Discharge - Decontrol (EP 1980) 01.Decontrol 00:00 02.It's No T.V. Sketch 02:35 03.Tomorrow Belongs To Us 04:09 hc/punk band formed 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire UK
That's me and my mate Wilf in the middle of that crowd, we were a pair of 14 year old punks and along with our mate Fletch we went to punk gigs every friday night in Derby. We saw the Damned, The Clash,UK Subs, Crass, Vibrators ,The Stranglers, Sham 69, Anti Pasti and god knows how many others before we left school. I moved away then and we lost touch but then thanks to the internet we made contact again and had a reunion 21 years after those mad days in 2001. Fletch was still a punk haha and Wilf was as mad as ever, we had the best time remembering the all those gigs we went to and the capers and scrapes we got into. And that was that, never seen those guys again since, crazy really.
@@wescooley34 I HAD A BICKERS JACKET WITH 11.OO STUDS ON IT WHEN I TOCK IT OF AND SET IT ON THE GROUND IT WAS FIT TO STAND UP ON IT'S OWN I AM THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND WHERE DOES TIME GO
@@iandarragh6437 tell me about it on My playlist in my dpd van is 90% all punk from discharge / disorder to vice squad quite a lot of early punk and every damned lp ever nothing will ever top that scene ever
Him getting off beat at the chorus of TV Sketch is the kind of thing that makes it raw and stand out. To this day I still believe the opening riff to be one of the toughest, heaviest most grimey and guttural riffs in their catalog.
First band I ever saw live Victoria hall Hanley Stoke on Trent on the same Bill the Ruts and the Damned, utterly unforgettable it’s still part of the marrow that makes up my bones.... oh yeah the price £3.00
I was born in 73 and into punk and hardcore by 87 but just heard this first in 2020 amongst the pandemic of carona virus!!!, crazy pertect your self!!!
This is the ep that made me start a band when I was 14 in 1980. We went to the local pawn shop, decided what instruments we would play and practiced 3 chords of wonderful liberating musical violence. Oh the power....almost too much for a young teen living with mum and dad back then. It was like a secret culture, people hated us yet we recognised each other anywhere in the world.
I remember buying this from Round Ear Records in Monmouth in 1980. I took it home, sat and stared at the cover for ages, played it over and over. Truly incredible.
@@philtonge7522 Do you remember the bloke who ran it - John Willicombe? The best times were when there was a mini arcade of 4 or 5 games in there; played so many classics in there: asteroids, donkey kong, frogger, missile command. Amazing days.
@@Arcadelife1 Indeed! How could I forget John? A lovely bloke who, like Sister Sledge, was 'Lost in Music'. Not a music snob, had the John Peel attitude of, "All is welcome here". Even tho' he had a hand-written note sellotaped on the counter that said "WE DON'T SELL DISCO!". I think it was his wife who co-served there and I remember her reaction when I'd got my first pay packet (from Beechams in Coleford) and bought a stack of albums. "I love it when you guys get proper jobs". So many great stories from that place, e.g. when 'Strawberries' by The Damned came out and the first pressing had a strawberry scented scratch and sniff lyric sheet with it and stank out the shop! Or John's massive under-the-counter bootleg collection. Happy days. I think when he turned the Monmouth shop into a VHS emporium it all went downhill, which was a shame. I think I nearly burst into tears when it shut. But as the Kinks/Kirsty McColl sang, "Thankyou for the days"...
Crazy but in 1980 this was the fastest you got. I mind sitting down by the Clyde and looking at it..got the train home and played it all day until I learnt it Such was the need for punk rock in the late 70's/early 89's.
BET THAT'S ONE GIG YOU'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN THEM HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HEAD BACK ON L O L 🤣 ☠ 🤪 ☠ 😜 👍 👍 👍 LONG LIVE PUNK IT'S HERE TO STAY KEEP POGOING 👍 ☠ 👍 ☠
Absolutely magnificent. Like others have said, this is angry, relevant and well, relevant. Got this one still sitting upstairs. Clay Records. Actually the 7" feels like heavy duty clay in your hands. A masterpiece. And yes, been shit on far too long. Great crackling upload. PLAY LOUD. Nice one.
I was coming up to aged 16 when this came out. Had been listening to lots of Clash and Damned . Put 'Decontrol' on in my bedroom, loud.......mum literally called the police there and then, it was great!
I saw them a few times back then in Manchester and it was just righteous fury-mental gigs ! I rarely play my old punk stuff now but Decontrol,Big Black's Kerosene and Magazine's Shot by both sides occasionally get a listen.Some tunes don't date.
