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Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a British
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band formed in
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, England in 1985 and one of the earliest and most influential crust bands. Noted for one of the earliest uses of dual vocalists in hardcore,Bonniwell, Alex (2009). ''In Grind We Crust'', ''
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'' 181, pp. 46–51.
and for recording a number of sessions for
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DJ
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, the band started as crust punks and helped characterise the early, archetypal
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sound with highly
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lyrics, fast guitars and
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, and often very short songs.


Biography


Early years

Extreme Noise Terror were formed in early 1985 in
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, England, originally consisting of dual vocalists Dean Jones and Phil Vane, guitarist Pete Hurley, bassist Jerry Clay and drummer Darren "Pig Killer" Olley. Extreme Noise Terror biography @ Allmusic/ref> Prior to ENT, Vane and Hurley had played with Discharge-influenced acts Freestate and Victims of War,Mudrian, Albert (2004). '' Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore'', pp. 30–31,
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whilst Jones had been singing with Raw Noise. Hurley claims that the band name came from an insert for an album by the Dutch band
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: "It featured a
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kid with 'Extreme Noise Terror' surrounding him. Those three words summed up ''exactly'' what we were aiming at." Aside from Discharge, the band cite as early influences
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, Rattus and Antisect, another early proponent of the "one high, one low" vocal approach. ENT signed to the small UK-based indie label Manic Ears after a solitary gig supporting
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. Their first release for the label was a split LP with Chaos UK in 1986, entitled ''Radioactive Earslaughter''. Although there were still musical similarities between the two bands, ENT were already beginning to twist hardcore into what would later become known as "
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". ENT have however expressed misgivings about the use of the term: In 1987, ENT came to the attention of
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, on the recommendation of fellow Ipswich group
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.Peel, John (2004). Introduction to ''Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore'', p. 17. After seeing them live at the Caribbean Centre in Ipswich with his wife and son, Peel offered them their first (of four)
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for
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, which was released through Strange Fruit.Larkin, Colin (1999). ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock'', p. 155,
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A second Peel Session was recorded the following May. During this period, the drum stool was filled by former Napalm Death drummer
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, although he left soon afterward to form Scorn and was replaced by Tony "Stick" Dickens (of crust band
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). Bassist Clay was replaced by Mark Gardener,Extreme Noise Terror biography @ Rockdetector
and this line-up recorded ENT's debut album, '' A Holocaust in Your Head'', which was later voted number 3 in ''
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''s essential European grindcore albums, who described it as "marrying a thick crust-punk crunch and vitriolic lyrical assault with the newborn, clattering fury of grindcore, 'Holocaust...' followed Napalm's heroic uppercuts and haymakers with a Doc Martin in the goolies." The band undertook a headline tour of both Europe and Japan in support of the album. In 1990, Jones and future ENT guitarist Ali Firouzbakht guested on Raw Noise's "Sound of Destruction" single release, and bassist Gardener was replaced by Pete Nash from the band
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.


Collaboration with the KLF

On their return from Japan, ENT were invited to perform their third Peel Session, which was released along with their first as a full-length LP by Strange Fruit. The band then embarked on another European tour, after which they released their second record, ''Phonophobia'', through Vinyl Japan and returned to tour Japan once again. Further radio support from John Peel brought ENT to the attention of
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of
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; the two acts got in touch and Drummond asked ENT to re-record a version of KLF's hit single "
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", with the intention of the band performing live on ''
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'' at
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. The BBC, however, felt that the song was inappropriate for broadcast on daytime television and thus refused to air the track, leading to the KLF boycotting the show. McIver, Joel (2000). ''Extreme Metal'', p. 80,
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The single eventually saw limited edition release through
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and won Single of the Week from both the ''
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''. ENT also worked on the abandoned KLF album '' The Black Room'' (the KLF had previously released an ambient album called ''
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''), but when Drummond and KLF co-member
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announced the band's retirement, they also deleted the recordings. When asked how the collaboration came about, Jones said: "What actually happened was that Bill heard us on Peel when he was in the bath and got in touch. They had wanted to do rock versions of their songs with
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but something fell through, so he rang us... The message said it's Bill from The KLF, but I thought they said 'the ALF' so I didn't take much notice... Later, we got another message saying it was definitely Bill from The KLF and I said 'f--- off! What does he want with us?' But it all got explained eventually."Kelly, D. "Welcome to the Sheep Seats", ''
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'', 29 February 1992
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The two bands were later asked to appear at the 1992
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, at which they caused controversy by firing blanks from machine guns into the audience, a performance that the ''NME'' listed at number 4 in their "top 100 rock moments".


