Desecration AZ

Some of the shows the band played during the 1984 - 1988 period...This seems pretty much forgotten these days. The 7" released in 1987 with the same title (ltd. to 1 000 with free live flexi) seems to pop up often enough but the 12" out in 1986, which is a different record altogether, has just about disappeared. It's a shame because this is certainly worth having. That 12" was their first release ever, limited to 500 copies. For sheer power the only band that comes close for the time is Infest. Like the Infest 12" this is a powerful and well produced record.This is what Pushead had to say about it in Thrasher Magazine, "Hailing from Mesa, Arizona, Desecration races quickly toward havoc with a speed surge that is raw and vocal and turbulently rushing at a split-second pace, calming only for breaks between songs. In the tradition of the hardcore band that put it all up front, furious with a zooming vigour and the desire to haul, Desecration spew forth a manic barrage of honest warfare in a musical sense that delights abrasively. Unrelenting thrusts of battering chords pounce upon your mind as Jack quickly tongues out some manifesto-ish, yet personal lyrics, and guitarist Dave strums the bombastic beat. The six songs on this 45 revolutions per minute 12" are enough to blow your stack. Especially with tracks like "Macho Man," "Who's in Control?" and the self titled "Desecration." Extreme jolters. Self produced and manufactured, this is a limited gem, a lot like that first Accused 12" with that chaotic quality as well. Truly a "Frash Delicate!"Discography :- 1994 -"West Coast power violence and more" 3 x 7"es boxset (bootleg)
w/ Dropdead, Crossed Out & Desecration AZ19 Tracks200 made (numbered on the back of the box), but I personally think, there’re much more copies floating around
note: all 7"es come with their own, cheap „covers"Song Titles:• Side 1.
1. Sit Back And Laugh
2. Nuclear Holocaust
3. N.I.A.
4. Who's in Control ?
5. Macho Man
• Side 2.
1. Neo Nazi Party Of Death
2. Desecration
3. In A Child's Eyes (new version)
4. Shared Feelings
5. Blind With Ignorance
Release Date : 1994
Format : 3 x 7"es boxset
- 1990 -"Manic Ears - The Histyrical Years '86-'90" is an international comp. released by Manic Ears (Ache 020) in 1990. It was released as an LP.The Desecration AZ song featured on here is "Nationalist Evolution" taken from the Split LP with SubverseSong Titles:• Side 1.
1. Chaos UK : Depression
2. Extreme Noise Terror : Murder, Show Us You Care
3. Civilised Society? : The Fairer Sex, White Whips / Black Flesh
4. Bad Beach : Beach Patrol
5. Ripcord : Ignorant, Defiance Of Power
6. Spermbirds : Playboy Subscriber
• Side 2.
1. Subverse : Hunger Pains, Religious Lies
2. Desecration AZ : Nationalist Evolution
3. Concrete Sox : Facts
4. Adversity : Religion for Sale
5. Transgression : Cold World, Final Conflict
6. Doctor And The Crippens : Pneumatic Geek, Braindead
7. Saw Throat : Indestroy Part 2
8. Sore Throat : Channel Zero Reality
Release Date : 1990
Format : LP
Catalog on Manic Ears : Ache 020
- 1989 -"North Atlantic Noise Attack" is an international comp. released by Manic Ears (Ache 017) in 1989. It was released as both an LP with bonus 12" and a CD.The Desecration AZ song featured on here is "Sit Back & Laugh"Song Titles:• Side 1.1. Ripcord : Boiling Point, Subliminal Decay, Poetic Justice
2. Intense Degree : Nervous Breakdown, Conform
3. Visions of Change : Under One Fist
4. Jailcell Recipes : S.H.C., Forced, Deep Down Inside
5. Civilised Society? : Alone on a Hill
