Category Archives: Friendship

Napalm Death (LIVE in Shenzhen) Circa 2007

Friendship
NAPALM DEATH China Tour

The fathers of grindcore, Napalm Death pushed the envelope of metal to new extremes of ear-splitting intensity, rejecting all notions of melody, subtlety, and good taste to forge a brand of sonic assault almost frightening in its merciless brutality. Formed in Ipswich, England, in 1982, the group trafficked in the usual heavy metal fare for the first few years of its existence, but by the middle of the decade they began to expand their horizons by incorporating elements of hardcore and thrash into the mix; ultimately, Napalm Death’s sonic experiments evolved into a blistering mutation of metal which they dubbed grindcore, a kind of extremist noise attack characterized by incredibly brief song lengths, demonic vocals, and eye-opening sociopolitical lyrical commentary.

Building their reputation on a series of incendiary radio sessions and live dates, Napalm Death set about recording their debut LP, Scum, issued in 1987 on their own Earache label. A series of lineup changes during production resulted in the record’s two sides each containing almost completely different rosters: while the first half featured guitarist Justin Broadrick and vocalist/bassist Nick Bullen, the flip side presented new vocalist Lee Dorrian, guitarist Bill Steer, and bassist Jim Whitely; only drummer Mick Harris played on every track. While largely ignored by the mainstream media, Scum proved hugely influential throughout the global metal community; among Napalm Death’s most public supporters was BBC Radio One DJ John Peel, who repeatedly played the track “You Suffer” before inviting the group to record a legendary September 1987 Peel Session introducing new bassist Shane Embury.

With 1988’s From Enslavement to Obliteration, the band grew even more extreme, issuing some 54 total tracks, many of them clocking in at just a few seconds in length. (The compilation Grind Crusher offered perhaps the ultimate distillation of the aesthetic by including a bonus split single from Napalm Death and the Electro Hippies with each side lasting just one second; the shortest single ever.) More roster shifts followed, as Dorrian exited to form Cathedral and Steer jumped ship to found Carcass; with vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway (formerly of Benediction) and guitarists Jesse Pintado (ex-Terrorizer) and Mitch Harris (ex-Righteous Pigs), Napalm Death resurfaced with 1990’s Harmony Corruption, a nod toward more conventional song structures and a less punishing sound. Apparently unhappy with the results, the group followed later that year with the Mass-Appeal Madness EP, a return to all-out grindcore fury.

Mick Harris, the only remaining member from the unit’s earliest lineups, exited Napalm Death in 1992 to mount an acclaimed ambient dub project named Scorn; he was replaced by drummer Danny Herrera for Utopia Banished, followed by a single covering the Dead Kennedys’ “Nazi Punks F**k Off.” With 1994’s Fear, Emptiness, Despair, Napalm Death earned some of the best critical notices of their career, and to the shock of many even found themselves in the Top Ten of the U.S. pop albums chart by virtue of their appearance on the soundtrack to the motion picture Mortal Kombat. The Greed Killing mini-album appeared in 1995 as a teaser for the following year’s relatively accessible full-length Diatribes. Greenway was subsequently fired in November 1996 and replaced by Phil Vane of Extreme Noise Terror; however, after recording a split EP with Coalesce, the band reconsidered, and Greenway re-joined in time for the 1997 album Inside the Torn Apart. Next was 1998’s live release Bootlegged in Japan, trailed early the next year by the well-received Words From the Exit Wound, which proved to be their final album for Earache. 2000 saw the release of the covers EP Leaders Not Followers in mid-summer. Napalm Death returned to its early grindcore roots to a degree with its next full-length, Enemy of the Music Business, which was issued in early 2001.

