Dystopia (band)
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Formed in Orange County, California
in 1991, Dystopia was a sludge metal
band, popular in both the heavy metal
and crust punk
scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics often dealt with human emotions and social or political issues such as environmentalism
, racial equality
, substance abuse
, and animal rights
.
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
in 1991, Dystopia was a sludge metal
Sludge metal
Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...
band, popular in both the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and crust punk
Crust punk
Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...
scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics often dealt with human emotions and social or political issues such as environmentalism
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
, racial equality
Racial equality
Racial equality means different things in different contexts. It mostly deals with an equal regard to all races.It can refer to a belief in biological equality of all human races....
, substance abuse
Substance abuse
A substance-related disorder is an umbrella term used to describe several different conditions associated with several different substances .A substance related disorder is a condition in which an individual uses or abuses a...
, and animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
.
Final Lineup
- Todd Keisling - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(Confrontation, Mange, Agrimony, Kontraklasse, PhobiaPhobia (band)Phobia is a Grindcore band from Orange County, California. The band was formed in 1990 and is heavily influenced by crust punk and grindcore. Their lyrical content focuses mainly on socio-political issues and left-wing politics.- History :...
, Screaming Fetus) - Matt Parrillo - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(Cantankerous, MindrotMindrotMindrot was a doom metal band formed in 1989 by Adrian Leroux and Matt Fisher in Orange County, California. They disbanded in 1998.-Biography:...
, Medication Time, Nigel Pepper Cock, Drain the Sky, John the Baker and the Malnourished, Kicker) - Anthony "Dino" Sommese - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals (GhoulGhoul (band)Ghoul is a thrash metal band from Oakland, California. Though the members' actual identities are meant to be concealed, it is known that some members of Ghoul also play or have played in other bands such as Impaled, Dystopia, Wolves in the Throne Room, Exhumed, Phobia, Asunder and Morbosidad...
, Asunder, Lachrymose, Phobia, Carcinogen, Insidious)
Previous
- Dan Kaufman - vocals (Mindrot, Eyes Of Fire)
- Phil Martinez - drums (Phobia, Mange, Apocalypse)
Studio albums
- Human = GarbageHuman = GarbageHuman = Garbage is the debut album by Dystopia. It was released as a 5 track LP on Life is Abuse Records, and later released as a 12 track CD on Life is Abuse Records, Misanthropic Records and Common Cause Records, featuring additional songs from their splits with Embittered and Grief, and one...
CD/LP (1994 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records/Common Cause Records) - The AftermathThe Aftermath (Dystopia album)The Aftermath is the second album by Dystopia. It was originally released in 1999 as a four-track LP on Life is Abuse Records, and a 13-track CD featuring additional songs from their splits with Skaven and Suffering Luna, the Backstabber EP, and one unreleased cover, on Life is Abuse Records,...
CD/LP (1999 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records/Crawlspace Records) - DystopiaDystopia (Dystopia album)Dystopia is the third and final LP by sludge metal/crust punk band Dystopia. It was recorded in 2004-2005 and was released in early 2008.- Track listing :#"Now and Forever" - 7:44#"Control All Delete" - 1:54#"Leaning With Intent to Fall" - 5:32...
CD/LP (2008 Life Is Abuse)
Splits
- Dystopia/Grief 7" (1993 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records)
- Dystopia/Embittered 12" (1993 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records)
- Dystopia/Suffering LunaSuffering LunaSuffering Luna is a hardcore punk band based in Los Angeles, California. They are notable for their early contributions to the punk sub-genre known as powerviolence and their split releases with Dystopia and Gasp. The band has existed since the early 1990s. Their music is a blend of crust and...
7" (1995 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records) - Dystopia/Skaven 12" (1996 Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records)
Compilation appearances
- "Anger Brought by Disease" on Cry Now Cry Later Vol. 2 2x7" (1995 Pessimiser Records)
- "Backstabber" on Fiesta Comes Alive LP/CD (1997 Slap-A-Ham Records)
- "Backstabber" on Reality Part Two LP/CD (1997 Deep Six Records)
- "Cosmetic Plague (Rudimentary Peni)" on Whispers 2xLP/CD (1997 Skuld Records)
- "Anger Brought by Disease" on Cry Now Cry Later Vol. 1 & 2 CD (1998 Pessimiser Records)
- "Diary of a Battered Child" on Twin Threat to Your Sanity 2x7" (2001 Bad People Records/Riotous Assembly Records)