Assück
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Origin | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
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Years active | 1987–1998 |
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Assück was an American grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Florida, active from 1987 to 1998.
History
Assück was founded by vocalist Paul Pavlovich and guitarist Steve Heritage. The band went through several line-up changes, in particular changing vocalists four times. Despite these changes, Assück maintained its heavy and fast sound — and anarchist sensibilities — from its first release to its last.
Legacy and reception
The band proved influential,[1] with their album Anticapital (1991) voted number 4 in the Terrorizer list of their top 20 US grindcore albums; Terrorizer described it as a "low-calibre battery of brooding, malicious, doom-ridden grind pitched somewhere between early Napalm Death and even earlier Bolt Thrower".[3]
According to journalist Greg Pratt, "Assück were an incredible band with probably metal's best drummer [Rob Proctor], although no one ever mentions his name. They combined well-written poetic and political lyrics with catchy songs, insane musicianship and a short-fast-loud brutality that no one has topped since."[6]
Writing for Maximumrocknroll, Felix von Havoc describes the political punk and metal roots of this band, stating "Assuck managed to combine the anger, fury and social commentary of a punk band with the musicianship and production quality of a Death Metal band."[4]
Members
- Final line-up
- Steve Heritage - guitar, vocals (1987-1998)
- Jason Crittendon - bass (1998)
- Rob Proctor - drums (1987-1998)
- Former members
- Paul Pavlovich - vocals (1987-1993)
- Dave "Spinach" Malinksky - vocals (1994-1995)
- Daryl Kahan - vocals (1993-1994)
- Pete Jay - bass (1991-1992)
- Steve Kosiba - bass (1992-1998)
- Timeline
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Discography
- Studio albums
- Anticapital (1991, Sound Pollution)
- Misery Index (1997, Sound Pollution)
- Extended plays
- Born Backwards demo tape (1989, Liquified Tapes)
- Necrosalvation 7-inch (1990, Rigid Records)
- Split 7-inch with Old Lady Drivers (1990, No System)
- Blindspot 7-inch (1992, Open Records)
- State To State 7-inch (1992, SOA)
- Compilation albums
- Anticapital/Blindspot +3 (1994, Sound Pollution)
References
- ^ a b "Assück biography @ MusicMight". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ Allmusic.com review of Misery Index
- ^ a b Hoare, James (March 2009). "Criminal Records: Essential Records|US", Terrorizer 181, p. 44.
- ^ a b Felix von Havoc, Maximum Rock'n'Roll No. 198. "Havoc Records and Distribution". Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008. Archived by Havoc Records. Access date: June 20, 2008.
- ^ Moore, Doug (March 22, 2013). "Waxing Atrocious – Assück's Steve Heritage". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Stewart-Panko, Kevin (March 2009). "US Grind", Terrorizer 181, p. 43.
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