Driller Killer (band)
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Driller Killer is a Swedish
D-beat
/crust punk
band, strongly influenced by the sound of Discharge
. They were formed in 1993 in Malmö
and are named after the Abel Ferrara movie of the same name
. They are signed to the French record label Osmose Productions
and have released seven full-length albums, and a variety of split releases to date.
The band have recently announced changes to their lineup for 2009, with the addition of Johan on bass guitar and the first gig with this Line up was in Sardinia @ Titty Twister with the Italian band Il Disagio
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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...
/crust punk
Crust punk
Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...
band, strongly influenced by the sound of 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...
. They were formed in 1993 in Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
and are named after the Abel Ferrara movie of the same name
The Driller Killer
The Driller Killer is a 1979 slasher film directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. It was on a list of banned so-called video nasties in the United Kingdom...
. They are signed to the French record label Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
and have released seven full-length albums, and a variety of split releases to date.
The band have recently announced changes to their lineup for 2009, with the addition of Johan on bass guitar and the first gig with this Line up was in Sardinia @ Titty Twister with the Italian band Il Disagio
Selected discography
- Brutalize (1994) LP/CD
- Total Fucking Hate (1995) LP/CD/PD
- Fuck The World (1997) LP/CD
- Reality Bites (1998) CD
- And The Winner Is… (2000) LP/CD
- Cold, Cheap & DisconnectedCold, Cheap & DisconnectedCold, Cheap & Disconnected is the sixth full-length album by Driller Killer. It was released on September 9, 2002.-Track listing:#”Gotta Get A God”#”Breaking Traditions”#”BDS”#”Incomin”#”As If”#”Chemicaligula”#”Someone's Tomorrow”...
(2002)LP/CD - The 4Q MangrenadeThe 4Q MangrenadeThe 4Q Mangrenade is the seventh full-length album by Driller Killer. It was released on January 23, 2006.-Track listing:*All Songs Written By Klyph Kuttweazle , except where noted...
(2005) LP/CD - Split w/ Extreme Noise TerrorExtreme Noise TerrorExtreme Noise Terror are a British crust punk / grindcore band originally formed in Ipswich, England in 1985. The band are widely considered one of the earliest and most influential European grindcore bands, and particularly the forefathers of the crustgrind subgenre.Notable for one of the...
(2007) 10"/MCD
External links
- Driller Killer at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....