Assück was an anti-capitalist and anarchist grindcore and deathgrind band from Saint Petersburg Florida, active from 1987 to 1998. The band proved influential,[1] with their album Anticapital (1992) voted number 4 in the Terrorizer list of their top 20 US grindcore albums, who described it as a "low-calibre battery of brooding, malicious, doom-ridden grind pitched somewhere between early Napalm Death and even earlier Bolt Thrower".[3] According to journalist Greg Pratt, "Assück were an incredible band with probably metal's best drummer [Rob Proctor], although no one ever mentions his name. They combined shockingly well-written poetic and political lyrics with catchy songs, insane musicianship and a short-fast-loud brutality that no one has topped since."[5] Writing for Maximumrockandroll, Felix von Havoc describes the political punk and metal roots of this band, stating "Assuck managed to combine the anger, fury and social commentary of a punk band with the musicianship and production quality of a Death Metal band."[4]
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Members
Last known line-up
- Steve Heritage ([[guitar]]/[[singing|vocals]])
- Jason Crittendon (bass)
- Rob Proctor ([[drum kit|drums]])
Former members
- Daryl Kahan (vocals)
- Dave "Spinach" Malinksky (vocals)
- [[Paul Pavlovich]] (vocals)
- Pete Jay (bass)
- Steve Kosiba ([[bass guitar|bass]])
Discography
- ''Necrosalvation'' EP (No System, 1989)
- ''Born Backwards'' (demo, 1989)
- Split 7" with [[Old Lady Drivers]] (No System, 1990)
- ''Blindspot'' 7" EP (Schematics, 1992)
- ''Anticapital'' (Sound Pollution, 1992)
- ''State to State'' EP (SOA, 1993)
- ''Anticapital/Blindspot/+3'' compilation (Sound Pollution, 1994)
- ''[[Misery Index (album)|Misery Index]]'' (Sound Pollution, 1997)
References
1. Assück biography @ MusicMighthttp://www.musicmight.com/artist/usa/st+petersburg/assuck
2. Allmusic.com review of Misery Indexhttp://www.allmusic.com/album/r307502
3. Hoare, James (March 2009). "Criminal Records: Essental Records|US", Terrorizer 181, p. 44.
4. Felix von Havoc, Maximum Rock'n'Roll No. 198. [1] Archived by Havoc Records. Access date: June 20, 2008.
5. Stewart-Panko, Kevin (March 2009). "US Grind", Terrorizer 181, p. 43.
