INFEZIONE
INFEZIONE-Oppressione quotidiana (self released) 1986
HOLY FUCK!!!!!! I present to you the BEST unknown Italian band ever. Somewhere between the time this tape came out and when every punky-cum-lately kid started to realize to true value and depth of CLASSIC Italiano h’core, these guys were completely forgotten.
In ‘85-’87, just when hardcore really started splintering into a thousand different sub-generes, most bands that played in the THRASH style went one of two ways. The first being “Cross-over”, a style that started strong but quickly adapted the sketchier elements of metal that sent it down the crapper faster than a warm turd (See: DRI, COC and any other band w/3 initials). The second, what I like to call “hyper-core”, was great hardcore with the intensity level turned up ” TO ELEVEN”. Bands like HERESY, L`ARM, S.O.B. and these guys (and later girl).
INFEZIONE played blistering thrash that was unmatched in the era by few others (except the above mentioned, maybe!). This tape was supposedly released in pretty low numbers (300-400 copies) and may be the reason these guys aren’t mentioned in the same breath as all the other Italian legends (but should be).
Back in the day, when I first got this tape (through a trade) I loved it so much and played it so often (10-15 times a day, whew!!) that I was afraid I would wear it out or break it. I made as many copies as I could, for my friends and all the different places I played it, like work, the car etc. to make sure I ALWAYS had a copy. Recently this got re-released on 12″ vinyl (AGIPUNK- Italy) and when I heard about it, I thought “great, I finally get to hear the CLEAN, original recordings and not some worbly old casette. When I got the 12″, I was so excited I could barely get it on the turntable. When the needle hit the records and that familiar scratchy, worbling sound of the tape came blasting out of my speakers, a small part of me was dissapointed. Yeah, they used the same cassette everyone else had, to make the record. I was mostly overjoyed though that someone had the good sense to re-release this back to the public and relieved I finally had something that I didn’t have to worry about wearing out or breaking ( I burned it to a cd-r). This tape STILL melts my face like the first time I heard it.
Check out a cool live video of these guys HERE
THRASH OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: These guys released 2 more records/12’s after this that are also great and worth tracking down.
Tracks
01.non dipendere
02.loro gloria
03.pace, vita, liberta
04.odio, rifiuto, negazione
05.oppressione quotidiana
06.cazzo per cervello
07.non fidarti del sistema
08.per lanarchia
09.non voglio pia essere servo
10.il sistema a crudelta
11.il tuo nemico a lo stato
12.morte umana, morte animale
13.sacrificare lanimale
14.stato di polizia
15.Un’ingiustizia Da Difendere
16.reagisci
Download
Music
Posted by: SurlyOldPunk
July 21st, 2006 at 9:02 am
Good one! More Italian Hardcore!
July 21st, 2006 at 9:03 am
Talking about Italian Hardcore, does anybody have the STINKY RATS LP???
July 21st, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Cool post and good demo but I remember Negazione as more “modern” sounded HC/Punk (not as good as this early material)- my old band played gig with them in Cracow, Poland- January 1993. I also used to have their 90’s demo?/record? released on cassette by Czech Malarie Records with not so good material similar to what I remember from show. I still have somewhere big poster from that gig.
July 21st, 2006 at 2:52 pm
ok, thats it!!! im digging out my original WAR DOGS cassette…youve been warned!!!
July 21st, 2006 at 8:58 pm
i’m so glad to finally hear this! i did buy the re-issue LP but haven’t been able to play it, this is a great pre-cursor… i had heard that these guys rip, but this is better than expected. NEGAZIONE’s early stuff is far better than the latter. they were Awesome… maniacal!?
my WAR DOGS tunes off the ulra granducato CD are some of my top shelf favorite songs of ALL TIME. rip our heads off WEDGE!!! doitdoitdoit…
July 22nd, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Hmmm, why I wrote Negazione when wanted Infezione…
July 22nd, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Canuckpunk, The songs from the “urla dal granducato” comp are the 6 songs from the 1983 demo plus 1 live track from the “last white christmas” show (BCtapes). There is also a second volume of the “urla….” comp with FALLOUT, JUGGERNAUT, STATO DI POLIZIA and BRONTOSAURI and it’s as cool as the first volume.
WARDOGS got alot of mileage from their demo, it was also featured(though, not completely) on the “Senza Tregua” tape comp (also BCtapes). I’m not sure of, or at least haven’t heard of any other material from these nutjobs(besides the demo & live stuff).
Wedge, please do post the WARDOGS demo kind sir, so that all the other nice folks can get the same kick in ballbag we get when listening to this fine piece of Italian h.c. history. My crazy ex-room mate said this about it after listening to it non stop for a week ” sounds like a drunker CCM playing all the songs from the URBAN WASTE 7″ -fuck me, that’s pretty dead on……………………………
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:26 pm
good info Surly! man, gotta look around for that 2nd urla comp. i got senza tregua lp and LWC/bct cd. i’m a nut for early italian mayhem. i agree with that wardogs description. until it’s posted here, you can hear/play one wardogs song off the interpunk.com website re: urla dal granducato cd. their timing is all over the place - there’s beauty in speedy chaos.
July 27th, 2006 at 9:08 am
awesome. i wanna hear that war dogs demo now haha.