[kj] OT: First speed metal track of all time

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Yeah, it's one of those "dumb" debates that can happen in punk, like who 
the first hardcore band was. Bad Brains? No! Middle Class! No! DOA! Etc. 
But there is a Wikipedia entry on what exactly constitutes a "d-beat" 
proper, complete with notation and downloadable sound file last time I 
looked, and it pegged the Buzzcocks as the first to use it, though 
Discharge -- the theory goes -- brought it to prominence because they 
used that same beat so often, on repeat, over and over.

The Swedish band Wolfbrigade had an EP in 2003 called "A D-Beat Odyssey" 
and despite the cheesy title it's actually a pretty decent 
representative of where the modern sub-sub-genre of punk, not a bad 
release at all.

-Oliver


ade wrote:

> Nice one. I guess 'd-beat' is a bit of a misnomer then, unless it's

> just 'cos Discharge made it popular-ish.

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