Saturday, June 5, 2010

Wretched

Wretched were from Milan, Italy. They played sloppy, breakneck, political hardcore. They did a split with the fantastic Indigesti in 1982 and followed up with this EP in 1983 titled In Nome Del Loro Potere Tutto È Stato Fatto. They were fiercely active in Milan's anarchist scene residing in the Virus squat, hosting shows, and running their own Chaos Produzioni label. They embodied the DIY anarcho ethos in the '80s and made some noisy fucking music in the process. Non dimentichi mai Wretched.

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 5, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    Wretched are the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the term "International Hardcore". Just a fantastic band, taking the Discharge stlye to whole new noisy amped up level. Raw Power had the talent, Wretched had dogged determinism. I celebrate their entire catalogue....

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  2. AesopJune 5, 2010 at 2:02 AM

    well stated.

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  3. DougJune 5, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    awesome aesop, just awesome. this is, i think, their best release.

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  4. MartinJune 5, 2010 at 7:14 AM

    Thank you for posting this record; This is an amazing record. In terms of sound, but also in terms of aesthetics. I love the cover image; it embodies for me that negative political atmosphere of the Cold War, the Reagan era; all those news reels of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, the nuclear threat, the Reagan era, those military coups in Latin America, the Iranian Revolution etc...
    I found the original 7" in a flea market in London, and paid exactly 1 pound. lucky me...

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  5. V.June 5, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Wow... Carnivore just stole their album cover for Retaliation huh?

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  6. AesopJune 5, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    To be fair, it's a very famous photograph.

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  7. TMMJune 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM

    il 2 migliore Banda italiano Punk. .... la regola

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  8. GRK.June 6, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    One of the greatest drum intros ever on "Ti obbligano...".

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  9. idoJune 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM

    Have been wanting to check this out for a while. Thanks as always.

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  10. ChrisJune 7, 2010 at 6:06 PM

    Trying to avoid being a "fuckwit", so thanks for this and the Rollerball.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM

    Ah damn, someone said carnivore before me.

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  12. ChrisSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    Holy crap! Been looking for this for eons! (not very hard though.... )... I remember getting this when it came out and thoroughly digging it... Don't think I've heard this since '85...

    Thanks man!

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