I'm admittedly not into the Spitboy side of that LP (no internal dialogue please, i'm just not fucking into it!), but the Crudos side is among the greatest recordings in the history of Hardcore.
Also, 625 shit's distributed through Ebullition, no need to picks sides.
Plutocracy, though some would call them Grind, aesthetically is a lot more what I personally associate powerviolence with (Excruciating Terror too, though they are definitely a Grind band). I love Spazz, but they lack the scummy, fucked up, mentally anguished quality of some of the other early bands. But fuck genres, right?
Also, if you haven't, listen to this fucking band (also more grind, but still):
I like their second LP better but it's not on Youtube.
That's the thing with spilts though; you'll always pick a side! And yes, the Crudos side wins out for me every time too!
Hahaha good old 625, there was a time when I wanted everything released on that label and while they did have some fine releases, there was also a lot of shit that I didn't "get" ... I guess Max had lots of friends in bands though back in the day so he was supporting his crew.
Yeah, plutocracy ain't powerviolence by any means but they have that crusty fucked up vibe that just makes you wonder how these people even survived from day to day. Will check out your link during my lunch break.
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Gunna completely change topic here (although I'm still happy to talk about poweviolence and Spazz) or maybe not completely but let's post some of our fav splits. Personally I always love the format (especially on vinyl) and thought it was a great way to get into new bands that you'd never heard of. Two great ones for me are:
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split with
Now here's one where I can't decide what side I like better. Since this is the "hardcore" thread (and propagandhi were more poppy at the time, though not really so much on this record) let's go with ISPY side. Does anyone else out there absolutely worship this band? Fucking so heavy and yet so melodic at the same time.
Like skating, this is one record that literally changed my whole life/ way of thinking and it's something I can still listen to in 2016 and think FUCK YES! Bonus points for being put out by recess records too (cuz todd congelliere is the boss and a great skater).
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I think a few of you out there are really gong to love this one (also my first introduction to Spazz). Subversion were a band from Sydney that scared the shit out of me and my friends at the time (I mean our favourite bands back then were Dks, Decendents and Propagnadhi so that's probably why) because they were these dark crusty "old" guys that played like maniacs. I think they only released this and a 7"so this is a great piece of Aussie hardcore history. Subversion definitely opened the doors to lot more harder/ darker bands for me at the time (there's an ENT cover on there too) and I distinctly remember my non punk/ HxCx skater friends hearing Spazz and looking at me like, "dafuq? you actually listen to this stuff?"