It's a little known fact, but was often whispered in political circles at the time, that Britain would never have taken Germany at Dunkirk or indeed won the Second World War without the regiments of Stoke-on-Trent. As soldiers they were totally calm, fearless and brilliantly strategic as well.
That's me and my mate Wilf in the middle of that crowd, we were a pair of 14 year old punks and along with our mate Fletch we went to punk gigs every friday night in Derby. We saw the Damned, The Clash,UK Subs, Crass, Vibrators ,The Stranglers, Sham 69, Anti Pasti and god knows how many others before we left school. I moved away then and we lost touch but then thanks to the internet we made contact again and had a reunion 21 years after those mad days in 2001. Fletch was still a punk haha and Wilf was as mad as ever, we had the best time remembering the all those gigs we went to and the capers and scrapes we got into. And that was that, never seen those guys again since, crazy really.
Listening to DISCHARGE has actually got me thru some very dark times with addiction and mental health
I'm an old man now and I wonder how this record still sets the standard for european hardcore. Discharge fucking rule! Even after this loooooong time!
Tracks been covered by so many bands & influenced many mate
"European hardcore". what the fk does that even mean? get a fkn grip ffs.
Because since the 1st day it has eaten into my brain u from there down into the soul.
You’re right Frank! Discharge fucking rule!!!!😀
🤘🤘
59 this yr and this band will always be me the original hardcore punk band 😎
I'LL DRINK 🍺 🍺 🍺 🍺 TO THAT I WISH THEY WERE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THEIR WILL NEVER BE A BAND TO MATCH OR BETTER THEM FROM NOW TO ETERNITY ☠👍🏻☠👍🏻☠👍🏻
@@iandarragh6437 i had the homemade replica jacket 😊
@@wescooley34 I HAD A BICKERS JACKET WITH 11.OO STUDS ON IT WHEN I TOCK IT OF AND SET IT ON THE GROUND IT WAS FIT TO STAND UP ON IT'S OWN I AM THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND WHERE DOES TIME GO
@@iandarragh6437 tell me about it on
My playlist in my dpd van is 90% all punk from discharge / disorder to vice squad quite a lot of early punk and every damned lp ever nothing will ever top that scene ever
Best punk band ever, so much passion and aggression. Cal's voice has never been rivaled. First riff I learnt to play. Great memories 👌
HE'S NOT THE SORT OF GUY YOU WANT TO GET ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MIGHTY DISCHARGE IN THEIR PRIME HARDCORE PUNK AT IT'S BEST
They had much more melody in the songs than I thought before . Decontrol has great lyrics when you know them
STate Control , MATE! 😎- it’s AWESOME
And when you don’t know them they are in a superposition of great and not great
@@maxcampbell8965 schrodinger's disrocker
Him getting off beat at the chorus of TV Sketch is the kind of thing that makes it raw and stand out. To this day I still believe the opening riff to be one of the toughest, heaviest most grimey and guttural riffs in their catalog.
Fucking hell DISCHARGE are still the most vital band ever & we're stll going thru the same old shit
Got it in my collection since it came out - i's a favourite
Say more u punk rock hardcore's.
No more ment.dam p o news I can't spell punk rock . Tully go mad ha poor .punx
@@robertedwards4102 stfu u metalhead ass git u cant even type
Timeless !!! Relevant today, as back then. As good now, as it was then. 👍😎
I was 11 or 10 when I first heard discharge I was into 999 the skids then I heard 'anit no feeble bastard' and it blew me away! Punk as fuck ......😅
54 yrs old now n still into disxharge same as when i was a nipper ,decontrol n aint no feeble bastard best two tracks in my humble opinion.
Excellent choices. Can I add Free Speech For The Dumb in at number 3?
2021 still here!
@@ky1725 same over here my friend :)))))
peyer keenan im 58 still listening, realities of war, and protest and survive for me
Ain't No Feeble Bastard and Always Restrictions, IMHO.........
First band I ever saw live Victoria hall Hanley Stoke on Trent on the same Bill the Ruts and the Damned, utterly unforgettable it’s still part of the marrow that makes up my bones.... oh yeah the price £3.00
Had this on vinyl back in the day, this band distilled pure raw energy and anger like nobody else imo
I was born in 73 and into punk and hardcore by 87 but just heard this first in 2020 amongst the pandemic of carona virus!!!, crazy pertect your self!!!
Thats so awesome dude! Take care of yourself too mate!
More relevant now than ever! Love this fucking band!!!
