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The Suck is a virtually unknown South African hard rock band from the early ’70s. They released one very rare & mind-frying album, ‘Time To Suck’, in 1970. This is heavy 70’s rock with a real attitude, which is always remarkable in & of itself, but The Suck deserve special recognition for their rapacious rampage through a conservative South Africa in 1970. Suck enthusiasts will tell you that ‘Time To Suck’ is one of the loudest, most controversial, & most obnoxiously revolutionary fist-in-your-face rock albums of the early ’70s.

Inept and greedy management, lack of venues and airplay, the lack of funds, the bannings from several towns, the government and police restrictions, which had such a negative impact on rock music in general in South Africa at the time and the fact that they sometimes had to survive on barely one Rand a day each, left the band members very disillusioned, and they split at the end of 1970.

Suck’s versions of Grand Funk Railroad’s ‘Aimless Lady” and “Sin’s a Good Man’s Brother” are brilliantly messy. King Crimson would have been proud of Suck’s version of “21st Century Schizoid Man”, as would Donovan of his “Season of the Witch”. Colosseum’s “Elegy” is given an interesting angle and Deep Purple’s timeless “Into the Fire” is arguably the best track on the album. The band’s tentative steps into the world of blues/rock is pleasantly evident with their great version of Free’s “I’ll be Creeping”. As for their version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”… You had to see them live to capture the sheer power of their version of one of hard rock’s all-time classics!
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  • llyonz

    I like their cover of War Pigs more than the original.

    11 May 7:05pm Reply

  • limpicatto

    HOW DOES IT FEEL? SUCK SUCK SUCK!

    14 May 2012 Reply

  • MathianSim

    Where can it be acquired ???

    29 Apr 2012 Reply

  • iconan

    A spectacular mix, a magical whirlwind of sounds and colors, a pleasure that is renewed at every listening. -.-.-.-. om hari om .....

    7 Mar 2012 Reply

  • Beerkiss

    That drummer's insane.

    14 Dec 2011 Reply

  • IAINoodle

    the fuck is Freak?? that aint a Suck track, though it sucks rather so

    2 Oct 2011 Reply

  • bashlichev

    Amazing

    1 May 2011 Reply

  • crazydude1992

    Season of the Witch is fuckin' killer.

    30 Jan 2011 Reply

  • hindinburg

    YES!

    27 Dec 2010 Reply

  • J3_R

    \o

    24 Sep 2010 Reply

  • beerium

    the very essence of tight

    13 Aug 2010 Reply

  • Erton

    I've got this CD, it's actually quite cool, War Pigs and 21st Century Schizoid Man are really awesome, cover of Purple's "Into The Fire" is also good

    26 Jun 2010 Reply

  • RandyRhoadsRIP

    Great band !

    15 May 2010 Reply

  • Brulak

    Interesting hard rock album. If you like the heavier side of Freedom's Children ("That did it", for instance), you will enjoy this album, too. Actually, members of Freedom's Children were involved in the recordings.

    29 Apr 2010 Reply

  • storytellingnan

    decent

    25 Mar 2010 Reply

  • Sangreaal

    Love them

    6 Feb 2010 Reply

  • death_mania

    where can i get this album?!

    20 Dec 2009 Reply

  • mynameisjoehann

    good stuff war pigs and season of the witch covers are actually not bad dont hold a candle to the original though

    10 Dec 2009 Reply

  • IanCad

    this band sucks in a good way

    23 Nov 2009 Reply

  • jah79

    wow. i am a 29 year old south african and only recently discovered Suck and yet to meet a fellow south african who also knows them. awesome stuff.

    31 Aug 2009 Reply
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