venomous concept
Venomous Concept | Retroactive Abortion CD (Ipecac)
Isn't it kind of ironic that a band named Nirvana killed punk rock - or at least what is perceived as punk. Punk is your ugly neighbour, the obnoxious fool who shags your girlfriend while giving the finger to her parents. Old school unite, throw away your comb and down some beer fast - Venomous Concept raises two fingers to a forgotten art form. It is the definition of hardcore punk, pure and simple, a classic mix of all styles - Swedish, Japanese, English, West Coast - played out by men who created the medium. Venomous Concept features Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Lock-up, Brujeria), Buzz Osbourne (the Melvins, Fantomas), Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Damaged), Danny Herrera (Napalm Death) - a combined eighty years of recording history. These are men who know what they are doing and do it well. Nothing fancy, no huge recording budget, no aspirations of Headbangers Ball/Warp tour. Venomous Concept make no apologies - it's all raw noise.