• Side 2.1. Doctor and the Crippens : Zombies in Disneyland, Plaything, Blitzkrieg Bop, Bench
2. Extreme Noise Terror : Bullshit Propoganda
3. Heresy : Face up to It, Stand Proud,Too Soon to Judge
4. Napalm Death :Scum, Life, Retreat to Nowhere
5. Concrete Sox : Eminent Scum
• Side 3.1. Septic Death : Evolution Garden, Forest of the Megalomaniac
2. Transgression : Head in the Smoke, Final Conflict
• Side 4.1. Adversity : Look Beyond
2. Fear Itself : Living Hell
3. No Fraud : Changes
4. Desecration AZ : Sit Back and Laugh
Release Date : 1989
Format : LP+12" & CD
Catalog on Manic Ears : Ache 017
- 1988 -"Metal Gives Us A Headache" 7" comp.It's a nifty little compilation that was put out on Hippycore in 1988. "Metal Gives Us A Headache" features 6 politically aware tracks from some off the beaten track bands. Subvert and Desecration were from Arizona while Dead Silence were out of Colorado and Dissent were from South Dakota. The two "biggest" bands (for M.R.R. readers) were East Bay bands Cringer and Stikky. Each song is preceded with a heartfelt message from the band, some of which are kinda funny sounding now to my cynical ears. Like the other Hippycore records I've seen this comes with a nice insert.The Desecration AZ song featured on here is "In A Child's Eyes (new version)"1. Subvert : What Does It Mean?
2. Dissent : Abe Lincoln
3. Desecration AZ : In a Child's Eyes (new version)
4. Dead Silence : Sally
5. Cringer : Take Back the Night
6. Stikky: I Want to Hear Horns
Release Date : 1988
Format : 7"
Catalog on Hippycore : HIP 001
- 1987 -"Who's In Control?" 6-song 7" with free extra 4-track live flexi
songs are the same as on the 12" featured below
recorded July 15th & 16th, 1987 at Radical Records
comes with extra 4-track pink live flexi recorded on March 27th, 1987 at Oddfellows Hall, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.Jack also edited Mesa’s Hippycore fanzine around this time. Cover art by Morbid Mark, whose work I saw a lot thru the 90’s (Man Is The Bastard, Pink Turds In Space, etc).Release Date : 1987
Format : 7" EP with extra live flexi
Catalog on T.P.C. Recs : CASH 002 & CASH 002B
Subverse / Desecration AZ split LPSubverse
1. Chaos & Destruction
2. Give Us What We Want (Or We'll Slay Your Mamma)
3. Dictating
4. Inbred Subhuman Filth
5. What About the Children?
6. Hunger Pains
7. Drunk Song
8. Ded-Heads
9. 101%
10. Iconoclast
Desecration AZ1. Nationalist Evolution
2. In a Child's Eyes
3. Shared Feelings
4. Blind With Ignorance
5. Crimes of Society
6. Power Playground
7. Howdy Ho!
8. Each Other's Needs
9. Time to Grow Up
10. Ignorance Sells...
11. My Darling
12. We Got the Beat
Release Date : 1987
Format : Split LP
Catalog on Manic Ears Recs : ACHE 8
- 1986 -"Who's In Control?" classic 12" EP self-released in 1986 , featuring 6 tracks :1. Nuclear Holocaust
2. N.I.A.
3. Who's In Control ?
4. Macho Man
5. Neo Nazi Party Of Death
6. Desecration
- 1985 -"Damage By Decibels" demo recorded in october 1985 at Milanos East (engineered, mixed & produced by Randy Walker)1. It's Just Begun
2. Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)
3. Nothing's Free
4. Bureaucratic Nonsense
Thanks to Jack & Erik from Desecration AZ, John (Deathrasher 'zine), Mark (Uni-Force 'zine), Mickey (Threatening Society 'zine), John Scharpen (for the Berkeley pics), Dave Schaller (Last Option) for the Gilman St. flyer & Henri Myrkel for contribution & support.Hello to Joel (Unofficial Arizona roadie) & Wayne (Unofficial California groupie)

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