9.14 in Shenzhen
Venue: Genjudi Pub
Booking hotline: 0755 – 83633533 or 0755 – 83259084
Ticket price: RMB 280, Pre-sale RMB200 (until 12 September)

9.15 in Shanghai
Venue: Absolute House
Booking hotline:  021 – 5108 6789
Time:15:00 15 September
Ticket price: RMB 280, Pre-sale RMB180

9.16 in Beijing
Venue: Star Live
Booking hotline: 010-6425 5677, 6425 5166.
Ticket price:RMB180 (pre-saleRMB170), RMB280 (Pre-sale RMB240) and VIP RMB380

 

 

 

 

I WENT TO THE SHENZHEN CONCERT. GREAT GUYS! SMALL VENUE BUT GREAT SOUND. HAD SOME BEERS WITH THEM AND HAD A GREAT TIME>

JUANMANUEL CUNNINGHAN ARMAS

SHENZHEN 2007

Children of the Google. (Previously posted on Blogger)

Friendship, General ideas, Google, Internet, Life style, , , ,

I remember when we used to be unaware of most of everything. We did not know anything at all, we just were, there, around, walking and trying to find mysteries we did not even know they existed.
I remember having to copy cassettes from friends to get the latest imported album, borrowing underground porn, renting copied VHS tapes, and finding the best Slayer album 3 years after its release. it was fun, we were surporised and amazed by everything. I always had this hope of having that bootleg album I had heard of. That song I heard somewhere and I did not have a clue who sang it.
We are now all doomed , we must know it all, if we don’t the common questions comes: “did you google it?? ” and we believe everything that there is, we even trust our health to Google. If we have a pain somewhere, just search it and do what it is said there.
Have a problem, do what that old blog says, need to know the future, consult the online fortune teller, we are so submerged in it that we do not even bother to walk around and meet the neighbors, we just twitt what ever thought is in our minds.
I am not against it, but I am aware of it. We should be more responsible when using Google, twitter, Facebook and all those hundreds of social sites and networks.

When was the last time you heard a record from the first note to the last, when was the last time you spent the day listening over and over to a LP just mesmerized by its cover (Iron Maiden used to blow mi mind) …??

I feel like talking with my granpa and apologizing by not understanding his words when complained about the TV, Atari and Walkman…..

To Lose trust. (Previously posted on Blogger)

Friendship, , ,

37 years and still cannot manage how to deal with other people’s trust and making clear I am not a stepping stone.
It all began last year, I met some people far up north in Beijing and thought It was a good idea to broaden up my social circles a little bit. Among this people there was this guy who was really eager and pushy about starting business with me. At the time I was so confident in the well being of my current job that had the space to feel imaginative towards new ways of making money.
People disguise frindship with personal interest, and I sometimes forget this. I started making plans of business with this “new friend” and knowing his social connections all hails to the new born friendship.
He started to make plans of moving to my city and I agreed, when he arrived here I realized he did not have a penny, just friends and talking. Well, let’s help him with a place, then food, then shoes, then, then, then……
At the end, his friends never backed his mouth, just talking. He would spend all day long daydreaming about his impossible love, his utopic way of life and his long gone “Golden years”…

It all ended the day I said, “I don’t have more money” , he turned into a monster, a green swamp slime…. He hated my guts and blamed me for all his sorrows. I felt sorry and sad. because we all have our dark side. Who are we to blame and to judge. We are all talk as well.

Storyline, never mix business with friendship, is like juggling with japanese Knives.

To lose trust.

forgiveness, Friendship, golden years, sorrow

37 years and still cannot manage how to deal with other people’s trust and making clear I am not a stepping stone.
It all began last year, I met some people far up north in Beijing and thought It was a good idea to broaden up my social circles a little bit. Among this people there was this guy who was really eager and pushy about starting business with me. At the time I was so confident in the well being of my current job that had the space to feel imaginative towards new ways of making money.
People disguise frindship with personal interest, and I sometimes forget this. I started making plans of business with this “new friend” and knowing his social connections all hails to the new born friendship.
He started to make plans of moving to my city and I agreed, when he arrived here I realized he did not have a penny, just friends and talking. Well, let’s help him with a place, then food, then shoes, then, then, then……
At the end, his friends never backed his mouth, just talking. He would spend all day long daydreaming about his impossible love, his utopic way of life and his long gone “Golden years”…

It all ended the day I said, “I don’t have more money” , he turned into a monster, a green swamp slime…. He hated my guts and blamed me for all his sorrows. I felt sorry and sad. because we all have our dark side. Who are we to blame and to judge. We are all talk as well.

Storyline, never mix business with friendship, is like juggling with japanese Knives.