Your Rating:

Average Rating:

Hometown: Stoke-on-Trent (UK)

About:

Very influential British punk rock band which formed in 1977 with the original line up of Terry 'Tez' Roberts on vocals, Tony 'Bones' Roberts on guitar, Roy 'Rainy' Wainwright on guitar, Nigel Bamford on bass and Akko on drums. Shortly after Nigel Bamford left the group, and Rainy moved to bass. This line up sounded much more like the Sex Pistols, but only recorded one demo. The line up and the sound changed in 1979. It became: Kelvin 'Cal' Morris on vocals, Bones on guitar, Rainy on bass and Tez on drums, which many consider to be the "classic" Discharge line up.

The band pioneered a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and anti-melodic shouted or screamed vocals with on a focus on anarchist and pacifist themes and frequent mention of nuclear war.

Discharge also pioneered "D-beat" as a punk subgenre. The band's sound, political viewpoint and stripped-down aesthetic can be traced to modern hardcore bands like ; Disfear, Tragedy, Nasum,

Reviews

Discharge / Off With Their Heads

Split [7-inch] (2011)

Drunken Sailor

Discharge

Beginning of the End (2006)

Thunk!

Discharge

Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing [reissue] (2003)

Castle

Discharge

Why [reissue] (2003)

Castle

Discharge

Why (1981)

Clay

Hellcat to release GBH's 'Perfume And Piss' in April
On April 6th Hellcat Records will release the new record from long running Birmingham punk act GBH. Titled Perfume And Piss, the new full length will be the band's first since 2004's Idol Records released Cruel and Unusual.…
February 22, 2010

Streams: Disnihil: 'Disnihil'
We don't really get to feature much in the way of the Discharge/Tragedy variety of hardcore, so it's nice that we get to bring you something from Brooklyn's dapper young lads,…
September 17, 2007

Streams: Discharge, Conflict, Broken Bones to headline Montreal Chaos Fest 4
Promoter Man in Anger has announced the intial lineup for the 4th Montreal Chaos Fest. The August 25th event promises shows from noon until midnight, with a trio of long running UK punk bands headlining. The show will feature apperances from Stoke-on-Trent's Discharge, London's Conflict (part of an overall Canadian…
April 08, 2007

Streams: Extinction of Mankind to re-release sold-out 7"
Extinction of Mankind have announced that they'll be re-releasing their sold-out 7" Ale to England for the first time on CD through the Canadian label Moshpit Tragedy Records. The three song EP was originally released in 2002 and features the band's take on Antisect's "Out From the Void," Amebix's "Sunshine Ward," and…
October 15, 2006

Streams: Tragedy
A new set of streams coming to you from Portland, Oregon's Tragedy. The fiercely independent act recently released their third full length, Nerve Damage and we're pleased to bring you the first three tracks from the album. For those unfamiliar with the…
May 20, 2006