Death Metal
Ashford, Kent
Oct/Nov 1991 - 1995
Band Members
- Calvin Froud (vocals)
- Chris Ripley (guitar)
- Shane Hunn (bass)
- Mark Lane (drums)
Info
Innards played music that was a combination of raw Death Metal and Sabbath-influenced Doom with touches of old-school Hardcore. Perhaps the closest reference points are the more groove-based moments of Autopsy and Pungent Stench. In contrast to many Death Metal bands of the time, the lyrical content of their songs was more than just the usual images of death, blood and gore. Themes dealt with included homelessness ("Cardboard City"), politics ("Transparent Lies"), and general greed (erm, "Greed"), although "Mortified Carcass Mess" was a tongue-in-cheek homage to the Gore Metal genre of the likes of Carcass, Autopsy and Cannibal Corpse.
In addition to their own material, they occasionally covered Black Sabbath's "Into The Void", "Electric Funeral", "National Acrobat" and "Paranoid", Neon Christ's "Neon Christ", and Repulsion's "The Stench Of Burning Death".
Related Bands
- Tomorrow's Alcoholics - Chris
- Brendon Overdrive - Mark
- Dribblebus - Chris, Shane, Mark
- R.A.C.E. - Calvin
- Captain Mildred - Calvin
- Encephale - Mark
Recordings
- 1992 'Abdominal Congestion' demo
- 1994 'Greedmongers' demo
Unrecorded songs
Innards wrote and performed more songs than they recorded:
- Greed
- So Little Time
- No-one Is Superior
- Rat Catcher
- Sack Of Shit
- Hammered
- Icons Of Hate
- Instrumental
Gigs
- 18/01/92 - Ashford, County Hotel (supp. Creature Teacher )
- 23/05/92 - Ashford, County Hotel (+ Dog Ugly )
- ??/??/?? - Folkestone, Labour Hall (+ Headrust (pre-R.A.C.E. ))
- ??/??/?? - Margate, The Ship (Battle of the Bands including R.A.C.E. )
- 03/04/93 - Kingsnorth, Village Hall (+ Konkrete Gerbil)
- 24/04/93 - Folkestone, Bottoms (+ Ashes To Ashes)
- 14/07/93 - London, Walthamstow, Standard (supp. Konkrete Gerbil)
- 27/11/93 - Charing, The Swan Inn (supp. Mind Octopus )
- 27/01/95 - Uxbridge, The Swan + Bottle (supp. Our Haunted Kingdom + Dark Heresy + Carnis)
- 06/10/95 - Ashford, County Hotel (+ Social Misfits + Dog Ugly )