No Comment were an

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powerviolence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is an extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical ...

band from

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. The band was active from 1987 to 1993.

History

Along with other powerviolence bands such as

Crossed Out Crossed Out was a powerviolence band from Encinitas, California. The band was active from early 1990 until late 1993. The group is considered to be a very important band that helped define powerviolence with a style that incorporated political lyr ...

Capitalist Casualties Capitalist Casualties were an American powerviolence / hardcore band. They formed in Rohnert Park, CA around 1986 and had their first concert in 1987 in Santa Rosa, California They have released multiple records, including many splits with other ...

and

Man Is The Bastard Man Is the Bastard was an American hardcore punk band based in Claremont, California. The band existed from 1990 to 1997, releasing mostly vinyl splits, extended plays, and albums on obscure labels from around the world. By 1997, the group ended ...

, No Comment were influential in what was known to become the "

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powerviolence" scene for their aggressive musical and conceptual take on the

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genre. The band's vocalist, Andrew Beattie, confessed to liking both the

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and hardcore genres while hating the direction

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bands such as D.R.I. and Discharge took, which combined the two styles. Beattie stated his band "just wanted to show that 'Hardcore' was still alive yet there was no real 'scene in the late 80s'."What Is It? Powerviolence
''XLR8R'', March 20, 2008. Retrieved: November 25, 2009.

Break up

No Comment disbanded in 1993 and Beattie went on to pursue other music projects such as Man is the Bastard, Low Threat Profile, (with members of Infest), Dead Language (with members of Iron Lung and Walls) and most recently Dead Man's Life (with members of Life In A Burn Clinic, The Grim, Dead Lazlo's Place, For Sale, FYP, Co-Ed, La Motta, It's Casual, Revolution Mother and Buford). However some unreleased studio and live recordings were released after this time.

Legacy and influence

Powerviolence, according to Spazz bassist/vocalist, Chris Dodge, (who was behind the scene's main label

Slap-a-Ham Records Slap a Ham Records was an independent label from San Francisco owned and operated by Chris Dodge, bassist of the band Spazz as well as others. The label is generally seen as a highly influential entity within the hardcore punk scene in California ...

) peaked in the mid-1990s, around the time No Comment released their celebrated EP ''Downsided'' on Slap-a-Ham.

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described ''Downsided'' as "a definitive document of powerviolence’s beyond-tantrum aggression". Music

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ranked ''Downsided'' No. 7/1000 favorite EPs released in 1992, and No. 255/5000 favorite EPs of all time at a rating of 3.74/5 from 207 ratings.Downsided
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Discography

* ''Common Senseless'' 7" (1989, Snare Dance) * ''Downsided'' 7" (1992, Slap-A-Ham) * ''No Comment'' 7" (1994, Noise Patch) * ''87-93'' LP/CD (1999, Deep Six) * ''Live On KXLU 1992'' 7" (2013, Deep Six)

References

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History

Break up

Legacy and influence

Discography

See also

References