#siege 1984

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE GRAVES OF THE '80s MEETS BUTTON FORM -- NOT FOR POSERS OR WIMPS.

PIC(S) INFO: Part 2 of a few -- Spotlight on more 1 inch button/badge designs of various hardcore punk/80s punk/metal punk bands, pressed by Macedonian-based record label, Fuck Yoga Records.

Man, don't even get me started on a "top three" because I wanted all of these yesterday. Every single button is of an '80s band, too! The graves of the '80s live!!

Source: https://fuckyoga.limitedrun.com/categories/patches-pins.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...COPYCAT, CONFORM, CONTORT, FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR COMFORT."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "Drop Dead" cassette inserts, lyrics, and photographs of the American hardcore punk band SIEGE, c. 1984. All photos from the collection of "Cooch" from Radio Raheem.

"None survive, None alive, Genocide!"

-- "Drop Dead" (1984) by SIEGE

"Haven't got a mind of your own, Just another zombie clone, Slave of the majority, No individuality."

-- "Conform" (1984) by SIEGE

"Have no respect for others, Wage war against your brothers. Can't you fucking see? They're just like you and me."

-- "Sad but True" (1984) by SIEGE

"Leaders of this place, running in the arms race. Buy the bombs and starve the nation. Thousands dying of starvation."

-- "Starvation" (1984) by SIEGE

"At night I lock the door to my room, fear the grim reaper will come to call me soon."

-- "Grim Reaper" (1984) by SIEGE

"Peaceful claims, yet bombs are aimed. Armageddon, Armageddon."

-- SIEGE, c. 1984 (all lyrics by SIEGE members)

Source: www.negativeinsight.com/niblog/siege.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

PROTO-FASTCORE -- PROTO-BLASTCORE -- PROTO-GRINDCORE-- WELCOME TO 1984.

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on assorted cassette tape package design for the ultra-seminal "Drop Dead" (30th Anniversary Edition) release and/or discography (all the songs are on here!) by American hardcore punk/proto-fastcore/proto-blastcore band, SIEGE. Recorded 2/6/84 & 10/26/84 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

LABEL: Not On Label (Siege (2) Self-released) – none

FORMAT: Cassette, Reissue

COUNTRY: U.S. [🇺🇸]

RELEASED: 2016

GENRE: Rock

STYLE: Hardcore, Punk

Sources: www.pixnoy.com/post/6733125048601544445223, discogs, various, etc...

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FOR SIEGE/'80s HARDCORE COMPLETISTS ONLY -- SOLD MY COPY YEARS AGO FOR A GOOD CHUNK'O CHANGE.

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on complete package design for the "Drop Dead" CD compilation (essentially a discography) by American proto-blastcore/proto-fastcore/proto-grindcore band, SIEGE, their entire recorded output originally released from the years 1984-'85, compiled on one compact disc and released in 1993 by the German label Lost & Found.

LABEL: Lost and Found Records – LF 051/CD

FORMAT: CD

COUNTRY: Germany

RELEASED: 1993

GENRE: Rock

STYLE: Hardcore, Punk, Thrash, Powerviolence

Source: www.discogs.com/release/1648041-Siege-Drop-Dead.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THIS BOOTLEG IS NOT INTENDED TO MAKE MONEY WITH!" -- "IT HAD TO BE DONE" IN '89.

PICS INFO: Part 2 of 2 -- Mega spotlight on package design for the "DROP DEAD" 7 inch EP by American proto-blastcore/hardcore punk band, SIEGE, released in 1989 by Off The Disk Records. Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies on blue vinyl.

Source: www.pixnoy.com/post/6844133267481336444366.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

LAYING SIEGE TO THE EXTREME MUSIC WORLD, AND STILL ONLY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Kurt Habelt, guitarist/co-founder of the mighty SIEGE, in the process of giving American hardcore punk an extreme makeover, performing at the local high school battle of the band's, c. 1983?-maybe '84.

Ah, 1984, as hardcore starts to become a disgusting blur of ear-defeaning noise. There is no turning back now, and there'll be no one spared, either.

Source: www.maximumrocknroll.com/monday-photo-blog-siege.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE PREMIER PROTO-BLASTCORE/FAATCORE BAND'S ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY ON ONE COMPACT DISC.

NOTE: This album even contains some well-recorded demos of chunky-sounding hardcore, very bass heavy, before they picked up the pace a zillionfold in the studio for the "Drop Dead" sessions.

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on complete CD package design for the "Drop Dead" 30th anniversary compilation by American hardcore punk/proto-grindcore/proto-powerviolence band, SIEGE (essentially the band's discography), released by the Armageddon Label in 2015.

LABEL: Armageddon Label – ARMAG010, Disk Union – none

FORMAT: CD, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition

COUNTRY: US [🇺🇸]

RELEASED: 2015

GENRE: Rock

STYLE: Hardcore, Punk

Source: www.discogs.com/release/6690442-Siege-Drop-Dead.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A SMORGASBORD OF WEST MASS HARDCORE GRAPHIC DESIGN -- WELCOME TO 1984.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on three different show/gig flyers for the same February 18, 1984 gig -- the bill included SIEGE, CANCEROUS GROWTH, OUTPATIENTS, THE FREEZE (also features THE F.U.'s and GREY MATTER in two of these), performing live at Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA.

Resolution at 1440x1800 (3x) -- All three show flyers from the private collection of @digitalbath1921, uploaded in 2021.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2511904458884932701 (Picuki 3x).