SIEGE
Grindcore • United States
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Coming from, but never actually being part of, the Boston hardcore scene, in 1984 Siege recorded a much-traded and widely bootlegged demo, "Drop Dead", which became one of the most influential recordings of the fledgling grindcore sound.
Kurt Habelt, Henry McNamee, and Rob Williams formed what was to become Siege around 1981. The three youngsters from Weymouth, Massachusetts didn't really solidify until they recruited ska band saxophonist Kevin Mahoney on vocals in 1983.
The band played furious music at breakneck speed and pioneered a new style of brutal and nihilistic hardcore which would later become grindcore. In 1984, Siege went into Radiobeat studios to record a demo with Lou Giordano. The tape made its way through the hardcore punk underground, and clearly made an impression on Pushead for one, who included Siege on his seminal 1985 compilation "Cleanse the Bacteria". The three songs on this record were to be the
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