Cripple Bastards / P.E.L.M.E. / Urban Decay / The Dread
release date:
Late 1997
LINE-UP:
Giulio the Bastard – vocals
Alberto the Crippler – guitar
Paolo Arturo – drums
Label: GTA Records
> Released in 1997, GTA 031, 1000 copies printed
> Comes with an 8-page booklet including lyrics/infos on the bands
> Recorded in 1997
This was originally planned to come out as a double 7″ but then turned into a specially priced CDEP due to the manufacturing costs. CB included the first and only studio session with Paolo Arturo on drums which consisted of 5 new songs + 2 Hüsker Dü covers (for an all-Italian Hüsker Dü tribute comp, 1 of the 2 not featured here). This release was mainly thought for the US distribution, while the Euro edition of those tracks (except the Hüsker Dü covers) came out later as split 7″ with PELME (PELME included different tracks than those on this CD). Musically it’s solid, aggressive Grind/Fastcore showing that even after being dismembered by radical line-up changes, the Bastards were still violence’n’cruelty at the most savage form.