The Locust

The Locust is an American grindcore band. It is regarded as the founder of subgenres Electro Grind.

History

The group was founded in 1995 in San Diego by members of hardcore bands Struggle and Swing Kids. The aim of the group was to go beyond the limits of Grindcore, its barely more than a minute long title they mixed with keyboards. After various line-up changes, the debut album The Locust, on which the group 20 songs offered in just 13 minutes appeared. The first edition in 1998 as a record in an edition of 2,000 copies was sold out within a week. In 1999 followed the publication on CD, 20,000 sold this time. After this unexpected success, the band waited 2000 with a double single called Well I'll Be a Monkey 's Uncle, the remixes of various songs of the group contained in the style of drum and bass. Had left the band since 2001 David Astor, she is active as a quartet in the same occupation. It was followed by a record deal with the renowned independent label ANTI- Records and the studio albums Plague Soundscapes (2003) and New Erections (2007).

The Locust boycotted venues that belong to Clear Channel Communications. For Justin Pearson, the company represents the right-wing conservative wing and is a multinational corporation in its view not genuinely interested in music, in addition to Clear Channel have been engaged in the last presidential election as a supporter of George W. Bush.

Style and Image

The group is known for song titles that seem to make no sense and for their black humor. Details of bassist Justin Pearson According to behind these " witty song titles " and " political overtones " are. Musically, The Locust leave the boundaries of grindcore, by enriching their music with electronic instruments. Pearson commented: "We see Napalm Death ... class, but Scum was just already written, why should we do it again? " The group occurs in bright green hot pants and network masks, the sound is referred to as aggressive and biting. The stages uniforms express the fact that this is not an ordinary band at The Locust for Pearson.

Discography

• The Locust (Gold Standard Laboratories, 1998)
• Well I'll Be a Monkey 's Uncle (Double - Single, Gold Standard, 2000)
• Flight of the Wounded Locust (EP, Gold Standard, 2001)
• The Locust / Melt Banana (Split -EP, Gold Standard, 2002)
• Plague Soundscapes (ANTI- Records, 2003)
• Safety Second, Body Last (Single, Radio Surgery, 2005)
• New Erections (ANTI- Records, 2007)
• The Peel Sessions ( Radiosurgery, 2010)
• Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs ( ANTI- Records, 2012)