Necros

Necros were an early American Hardcore Punk band from Maumee, Ohio, although they are usually identified with the Detroit music scene. They are the first band to record for Touch and Go Records. Necros were formed in 1980 by then-teenagers Barry Henssler (vocals), Andy Wendler (guitar), and Todd Swalla (drums). After going through a handful of bassists (including Donny Brook, Jeff Allsop, David Cooke, Brian Hyland, Jeff Lake, and Brian Pollack), Corey Rusk joined the band. Barry Henssler had struck up a friendship with Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson of Touch and Go magazine after sending them a copy of his own 'zine, Smegma Journal. Vee and Stimson became fans of the Necros and put the Necros' first record, a self-titled 4-song 7" EP (recorded prior to Rusk's entry into the band) most commonly known as "Sex Drive". This was Touch and Go Records' (then spelled "Rekords") first release and was limited to only 100 copies. Andy Wendler left the band in 1981 (although he continued to write for them) and Brian Pollack joined on guitar. Later that year, the band recorded and released another self-titled 7" record known as "IQ32", produced by Minor Threat vocalist Ian MacKaye. This 9-song was jointly release by Touch and Go (which Rusk now had a hand in running) and MacKaye's own Dischord Records. Wendler rejoined on guitar in late 1982 and in 1983 the band recorded and released two more records, a 7" and LP both titled Conquest For Death. Early on, the Necros played with many prominent Punk bands, including Black Flag, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Minor Threat, and Teco Vee's group The Meatmen. The Necros also toured as openers for horror punk band the Misfits, including at the Misfits' last show in which Todd Swalla stepped in to play drums when Brian Damage became too drunk to perform. In 1983 Corey Rusk quit the group to concentrate on Touch and Go, after assuming full control of the label and bassist Ron Sakowski stepped in. Despite the group's steady output at their onset, the Necros did not release another record for two years. In an interview with One Solution zine, vocalist Barry Henssler blamed the delay between releases on Rusk's refusal to give the band a definite answer as to whether or not they were still on Touch and Go. The label has since deleted their Necros releases from their catalogue. The next Necros release came in 1985 as a split LP with White Flag entitled Jail Jello, on Gasatanka Records. Now featuring a more distinctly hard rock sound, the band followed up the split with 1986's Tangled Up LP on Restless Records along with a single of the same name on Gasatanka. Following a 1987 tour with Megadeth, the group called it quits. A live album, Live or Else, appeared posthumously in 1989.

Sex Drive 7'' (1981)

01 - Sex Drive

02 - Police Brutality

03 - Better Never Than Late

04 - Caste System

I.Q. 32 7'' (1981)

01 - I.Q. 32

02 - Youth Camp

03 - Peer Pressure

04 - Race Riot

05 - Wargame

06 - I Hate My School

07 - Past Comes Back To Haunt Me

08 - Reject

09 - Public High School

Conquest For Death 7'' (1983)

01 - Conquest For Death

02 - Take Em Up

Conquest For Death (1983)

01 - Search For Fame

02 - Tarnished Words

03 - No One

04 - Satisfy

05 - Bad Dream

06 - Police Brutality

07 - A.S.F.B.

08 - Conquest For Death

09 - Count Me Out

10 - Change

11 - Crying Form

12 - Face Forward

13 - Friend To All

Tangled Up (1987)

01 - Gun

02 - Blizzard Of Glass

03 - Big Chief

04 - Open Wound

05 - Tangled Up

06 - Power Of Fear

07 - Black Water

08 - Noise

09 - 500 Years, A Pack Of Kools

10 - Nile Song

11 - House Full Of Drunks

Live Or Else (1990)

01 - Tangled Up

02 - Blizzard Of Glass

03 - Love Dagger

04 - Gun

05 - Black Water

06 - Race Riot

07 - Youth Camp

08 - Open Wound

09 - God's Anvil

10 - Face Forward

11 - Andy's Shit For Brunch

12 - Big Chief

13 - Take 'Em Up

14 - Nugent Medley

Early Days 7'' (1991)

01 - Police Brutality
02 - Work Now
03 - Your Version Of What I Think
04 - Rip Off
05 - Better Never Than Late
06 - Caste System
07 - What Have We Got?

Tangled Up/Live Or Else (2005)

01 - Gun
02 - Blizzard Of Glass
03 - Big Chief
04 - Open Wound
05 - Tangled Up
06 - Power Of Fear
07 - Black Water
08 - Noise
09 - 500 Years, A Pack Of Kools
10 - Nile Song
11 - House Full Of Drunks
12 - Tangled Up (Live)
13 - Blizzard Of Glass (Live)
14 - Love Dagger (Live)
15 - Gun (Live)
16 - Black Water (Live)
17 - Race Riot (Live)
18 - Youth Camp (Live)
19 - Open Wound (Live)
20 - God's Anvil (Live)
21 - Face Forward (Live)
22 - ASFB (Live)
23 - Big Chief (Live)
24 - Take 'Em Up (Live)
25 - Nugent Medley (Live)

Necros & White Flag
JAIL-O Split EP (1986)

Necros:
01 - Walking The Dog
02 - Pipeline
03 - Crash

White Flag:
04 - Geiger Counter
05 - Loaded
06 - I'm Down

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