Years active 1989-1993 Associated acts One Way, Vegan Reich Record label Victory Records | Labels Hardline, Victory Active until 1993 Genres Hardcore punk, Metalcore | |
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Origin Tennessee, United States (1989) Members Chad Cathy, Jason VanAuken, Mark Whitlock, Steve Capehart, Steve Lovitt Albums Our Division, Above the Law, Hands Off The Animals, Words of War | ||
Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge hardcore band that formed after the break-up of the Christian hardcore band One Way.
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History
Along with the Californian band Vegan Reich and the English band, Statement, Raid helped pioneer the Vegan straight edge movement and the Hardline lifestyle and ideology.
Their lyrics strongly expressed of their stance against drugs, alcohol, abortion, sexism and racism, and for animal liberation and radical ecology. Their output started as fairly conventional hardcore punk, which gradually evolved to incorporate elements of heavy metal and they effectively became spokesmen for the Hardline movement.
In 1989, they self-released a demo tape and this led to a seven-inch EP called Words of War a year later through Vegan Reich's own label, Hardline Records. The band split as they moved away from the straight edge lifestyle, but not before recording one last session. The recordings were released by Hardline Records as the posthumous Above The Law LP and CD in 1994. This was later re-released in 1995 by Victory Records as the Hands off The Animals CD.
Songs
Under the AxAbove the Law · 1992
StepanakertOur Division · 2016
Unsilent MinorityAbove the Law · 1992