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Calling the Proletariat a hardcore band is a big stretch, at least if you’re talking about hardcore as a musical style. While the other Boston bands were defining a local sound based on speed and brutality, the Proletariat were melding the styles of their heroes the Sex Pistols and Gang of Four to create sparse, edgy, but always hyper-aggressive melodic punk rock.
Although they had no experience when they formed in southeastern Massachusettes in 1980, by 1981 they were already terrorizing New England with obscene Pistols’ covers and their own developing tunes. In ‘81 they put out a 7-song demo tape called Distortion which became popular with critics and college DJs. Some of these songs would end up on their first LP, but only after the Proles were introduced to a wider hardcore audience through the seminal compilations This is Boston, Not L.A. and Unsafe at Any Speed put out by Modern Method. Although lyrically and musically they had little in common with bands like Gang Green and Jerry’s Kids, the Proles had the same raging intensity; this was no small feat for a band that never accelerated beyond a driving, mid-tempo dirge.
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Featured Tracks
| FULL TRACK No Real Hope- Prelude | 2:37 |
| FULL TRACK The Guns Are Whining | 3:39 |
| FULL TRACK Choice | 2:14 |
| FULL TRACK It's More Than Soil | 2:13 |
| FULL TRACK Piecework | 3:33 |
| FULL TRACK No Real Hope | 1:54 |
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bertramboso wrote:
http://drugpunk.blogspot.com/2011/08/proletariat-marketplace-7-1985.html
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FilupLees wrote:
They're one of my favorites in the comp.
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garyxia wrote:
if this band wasnt on 'This is Boston', that comp would have been perfect.
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hedgecore87 wrote:
Proletariat lyrics: http://www.theproletariat.com/prolelyrics.htm
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Infernensis wrote:
Definitely not my taste politically but a great band nonetheless, one I've listened to for years.
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sakurabunny wrote:
You'd think these guys were British.
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AdRock1 wrote:
YEAH! Full tracks on Last, at last!
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section5 wrote:
after the rise -> gret song
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gerard_d wrote:
Extremely underrated, people need to listen to 'An Uneasy Peace'
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RATTTHEPUNK wrote:
when i first heard options, shit i listened to itt over and over again. such a sick song
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Z3Lasher wrote:
I can't find the lyrics for these guys anywhere on the net, anyone know?
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AdRock1 wrote:
Great band -- moving.
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Msterbeau wrote:
Damn these guys are hard to find... Listened to them back in the day.
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theotherwindow wrote:
I'm hooked.
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Blitzkid wrote:
amazing
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