Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live were an influential hardcore punk band from the mid 90s. Hardcore punk—also known as hardcore in the punk rock and heavy metal scenes—is a faster, heavier version of punk rock, characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs. ...

Joshua Plague and Jon "Quitty" Quittner were both members of Olympia, Washington's Mukilteo Fairies and when that band broke up around 1994, they quickly gathered together a group of musicians from Olympia, Bellingham and Seattle to form Behead The Prophet, No Lord Shall Live. BTPNLSL's name is taken from a Deicide song, and was given to them by an obvious death metal enthusiast in a supermarket, claiming to be the younger brother of Deicide's lead singer. Members were Joshua, vocals and lyrics, Jon on bass, Dave Harvey playing guitar, saxophone and feedback, Jordan Rain on drums and Michael Griffin on violin. Their sound was alternately described as crust punk, noise, queercore and by one critic, "spazzcore". The term "Screamo", although not in common usage at the time the band was around, has mistakenly been used posthumously to describe them. They released their first self titled, 8 song 7" single on Outpunk Records in 1995. In 1996, they played the Dirty Bird Queercore Festival in San Francisco where they made quite an impression and garnered many new fans. They then released their only full length CD/album I Am That Great And Fiery Force, a split release on Outpunk and Olympia based K Records. They later released two more 7" records, one a split with Joe Preston's one man band Thrones, on the label Voice of the Sky where each band did their own rendition of Blue Öyster Cult songs. Their last 7" release, on the Sound Pollution label, entitled ""Making Craters Where Buildings Stood"", includes "253-425", a song about the gentrification, technology boom and population increase that was rapidly taking place in Seattle in the late 90's when this single was released. State Capitol and waterfront, Olympia, Washington. ... Mukilteo Fairies was a Queercore band from Olympia, Washington in the 1990s. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... This article is about the death metal band. ... It has been suggested that Death and Roll be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Crusty#Music Genre be merged into this article or section. ... Noise rock is a musical genre that developed in the 1980s as an experimental outgrowth of punk rock. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose during the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... Outpunk Records enjoys the distinction of being the first record label entirely devoted to queer punk bands. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... K Records logo K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... Joe Preston is a rock bass guitarist and a former band member of Earth, The Melvins and High on Fire. ... Thrones was the solo project of double-necked bassist Salty Green, first surfacing with a cassette on the Punk in My Vitamins label. ... Blue Öyster Cult is an American psychedelic/heavy metal band formed in the late 1960s and active as of 2006. ...

In the wake of their full length album, BTPNLSL did a six week tour of the U.S.A. BTPNLSL were well received in many places thick and thin across the country in the all-ages underground music scene. One show of the tour took place in Fargo, North Dakota between two massive days of flooding. The young crowd attending this show were exhausted from sandbagging their town. Regardless of their fatigue from the necessary work of Fargo's repair, youth bounced off the walls that night in a joyous fervor, grateful for the inclusive thrashy sonic noise of BTPNLSL. Practicing the ethic in the name of the independent record label Kill Rock Stars, BTPNLSL loved and were well loved by their fans, due to the members friendly nature and approachable manner. Flag Location Location in North Dakota Government Country State County Region United States North Dakota Cass County Red River Valley Founded 1871 Mayor Bruce Furness Geographical characteristics Area    - City 98. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... The new KRS logo by Sarah Utter on a KRS sweatshirt. ...

For a band who has so little recorded, their impact has been remarkable. One critic mentioned the influence of BTPNLSL he felt he could hear in The Locust's music; however the two bands actually played together so this is arguable. There is no doubt about the influence Joshua Plague has had on the band Limp Wrist; their song "Ode", from the Complete Discography LP, is a tribute to Plaque, along with Gary Floyd of The Dicks and Randy 'Biscuit' Turner of Big Boys, the hardcore punk queer heroes of the band. One of the most remarkable attributes of BTPNLSL is that, for a band that might scare the daylights out of you with their loud, noisy and thunderous music chalked with angsty political and spiritual lyrics, they ultimately had an extremely cathartic and positive effect on their audience. If you were in the audience at a BTPNLSL show, you were part of the act whether you liked it or not. If you were anywhere in the crowd you could at least expect to get sweaty if not get an eye or bootful of Joshua Ploeg's body flying relentlessly this way and that throughout their set. The Locust is a abrasive rock band from San Diego, California. ... Limp Wrist is a gay straight edge punk rock band featuring members of Los Crudos, Hail Mary, and Kill the Man Who Questions. ... The Dicks are a band considered influential in introducing the sound of hardcore punk, particularly in their home state of Texas. ... The Big Boys were a pioneering band who are credited with helping introduce the new style of hardcore punk that became popular in the 1980s. ... Hardcore punk—also known as hardcore in the punk rock and heavy metal scenes—is a faster, heavier version of punk rock, characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs. ... Queer has traditionally meant ‘strange’ or ‘unusual’, but is currently often used in reference to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities. ...

After Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live broke up, Joshua Plague formed the band Lords of Lightspeed and, after that, The Special Friend. Dave Harvey and Jon Quittner joined Empire Of Man and, later, Tight Bros From Way Back When. Jordan Rain moved to Bellingham and joined the Reeks and the Wrecks. Michael Griffin (of Bellingham) continued to play in Noggin, the legendary Northwest improv-noise duo with Eric Ostrowski. Once Ploeg stopped performing with his previous bands, he began performing on his own, sometimes accompanied by Michael Griffin on violin, and has released several CDs, including Sanctuary Sounds. Noggin is a slang term that means head. In U.S. television, Noggin is a television network for preschoolers; see Noggin (television). ...

External links

• Photo and story about Behead The Prophet, No Lord Shall Live
• Review of Behead The Prophet, No Lord Shall Live
• Poster for a show with Behead The Prophet, No Lord Shall Live, The Thrones, The Locust and others
• Two reviews and LP available at K records

See also

• List of hardcore punk bands
• List of Thrashcore bands
• List of musicians of Queercore