[kj] INEPSY Re: In Defense of Hosannas

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

This relates to Hosannas, but it also relates to someone asking what 
some good contemporary metal bands were/are:

INEPSY:

http://www.myspace.com/inepsy

If you don't like it, you suck. Any of these songs could easily go on a 
mix tape with KJ's "Implosion" and Motorhead's "Ace of Spades."

-Oliver


B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

> Actually, I love Hosannas but feel like I come from more a punk 

> background, not a metal background -- hardcore punk, instead of just 

> neon-glow colored UK Subs-y '77 melodic punk, though.

>

> (You can be punk without being hardcore punk, but you cannot be 

> hardcore without being punk -- anyone who says otherwise doesn't know 

> history).

>

> Hosannas is a great slogging, sludgy album that coincidentally sounds 

> like a lot of underground hardcore punk being made these days (minus 

> the orchestral parts in some of Hosannas). KJ BOASTE it was being made 

> on '79-era analog equipment, in a dark cold dungeon in Eastern 

> European. It is not some ProTools, slick, affair.

>

> When I say Hosannas coincidentally reminds me of contemporary hardcore 

> DIY underground punk, even some crust, what I'm talking about is the 

> trajectory of punk that is along the lines of Amebix, Nausea, and more 

> recently Born Dead Icons and their side-project The Complications (who 

> are named after a Killing Joke song and whom I interviewed: 

> http://www.cultpunk.com/?m=20061117 ), Tragedy, World Burns to Death, 

> Zygote, and some Japanese dark hardcore.

>

> I know that Jaz, Geordie, et. al., are probably totally unaware of 

> these bands and don't listen to them at all. But that they made an LP 

> that in many respects ends up sounding like some of these bands anyway 

> -- that's what really brought my full attention back onto KJ, who of 

> course like anyone into punk I'd heard of off and on over the months 

> and years. A tendency in a lot of underground hardcore now is to 

> incorporate a heavy Motorhead influence. Born Dead Icons do this; 

> Inepsy do this; The Complications do it; Black Panda does it. (Look 

> these bands' MySpace profiles up - esp. Inepsy).

>

>

> Track 1 - "The Tribal Antidote" is a great, churning slogfest of a 

> song. It reminds me of Amebix, but also has shades of "Absent Friends" 

> off Democracy -- very similar riff.

>

> Track 2 - "Hosannas" -- a d-beat song! Sounds like it'll be a 

> by-the-numbers thrash vehicle, but Jaz adds in melodic vocals that 

> remind of the dark British post-punk band The Mob. It's nice to hear 

> KJ belt out something folks can really circle pit to. Also, it bears a 

> resemblance to the very early Venom song "Sons of satan," which had an 

> impact on late 80s crossover punk-metal thrash.

>

> "Implosion" -- total Motorhead worship all the way on this song! 

> What's not to love? Seriously? If you like Motorhead-style NWOBHM 

> stuff, why isn't this good?

>

> I have no problem with Jaz exploring the more Lemmy-esque side of hs 

> vocals. He cand o it great. I wish I had his vocals. He can go fromt 

> hat to sounding like the same New Romantic British guy crooning out 

> "New Day." How manyf olks have that vocal capability?

>

>

> And that this is all coming from a band that played with Joy Division 

> in the dog days -- it's just kind of incredible.

>

> There is another band I've recently gotten into -- Bone Awl -- who 

> come from the black metal scene. Coincidentally, they sound like a lot 

> of Japanese and Scandinavian hardcore, though they probably have no 

> idea they sound like this, so coincidentally they've begun to attract 

> a punk following, which they must be scratching their heads about. 

> That's how I feel about Hosannas. It sounds like a lot of the very 

> good underground hardcore being put out by some cool bands now 

> (seriously, look up Inepsy, for example), but KJ are probably 

> oblivious to this fact (I can't imagine Jaz sitting down with 

> Tragedy's _Nerve Damage_ LP, or World Burns to Death's _Totalitarian 

> Sodomy_ though I think he would actually like them), which sort of 

> makes it even cooler.

>

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Brendan wrote:

> No, come on! Invocation is epic, Gratitude is epic and a half, upsized

> with extra cheese and sparkles, Death and Ressurection show is cool...um,

> and some of the lyrics in the other songs are pretty cool...

>

> I think the main difference is that it appeals more to people with Metal

> sensibilities vs you filthy punks...? =)

>

> PS: Alex did you get around to descecrating Appetite for Destruction,

> after your Patti Smith rant I'd love to read it, even though I am a big

> fan of Appetite. I can take it...I think. =)

>

>  With the utmost respect to Oliver and the contingency he represents,

> let me just say this:

>

> HOSANNAS is far and away the WORST THING Killing Joke have ever done.

> YES --> worse than OTG.

>

> Heh.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

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