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Discordance Axis was a grindcore band with high-pitched screaming & low grunted vocals, fast drumming and creative guitar work.

Biography

The band was founded in 1992 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Rather than taking the normal route of releasing demos, DA instead recorded a multitude of limited edition split albums (see below), though rehearsal tapes and demos were released later on various compilation sets. Many of the early discordance songs were structured by the band's splicing the "good parts" of improvised rehearsal recordings. Some of these early songs have more primitive song structure, and low budget recordings; whereas later releases like The Inalienable Dreamless LP have very clear production and more sophisticated guitar riffs and song structure. The band split up in 2001. However, the band managed to do their only tour, Japan, and the final two studio recordings with a stand in guitarist. Their final show was at CBGB club in New York in 2001; gaining a significant cult status in the years post mortem. The band is remarkable both for having no bassist, playing primitive straightforward grindcore influenced by the likes of Napalm Death, ECT, and for releasing the vast majority of their full-length recordings in DVD cases rather than CD cases, presumably to accommodate the unusually large booklets (normally with liner notes for each song longer than the lyrics). A tribute CD titled "Our Last Day" has been released on Hydra Head Records, and features exclusive tracks from singer Jon Chang's new project GridLink.

Lineup

Jon Chang - Vocals (Also in: Gridlink)
Steve Procopio - Guitar (Also in: Human Remains)
Rob Marton - Guitar
Dave Witte - Drums (Burnt By The Sun, Also in: Hellnation, Human Remains, Municipal Waste, Black Army Jacket, Melt Banana (tour only), Exit 13 (tour only), Hope Collapse, East West Blast Test, Dead Guy)

Former members

Rob Proctor (Filled in for Dave Witte when they toured Japan in 1995) - Drums (Also in: Assück, Nasty Savage)

Brann Dailor - Drums for some shows (Also in: Mastodon, ex-Today is the Day, ex-Lethargy)

Discography

CDs/LPs

Ulterior, Devour Records/Pulp Records, 1995

Perfect Collection. Original Sound Version 1992-1995 (compilation) Devour Records, 1998

Jouhou, Hydra Head Records, 1998

The Inalienable Dreamless Perfect Version Box Set (compilation) self-released, 2000

The Inalienable Dreamless Hydra Head Records, 2001

Pikadourei (live) Hydra Head Records, 2003

Our Last Day (compilation) Hydra Head Records, 2005 Our Last Day is a compilation containing two new Discordance Axis songs, a number of covers of Discordance Axis songs by Cide Project, Gate, Mortalized, Melt Banana, NoiseEar and Merzbow, and a new track by GridLink, which features Jon Chang on vocals.

Singles/EPs

Split 7-inch EP w/ Cosmic Hurse, Pulp Records, 1992

Split 7-inch EP w/ Hellchild, HG Fact Records, 1993

Split 7-inch EP w/ Capitalist Casualties, Pulp Records, 1994

Split 7-inch EP w/ Def Master, HG Fact Records, 1994

Split 7-inch EP w/ Melt Banana, HG Fact Records, 1995

Split 7-inch EP w/ Plutocracy, Slap A Ham Records, 1995

Necropolitan, HG Fact Records, 1997

Split 7-inch EP w/ Corrupted and 324, HG Fact Records, 2001

Videos/DVDs

7.62mm (video) self-released, 1997

Pikadourei (DVD) Hydra Head Records, 2002Further Information

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