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Yacöpsae
12+ albums
powerviolencegrindcorefastcorepower violenceturbo speed violence
about
Incorrect tag for German grindcore band Yacøpsæ, but at least it's correctly fucking capitalized. The Band was formed in August 1990 in Hamburg, Germany when Stoffel (guitar/vocals) met Pattex (drums) painting his room in a squat. After a small talk both decided to start an ultrafast Hardcore band, because their old bands had split up.The most inspiration came from bands like Lärm, Electro Hippies, Nunfuckers, Septic Death, M.A.F., Tin Can Army, Vorkriegsphase, (old) D.R.I., Atavistic, Crab Society North, Rapt, SM-70, Napalm Death, Satanic Malfunctions, B.G.K., S.O.B., Active Minds and some more... After a couple of months they decided to choose the name "YACÖPSAE", which means the plural of the name "Jakob" with an unusual way of writing, because they don´t wanted to have a "brutal" name like most of the so-called "Grindcore/Thrash"-bands (set examples for yourself in this space............foolish Goofy-Grinders). After many intense rehearsals they took to the stage for the first time in January 1991. It was horrible, but the crowd liked it. In April 1991, they recorded their first demo tape with 21 songs on it. To support the demo, they played gigs around Hamburg during the next few months. At the end of 1991, the drummer was too busy with his job and didn´t like the style of music much anymore, because the music became faster and more brutal. So he decided to leave the band in Februrary 1992. Stoffel asked his friend Emu, who played in a local Punk/Hardcoreband called
