1.pneumatic slaughter
2.the two sides of the coin
3.absolution
4.locked away
5.rubbish planet(no vocals)/Rubbish planet (with vocals)
1.77 punk rock attack from mars
2.world under my fingernail
3.one-day fly
When I first heard Fear of God it was in 1988. I can remember the day clearly, because I'd never heard anything as harsh as it up until then. I was confused as hell, and couldn't believe my ears. The vox sounding like grandfatherly burps, farts, and screams.. seriously noisy as fuck, especially considering the year that this shit came out. This was some of the Lowest Fi stuff I'd ever heard. These guys really helped define the genre of grind.
The band was from Switzerland, and was comprised of punks and metalheads(the bassist was in Messhia I believe?). The singer did the legendary Off the Disk record label. The band released an amazing 21 song ep, and a beautiful looking gatefold LP (that was filled with live stuff).
My friends Louis, Damon, Mike J, and Nick would blast this tape 17 years ago, as we drove around upstate NY using a slingshot to take out McDonalds windows. We loved Fear of God, and hated fast food.
This tape belonged to my buddy Louis who was a world wide tape trader in the 80's. This one he got straight from the band. The cassette includes a lot of stuff, much of it rehearsals and live stuff. I only put two of the five "sets" on here. The first is the rough mix from the ep-demo (1987). The second is a short rehearsal from 1988 featuring a funny sarcastic punk rock song. enjoy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?edhnujsymjy
http://www.mediafire.com/?61myozjtgse
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I had the same reaction to FOG at about the same time. My favorite target with the wrist rocket was street lights. These guys blew me away as they took extreme music to a whole other level. Most of my friends just didn't get it. Have you had a chance to check out my website yet?
ReplyDeletethis is the heaviest shit I've ever heard!!!! thanks for uping this stuff
ReplyDeleteThaks for the nice words. I was the band's singer and run a blog too. You'll find additional Fear Of God material there, if you like.
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ReplyDeletecool that you saw this, and are ok with me posting some of this tape. I must say I really loved your band, your label and now your blog. Your blog was one of many that inspired me into doing an audio blog. thanks. Perhaps one day you can link me to yours. for those reading, Erich's is called Good music...its in my links section.
Of course, I will link your site - it's already done!
ReplyDeleteI had the ep that I bought from temple of love in the late 80's. I lost this and many of my other great records in a flood.
ReplyDeleteHearing these songs almost made me cry.
it is crazy that the singer of Life's Blood, and F.O.G. are commenting on your blog. This is my favorite site. Keep the demos coming please!
more demo uploads nate! thanks, I love this fear of god shit.
ReplyDelete2003 DEMO ON DAMAGING NOISE DAWG!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteAAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH !!!!!
ReplyDeleteFear Of God, grind my mind.thanks
I remember I used order every demo out of MRR. The Fear Of God was standout for the sheer sonic assault of the vocals that redefined the sounds or torture and depravity. I used to get a lot of "WTF" looks when I played them in my truck at a high volume.
ReplyDeleteLong live FOG!!!! 20 years ago!
FEAR of GOD una de mis bandas favoritas de grind
ReplyDeletegracias
I´M 38 YEARS OLD, AND EVERY TIME THAT I HEAR F.O.G., IS THE SAME REACTION WHEN I HEARED THEM 20 YEARS AGO(CHILE)
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