GAUNT (sloooow Anarcho-Crust)

GAUNT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AS A RESULT OF YEARS OF FRUSTRATION REGARDING THE ANARCHO/CRUST SCENE AND MANY DISAPPOINTMENTS UPON FINDING THAT WHILE MOST BANDS ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS REGARDING WHAT THEY PREACH, ONLY A FEW MAKE COMPARABLE EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO PRACTICE. INITIALLY, WE SET OUT TO MAKE MUSIC IN A MUCH SLOWER VEIN THAN MOST OF OUR COUNTERPARTS, THUS CONDEMNING OURSELVES TO FOREVER BEING TOLD THAT WHAT WE PLAY IS "TOO SLOW" OR AS A RESULT OF THE SQUEALING FEEDBACK WE ACTUALLY ENJOY, BEING TOLD WE ARE "TOO NOISY". WE, OF COURSE, EXPECTED SUCH REACTIONS AND HAVE NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF STICKING TO ANY FORMULA LAID OUT BY ANYONE. WE HOPE THAT BY PLAYING THIS TYPE OF MUSIC WITHIN THE ANARCHO/CRUST SCENE, THAT WE WILL MAYBE OPEN A FEW PEOPLES MINDS REGARDING WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO WITHIN THE "RULES" OF THE SCENE. IT ALSO WASN'T IN OUR PLANS TO PISS PEOPLE OFF EITHER. WE SIMPLY SET OUT TO SHAKE SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SELF ENFORCED SLUMBER AND HOPEFULLY REALISE THAT BY SETTING THE "RULES" THEY HAVE PLACED UPON THEMSELVES, US AND YOU HAS US ALL CAGED. THIS STOPS US FROM EVER BEING A THREAT TO OUR CAPTORS. WHILE WE PLAY "PUNK POLITICS" AT THE WEEKEND AFTER A HARD WEEKS WORK, OUR BOSSES, THE RICH AND THE POLITICIANS ARE LAUGHING AT OUR INEPTITUDE. THEY ARE QUITE HAPPY FOR US TO BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN BOXES AND SQUABBLING AMONGST OURSELVES AS THEY LIVE OFF OF OUR SWEAT AND DINE UPON THE CARCASSES OF THE UNDERCLASS. WE THINK THIS SCENE IS WORTH MORE THAN THAT AND WE APPLAUD EVERY OTHER BAND WHO TAKES A STAND LYRICALLY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITHIN THEIR OWN LIVES. WHEN WE FORMED WE ASPIRED TO A STANDARD PREVIOUSLY SET BY BANDS SUCH AS CRASS, RUDIMENTARY PENI, AMEBIX AND OI POLLOI. WE ARE A D.I.Y. BAND AND ALWAYS WILL BE A D.I.Y. BAND. "NO GODS NO MASTERS!". OUR ORIGINAL LINE UP SADLY DIDN'T LAST AS LONG AS WE HAD HOPED BUT OUR CURRENT MEMBERS ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE AND WE EXPECT TO BE PLAYING SOME GIGS AS SOON AS WE CAN. SO ANYBODY INTERESTED IN PUTTING US ON SOMEWHERE/ANYWHERE JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL COME AND PLAY. WE HOPE TO HAVE A NEW DEMO RECORDED VERY VERY SOON. AS SOON AS IT'S RECORDED WE'LL PUT THE NEW SONGS ON HERE. ANYWAY, HERE'S TO THE NEXT FEW YEARS OF ANARCHO-DOOM AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE GIGS.