Asylum - Is This The Price?
Double click for enlarge

Is This The Price?

Label Demo Tapes Records ‎– tape012Demo Tapes Records ‎– TAPE012
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Stereo
Barcode 2090505150964
Country UK
Released 03 Dec 2021
Genre Rock
Style Punk, Noise, Thrash
Delivery time

In stock


In stock at our distributor, expected delivery within a few days.


This item is imported from Netherlands.

€14,99

Formed in 1981 by a crew of hardcore punx and skins from Stoke-on-Trent in the industrial Midlands of England, Asylum fully embraced the `Noise Not Music' rallying call. The missing link between Discharge and Japanese Noisecore, their sound is characterised by detuned ear-piercing distortion: buzzsaw guitars, fuzzed bass, charging drums and gargled vocals battle each other in a maelstrom of lo-fi production murk that reflects the bleak outlook of their lyrics. Only existing for a brief moment in time (playing a handful of mainly local gigs and releasing one demo tape and the occasional track on compilation tapes) and obscure even during their existence, Asylum were nonetheless influential, their '1,000 M.P.H. Hardcore Punk' inspiring other U.K. groups such as Skum Dribblurzzzz and Napalm Death. This release contains the 6 track demo 'Is This The Price?' which was originally released as a tape only EP on Retaliation Records. The tracks have been remastered and mark the first time Asylum have released anything on vinyl. "Asylum had an urgent intensity that surpassed other bands of the era: Death of Music - Birth of Noise."~Nic Bullen. This reissue comes with a 12 page booklet and repro of the original lyric insert.

1 Is This The Price? 0:56
2 Asylum 0:47
3 White Trash 0:52
4 Orders 0:58
5 Police Brutality 1:04
6 Death Or Glory 1:14
Bass [Machine Gun] – Skin
Drums [Sticks] – Bazzer
Guitar [Trash] – Slate
Lacquer Cut By – Greg
Layout [Cover Layout] – Kenpal
Layout [Cover Layout] – Mike Clarke
Layout [Cover Layout] – Yeap
Photography By – Paul May
Vocals [Mouth] – Beano
This release contains the 6 Track demo Is This The Price? Which was originally released as a tape only EP on Retaliation Records. The tracks have been remastered and mark the first time Asylum have released anything on vinyl.

This reissue comes with a 12 page booklet and repro of the original lyric insert.
Matrix / Runout (Side A) – TAPE 012 A NOISE NOT MUSIC [MPO logo]® 21237589
Matrix / Runout (Side B) – TAPE 012 B [MPO logo]® 21237588 THIS IS THE PRICE GREG@FT
119 PEOPLE
Have

24 PEOPLE
Want

6 PEOPLE
Rated 5.0 average
Share

Available formats

(0) Items
Items 0
Subtotal €0,00
To Top