''Retro-bution'', Vane's departure and subsequent albums

Extreme Noise Terror continued to tour throughout 1993 and 1994, and underwent further line-up changes; drummer Dickens left to join DIRT and was replaced by former member Pig Killer, Lee Barrett (founder of
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and also member of Disgust) took over on bass, and Ali Firouzbakht joined on
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. At the request of
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, this line-up signed to
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in June 1994 and recorded ''Retro-bution'', essentially a compilation of re-recorded material from the band's earlier days, which was released in January 1995. The motivation behind this release was due to the band's dissatisfaction with their earlier recordings and saw ENT take a slightly more metal direction, including the addition of some guitar solos. A short UK tour followed, followed by touring in Europe and the US and a further line-up change occurred with Pig Killer being replaced by former
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drummer William A. "Was" Sarginson. (After several years as a professional photographer, in 2013 Pig Killer joined The Featherz under the name Dazzle Monroe.) The line-up changes continued with the departure of founder member Phil Vane, who left to join
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in late 1996. In an example of trading places, Napalm Death frontman
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agreed to join ENT during the recording of their next album, ''Damage 381''. The album, whose title comes from the BPM recorded on the title track, saw ENT moving further into
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territory, reincorporating some of the
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s and screamed vocals that had been missing from their previous two releases. The album benefited from a production from noted metal producer
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. At the same time Napalm Death were having a hard time getting the vocals that they wanted from Vane and asked Greenway to return, which he agreed to do, leaving ENT once again lacking a second vocalist. Vane subsequently returned to the band in 1997. Further line-up changes occurred in 1999, with Vane once again departing to be replaced by Adam Catchpole, Sarginson being replaced by Zac O'Neil, and former Cradle of Filth member
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joining on lead guitar. In 2001, the band signed to Candlelight and released their fourth full-length album, '' Being and Nothing''. The band also played a fourth session for BBC Radio 1 in February 2001 and continued to tour round Europe, including a slot on the main stage at
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in 2003.


Recent activity

Ever struggling with line-up problems, Paul "Woody" Woodfield took over on lead guitar for studio and live duties in early 2001, whilst Stafford Glover took over on bass (from the departing Barrett, who left to concentrate on
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) and
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's Ollie Jones was added to the line-up as permanent second guitarist. In early 2006, Phil Vane once again returned to the band after living in Switzerland for six and a half years. Zac O'Neil also left the band, to be replaced by Mic Hourihan (of
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and
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). In 2007, ENT toured the US with grindcore band
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and released a split recording with Driller Killer through French label
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. The following year the band released a split 7-inch with
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(released on Deathwish Inc.) to coincide with their joint US ''West Coast Distortion'' tour, which culminated at the 2008 Los Angeles Murderfest. In amongst playing shows worldwide, including Indonesia, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Finland, Germany, Estonia and at the Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech Republic, ENT recorded their next album, ''Law of Retaliation'' which was released in early 2009 by Osmose in Europe, MCR Company in Japan, and Deep Six Records in the US. ''Terrorizer'' described it as "a rabid, intense and gleeful return to explosive, hyper-speed hardcore punk insanity".Ellis, Graham (January 2009). ''Terrorizer'' 179, p. 69. Review of ''Law of Retaliation''. The band continued to tour with shows throughout 2009 in Europe and a third Japanese tour, this time with
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. Though still fiercely political, in recent years the band has become more open-minded regarding some of their beliefs, especially concerning vegetarianism, and the use of drugs and alcohol. Jones commented: On 17 February 2011, Phil Vane died in his sleep due to a
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at the age of 46. The band have continued to tour and release music with former
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frontman
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, with the band dedicating their 2015
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album to Vane's memory.


