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AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Agoraphobic Nosebleed | |
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ORIGIN
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Relapse Records | |
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GENRE
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Grindcore | |
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| BAND ADDED | 2005-01-22, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2005-01-22, 00:00 | |
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| Band biography |
Many artists, such as GODFLESH and MINISTRY, utilized drum machines effectively in the slower-paced industrial realm, but relatively few bands had ever attempted the 100,000 bpm "hailstorm of drums" approach to programming that head honcho Scott Hull has not only attempted, but achieved. An ANb recording is like passing through a gauntlet of runaway steamhammers with nothing but a cocktail umbrella for protection.
Since 1994, ANb has gone through various line-ups that included members of ULCER, ENEMY SOIL, THUG and SUPPRESSION, but finally coalesced with the duo of Scott "Hullhammer" Hull (guitars, bass, drum programming) and vocalist Jay Randall. ANb then began to release all variety of vinyl with many respected scene veterans including BENÜMB, CONVERGE, CATTLEPRESS and LACERATION.
In February, 1998 ANb unleashed their Relapse Records debut "Honkey Reduction". Featuring 26 tracks of unbelievably manic grindcore, Honkey Reduction grilled up 26 prime cuts marbled with beefy riffs that sizzled flesh and tenderized minds. Instantly, grindcore fans the world over were chewing the fat! Hull made guitar strings swarm like pissed off hornets while his torrential drum programming punched listeners like AK-47 rounds guttin' a pumpkin. Militantly hateful vocal angst berated any and all. The response to Honkey was immense as fans and critics marveled at the unrelenting extremity.
In late 1999, ANb unleashed "PCP Torpedo", a scathing barrage of derangement nicely done up as a six-inch slab o' wax. Then, with Relapse proposing the idea of a split release, "The Poacher Diaries" surfaced, seeing ANb align themselves with Boston's CONVERGE. The vicious grindcore behemoths delivered nine white-hot blasts that thrilled caffeine-addled velocity junkies the world over! Akin to standing in a glass tornado, Anb's monomaniacal bombardment of hypersonic fury resulted in auditory warfare of the most elevated order. Hull's dexterous guitar warfare fused with decimating drum programming and voracious vocal vortexes. The CD met to a huge response, introducing both band's fans to new and interesting sounds. A split 7" with fellow Relapse labelmates BENÜMB surfaced later that year, and quickly became a sold-out collector's item.
As writing commenced for the next recording, the ANb sound took a massive step forwards in heaviness and additional members were deemed necessary. The band then doubled in size, adding grindcore alums Richard Johnson from ENEMY SOIL and C.A. Schultz from PxCx [Prosthetic Cunt]. The band stepped up their efforts both musically and conceptually, combining their efforts in an attempt to make music that would be thought-provoking on an obtuse scale, while upping their extremity on the musical end in myriad ways.
After an almost 3 1/2 year wait -- the proposed album title having made the rounds in press circles many times over -- the genetically altered noise collective introduced the long-awaited full-length "Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope" in 2002. An overwhelming, concentrated outpouring of perceptual stimuli, Frozen Corpse referenced the glory days of early nineties grindcore while disregarding the genre's current ideals, becoming one of the most talked-about grindcore records in recent history.
The album and band were featured in numerous high-profile magazines such as Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Terrorizer, Washington City Paper, CMJ, and dozens more. Nasty, systematic beatings arose from 2000 bpm onslaughts, vein-splitting vocals and a piranha-like six-string attack. Perhaps Frozen Corpse's best description came from ANb vocalist J. Randall who surmised, "Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope is like ripping through back catalog Earache blastbeat shit armed with a submachine gun at 400 rounds per minute." The obtuse artwork by Aaron Turner (ISIS) further added to the surrealistic ANb vision.
With the fires left burning in Frozen Corpse's wake still smoldering, the band issued a split 7" release with fellow Relapse labelmates HALO. Immediately following, the band set to work on a concept so bizarre, no one would believe it. With a focused mindset, and a plethora of mind-confounding ideas, AGORAPHOBIC wrote and recorded "Altered States of America" in fall 2002. With an April Fools Day 2003 release date, Altered States of America (a limited edition 100 song 3" CD!!!) delivered the most ambitious ANb yet. Featuring completely inhuman music with a consummate disregard for the listener, this Altered States of America instantaneously shattered nerves and marked everyone and everything as a prospective target. Simply put -- DIE OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!!!
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