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Dallas TX, United States (1993 – present)
Three members of Columbia, South Carolina’s Antischism- Kevin Byrd, Scott Cooper and Lyz Mueller relocated to Dallas, Texas in 1993 after Antischism Broke up on tour in Canada in 1991. Forming Initial State with a new bassist, the band was short lived, playing a total of only four shows and recording and releasing only one record, Abort The Soul in 1994. Recorded at The Jam Room in Columbia, South Carolina by Jay Matheson, the record was originally released by Clearview records.
A continuation of the anarcho punk lyrical ideals of Antischism, the music evolved into a tighter, more focused attack of down-tuned guitars, experimental passages and technical drumming. The apocalyptic tone of the lyrics and down tuned, gloomy edge of the music presaged the Southern crust sound of the late 90’s by bands like His Hero Is Gone, Damad, From ashes Rise. After the dissolution of Initial State bassist Alan Mozingo played with the ska- horror band, The Independents. Kevin Byrd, Lyz Mueller and Alan Mozingo also recorded a project called .Fuckingcom that was released on 7” EP. Kevin Byrd transformed the Second line up of .Fuckingcom into Guyana Punch Line with In/Humanity Vocalist Chris Bickle taking over the vocals. This original Guyana Punch Line line up, sans Chris Bickle, Now performs as Thank God.Scott Cooper played in the early years of Savannah, Georgia’s Damad, as well as Karst and Chronicle A.D…
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gxferal wrote:
such an intense band. i wish they had released something more.
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WeSingSin1890 wrote:
they are so fucking underrated [2]
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SamShazam11 wrote:
nice n heavy...:)
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tr_lovepunk wrote:
This band is so amazing!
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NeroAsTheLife wrote:
Awesome stuff. I'm so glad i found them..music and lyrics are so good! The Antischism touch is pretty obvious and tasty! and taste good! ;D
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illusion_paw wrote:
This band is superior to Antischism.
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Marthefolia wrote:
:O me likes!!!!
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shakey_Jake wrote:
its not that surprising considering they only played 4 times
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TxusMx wrote:
they are so fucking underrated, omg, i cant believe it
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wolfunt wrote:
doesnt get much heavier than initial state. every song tears you apart. pagan prayer makes me forget to breathe.
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anarcho_atlatl wrote:
Damn, no love for Initial State? Sad. I only just got some of their stuff recently. They are so great. Better than Antischism, and that's saying something.
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vomitcursehate, white-feathers, forgeronmerlin and 3 other people added Initial State to their libraries. last week
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Beef_Doughnut tagged Initial State with ‘crust’. last month
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FrankieBosheit, lokilokust, Schander and 1 other person added Initial State to their libraries. December 2011
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WeSingSin1890 tagged Initial State with ‘crust punk’. August 2011
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WeSingSin1890, usernameblank, masochistchrist and 2 other people added Initial State to their libraries. August 2011
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LeftOpposition tagged Initial State with ‘crust’. April 2011
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XenoPtica tagged Initial State with post-hardcore, crust punk, punk and one other tag. April 2011
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NeroAsTheLife connected Initial State to the group The Underground Into The Underground. April 2011
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tone_of_triumph, vulcanervepinch and MarkoDontSurf added Initial State to their libraries. April 2011
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xGoatboyx tagged Initial State with fast and female fronted. March 2011
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