Members

;Current * Dean Jones –
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(1985–present) *
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 – vocals (2014–present) * Ollie Jones – guitar (2005–present) * Michael Hourihan – drums (2008–2011, 2014–present) * Andi Morris – bass guitar (2012–present) ;Former * Phil Vane – vocals (1985-1999, 2006–2011; died 2011) * Pete Hurley – guitar (1985–1995; died 2014) * Jerry Clay – bass (1985–1988) * Darren "Pig Killer" Olley – drums (1985–1987, 1993–1995) *
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 – drums (1987–1988, 2008) * Tony "Stick" Dickens – drums (1988–1999) * Si Brown – drums (1990) * Mark Gardener – bass (1988) * Peter (Doom) Nash – bass (1988–1990) * Spit – vocals (1989) * Mark Bailey – bass (1990–1994) * Lee Barrett – bass (1994–1997) * William A. "Was" Sarginson – drums (1995–1997) * Ali Firouzbakht  – guitar (1995–2005) *
Mark "Barney" Greenway Mark Andrew "Barney" Greenway (born 13 July 1969) is a British extreme metal vocalist who is the current lead singer of Napalm Death and a former member of Extreme Noise Terror and Benediction. Greenway has stated his nickname "Barney" came ...
 – vocals (1996–1997) * Zac O`Neil – drums (1997–2008) * Manny Cooke – bass (1997–2001) * Jose Kurt – vocals (1999–2000) * Adam Catchpole – vocals (2000–2006) * Stafford Glover – bass (2001–2012) * Woody – Guitar (2001–2010, 2011–2014) * Chris 'Chino' Casket – guitar/bass (studio: 2009–2014/live: 2010–2012) * Roman Matuszewski – vocals (2011–2012) * Barney Monger – drums (2011–2014) * John Loughlin – vocals (2012–2014)


Timeline

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Discography


Studio albums

* '' A Holocaust in Your Head'' (1989) * ''Retro-bution'' (1995) * ''Damage 381'' (1997) * '' Being and Nothing'' (2001) * ''Law of Retaliation'' (2008) * ''
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Split albums

* ''Extreme Noise Terror/ Chaos UK (Radioactive Earslaughter)'' (1986) * ''In It for Life'' (1989) * ''Discharged: From Home Front to War Front'' (1991) * ''Extreme Noise Terror / Driller Killer'' (2007) * ''Extreme Noise Terror / Trap Them'' (2008) * ''Extreme Noise Terror / Cock E.S.P.'' (2009) * ''Hardcore Attack of the Low Life Dogs'' (2010) * ''Extreme Noise Terror / The Dwarves'' (2016) * ''Daily Holocaust'' (2017)


EPs

* ''The Peel Sessions'' (1987) * ''Phonophobia'' (1992) * ''Hatred and the Filth'' (2004) * ''Phonophobia II – The Second Coming'' (2009) (Features two new studio tracks - credits: Barney Monger, Chris Casket, Dean Jones, Phil Vane * ''Hardcore Attack of the Low Life Dogs'' (2010) * ''Tear It Down'' (2013) * ''Chained and Crazed (2015)


Live albums

* ''Are You That Desperate?'' (1989) * ''The Peel Sessions '87–'90'' (1990) * ''The Split Noiz Live EP'' (1990) * ''Live & Loud'' (1990)


Compilation albums

* ''Back to the Roots'' (2008)


DVDs

* ''From One Extreme to Another'' (2003)


Music videos

* "Raping the Earth" (1995) * "Awakening" (2002) * "No One Is Innocent" (2016) * "Dogma, Intolerance, Control" (2016)


See also

* List of The Peel Sessions artists


References


Further reading

* Boniwell, Alex (March 2009). ''In Grind We Crust''. In ''
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'' 181, pp. 46–51. * Mudrian, Albert (2004). '' Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore''.
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. * Rodel, Angela (2004).
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