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Artist
Voorhees
12+ albums
hardcorehardcore punkthrashcorebritishdeath metal
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There are multiple artists with this name. 1) Voorhees is Dana Wachs, an audio engineer and composer from New York City. 2) Voorhees is a hardcore punk band formed in Durham, England. From early 1990 until late 2001 they released numerous records on various international record labels and toured Europe and the USA frequently. Although essentially disbanded, the group reformed for rare shows in 2004, 2010 and reformed again in 2012. Voorhees formed from the ashes of various other Durham based hardcore bands (Steadfast, Know Your Enemy, False Face, The MacDonalds). Ian Leck and Sean Readman were the driving force and principal songwriters, and the first lineup was completed by Darrell Hindley, Gary Cousins and David Brown. They played their first gig at the Rowing Club in Durham in September 1991. Voorhees started gigging regularly including a UK tour with Slapshot, and released the Violent... EP on Armed With Anger Records. Michael Gillham (drums) and Graeme Nicholls (lead guitar) joined the others to form the first stable line-up. Early in 1994, the band's debut LP, "Spilling Blood Without Reason" was recorded and released on AWA Records. A European tour and a John Peel Session was recorded for BBC Radio 1 in early 1995. Maximumrocknroll magazine's review of the first album; "...I sensed that Voorhees could blow doors off, not just peel the paint. So here you've got it - a 26 track LP harkening back to the days of hardcore bands having something that drove them, the kind
