DISCHARGE — Why

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Album · 1981

Filed under Hardcore Punk
By DISCHARGE

Tracklist

A1. Visions of War (01:38)
A2. Does This System Work (01:15)
A3. A Look at Tomorrow (01:55)
A4. Why (01:09)
A5. Maimed and Slaughtered (01:06)
B1. Mania for Conquest (01:14)
B2. Ain't No Feeble Bastard (01:29)
B3. Is This to Be (01:30)
B4. Massacre of Innocents (01:22)
B5. Why Reprise (01:48)

Total Time 14:26

CD 1989 edition:

11. State Violence / State Control (02:42)
12. Doomsday (02:39)

Total Time 19:47

CD 2003 edition:

11. Realities of War (01:09)
12. They Declare It (01:11)
13. But After the Gig (01:15)
14. Society's Victim (01:14)
15. Fight Back (01:16)
16. War's No Fairytale (01:16)
17. Always Restrictions (01:18)
18. You Take Part in Creating This System (01:16)
19. Religion Instigates (01:37)
20. Decontrol (02:34)
21. It's No TV Sketch (01:33)
22. Tomorrow Belongs to Us (01:32)

Total Time 31:49

CD 2007 & 2016 / Vinyl 2016 & 2017 editions:

23. Maimed and Slaughtered (Live - Apocalypse Punk Tour 1981) (01:21)
24. Decontrol (Live - Apocalypse Punk Tour 1981)
(02:45)

Total Time 35:49

CD 2021 edition:

11. Realities of War (01:09)
12. Decontrol (02:35)
13. It's No T.V. Sketch (01:33)
14. Tomorrow Belongs to Us (01:33)

Total Time 21:16

Line-up/Musicians

- Cal / vocals
- Roy "Rainy" Wainright / bass
- Tony "Bones" Roberts / guitars
- Dave "Bambi" Ellesmere / drums

About this release

12" 45 RPM vinyl LP released 1981 on Clay Records (PLATE 2).

12" 45 RPM vinyl LP released March 1985 in Japan on VAP (35137-18).

CD and 12" 45 RPM red vinyl LP reissued 1989 on Clay Records (PLATE 2). CD includes bonus tracks.

12" 45 RPM vinyl LP released 1998 on Earmark (40019).

CD released 2003 on Castle Music (CMRCD708). Includes bonus tracks:

Tracks 11-14 from "Realities of War" single
Tracks 15-19 from "Fight Back" single
Tracks 20-22 from "Decontrol" single

12" 45 RPM picture disc vinyl LP released 2003 on Earmark (40019 P), limited to 200 copies.

CD released 2006 in Japan on Estado Records (BONE-1).

CD remaster released 2007 on Captain Oi! Records (AHOY DPX 619).

12" 45 RPM vinyl LP released 2010 on Havoc Records (HC1244):

- black vinyl
- 200 copies on clear vinyl

12" 33⅓ RPM clear vinyl LP released 20th May 2016 on Let Them Eat Vinyl ‎(LETV443LP).

CD released 2nd December 2016 on Restricted Release (RES-028).

12" 33⅓ RPM picture disc vinyl LP released 22nd April 2017 on Let Them Eat Vinyl ‎(LETV526PD).

CD released 2021 on Hellion Records (HEL 1495).

Thanks to UMUR, Time Signature, bosh66 for the updates

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After a couple EPs the British hardcore punk unit known as DISCHARGE released their first full-fledged album which in the punk world means a staggering ten tracks reaching the play time of 14:26. DISCHARGE continue their aggressive minimalistic hardcore punk with D-beat drumming and lyrics firmly placed in the anarchic vision of the Sex Pistols turned up to 11.

There is really not anything different on this debut album that wasn’t angrily expressed on the previous releases but it does continue the band’s influential aggressive mark on history which along with Venom spawned a template for many a hardcore band to follow in the thrash metal, black metal, crust punk and grindcore words. The musicianship has evolved a tighter feel though.

Quick and to the point, DISCHARGE is truly a punk band of extremely noisy magnitudes but unknowingly unleashes extreme sonic forces beyond their comprehension. Not as influential as their second full album “Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing” but an essential prerequisite to that album’s development.