Sunday, March 20, 2011

What Does The Red Shag Band Mean?

WAR OF DESTRUCTION - Whispers of the Dead

band WAR OF DESTRUCTION Dan founded the "Donny" Sorensen - guitar, Hans Simonsen - Vocals, John "Key" Hansen - bass and Steen Thomsen. The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in the town of Arhus in Denmark and was inspired by the achievements of DISCHARGE. After several weeks of activity released demo tape, "Warchild" and then another two in 1982. WAR OF DESTRUCTION played many shows to Denmark and in 1983 they recorded a few songs on their first single, 7 "EP. They released it on their own label Span Records. Very quickly sold the effort, mainly in Denmark, Germany, UK, USA, Sweden , Finland and Poland, where at that time had a lot of fans. That same summer, the band recorded four songs for a compilation on which there are eight teams that were attempts at the Youth Centre "Opgang 2". WAR OF DESTRUCTION played concerts all over Denmark, and occasionally in Germany, and became one of the most hardcore zespoów in your country. In 1984, he recorded three songs in two different compilations, the Danish "Noget Dansk pa" and "Complications". In the autumn of the same year recorded the material for probably the most famous album WAR OF DESTRUCTION "De Dodes Hvisken" 12 ", which came W 1985 roku. Niestety padła ich własna wytwórnia, ponieważ zostali oszukani wielokrotnie przez dystrybutorów. W marcu 1986 roku kapela nagrała utwory na duńsko-niemiecką kompilację LP "Sauerkraut + Smorrebrod". W tym samym roku zagrali na punk festiwalu "Monody" w Arhus - dwudniowy fest na którym zagrało około 25 kapel z Danii i kilka z Niemiec. Latem 1986 roku do zespołu doszedł nowy perkusista Dimse i zespół zmienił nieco swoje brzmienie - grali szybciej niż we wcześniejszych latach, ale dodali do swojej muzyki elementy - jak to określili - jazzu... Pierwszy koncert w nowym składzie zagrali w listopadzie na skłocie "Ungdomshuset" w Kopenhadze, and later in February 1987, they played one of the best concerts in "Huset" in Arhus. Seven pieces of this concert was the album "A Touch of Scandinavia" LP. last three years the band spent in the rehearsal room honing his material. In the composition of a sudden they played about 15 concerts. The planned route was WAR OF DESTRUCTION, the Netherlands, Norway, UK and Poland, but unfortunately nothing came of it ... WAR OF DESTRUCTION last gig in Fredericia in 1988 suportując NoMeansNo. The band broke up in early 1989. They played a total of more than 150 concerts including with GBH, DESTRUCTORS, BIRTHDAY PARTY, FRITES MODERN, Rattus, RAW POWER, RAZOR BLADES, CITY X, ELECTRIC deads.
band reformed business some time ago and played a lot of concerts in Europe.

Discography
Warchild demo tape (Burger Records, 1981) WAR OF DESTRUCTION
demo tape (Burger Records, 1982)
F'DI demo tape (Burger Records, 1982) WAR OF DESTRUCTION
7 "EP (Span Records, 1983)
DE DODES HVISKEN 12 "(Span Records, 1985)

splits
WAR OF DESTRUCTION / CHANNEL RATS split tape (1985)

Resume
A TOUCH OF SCANDINAVIA LP (Mastermind Records, 2001) Compilations


NOSFERATU FESTIVAL LP (Nosferatu Records, 1982)
SHIT COUNTRY tape (Boston Tea Party Tapes, 1983)
TRUST AND Obey! GOD IS LOVE Tapes (UK Decay, 1983)
COMPLICATION: A DANISH COMPILATION LP (Bond Discs, 1984)
SOMETHING PA DANISH 7 "EP (Boston Tea Party Tapes, 1984)
NO Arhus LIVE tape (No. Ĺrhus, 1984)
DISORDER Tapes (Boston Tea Party Tapes, 1984)
sauerkraut + SMORREBROD LP (Knubben, 1986)
TOUR DE FARC # 2 tape (empty Records, 1987)

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