP, THE WHOLE COUNTRY DIES."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on singer Tam Simpson of Midlands UK hardcore/crossover thrash/crust punk band SACRILEGE, performing live at the Adam & Eve's in Leeds, UK, on March 3, 1986, during the band's "Behind the Realms of Madness" era. 📸: Undisclosed/unknown (Jenny Plaits, is that you?).

"Such a sorrowful scene, a sight for sore eyes The weapons pile up, the whole country dies A sad symbol of the hatred of man Out of sight out of mind in our own land."

-- "Out of Sight Out of Mind" (1986) by SACRILEGE

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3512879328821981072.

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FILE UNDER: D-BEAT/SWEDISH D-BEAT, RECORD REVIEWS, DISCHARGE PUNK, DIS-PUNK, RAW PUNK, DISCORE, ETC...

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a MRR clipping/review of the DISMACHINE/NAILED DOWN split 7 inch, released on Homegrown Records in 1997.

"This is a review published in "Maximum Rocknroll" at the time and is a very interesting article. This article was sent to me by @badmongo_696 thinking of me. He's the producer of this record. I respect him very much."

-- YASUHIRO YOSHITOME, @yasuhiro_1623

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3457832684985723004 (Picuki 2x).

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SWEDEN & AUSTRALIA JOIN FORCES ON THE RAGING BATTLEFIELD OF THE '90s D-BEAT/CRUST WAR.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the DISMACHINE (Swedish D-beat)/NAILED DOWN (Australian crusthrash) 7 inch split EP, jointly released on Spiral Objective and Homegrown Records in 1997. From the private collection of "yasuhiro_1623."

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3457832684985723004.

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I WAS BORN A YEAR AND A DAY LATER -- A MOST IMPRESSIVE BILLING OF COMPLETE & UTTER UKHC.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on one of THE most definitive gig line-ups I've ever seen on any concert poster EVER -- "A Total Noise Festival" -- featuring UKHC bands CONCRETE SOX, DOOM, HELLBASTARD, SORE THROAT, ENERGETIC KRUSHER, and ARDCORE; all performing live on Sunday, September 25, 1988; Station Club, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2682264550843560638.

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UKHC -- METAL PUNK -- HEAVY PUNK -- CRUST PUNK -- CROSSOVER THRASH -- NEWCASTLE BRANCH.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a live shot of UK crossover/thrash/crust punk band, HELLBASTARD, during the band's earliest incarnation as a power trio, photographed at a Newcastle, UK benefit gig, c. mid '80s.

Scruff Lewty -- guitar/vocals

Scotty -- bassist

Phil Laidlow -- drums

Source: http://britishpunx.blogspot.com/2017/03/hellbastard.html.

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UK HEAVY PUNK & CRUSTHRASH MAKE ON HOLIDAY IN FARAWAY EUROPE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on shots of UKHC bands DOOM (headlining), with CONCRETE SOX and B.Y.O.B. (Groningen hardcore punk) supporting, performing live at WNC (Wolters-Noordhoff Complex) squat on April 7, 1989. 📸: Thomas Generic.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3162247104607315014.

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TWO WORDS: "CONCRETE MOPZ."

NOTE:^Quote was lifted from a comment that iI just could not pass up using. Lol!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on guitarist Vic Timoveric Kroll of UKHC/thrash/crust punk band CONCRETE SOX, cleaning up after a show at the Nottingham Community Centre, Nottingham, UK, c. 1986.

"Always respect the space."

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3173611160144632189.

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"....ONE OF THE FIRST UK BANDS TO DRIFT HEAVILY FROM HARDCORE INTO METAL TERRITORY."

PIC(S) INFO: For your "Thrashback Thursday" -- Spotlight on UK hardcore/crossover thrash/crust punk band CONCRETE SOX, c. mid to late 1980s.

"CONCRETE SOX was one of the first UK bands to drift heavily from hardcore into metal territory. Their 1985 LP, "Your Turn Next" featured some blazing metal leads and chugging metal riffs. I always felt that the early CONCRETE SOX stuff was more influenced by thrash metal like METALLICA and KREATOR than traditional UK crust influences like ANTISECT and DISCHARGE. But I think a lot of people would want to argue that point with me. Suffice it to say this is more thrash-influenced crust as opposed to say AMEBIX, more MOTÖRHEAD-influenced crust. Perhaps it’s just the guitar tone, which makes me think metal as I don’t think Sox was tuned as low or produced to maximize the bass as much."

-- FELIX HAVOC, "Reprint of the classic article "Rise of Crust by Felix von Havoc" via DIY Conspiracy, c. October 2020

Sources: https://ukhardcore.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/concrete-sox, https://diyconspiracy.net/rise-of-crust, & Pinterest.

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LAYING DOWN HIS SOUL TO THE GODS MAXIMUM THRASH 'N' ROLL.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a 1986 shot of founder/guitarist Victor "Vic" Timoveric Croll of Nottingham-based hardcore/crust punk/crossover thrash band CONCRETE SOX, playing a Hondo II Explorer electric guitar. The picture was featured in a 1986 issue of the Bay Area underground music publication "Maximum Rocknroll."

Source: www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/77505-hey-vic-croll.

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PLAY FAST OR DON'T -- AN UGLY BLUR OF NOISE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD IN '86.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on UK hardcore/grindcore band NAPALM DEATH, during their "Scum: Side A" lineup (plus one, in the form of Jim Whitley on bass guitar), performing live at Leeds, UK, c. November, 1986. 📸: Nicolas Royles.

EXTRA INFO: Crusthrashers SACRILEGE also played this gig with N.D.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3044673261270355840.