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Tragedy is a modern hardcore punk band, originally from Memphis, Tennessee, but currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The band formed in 2000 and was born from the ashes of influential modern hardcore bands His Hero is Gone and Deathreat. Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ...
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His Hero is Gone-often abbreviated HHIG- was an influential Metal-Hardocore (?) band, from Memphis, Tennessee. ...
 From the insert to the band's first, self-titled LP on Tragedy Records (2000) Tragedy's music is characterized by its unrelenting, heavy hardcore punk sound, often punctuated by melodic interludes and downshifts in tempo. The band remains strongly aware of its roots but often takes the genre in newer, more innovative directions, pioneering a new breed of hardcore punk along with close friends and contemporaries From Ashes Rise, as well other bands residing in Portland and throughout the world. (See: Severed Head of State and Remains of the Day) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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From Ashes Rise was a modern hardcore punk or D-beat band related in sound to Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, and Deathreat. ...
Severed Head of State is a hardcore punk band located on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, with band members playing in other bands as WORLD BURNS TO DEATH, J CHURCH, Tragedy, War Cry, MURDER DISCO X. Members are Todd Burdette from His Hero Is Gone on guitar, Jack Conrow...
Though most of these bands maintain a progressive attitude as to the nature of their sound (Remains of the Day actually includes a violinist among its members), there is a staunch refusal to separate themselves categorically from their hardcore punk provenances. Tragedy draw from many various early hardcore punk bands as influences, most prominently in the vein of d-beat, ranging from Discharge themselves to Japanese d-beat groups such as Deathside. A violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ...
D-beat is a drum beat, specifically a fast rock beat unique to hardcore punk, especially in its UK and European variants. ...
Discharge is an influential United Kingdom UK 82 hardcore band. ...
Tragedy's first and subsequent albums have met with critical acclaim within the DIY hardcore community, and many see the band as at the forefront of a modern hardcore renaissance of sorts. Nevertheless, despite the band's cult following and near celebrity status among underground hardcore circles, they remain largely mysterious, refusing thus far to utilize the internet and including minimal information in album inserts. See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ...
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Members
Todd Burdette - Guitar/Vocals - Also of Deathreat and Severed Head of State, formerly of His Hero is Gone His Hero is Gone-often abbreviated HHIG- was an influential Metal-Hardocore (?) band, from Memphis, Tennessee. ...
Yannick Lorrain - Guitar - Formerly of His Hero is Gone and Union of Uranus
Billy Davis - Bass/Vocals - Also of Deathreat, Formerly of From Ashes Rise From Ashes Rise was a modern hardcore punk or D-beat band related in sound to Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, and Deathreat. ...
Paul Burdette - Drums - Also of Deathreat, Formerly of His Hero is Gone His Hero is Gone-often abbreviated HHIG- was an influential Metal-Hardocore (?) band, from Memphis, Tennessee. ...
Discography - Tragedy (2000) LP on Tragedy Records
- Tragedy (2001) LP European pressing on Skuld Releases
- Can We Call This Life? (2002) 7" on Tragedy Records
- Vengeance (2002) LP on Tragedy Records
- Vengeance (2003) LP European pressing on Skuld Releases
- Split 7" with Totalitär (2003) on Armageddon Label
- UK 2004 Tour 7" limited to 500 copies on Tragedy Records
- Nerve Damage LP (2006) on Tragedy Records
Totalitär is a Swedish hardcore punk band formed 1985 in Hudiksvall. ...
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Quotes - "...And they won't have to burn the books when no one reads them anyway." — The Point of No Return, Tragedy LP (2000)
- "You can run, you can hide, but never close your eyes!" — Revengeance, Vengeance LP (2002)
- "NO TRUCE. NO MERCY. NO SURRENDER. NO REST. NO MORE. THIS IS WAR." — Call To Arms, Vengeance LP (2002)
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