Spazz were an influential American
powerviolence band. They played a fast and heavy style of
hardcore punk that, along with contemporaries like
Dropdead and
Charles Bronson, helped extend the underground legacy of
powerviolence well into the 1990s. Spazz bassist Chris Dodge's record label Slap a Ham was a fixture during the rapid rise and decline of powerviolence in the late 80's and early 90's, releasing very influential records by the likes of
Gasp,
Neanderthal,
No Comment,
Crossed Out,
Infest, etc. The label's Fiesta Grande was an annual powerviolence festival…
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