Corrosion of Conformity

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Corrosion of Conformity (COC) started as a hardcore punk band in 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina, with original members Reed Mullin on drums, Woody Weatherman on guitar and Mike Dean on bass and vocals. COC were pioneers of the crossover thrash genre in the 1980s. The seeds for Corrosion of Conformity were planted when a 15-year-old Woody Weatherman was taken by his father to a Black Flag concert. Inspired by the gig, he took up guitar after his father gave him an acoustic a few days later. Not being able to make enough noise with it, he traded it in immediately for a Gibson electric. A little while later, Woody met up with high school friend Reed Mullin (who had coincidentally just bought a drum kit) in the sixth grade. They formed a band called No Labels, later changing it to Corrosion of Conformity. In 1982 they started out as a hardcore punk band that played fast aggressive music with political messages. The were all heavily influenced by bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag, Bad Brains, Discharge and Black Sabbath. The band has received acclaim for being—along with Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I. and Cryptic Slaughter—one of the first to merge hardcore and metal where previously in the US, punkers and metalheads were notoriously archrivals.

COC recruited Mike Dean on bass and Eric Eycke on vocals and recorded 1983’s ‘Eye for an Eye’. Not long after, Eric Eycke left the band and COC continued on as a trio. Around 1985 they released the ‘Six Songs with Mike Singing’ LP and ‘Animosity’ with Mike Dean on vocals.

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GenesisRisen wrote:
Thursday morning

Their latest stuff is showing tendences to be just good old heavy metal (or souther metal as some would call it) along with the previous stoner metal/rock sound.

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6:00 wrote:
last month

I decided to listen to EYE FOR AN EYE earlier today and ended up slaloming through their entire '80s catalogue, even though the only release I really enjoy from that period is TECHNOCRACY (and to a lesser extent 6 SONGS...). And now I've moved on to BLIND, and figure I may as well just go all the way to the end now. Fuck, what an evolution these boys went through.

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tomtom6666 wrote:
last month

so good so what

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S1apSh0es wrote:
last month

How many genres has CoC dabbled in? Hardcore punk, crossover thrash, stoner metal, anything else?

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AdRock1 wrote:
last month

Boy, has THIS band changed since they started! I have Technocracy and Six Songs, and the contrast couldn't be sharper with what's on here. Although I ran into Mike Dean in SF in 1989, and he was a super-mellow, super-laid-back guy, so I can't say the move to "stoner" rock/metal is surprising. In fact at the time I had a hard time picturing him playing thrash...

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IV400ztolondon wrote:
last month

ALBATROSS is my ring tone sweet band "you can call me crazy"

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will_expert wrote:
last month

damn goths

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Antoni0 wrote:
last month

best stoner metal band..

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liquidphil wrote:
August 2008

EARLIEST LIVE FOOTAGE I'VE SEEN SO FAR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk3rlgFrL3w

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Peitzy wrote:
August 2008

nice!

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Qwot wrote:
August 2008

I love you Pepper.

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Antoni0 wrote:
August 2008

they still play don't they?

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grecoroman wrote:
July 2008

they should have many more listeners

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Antoni0 wrote:
July 2008

zippo is fucking awesome!

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schwamme wrote:
July 2008

am I the only one who thinks that song beginnings in Albatross and 13 Angels are very alike?! not that it would be a bad thing. those songs are great! I'm just curious..

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sx66gns wrote:
July 2008

Just the top of the heap of true American Rock , thanks for their contribution , it's much appreciated.

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LucSulla wrote:
July 2008

Listening to Never Turns to More right now through studio monitors cranked to 11. Heavenly.

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KREANR wrote:
July 2008

Simply the best

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duut wrote:
July 2008

help me wiseblood help me clean my wounds

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dead_as_dreams wrote:
July 2008

why are CoC on my recs list? i know who they are dammit!

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