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SSD (Society System Decontrol) was a straight edge hardcore punk band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound. However the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as SSD.

Formed by songwriter/guitarist Al Barile (then a machinist at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts and a student at Northeastern University), SSD started performing at smaller venues throughout the greater Boston metropolitan area in the summer of 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense, charged performances and the provocative antics of their core group of followers, the Boston Crew.

The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa (David Spring) on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass and Chris Foley on drums. They released their debut LP The Kids Will Have Their Say on their own X-Claim label in 1982. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter and his Dischord label’s logo appeared on the back cover.

In 1983 they added second guitarist Francois Levesque and released the EP Get It Away. It is widely regarded to be their best record. The X-Claim pressings of it and The Kids Will Have Their Say are both highly collectable.

Like many hardcore bands - particularly those in the Boston area - SSD, as they were now officially called, were heading in a heavy metal direction. In 1984 they signed to the Boston label Modern Method and released the How We Rock EP which was rooted in the hardcore sound but exhibited overt heavy metal characteristics, such as a relatively high number of lengthy guitar solos.

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xVivsx wrote:
November 2009

крутые

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bnruo wrote:
November 2009

greatt

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xBlackJokerx wrote:
August 2009

крутые вообщем-то

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margararity wrote:
July 2009

epic

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szuldzik wrote:
June 2009

how to download it?

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xnapafasex wrote:
June 2009

THIS IS BOSTON!! BOSTON!! Wanna re-union i'd kill to be in 82 ((

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Ostap4ik wrote:
February 2009

лучшие....

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evonx wrote:
January 2009

this is how we rock! :-) whatever happened to the so called reunion?

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YU-GUNG wrote:
December 2008

this is Boston not L.A.

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omgtehcryptopsy wrote:
December 2008

unbelievably good music, it's too bad the guys who made it are too selfish and caught up in themselves to re-release it. the kids will... is definitely an all-time fuckin great

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Adam109 wrote:
December 2008

Get It Away 7" is where it's at.

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TylerASBTB wrote:
November 2008

Why is Kids Like Us and Carry On listed under similar artist to SS Decontrol? Ahahahahahaha.

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true_til_deaf wrote:
November 2008

http://www.howmuchartcanyoutake.com

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enricopollini wrote:
November 2008

HOW MUCH ART. CAN YOU TAKE.

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aaronWHAT wrote:
November 2008

SS Decontrol FTW.

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TheSocs wrote:
October 2008

god, what I would do to live back in the 80s at the beggining of the bost hardcore crew...

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franzbauer wrote:
August 2008

the early stuff is excellent !

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Brent_AXiS wrote:
August 2008

cancelled the ieperfest gig as well, i think their whole tour will be cancelled now...

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Brent_AXiS wrote:
August 2008

Ok, so whats the deal with their tour? They cancelled the gig in germany (rise & die fest)... Will they still perform at the rest of the shows?

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ick9192 wrote:
August 2008

And FxSxUx was born! All the 15 year old kids at their shows built the new Boston scene.

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