G-ANX

Music:

Member Since: 3/25/2007
Band Website: austrinken.com/discographien/G-Anx/ganx.htm
Band Members: Putte - vocals, Steve - guitar, Hoccy - drums, Sonnerby / Hedda - bass
Influences: hardcore punkrock, roots reggae - rum, weed, coconut, banana, thunder, lightning.. neil young & black sabbath. pink floyd (steve) & abba (putte). kir, crass, conflict & the grindcore movement.
Sounds Like:
G-ANX - Flashbacks (Sound Pollution)
Ok, when it comes to f**king ripping Scandi-thrash from that crucial era of extreme hardcore (we're talking last half of the '80s), I am unable to think of a band that that was as awe-inspiringly epic sounding and progressive and capable of lobbing out some killer "what the f**k" moments as the almighty Swedish outfit G-ANX. The band was only around for 4 years and released a mere 4 7"s, eventually breaking up in 1991, but they left behind some of the most atmospheric ultrathrash I've ever heard that still stands up to the test today. While they were firmly entrenched in the extreme hardcore/grind scene, G-ANX were also not bashful about the fact that they dug Pink Floyd and reggae just as much as they were into blazing grind, and what materialized out of the dust of their eruptions was a whirlwind of hyperspeed HC destruction laced with lush, epic instrumental passages that almost sound like they came from an 80's horror movie soundtrack, as well as a hefty dose of 80's grade metal, weird funk riffs and infectious drumbeats, and even straight reggae ("Clouds Of Cancer"). It's those aforementioned atmospheric parts that have made G-ANX one of my favorite 80's HC outfits though; check out the awesome "In Harmony" for instance, where lush keyboards and piano mix with a moody guitar melody that simply seeps atmosphere, until the heavy crunchy guitars kick in and the synths get all triumphant and majestic - freaking awesome. Nobody sounded like these guys when they were around, but you can hear their influence on an entire generation of cello-toting, dreadlocked punks nowadays. The older jams are more straightforward, rabid blasts of hyperspeed hardcore, kinda along the lines of stuff like Totalitar, Heresy, and Anti-Cimex, but as time went on, they became more metallic and more enamoured of those lengthy epic instrumentals and using spacey effects on their instruments. Amazing stuff, super fierce yet evoking almost poetic visions of apocalypse; fans of adventurous crustcore would certainly want to hear G-ANX in action. This discography disc contains all of the bands recorded work from 1988 through 1993, and Flashbacks is all you need to dose up on some G-ANX, as this 1993 disc collects everything the band ever released, including their tracks from the split 7" with Filthy Christians, the Masterpeace 7", the Far Out 7", the Out Of Reach 7", compilation tracks, and two unreleased tracks.
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Record Label: Threat From the Past / Sound Pollution / E-berry
Type of Label: Indie