Heroin (The band) (1 Viewer)

[mackle]

Worship them

Most important hardcore band of the 90s!
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[Lord Damian]

i prefer heroin - the drug - most important hardcore drug of the forever.

here, Ciaran, what's this 19 months stuff? forgive my old-man canuck ignoramusness...

 

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oh yeah? what made them important? in your recollection.

 

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if it's anyone it's drive like jehu anyway.

 

[rotten tropics]

i:heart: heroin.
drive like jehu are probably more influential alright,still prefer heroin though

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Funniest statement ever,good band an all like,but I think you'll find it's either Los Crudos or Born Against.

 

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yeah they're good alright

 

[oh shit]

was gonna suggest born against. i met one of their drummers one time. he also played in skull kontrol and universal order of armaggedon. heres me *swoon*

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Y'see,Jehu(again amazing)strictly speaking would fall outside of hardcore.

 

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yeah but they kicked off that entire west coast sound, which fed back into hardcore in a big way, plus they kicked off math rock while they were at it, plus they only stopped cos of rocket from the crypt.
but yeah you're right.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

But,they just sounded like an extension of Pitchfork who in turn just sounded like Fugazi. ( I would go as far as saying Fugazi would be 3rd best of those 3)Not that Born Against or Crudos were remotely original,but the two of them kickstarted lagging hardcore scenes the world over,bringing an element of politics back on board.

 

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they only sound like pitchfork cos it's the same guy singing!
pitchfork = fairly basic punk rock with a strong DC influence
jehu = fucked up time signatures, 7 minute long dirges, fucked up riffage.

i agree with what you're saying on crudos and BA though

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Same guitar players too,they could easy pass off as the same band. When the Pitchfork 7" came out,it got constant Fugazi comparisons. When the first Jehu record came out Sonic Youth got added to the comparisons. Still amazing.
Oh,did I ever tell you I'm one of the handful of people on here who saw them? (sorry to be such a wanker)

 

[hermie]

Same guitar players too,they could easy pass off as the same band. When the Pitchfork 7" came out,it got constant Fugazi comparisons. When the first Jehu record came out Sonic Youth got added to the comparisons. Still amazing.
Oh,did I ever tell you I'm one of the handful of people on here who saw them? (sorry to be such a wanker)

see who?pitchfork? What were they like? What's your gripe with Fugazi by the by?

 

[Unclealo]

What's a good album to start with then eh?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

see who?pitchfork? What were they like? What's your gripe with Fugazi by the by?

I saw Drive Like Jehu,I believe it irks Bernard a little when people tell him they saw them.
No gripes with fugazi,except the last two or three records were shit.

 

[paul-]

used to like heroin alot,rarely listen to them anymore though and there were definetly more influential hardcore bands then them in the 90s.

 

[brianoak]

I think Hatebreed are the most influential hardcore band of the late nineties.
What do you think Gary?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Oh,and Drop Dead were pretty influential too.

 

[Gambra]

I don't want to say anything like I love herion cos it just sounds wierd.. Wait, damn..