napalm death

Napalm Death is a band grindcore / death metal's most enduring, they are from Birmingham, England. At first the band was formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1981 [4] by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge, with the name of the band early Civil Defence.

Although other groups had previously played fast and aggressive music, Napalm Death is always on so-called definition of musical structure through a mixture of grindcore genre of post-punk, hardcore punk and metal, play an aggressive, fast tempos and vocals are deep and hoarse. This group uses the term "Grind" to describe the music they played with reference to post-punk band from the American Swans.

Now there is no more original members of Napalm Death left. Early history of this band is one of the rotation permanent members: the group no longer have the original members when they perform the second recording their debut album Scum in 1987.

Napalm Death entered into the category as the seventh best-selling death metal band in the U.S. by Nielsen Soundscan.

Background
Birmingham, England
Genre Hardcore punk
Crust punk
Grindcore
Death meta
Deathgrind

Years active 1981-present
Century Media recording company

Spitfire
Earache

Related to
Benediction
Carcass
Cathedral
Defecation

Extreme Noise Terror
Godflesh
Scorn
Terrorizer
Unseen Terror

Members
Mark "Barney" Greenway
Shane Embury
Mitch Harris
Danny Herrera
Former Members

Vowel
Nik Napalm (Nicholas Bullen) - (1981-1986)
Marian Williams - (1984)
Lee Dorrian - (1987-1989)
Phil Vane - (1996-1997)

Guitar
Si O (Simon Oppenheimer) - (1981-1982)
Daz F (Daryl 'Sid' Fideski) - (1982)
Grayhard (Graham "Robbo" Robertson) - (1982-1985) (change positions from bass to guitar)
Damien Errington - (1985)
Justin Broadrick - (1985-1986)
Frank Healy - (1987)
Bill Steer - (1987-1989)
Jesse Pintado - (1989-2004) (Died on August 27, 2006 due to liver malfunction)

Bass

Grayhard (Graham "Robbo" Robertson) - (1982)
Fin (Finbar Quinn) - (1983-1984)
P-Nut (Peter Shaw) - (1985)
Nik Napalm (Nicholas Bullen) - (1981, 1985-1986)
James (Jim) Whitley - (1986-1987)

Drum
Rat (Miles Ratledge) - (1982-1985)
Mick Harris - (1985-1991)