Extreme Noise Terror

Name	Extreme Noise Terror
Landscape	Yes
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
Genre	Crust punk, grindcore, death metal
Years active	1985–present
Label	Manic Ears, Head Eruption Records, Discipline/Vinyl Japan, Candlelight, Deathwish Inc., Earache, Moshpit Tragedy, Osmose, Strange Fruit, MCR Company, Farewell Records, Low Life Records
Associated acts	Doom, Desecration, Deviated Instinct, The KLF, Napalm Death, Optimum Wound Profile, Scorn
Url	http://www.extremenoiseterror.co.uk
Current members	Dean Jones, Phil Vane, Chino, Ollie Jones, Stafford Glover, Zac O'Neil
Past members	(See below)

Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a British crust punk / grindcore band originally formed in Ipswich, England in 1985. The band are widely considered one of the earliest and most influential European grindcore bands, and particularly the forefathers of the crustgrind subgenre.

Notable for one of the earliest uses of dual vocalists in hardcore punk, Prior to ENT, Vane and Hurley had played with Discharge-influenced acts Freestate and Victims of War, After seeing them live at the Caribbean Centre in Ipswich with his wife and son, which was released through Strange Fruit. During this period, the drum stool was filled by former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris, although he left soon afterward to form Scorn and was replaced by Tony "Stick" Dickens (of crust band Doom). Bassist Clay was replaced by Mark Gardener, and this line-up recorded ENT's debut album, A Holocaust in Your Head, which was later voted number 3 in Terrorizer's essential European grindcore albums, who described it as "marrying a thick crust-punk crunch and vitriolic lyrical assault with the newborn, clattering fury of grindcore, 'Holocaust...' followed Napalm's heroic uppercuts and haymakers with a Doc Martin in the goolies." The band undertook a headline tour of both Europe and Japan in support of the album. In 1990, Jones and future ENT guitarist Ali Firouzbakht guested on Raw Noise's "Sound of Destruction" single release, which was released along with their first as a full-length LP by Strange Fruit. The band then embarked on another European tour, after which they released their sophomore record, Phonophobia, through Vinyl Japan and returned to tour Japan once again. Further radio support from John Peel brought ENT to the attention of Bill Drummond of The KLF; The single eventually saw limited edition release through KLF Communications and won Single of the Week from both the NME and Melody Maker. ENT also worked on the abandoned KLF album The Black Room (the KLF had previously released an ambient album called The White Room), but when Drummond and KLF co-member Jimmy Cauty announced the band's retirement, they also deleted the recordings. The two bands were later asked to appear at the 1992 BRIT Awards, at which they caused controversy by firing blanks from machine guns into the audience,

Retro-bution, Vane's departure and subsequent albums

Extreme Noise Terror continued to tour throughout 1993 and 1994, and underwent further line-up changes; drummer Dickens left to join DIRT and was replaced by former member Pig Killer, Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records and also member of Disgust) took over on bass, and Ali Firouzbakht joined on lead guitar. At the request of Digby Pearson, this line-up signed to Earache in June 1994 and recorded Retro-bution, essentially a compilation of re-recorded material from the band's earlier days, which was released in January 1995. The motivation behind this release was due to the band's dissatisfaction with their earlier recordings and saw ENT take a slightly more metal direction, including the addition of some guitar solos. A short UK tour followed, followed by touring in Europe and the US and a further line-up change occurred with Pig Killer being replaced by former Cradle of Filth drummer William A. "Was" Sarginson. The line-up changes continued with the departure of founder member Phil Vane, who left to join Napalm Death in late 1996. The album also benefited from a production from noted metal producer Colin Richardson. At the same time Napalm Death were having a hard time getting the vocals that they wanted from Vane and asked Greenway to return, which he agreed to do, leaving ENT once again lacking a second vocalist. In 2001, the band signed to Candlelight and released their fourth full-length album, Being and Nothing. The band also played a fourth session for BBC Radio 1 in February 2001 and continued to tour round Europe, including a slot on the main stage at Wacken Open Air in 2003.

