Plague (USA)

Plague was an American Hardcore Punk band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, by Bob Sablack. They were part of the second wave of Punk Rock music and toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe.  The Plague started out in October 1982 as a three-person band. Bob Sablack recruited his cousin John Korosec of his previous band The Defnics on drums and Duke Snyder, the younger brother of his best friend who lived down the street, on bass, with himself on guitar and vocals. Influenced by bands such as Discharge and The Stooges, the three recorded an eight-song demo almost immediately. They played nearly every venue in Cleveland and Kent, and went through several vocalists before recruiting Mike Duncan of Agitated for vocals in 1985. That same year, they attempted to record their masterpiece, but showed up to the studio too drunk to play and did not record anything else for a while. Finally, in 1987, after much insistence from The Pagans' Mike Metoff, the Plague hit the studios, recording "Just Say No". The record got a glowing three-sentence review in Maximumrocknroll that would send them on their way to a European tour. Swedish record producer Stefan Wicklander heard the single and wanted to sign The Plague. They accepted, and Wicklander produced a split LP called Distortion Head with Swedish band Rövsvett (Ass Sweat), a tour promotion single "Unresting Place" and The Plague's full LP Chain Sawng Massacre. Additionally, the Plague and their fans are often credited with having introduced and popularized the slang term "sick," which has recently entered mainstream usage.

Just Say No EP (1987)

01 - Losing My Mind

02 - Unplanned By The System

03 - Rat In A Maze

04 - City Life

05 - The Pit

06 - Downtown

07 - Johnny's Brain

Chain Sawng Massacre (In Fear Of A Hardcore Planet) (1988)

01 - Choices

02 - It's A Wonderful Life

03 - Possession Problem

04 - Downtown

05 - Goon Squad

06 - The Mask

07 - Big Words

08 - Unresting Place

09 - Local Jerks

10 - Society Stinks

11 - Borderline

12 - Middle Age Abuse

13 - Powerplay

14 - Blackout

15 - Soviet Kabob

16 - To The Death

17 - Still Negative

Unresting Place EP (1989)

01 - Anarchy Song

02 - Alcohol

03 - Battle Zone

04 - Mad Day

05 - Nazi Submarine

Thumper (2008)

01 - Losing My Mind

02 - Unplanned By The System

03 - Rat In A Maze

04 - City Life

05 - The Pit

06 - Anarchy Song

07 - Alcohol

08 - Battle Zone

09 - Mad Day

10 - Nazi Submarine

11 - Hospital Song

12 - Quiz Master

13 - Choices

14 - It's A Wonderful Life

15 - Downtown

16 - Goon Squad

17 - The Mask

18 - Big Words

19 - Unresting Place

20 - Local Jerks

21 - Middle Age Abuse

22 - Power Play

23 - Blackout

24 - Soviet Kabob

25 - To The Death

26 - Stil Negative

27 - No Reason

28 - Suspense

29 - Butcher Dolly

30 - Smolder

31 - Normalcy

32 - Distortion Head

33 - We've Gone Mad

34 - Dream Within A Dream

Demo '82 (2012)

01 - Dream Within A Dream

02 - Goon Squad

03 - Crime Mind

04 - Ground Zero

05 - No Future

06 - Local Jerks

07 - Theme/I Can't Wait

08 - The Mask

09 - We Can't Win

Rövsvett & Plague

Sällan Studsar En Termos/Distortion Head (1988)

Rövsvett:

01 - Hyllning Till Boll-Mats

02 - Sjörövare & Cowboys

03 - Brio Min Brio

04 - Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara

05 - Sagan Om Orville

06 - Din Avbild

07 - Tok-Franz

08 - Fangad

09 - Toppstyrd

10 - Mos Med Gnu

11 - Stralskadad

12 - Ake UFO

Plague:

13 - No Future

14 - Goon Squad

15 - Distortion Head

16 - Facist Order

17 - Choices

18 - Hospital Song

19 - Crime

20 - Quizmaster

21 - Diseased

22 - Facist Order (Reprise)

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