Funeral Oration was a melodic hardcore punk

Punk rock

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 band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. They were active from 1983 until the end of the 1990s, putting out highly influential records on Dutch, German, British and American labels. They managed to create their own unique sound, mainly due to the unmistakable vocal style of the singer Peter Zirschky.

Demos

• There's Nothing Left To Laugh About cassette (self-released, 1983)
• The Godsend cassette (self-released, 1984)

EPs

• Shadowland 12" (self-released, 1984)
• Survival 7" (Remedy, 1986)
• The More We Know 7" (Loony Tunes, 1989)
• What Is It? 7" (Hopeless, 1995)
• Stop For A Moment/Expanding 7" flexi (Hopeless/Flipside, 1995)

Albums

• Communion LP (Diehard, 1985)
• Funeral Oration LP (Swaddle, 1987)
• Say No To Life LP (WRF, 1993 /recorded in 1989/)
• Punk Rock Nation CD (WRF, 1994)
• Funeral Oration CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1995)
• Believer CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1997)
• Survival CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1998)
• Discography 1983 - 1998 2CD (Hopeless, 1999)

Compilations

• Raw War tape (Xcentric Noise, 1983)
• Holland Hardcore 2nd Attack tape (Er Is Hoop, 1984)
• Funeral Oration/Gepøpel split tape (BCT, 1985)
• I've Got An Attitude Problem EP (BCT/Loony Tunes, 1987)
• Remedy Records sampler 4-way split LP (Remedy, 1988)
• Welcome To Our Scene LP (WRF, 1990)
• Punk SucksCD (Liberation Records, 1996)
• Chicago vs. Amsterdam CD/EP (Hopeless, 1996)
• Hopelessly Devoted To You CD (Hopeless, 1996)
• Hopelessly Devoted To You Too CD (Hopeless, 1998)
• Take Action! CD (Sub City Records, 1999)
• Hopelessly Devoted To You, vol. 3 CD (Hopeless, 2000)

Bootlegs

• Holland Hardcore 2nd Attack Double LP (Abuse Records, Hand numbered and Limited to 1000)

External links

• Funeral Oration - unofficial website with detailed biography and discography of the band
• http://www.myspace.com/funeralorationband - Fan-run myspace page