Recent activity

Ever struggling with line-up problems, Paul "Woody" Woodfield took over on lead guitar for studio and live duties in early 2001, whilst Stafford Glover took over on bass (from the departing Barrett, who left to concentrate on To-Mera) and Desecration's Ollie Jones was added to the line-up as permanent second guitarist. In early 2006, Phil Vane once again returned to the band after living in Switzerland for six and a half years. Zac O'Neil also leftd the band, to be replaced by Mic Hourihan (of Tigertailz). In 2007, ENT toured the US with grind merchants Phobia and released a split recording with Driller Killer through French label Osmose. The following year the band released a split 7" with Trap Them (released on Deathwish Inc.) to coincide with their joint US West Coast Distortion tour, The band continued to tour with shows throughout 2009 in Europe and a third Japanese tour, this time with Slang.

Members

Current line-up

Dean Jones (vocals, 1985–present)

Chino (guitar, 2010–present)

Ollie Jones (guitar, 2002–present)

Stafford Glover (bass, 2001–present)

Zac O'Neil (drums, 1997–2007, 2010–present)

Former members

Spit (vocals, 1989)

Mark "Barney" Greenway (vocals, 1996–1997)

Adam Catchpole (vocals, 2000–2006)

Jose Kurt (vocals)

Phil Vane (vocals, 1985–1996, 1997–1999, 2006–2011) (deceased)

Pete Hurley (guitar, 1985–1995)

Gian Pyres (guitar)

Ali Firouzbakht (Al Todd) (guitar, 1995–2005)

Paul "Woody" Woodfield (guitar, 2001–2010)

Jerry Clay (bass, 1985–1988)

Mark Gardener (bass, 1988-1988)

Peter (Doom) Nash (bass, 1988–1989)

Mark Bailey (bass, 1990–1994)

Lee Barrett (bass, 1994–1997)

Manny Cooke (bass, 1997–2001)

Darren "Pig Killer" Olley (drums, 1985–1987, 1993–1995)

Mick Harris (drums, 1987–1988)

Tony "Stick" Dickens (drums, 1988–1993)

William A. "Was" Sarginson (drums, 1995–1997)

Michael Hourihan (drums, 2007–2010)

Discography

Radioactive Earslaughter split LP with Chaos UK (Manic Ears, 1986)

The Peel Session 12" MLP (Strange Fruit, 1987)

A Holocaust in Your Head LP (Head Eruption, 1988)

Are You That Desperate live EP (Crust, 1989)

In It For Life split LP with Filthkick (Sink Below, 1989)

The Peel Sessions '87-'90 CD/LP (Strange Fruit, 1990)

ENT vs. KLF 7" single (KLF Communications, 1991)

The Split Noiz live EP, split with Patareni (bootleg; FalSanja Kol'ko'S / Debilana Sound, 1990)

Live and Loud live CD (unknown label, 1990)

Phonophobia CD/LP (Discipline / Vinyl Japan, 1991)

Retro-bution CD/LP (Earache, 1995)

Damage 381 CD (Earache, 1997)

Being and Nothing CD (Candlelight, 2001)

Live at the Fulham Greyhound London 1989 live CD (Cherry Red, 2002)

From One Extreme to Another DVD (Candlelight, 2003)

Hatred and the Filth 7" EP (Distortion, 2004)

Split CD/10" EP with Driller Killer (Osmose, 2006)

Back to the Roots Digital download compilation (Moshpit Tragedy, 2008)

Split 7" EP with Trap Them (Deathwish Inc., 2008)

Law of Retaliation CD/LP (Osmose, MCR Company, Deep Six, 2009)

Split 5" EP with Cock ESP (Little Mafia, 2009)

Hardcore Attack Of The Low Life Dogs split 7" EP with Slang (Farewell Records, 2010)

See also

List of The Peel Sessions artists

Further reading

Boniwell, Alex (March 2009). In Grind We Crust. In Terrorizer 181, pp. 46–51.

Mudrian, Albert (2004). . Feral House. ISBN 1-932595-04-X

Rodel, Angela (2004). Extreme Noise Terror: Punk Rock and the Aesthetics of Badness. In Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate, Washburne, Christopher J. (ed.) and Derko, Maiken (ed.), Routledge, pp. 235–256. ISBN 978-0415943666.

References

External links

Category:Crust and d-beat groups Category:English grindcore musical groups Category:English heavy metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1985 Category:1980s music groups Category:1990s music groups Category:2000s music groups Category:2010s music groups Category:Earache Records artists Category:Musical sextets