Death to Capitalist Hardcore

Death to Capitalist Hardcore is an EP by English grindcore band Sore Throat. It was originally released on 7" vinyl by Acid Rain Records in early 1988 to a pressing of 1000 copies, and has been bootlegged multiple times since. The cover artwork depicts a suited man being impaled on a spike, clutching what appears to be a record by Texan hardcore/crossover band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles who, at the time, were enjoying a brief period of commercial success.

The album is an example of micro-songs, with an average song length of less than 20 seconds. Also of note are the several songs attacking other bands, including the shortest (5 second) Fungicidal Tendencies, targeted at Suicidal Tendencies.

Background
Drummer Nicholas Royles said of the experience: The second time we all met up as a band we recorded the first 7”. Some local friends including Johnny who already had Deaf Records, had formed a record collective and wanted to release Sore Throat as the first record. Again we hadn’t practiced and met up at Lion Studios in Leeds to record the debut EP. The big surprise to me was that the drum kit had been set up on the floor below the recording studio. Previously we had observed each other when to stop start or finish a song. Now that was impossible. We had to shout down microphones the lengths and speed of each song as we recorded and you had to guess when they would end. Fairly ridiculous really but spontaneous blasts of noise was the result. Out of time and out of tune. Also not helped by the fact that I had not really played drums a long time and couldn’t really play them at all. To my ears it all sounds quite horrendous. Still does today.

Personnel

 * Sore Throat
 * Rich "Militia" Walker (Rawhead Rex) - Vocals, Lyrics, Layout


 * Brian "Bri" Talbot (Rancid Trout) - Guitar, Lyrics


 * Jon "Doom" Pickering (Howard the Porpoise) - Bass, Lyrics


 * Nick Royles (Bilbo Baggins) - Drums, Lyrics

Additional screams by Hammy Plank, Neil Stench Head & Russell Chud


 * Production
 * Guy Hatton - engineering


 * Clown - Front cover artwork


 * Chris Quarthon - Front cover logo


 * Russell Snell - Back cover drawing