Technocracy [Original recording remastered]

Corrosion Of Conformity | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002B0G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,506 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars c.o.c. '87', April 10, 2005

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J. Beteta (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Technocracy (Audio CD)

FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT INTO C.O.C. BEFORE THIS RELEASE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. BUT IF YOUR FROM THESE TIMES LIKE I WAS IN '87', OR ARE INTO THE LIKES OF D.R.I, HIRAX, EXCEL, VOIVOD, FINAL CONFLICT, AGNOSTIC FRONT, THIS IS FOR YOU. I ONLY WISH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE RELEASED A WHOLE ALBUM OF THIS VERSION OF C.O.C.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Before the rock god era, May 13, 2002

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Markham Page (Ft Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Technocracy (Audio CD)

Back when punk WAS political and crossover was punk/metal not rock/rap COC graced us with a fine EP of hardcore ideology. Perhaps it was the very scientists they feared in the Technocracy that drugged them and caused their downfall resulting in the "corrosion of conformity" from 1991 on that sounds like lynyrd skynyrd crossed with nirvana.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars COC's last gasp before they went blind., June 15, 2000

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D. K. Malone (earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Technocracy (Audio CD)

Those of you who discovered COC in 1991 or later might be surprised to find that they could actually be considered sellouts by some who were listening to them as early as 1984. COC seemed to have trouble keeping a solid vocalist until they found Pepper. (Actually, I think Pepper found them.) The first album, Eye For An Eye (1984), which was really more hardcore punk than metal, featured a vocalist named Eric. He left the band very soon after that album was released. On album #2, Animosity (1985), bassist Mike took care most of the vocal duties, drummer Reed singing lead on two songs. For the record, I believe Animosity was COC's best work by FAR. Intensely brutal and severe. Mike and Reed really should have maintained their positions as instrumentalists AND vocalists. Their voices, gutteral hissing growls etc. were perfectly suited for their style of down & dirty no-nonsense speedmetal. Technocracy was their 3rd record, a 5 song EP. 4 songs, really. The last track was a complete throw-away. During this era, they enlisted Simon Bob Sinister to fill in as vocalist. Simon Bob had just broken up his own Bible Belt based band (Ugly Americans) and was apparently in need of a job. Big mistake on COC's part, taking him up on it. I cannot think of a less powerful vocalist in the speed metal scene. His voice is almost completely ineffectual, devoid of any and all agression, or any other emotion for that matter. He just breathes the lyrics out as hard as he can, which isn't very hard. He practically whines. Still, it's a cut above the "Please please PLEASE, we WANT to sell out!" stylings of Jim Morrison/whatever-wannabe Karl Agel on Blind. Thank God he only lasted one record as well. And thank Pepper for taking the dead shell of a spent once-great group and breathing new life into them. As far as I can tell, COC are now little more than Pepper's backup band. They have absolutely nothing to do with 1980s COC, at least in terms of sound. Still, Deliverance and Wiseblood are both excellent records in and of themselves.

Thankfully, this CD reissue includes some well recorded demo verisons of songs with Mike singing them, which drastically improves them. They are, afterall, good songs.