Artist: Hammerhead: mp3 download Genre(s): Other Discography: Hardcore Will Never Die Year: 1993 Tracks: 4 With power and vividness to bare, post-punk hard rock threesome Hammerhead could as well feature been called "Sledgehammer" (even if a heavy alloy outfit from England hadn't beat them to it). Paul Sanders (vocals, guitar), Paul Erickson (vocals, bass), and Jeff Mooridian Jr. (drums) formed the mathematical radical in Fargo, ND, approximately 1990, and touched to Minneapolis, MN, just now a few years subsequently. Amphetamine Reptile, which is also situated in Minneapolis, released all of their recordings. The isthmus has cited Cab Driver's Travis Bickle as a directive influence on their tacky, dark, rhythmic access. Others have compared them to everything from hardboiled pulp magazine fiction authors Jim Thompson and James M. Cain, to brain-pounding haphazardness rock units Unsane, Surgery, and Bastro. Their vinyl debut was 1991's Peep picture disk undivided (featuring artistry by ex-Replacement Chris Mars). It was followed by 1992's Load King, a tour-only single issued on thomas Gray vinyl group, and 1993's live Evil Twin, another tour-only single. Their first base uncut was 1993's Ethereal Killer, recorded piece they were quiet set in Fargo. Next came the Evil Twin EP, which featured the four songs from the premature 7", iI from the picture saucer, and a re-recorded version of "Payload King" (and was originally issued as a yellow-vinyl 10"). They had relocated to Minneapolis by the fourth dimension 1994's Into the Vortex hit the streets. It witnessed the trio moving their driving, minimalist well-grounded in a more focused -- just no less inflexible -- direction with lyrics pickings on greater importance. The Taxi Driver influence was goaded home by couplets like, "Someone should white this muddied world/someone should write the pretty girls" ("All This Is Yours") and "The rain came down/blood sloshed the streets" ("Brest"). Many fans -- and Hammerhead's fans exclusively seem to take increased since they called it quits -- consider 1996's Duh, the Big City their crowning achievement. Unfortunately, it was to be their last uncut recording, and was followed by only one more loss, the tour-only Earth (I Won't Miss) single. The beginning of the end had already arrived when Sanders left the grouping in 1995. Other guitarists were enlisted to take his property, only none quite an stuck. He went on to form more RAM (which afterwards disbanded), piece Erickson (billed as Apollo Liftoff) and Mooridian Jr. formed Vaz. |