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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The grandfathers of crust, June 17, 2005
Discharge. To those of us who saw them back in 1982, just saying the name is enough. We know which Discharge album is the one that matters and when we reach for a Discharge disc to put in the player, this is the one we choose. The three best and most interrelated releases are all on this disc. The first 14 tracks are from the "Hear Nothing..." (LP), the next three are from the Never Again (7") and the next two are from the State Violence (7"ep). So, what does it sound like? Well, the closest thing to it would be a circular saw. This is a "Wall Of Sound" that Phil Spector never dreamed of. A full frontal assault on the senses. Nothing else even comes close. This must be played LOUD - as LOUD as possible, play it for your neighbors, the next block over, on a stereo pumping out at least 200 watts. A couple of cheesy little plastic speakers or headphones just wont cut it. With these three recordings, Discharge became the grandfathers of Crust, DBeat, and more. This album created a whole new genre for hardcore and Discharge became the most heavily copied band ever. If you don't believe me, buy this, then go out to Profane Existence, and buy any record at random. (Guess what, it sounds a bit like Discharge) And not without reason. Back in 1982, the sonic wall they created on this album was unlike anything that had come before it. It's not metal, there are no double bass drums, no self indulgent guitar solo's, or silly vocal falsettos. Okay, they did get a bit weird on the last four tracks, but you are going to buy this for the first 19 and ignore the last four, trust me. By the time you get to Doomsday, the 19th track, you are going to say "Oh, My, Friggin God" and you will have a new favorite album, or you just wont get it and you'll never play it again. Either way, you'll know it was harder louder and more intense than anything else on the store shelves back in 1982, and its still holding it's own in 2005. Other reviewers have compared this record favorably to Motorhead and Venom, and unfavorably to Good Charlott, Avril Lavigne and Blink 182. But these are not accurate comparisons. The closest comparison you can make is to bands like Antisect and Anti-System. The only way to make this disc better would be to remove the last four tracks. As it is, this is easily one of the three most important punk / hardcore records ever. If you disagree with that statement, then this disc is probably older than you are. It is simply impossible to overstate the importance of this album, and the influence it has continued to hold.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Now THIS is a band, January 13, 2006
I can't seriously think of a better band than Discharge. They are tighter than a crab's [back] and the formula is intact: riff, riff with verse, riff #2, riff #2 with chorus, then repeat twice, then end abruptly. AWESOME. I mean, don't cut corners. When this album was in my collection in high school, I deliberately played it to piss people off. Listen to the bass solo on "The Final Bloodbath" at about the :39 mark: it's going so fast, it disintegrates into total unstructured noise, AND IT'S ONLY A ONE-NOTE SOLO. Good God. "State Control" is one of the top 10 punk singles ever. And "I Won't Subscribe" is the blueprint for every punk song in history. Rancid should be servicing these guys after a show, they are so brutal. Nothing even comes close. "Drunk With Power" is almost unintentionally funny it's so good. This album is worth it for the small (they were bigger on the LP) photos of the band alone, playing their instruments in some live setting: the lead singer Cal looks like he is screaming his freakin' lungs right out of his body. Also, the lyric sheet. Get a load of these profound poetic phrases: "Britain among others deal in death when selling arms to developing countries / to developing countries they sell death / where there is urgent need for medical programmes". And that's the whole song. No, really. I mean, why ramble on, get your point across and move on to the next one. I wish I could have sat around and watched these guys practice in their prime, I bet they would run through about 150 songs in an hour. Simply put, this album is loaded with extra tracks, has the lyrics, photos, supposedly it's remastered (not that it matters, it still sounds like a freight train of at least thirty overdubbed guitars playing the same riff). I seriously cannot think of one album in any genre of music that this couldn't obliterate with one song. What more could you possibly ask for? Buy it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Single greatest Punk/Hardcore album ever!, December 26, 2004
Discharge's HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHIG SAY NOTHING was my first punk/hardcore album and absolutly loved it. It was so differant to what i listened to before but it made me want to learn more about this kind of music. It is so brutal that words can't describe it, all you have to do is listen and hear the anger from these chaps and be consumed by their wall of sound.Probably the most angry album i'v listened to in my life.
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