Short Sharp Shock (also known as SSS) are an English
crossover thrash
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band from
Liverpool
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, England. They are signed to the music label
Prosthetic Records
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.
The band formed and featured members of Liverpool punk and hardcore bands
Down and Outs and Walk the Plank and released a six track demo in May 2005, a four track EP the next year and their debut album ''
Short Sharp Shock'' soon thereafter. Their label at the time was Thrashgig / Dead & Gone Records. Their switch to
Earache Records
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meant the album was re-issued in early 2007 with bonus tracks.
In 2008, they released their second album, ''The Dividing Line'', again on Earache Records. This also came with a free Sk8+Destroy 7" record, featuring British comedian
Frank Sidebottom
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.
In June 2011, they released their third album, ''Problems to the Answer'', on Earache Records. Upping the track count to 25 with Mark "Barney" Greenway from
Napalm Death
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on guest vocals. Original