Biography
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Years Active
1986 – 1991 (5 years)
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Founded In
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States
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Members
- Dave Edwardson
- Strephon Taylor
Sacrilege B.C. was a teenage Bay Area thrash band that emerged in 1983 and disappeared just as they were gaining international attention. Their raw energy and D.I.Y. approach resulted in their premature burial and contributed to the aged quality of their music. The quintet was comprised of teen hellraisers out to have a good time and was too unbridled for the headbangers and too shredding for the punks. They were clearly unhindered by lofty musical career goals and credited beer twice on their debut LP.
The band initially consisted of Strephon Taylor on rapid-fire rasp and Tim Howell on the 6-string axe. They recorded two demos before Matt Filmore on drums, Gary Wendt on guitar, and Musashi "Moose" Lethridge on bass joined the line-up in 1984. "Moose" was later replaced by Sean Smithson for the 1986 'Party With God' recording.
The band unknowingly shared their name with another band, which prompted them to add "B.C." to assert their own identity. 'Party With God' is now being reissued and finally emerges from obscurity as an overlooked mid-80's classic and a raging thrashterpiece that delivers on the promise of TRUE metal/punk crossover.
'Azmeroth' opens the album and doesn't let up until 'Victimized'. 'Fun With Napalm' will have you stagediving off the kitchen table, and 'Skinned Alive' condemns cruel seal hunters to hell while kicking speed metal ass. 'Judge Death' is a blitzkrieg rant, 'Death Toll' has a scream-along gang chorus, and 'Crucified' is a moshpit-pleaser.
It's about time these forgotten grenades of adolescent aggression were reintroduced to a new generation. No one is safe from the shrapnel spray that is Sacrilege B.C.!
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