Saw them a few times in Manchester as a 14 yr old kid 80/81. Fucking good education 👍
This is the ep that made me start a band when I was 14 in 1980. We went to the local pawn shop, decided what instruments we would play and practiced 3 chords of wonderful liberating musical violence. Oh the power....almost too much for a young teen living with mum and dad back then. It was like a secret culture, people hated us yet we recognised each other anywhere in the world.
Saw them 1981 Bracknell Sports Centre Apocalypse Now Tour. Mind blowing ...
I can hardly imagine how brutal a track like "It's no tv sketch" must have sounded to punk kids back then.
It was fantastic, and it still is.
Tomorrow Belongs to Us is the epitome of punk.
@@adambailey7739 aint no feeble bastard
After the Clash doing rubbish like the much vaunted London Calling album it certainly was. Discharge were away ahead of anyone except possibly Crass
Still brutal as a kick in the teeth!!
I remember buying this from Round Ear Records in Monmouth in 1980. I took it home, sat and stared at the cover for ages, played it over and over. Truly incredible.
Used to adore Round Ear Records. Bought the first Cravats album there!
@@philtonge7522 Do you remember the bloke who ran it - John Willicombe? The best times were when there was a mini arcade of 4 or 5 games in there; played so many classics in there: asteroids, donkey kong, frogger, missile command. Amazing days.
@@Arcadelife1 Indeed! How could I forget John? A lovely bloke who, like Sister Sledge, was 'Lost in Music'. Not a music snob, had the John Peel attitude of, "All is welcome here". Even tho' he had a hand-written note sellotaped on the counter that said "WE DON'T SELL DISCO!". I think it was his wife who co-served there and I remember her reaction when I'd got my first pay packet (from Beechams in Coleford) and bought a stack of albums. "I love it when you guys get proper jobs". So many great stories from that place, e.g. when 'Strawberries' by The Damned came out and the first pressing had a strawberry scented scratch and sniff lyric sheet with it and stank out the shop! Or John's massive under-the-counter bootleg collection. Happy days. I think when he turned the Monmouth shop into a VHS emporium it all went downhill, which was a shame. I think I nearly burst into tears when it shut. But as the Kinks/Kirsty McColl sang, "Thankyou for the days"...
Bought Stations of the Crass from there!
I bought Demob No Room from there amongst others
I saw discharg in 1981... supporting the exploited in Cardiff...i was 15.. crazy times..
Just excellent, I used to play it over and over in '80, I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for Discharge!!
Same here!
Me either
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE DISCOVERED THEM NO BAND OF ANY GENRE WILL EVER BE BETTER EVER ☠ 👍🏻 ☠ 👍🏻
Was very lucky to see Discharge twice in one day. A matinee and a later show both sold out.
This record completes a trilogy of ep's released in 1980, a year in the life, and it is mean and ugly and brutal as hell!
Crazy but in 1980 this was the fastest you got. I mind sitting down by the Clyde and looking at it..got the train home and played it all day until I learnt it
Such was the need for punk rock in the late 70's/early 89's.
14 when I first heard this. Still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
This is real punk, God save you, Thank you so much
No gods here
Best single ever made. All categories all time
That"s my opinion.
so true these words 2021
Ha ha, I still think of this as the 'new one', god I'm getting old...
hahaha thats funny
me to
Saw them in Blackburn, Lancs in 1980 at age 14, blew my head off, still thrilling.
A VERY NICE WAY 2 GET YOUR HEAD BLEW OFF HOW DID U GET IT BACK ON L O L HARDCORE PUNK THE WAY IT SHOULD B KEEP POGOING
BET THAT'S ONE GIG YOU'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN THEM HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HEAD BACK ON L O L 🤣 ☠ 🤪 ☠ 😜 👍 👍 👍 LONG LIVE PUNK IT'S HERE TO STAY KEEP POGOING 👍 ☠ 👍 ☠
One of the best bands I ever seen
Duck yeah dude the best
True and still playing .
Yespnukto. True. Good
Shit and more shit
LUCKY
i did my homework to this...nowadays everything is subtley censored radio stations play none confrontational music
1st listened to em.in late 1980...and i got infected..till today
Love it. I bought this when it came out. Nice one for sharing
Their lyrics mean much the same today as they did back then.
And always will!!
While some things are getting better in some aspects, a lot of the core problems haven't changed
P
Laalq
that's why I'm a 24 year old pissed off guy and listening to this. Hardcore and grindcore are the future of extreme music
Respectfully, what are the problems?
i still have my old 7" and played it recently........ one of the bands that live i will never forget........
Love, love, love this 💕 -one of my fave songs ever
Still just as relevant in modern America as it was 30 years ago
Especially during the Obama era
And it will always be relevant as we've been under control for thousands of years! DECONTROL YOURSELF NOW!!!
