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Blockheads (French band)

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Genres
  
Grindcore

Genre
  
Grindcore

Members
  
Raphael Thiriet

Years active
  
1992–present

Origin
  
Nancy, France (1992)

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Website
  
blockheads-grindcore.fr

Past members
  
Ben (guitar) Xaxa (bass) Oli (drums) Pierre (guitar) Bruno (bass) Benoît (drums) Ludo (guitar) Payot (bass) Antoine (guitar)

Albums
  
Shapes of Misery, Human Parade, This World Is Dead, Last Tribes, From Womb to Genocide, Watch Out, Blind

Record labels
  
Relapse Records, Overcome Records, Bones Brigade, Blockheads Tribe

Similar
  
Mumakil, Inhumate, Nostromo, Benighted, Darkness Dynamite

Profiles

Blockheads are a French grindcore band.

Contents

Band history

Blockheads were formed in 1992 and released their first demo, Haaashaastaak, in 1993. In 1995 they released their first studio album, Last Tribes, and a further album, Watch Out, followed in 1998, after the band had experienced some line-up difficulties.

In 2000, Blockheads signed with Bones Brigade, a label which specialises in extreme music. Their first two albums were re-released together on Bones Brigade, under the title From Womb to Genocide. A third album was released in 2001 (Human Parade) and in the next few years, the band participated in numerous festivals, causing them to become known as an important grindcore band in the European extreme music scene.

In 2006, the band released the album Shapes of Misery, on Overcome Records.

During their career, the band has played concerts with such notable acts as Napalm Death, Nasum, Obituary, Entombed, Sick of it All, Carcass and Soulfly.

Current lineup

  • Erik - bass, vocals
  • Nico - drums, vocals
  • Fred - guitar, vocals
  • Xav - vocals
  • Past members

  • Raph - bass, vocals
  • Payot - bass, vocals
  • Oli - drums
  • Benoit - drums, vocals
  • Raph - guitar
  • Ben - guitar, vocals
  • Antoine - guitar, vocals
  • Ludo - guitar, vocals
  • Vero - vocals
  • Discography

  • Haaashaastaak demo (1993)
  • Last Tribes LP (1995, self-produced)
  • Blockheads/Mastic Scum split 7" with Mastic Scum (1997, Stuhlgang Records)
  • Watch Out LP (1998, self-produced)
  • From Womb to Genocide LP (2000, Bones Brigade)
  • Human Parade LP (2001, Bones Brigade)
  • Blockheads/Nostromo split with Nostromo (2002, Shogun Records)
  • Shapes of Misery LP (2006, Overcome Records)
  • The World is Dead LP (2013)
  • Songs

    Because of Me2013
    Follow the BombsThis World Is Dead · 2013
    All These DreamsThis World Is Dead · 2013

    References

    Blockheads (French band) Wikipedia