Memories Like Ghosts

Monday, September 17, 2018

Heroin

Heroin were a pioneer of the screamo genre. They were noted for the psychological intensity of their songs, which tended to be very short and include extraordinarily fast drumming and screamed vocals. Heroin only released a handful of vinyl EP's and singles, primarily on San Diego record label Gravity Records; the group's debut 7" was also Gravity's first release. These releases were typically packaged in enigmatic ways, such as a sleeve silkscreened onto a Ralph's paper grocery bag. A complete discography was later compiled on the Heroin CD in 1997, also issued on Gravity. The band split in 1993 after its members decided amicably to move on to other projects. Members went on to play in groups such as Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi, and Second Story Window; vocalist Matt Anderson also worked with A Minor Forest, Mohinder, and Angel Hair. Matt and Scott even played in the legendary San Diego punk/hardcore band, Battalion of Saints from 2005-2008.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_(band)

Heroin Discography CD (1997)

01 Head Cold
02 Undertaking
03 Indecision
04 I've Got Mine
05 This Time
06 Never Ever
07 Has Been
08 Leave
09 Wander
10 Blindly
11 With No Name
12 Meaning Less
13 A Portion
14 The Obvious
15 Comes To Mind
16 In General
17 Moving Parts
18 Another
19 Destination

The Crimson Curse

Founded in 1998, The Crimson Curse was Pearson's first group to include keyboards and elements of deathrock. According to Pearson the band was an attempt to return a sense of lunacy and excitement to the hardcore punk scene, which had begun to appear dry and pedantic to Pearson. Pearson says he modeled the group on the Dead Boys. The band also included Jimmy LaValle and Jesse F Keeler of Death from Above 1979/ MSTRKRFT. Pearson has stated "we got all these fucked up kids together. Made some punk music. That was it. But as a band we didn't get very far." A review of the band's first demo stated "The recording was horrible, but was enough for me to realize that they sounded godlike."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Pearson

For fans of: Antioch Arrow, Heroin, Angel Hair, Vss & Virgin Mega Whore