Especially during this trump fiasco.. What an asshole.
@@thetruth3651 Trump was the best thing to happen to You guys Soy boy
@@dodgersfan7096 Shut up you nasty Nazi
History
Still have the ep and still listen 2019 🤗
brought this when it first came out still love it
Influenced so many hardcore bands aswell as metal . Sheer class .
Me owd mate Mart, at college made the sleeve fer this single....!
Superb...
Released in 1980!! Nice! Misfits were told to slow it down during studio recordings. I always thought that was wonderful.
Absolutely magnificent. Like others have said, this is angry, relevant and well, relevant. Got this one still sitting upstairs. Clay Records. Actually the 7" feels like heavy duty clay in your hands. A masterpiece. And yes, been shit on far too long. Great crackling upload. PLAY LOUD. Nice one.
I use to listen to them when I was a teenager 😊
Epic single from an epic band - end of.
I was coming up to aged 16 when this came out. Had been listening to lots of Clash and Damned . Put 'Decontrol' on in my bedroom, loud.......mum literally called the police there and then, it was great!
All of my youth until present times
🤘😎
brilliant simply the best
great fucking record this band influnced alottttt of people
first time i saw a blue mohawk when i was a kid in the 80's was at their show.
Just one?
holy shit ...:/ I cant believe anyone kept a copy of this long enough to upload it
My favorite Discharge album.
THIS IS AN EP
Takes me back
Best discharge release
immer wider geil!
Esse é o verdadeiro SOM DOS DEUSES!
Im on the front single pic of decontrol at derby ajanta club .Bob the punk from Burton on trent.
I played in a punk band & we did a gig in burton on trent 1982.. we played on the same bill as a burton on trent band called 'abhor'..
Do you remember a band from burton on trent called 'abhor'?
Derby Ajanta. Now, that's a name I`ve not heard of in a long time. I saw UK Subs/ Anti-Pasti there. Great show!
which one are you Bob!? :)
@@marcusrogers6917 were did you play .
1980 baby! I was 18. Times were a changing
Cool luv it :)
Decontrol ,Decontrol, we've been shit on far to long.
O yes au LL Liv we s
🤘🏼 😎🤘🏼
Discharge is everything
Great song
Seeing them live in April😎
Driving down yonge street in VANDURA..Roddy at the wheels
Youthful gesture with no care BUT KNOWLEDGE 🖤🇨🇦
I like that the bass is just as audible as the guitar.
deth in june is nazi trash for idiot losers
changed my life
masterpiece
What a band one of my favourites after the Pistols era...🤪
There the best local stoke band sen them lots of times .First was at stoke they were supporting the Ruts and the Dammed.
Excellent
Still have the 45!!!!
o memories best song and times o my life
i fkn love uk punk
first hard core punk song first time heard it so fast haha
CLASSIC !!
Nunca ha de morir el Dis!
Love iiiiiiiiiit
I saw them a few times back then in Manchester and it was just righteous fury-mental gigs ! I rarely play my old punk stuff now but Decontrol,Big Black's Kerosene and Magazine's Shot by both sides occasionally get a listen.Some tunes don't date.
Especially Shot By Both Sides, utter, utter class still.
its so fucking sick , weve been shit on far to long Decontrol ..
Punk"s not dead !
Legends
Este punk suena igual de actual , como igual los problemas que nos trae el estado
There's a vinyl out there..
1980-1986..
I think it's their first 4 EP's..Oh.. How I want it..👊
Pioneiros....e únicos.
Influence of thrash death and black metal bands! Great band!
Also the classic Swedish death metal bands, grindcore bands, and the entire genres of d-beat and crust punk!
@@Sergio-nb4hj do you know a proto death metal song by them?
decontrol a proto death metal song?
I remember when this came out. It reminds me of the L.A. punk scene 78-81for me.
THE BEST EP
wot a great band!
Got an Og press of this on vinyl
I bought this when it first came out at toxic shock records in Pomona ca.
husky500cr no you didnt
@@patswayze7359 how do you know
when music was raw and brilliant with a meaningful message - NOW WE GOT SIMON FUCKING COWELL!!!!!
La mejor banda de la historia
100% best true punk band ever....
My work inspired by this.
It's a little known fact, but was often whispered in political circles at the time, that Britain would never have taken Germany at Dunkirk or indeed won the Second World War without the regiments of Stoke-on-Trent. As soldiers they were totally calm, fearless and brilliantly strategic as well.
Any links to read about that , sounds interesting.?
Never heard that....so a link would be helpful
I think he might be joking, cause of how Discharge lyrics are almost always about anti war
showed the world how simple riffs and playing can create brilliant music