Why

by Discharge

Why cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: May 1981
  • Label: Clay
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 31:49
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Stone

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Propelled by an impossibly fast, thundering drum rhythm that would ultimately christen an entire subgenre (D-Beat), this release is a monument of extreme punk history. The abrasive, blown-out guitar distortion and barked, anti-war lyricism heavily distanced them from traditional UK punk structures. It exerted an immeasurable influence on the global hardcore scene and served as the direct precursor to modern extreme metal.

Genres

Descriptors: war, political, death, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Visions of War (1:38)
  2. Does This System Work (1:15)
  3. A Look at Tomorrow (1:55)
  4. Why (1:09)
  5. Maimed and Slaughtered (1:06)
  6. Mania for Conquest (1:14)
  7. Ain't No Feeble Bastard (1:29)
  8. Is This to Be? (1:30)
  9. Massacre of Innocents (Air Attack) (1:22)
  10. Why (Reprise) (1:48)
  11. Realities of War (1:09)
  12. They Declare It (1:11)
  13. But After the Gig (1:15)
  14. Society's Victim (1:14)
  15. Fight Back (1:16)
  16. War's No Fairytale (1:16)
  17. Always Restrictions (1:18)
  18. You Take Part in Creating the System (1:16)
  19. Religion Instigates (1:37)
  20. Decontrol (2:34)
  21. It's No TV Sketch (1:33)
  22. Tomorrow Belongs to Us (1:32)

Credits

  • Discharge - primary artist, songwriter
  • BilBo - lacquer cut by
  • Eddy Gorecki - plated by

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