Born Dead Icons was a hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band from Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. They played melodic, heavy and dark d-beat

D-beat

D-beat is a style of hardcore punk developed in the early 1980s by imitators of Discharge, for whom the genre is named. Discharge may have themselves inherited the beat from Motörhead. The first such group was The Varukers.The vocal content of D-beat tends towards shouted slogans...

 hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 with various influences, mainly British bands Amebix

Amebix

Amebix are an English crust punk/heavy metal band. Formed as "The Band with No Name," Amebix's original run was from 1978 to 1987, during which time they released three EPs and two full-length LPs...

, Discharge

Discharge (band)

Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. They are often considered among one of the very first bands to play hardcore punk, and to mix punk with metal...

, Zounds, and Motörhead. They are notable for playing slower and singing more clearly than most bands in this genre. Members also play in the band Complications. The band played their last show in November 2007.

Lineup

Pete: guitar

Alex Légaré: drums

Francis Lavoie: guitar, vocals

Phil Légaré: bass, vocals

Partial discography

Demo Cassette (1999) - Self-released

Part of Something Larger Than Ourselves 7" EP (1999) - Deranged Records

Deranged Records

Deranged Records is a Canadian punk record label based in Roberts Creek, British Columbia. It was founded in 1999 by Gordon Dufresne. Notable bands who have had releases with the label are Fucked Up, Career Suicide and Brutal Knights...

Work CD/LP (2000) - Dead Alive Records

Salvation on the Knees LP/CD/Cassette (2001) - Partners in Crime Records/Trująca Fala (Cassette)

Modern Plague 7" EP (2001) - Feral Ward Records/The Great American Steak Religion

The Great American Steak Religion

The Great American Steak Religion was an independent record label which released many notable hardcore records from the likes of Shotmaker, His Hero Is Gone, and Chokehold during the 1990s. Originally based in Ottawa at 5 Arlington Ave, Yannick moved to Quebec City and then Montreal, taking the...

New Scream Industry 10" (2001) - Stonehenge Records

Unlearn 7" EP (2003) - Heart First Records

Ruins LP/CD/Cassette (2003) - Feral Ward Records/Trująca Fala (Cassette)

Born Dead Icons / Coma split 7" (2002) - Busted Heads Records

External links

• Born Dead Icons on Myspace