Short Sharp Shock
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Short Sharp Shock are a crossover thrash
Crossover thrash
__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...

 band
Band (music)
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 from Liverpool
Liverpool
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, England
England
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. They are signed to the music label Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

.

The band 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
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

 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.

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 on guest vocals.

In July 2011 they changed their line up - Dave and Pete leaving the band and (another) Dave and Stu, from the Bendal Interlude, joining.

Members

  • Foxy - Vocals
  • Mark - Bass
    Bass guitar
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  • Stu - Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Dave "Xtra long" Archer- Drums

Discography

  • SSS (2005), Thrashgig, - Demo
    Demo
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  • SSS (2006), Thrashgig, Dead and Gone
    Dead and Gone
    -Remixes:*"Things Gotta Change" - Avery Storm*"When We Rock" - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony*"I Don't Like White People" - Rucka Rucka Ali-Cover versions:...

     - EP
    Extended play
    An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

  • Short Sharp Shock (2007), Earache
    Earache Records
    Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

     - Full-length
    Studio album
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  • Sk8 + Destroy 7" (2008), Earache - EP
  • The Dividing Line (2008), Earache - Full-length
  • Merry ChristmaSSS (2009), Earache - Free Download
  • Problems to the Answer (2011), Earache
    Earache Records
    Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

     - Full-length
    Studio album
    A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...


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