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Lärm
12+ albums
thrashcorehardcorepowerviolencehardcore punkgrindcore
about
Holland's Lärm was a band that had something for everybody: sincere leftist politics, a strong straight edge philosophy, a lighthearted, humorous attitude, and most importantly devastating music played at never-before-heard speeds. They played "extreme noise" style: short, fast, and out of tune. The band known as Lärm evolved from other projects sometime around 1984. The line-up was Olav on drums, Paul on guitar, Jos on bass, and Dorien on vocals. The three boys had previously been in a band called the Sextons. Their 1981 demo was recorded before Olav had a drumset, so he played the chairs (this can be heard on the Lärm discography CD). The original Lärm line-up went by the name Total Chaoz. Soon after the name change they added a second singer, Menno, to the mix. Paul would later say that the Lärm philosphy was "start a fucking band no matter if you can play your instruments or not." That DIY spirit was part of what made Lärm so special. Because they were still learning their instruments, they adopted a style of playing that centered on playing very fast, noisy, short songs. At their first show the sound man asked them when they were going to fix the guitar amp and start playing actual songs. When they answered that they liked the guitar sound and had just played three songs, he shut off the PA and went to get something to eat. Dorien left the band not long before they recorded their half of the split LP with Stanx: 28 songs recorded in one single take on 8-track. Not wanti
top songs
albums
Extreme Noise
Straight on View
No One Can Be That Dumb
Campaign for Musical Destruction
2010 LP
Nothing is Hard in this World if You Dare to Scale the Heights
Extreme Noise Discography
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Extreme Noise (Discography)
Extreme Noise - (Reissue Discography)
Extreme Noise Complete Discography
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A Reference Of Female Fronted Punk Rock 1977-89 [Disc 5]
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