INDUSTRIAL METAL BANDS on EARACHE?

Question: I discovered Earache back in \'00 not through the extreme metal bands you\'re famous for, but through the more electronic based artists like Mortiis and Pitchshifter. It was actually The Berzerker that got me interested in death and grindcore. Industrial-based bands are generally few in proportion to the amount of metal bands on Earache... do you still look for bands of that ilk these days? From: quirkphinder@yahoo.com

Answer: yeah Earache had a few years when i was a massive fan of the industrial-metal genre..Ministry and also The Prodigy were the bands that opened my eyes to the power and flexibility that electronic drums allied to guitars can produce.The production on their albums was pure power..mainly because it was digitally derived. Nowadays we have less bands like that- berzerker was the last one - and also the less extreme Society 1 (matt zane pictured with hooks in flesh)- because the style of the scene is changing fast and in some ways the electronic drum sounds themselves seem dated, to my ears at least.New recording techinques mean that analog acoustic drum sounds can be as powerful as digital these days- and infintely more varied aswell..meaning digital drum sounds are pretty much passe.

NAPALM SCUM LP BLUE SLEEVE?

Question: Napalm Death :Scum LP with BLUE SLEEVE
Hello , was this Scum LP with Blue sleeve really ever sold ? ,in the last 19 years i have sean hundrets of copies with GREEN + YELLOW sleeve , a lot copies with the Orange/red and the Splatter Vinyl with GOLDEN sleeve but not 1 single copie in BLUE ,and cause the fact the 1987 > 1990 was still a good time for VINYL i can\'t expect they exist only 100 or 200 copies... Did You maybe have a good PIC of the blue one ? ,THANK you( i,m working
on a German collectors data base www.musik-sammler.de and my user ID is ZZOOOUHH ) From: zzooouhh@gmx.eu


Answer: yeah i guess it is rare - not many have seen it BUT i am holding one in my hands in the pic, to compare to the regular lime green standard version..it was released on blue sleeve, maybe about 500 copies in say 1988 or so. see pic for proof!
and heres a collection submitted by a reader of the blog- IMPRESSIVE!

NAKED CITY

Question: HI

I HAVE THE NAKED CITY ALBUM TORTURE GARDEN WHICH I AM TRYING TO FIND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT BUT WHEN I HAVE LOOKED ON YOUR WEBSITE THE ONE YOU HAVE LISTED HAS A DIFFERENT COVER TO THE ONE I HAVE. ON THE RECORD IT STATES MOSH 28 B\'2.

IS THIS A REISSUE AND WHAT YEAR IS IT?

THANKS


Answer:we released the Naked City album "torture garden" Mosh 28 on gatefold vinyl Lp and music-cassette (but not CD) in 1991.the cover pictured on our site is wrong, its the version on Cd released by USA label shimmy disc at around the same time.The band chose to have two different labels do the record on different formats.The image accompanying this post is the cover of the earache edition.Sorry for the mis-information!

IS EARACHE INDIE?

Question: are you guys totally indie or do you have some sort of major backing. i\'m doing a report for class so any info on that would be aweosme. thanks!

Answer: We are about as indie as they come.The label is still 100% owned and controlled by the same muppet that started it in the bedroom, me.Its highly unusual for labels that have grown this size and been around so long to be without any Major label stake.The major labels- the 4 that are still responsible for over 75% of the worlds music sales- Universal, Sony-BMG, warners, EMI- do have a history of getting involved in big selling Indie labels, but Earache has pretty much operated under the radar of them, we've not had a huge act to attract their attention- just a series of pretty legendary and innovative metal acts through the years.We do currently use 2 majors for their distribution networks though- EMI in USA and Warners in UK.

LAWNMOWER DETH MEMBERS?

Question: Is it true that Qualcast used to work for Earache and his real name is Pete?

Answer: Lawnmower Deth seem to getting a bit of attention again lately- UK's Metal Hammer mag even asked for a track on last months cover-mount Thrash CD- we gave em Urban surfer 125.Lawnmower Deth were a much-loved Nottingham area UK thrash band circa 1990-96, mostly specialising in humerous, frantic songs with loads of crowd participation at their gigs ( witnessing 800 people doing the dying fly at rock city was a sight to behold).The members actual identities were shrouded in secrecy- going under stupid pseudonyms- but i can reveal that the singer Qualcast Mutilator did indeed work at Earache records during that time.Pete Lee was our press officer, and a ruddy fine one- Pete co-ordinated the press and promotion of Earache's legendary bands during the early 90's explosion.

Since the band split, sightings of the ex-members have been thin on the ground.. guitarist Paddy can still be often seen at death metal gigs in Rock city.Kev (Baron Von stench Chisel marbles) moved into tech-ing and became tour manager for Bullet for my valentine,he's one of the best in the business, so is constantly on the road to this day.Pete Lee moved into normal jobs, he sells interactive whiteboards to schools. I have a gut feeling a one off re-union gig will not be too far away.
But for now, heres a glimpse into their most famous moment!