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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Experimental Hardcore, August 27, 2004
Most of the people who know of Prong found out about them in 1990 and beyond. 1990 was when they signed with a major label and released the album Beg to Differ. They made a video or two which got their fair share of play on MTV Headbangers Ball, they got played on radio stations like KNAC, and they became known to metal heads world wide. What these metal heads didn't know was that Prong had been around since 1985, and they weren't always a metal band.
During the 80s, Prong was more of a hardcore band. They were part of the NYC CBGBs scene, but they didn't get the notoriety or respect that bands like Agnostic Front or the Cro-Mags got. The main reason for this was that Prong wasn't your average garden variety hardcore band, they were kinda weird. They were into some Noise/Industrial stuff. In fact, drummer Ted Parsons had come from the Swans. Their first record, Primitive Origins, (which is great) took a pretty straight ahead approach and didn't really delve beyond the usual hardcore/thrash trappings. But on Force Fed, you can clearly hear them experimenting on songs like The Coliseum and It's Been Decided. Most of the rest of the songs are metallic hardcore. Anyway, it was pretty shocking a few years later when they suddenly threw it all away and became Metallica Jr. (For the record, I thought Beg to Differ was a great album.)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This One's a Classic, October 18, 2000
To write Force Fed off as a "punk album" is a terrible injustice. I bought this album when it first came out in 1987. I was on my way to college at the time and was just gettin' in to Metallica, Megadeth, COC among others. This album blew me away. Stylistically it's typical of the speed metal of the day, but much more substantial and what I like to call "crunchy". I wore this tape out, and now I'm going to buy the CD. Yes, it's not like the rest of the Prong albums. It's raw, in the way the Kill 'em All is raw. That's what makes these albums great. I'll take a young and hungry Prong or Metallica for that matter, over an old, overindulgent and self-important . . . You get my point. Anyway, check this one out. It's definitely ol' skoo', but then that's the charm.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gooey Gum for your Tune Brain, October 26, 2000
By A Customer
I too bought the tape when it came out in '87 after reading a review in a local skate 'zine. I wouldn't call it punk, but it doesn't matter what you call it. It rocks. The melodies and riffs have stuck in my mind after 13 years, and I haven't even listened to much of it for the past ten years. Great, memorable songs and rhythms. I don't like their later stuff much, but I love this album.
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