Minneapolis Show

Last night was the first Disembodied show in over 9 years. It was really fucking amazing. Originally our first show was supposed to be in Chicago for the Burning Fight Book but when Extreme Noise asked us to be a part of their Anniversary Shows we couldnt say no. So, we started practicing in either late October or November so that we wouldnt suck. It had been a VERY long time since we had played those songs. So after all of those months, the time had finally come. Our set was around 50 minutes, definately the longest set we had ever played. We had invited our friends Coalesce and Architect to play the show along with local band Frontier. It had to be an early show since it was all ages so that was kind of a bummer but it was still pretty rad. All the bands were fucking awesome, i somehow fucked up my knee while Coalesce was playing and all i was doing was standing on a stool. 

It was really good to be on stage with those guys again. We had a wall of cabinets on stage and it was fucking loud. The show went really fast. When we were practicing the set we thought, "holy fuck, this is gonna be a long set" and it didnt seem to be. it went really fast. BUT then comes bloodshed rain. Now, we had been giving shit to Aaron about puking all the time on the last tour that we did and sure enough, he delivered. I am posting the picture of our setlist after the show. You will see it looks slightly different from the one posted earlier by Jav.

Anyways, the show was awesome. We had so much fun and were so fucking excited for Chicago and California. We killed, we hope everyone had fun. We want to thank everyone who showed up, sang along, danced, travelled from out of state to see us. We wouldnt be playing any shows if it werent for you. Get ready for Chicago. Its going to fucking slay.

4.25.09

"Minneapolis hardcore band Disembodied made its name in the ’90s with a style of punk that crossed over into brutal black metal on albums like Existence In Suicide. Though inactive for a while now, the band is reforming for a couple of shows this year, including this one headlining a set celebrating the 15th anniversary of Lake Street punk record store Extreme Noise. Joining it is another of hardcore’s mid-’90s leading lights, Coalesce, which rocked with a pummeling ferocity that typified records like Give Them Rope and There Is Nothing New Under The Sun. Coalesce is currently on a resurgence also, with the band’s first new disc in 10 years, Ox, due in June."

Diablerie test press

it might seem odd, but 101 test presses were made for the Diablerie record. normal number of test presses for a record is 4-8. so why so many? my European contact, Stefan, had this to say...

"i talked and got this one from the guy who runs lifefore at this time (and until 2000). he says that they do so many testpresses for a show or festival to sell the first copies before the release date-the official lp's wouldnt be ready for this."

ive talked to the guy from Lifeforce myself, and i got the same story. further pressing info will come about the Diablerie, but for now enjoy some pics of the test press.

ps, Cheesegrater also owns a testpress. just sayin.

shirts

got an email from Stefan Heinz with pics of some of his shirts.
awesome!!!
keep 'em coming!

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Originally posted on Prime Directive blog, here's a piece I wrote about Disembodied:

Disembodied began in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995 and broke up in 2000. They released some EP's, a couple LP's, had a few songs on compilations, and did some touring - with Endeavor, One Eyed God Prophecy, Overcast and Shai Hulud among others.

They also had a monumental effect on the hardcore scene at the time. While they might tell you they wore their influences on their sleeve, most hardcore "kids" were oblivious to what those influences were. Disembodied were borrowing elements from certain metal bands, combining it with a hardcore background, and creating heavy, dark, and - most importantly for the future of metallic hardcore - seriously down-tuned music.

One of their first, if not the first, West Coast appearances was at Goleta Fest on July 19, 1996. Either through mailorder or when Justin [drums] had driven, alone, from Minnesota to California for Unbroken's last show in November 1995, a few copies of their "Existence In Suicide" CDep had reached California by this point - resulting in a palpable excitement for their set. This anticipation was somewhat shared by the band, although in a different form. As their bassist, Tara, told me: "I was fucking scared when we got there and they said we were playing last." My recollection is that she had nothing to be scared of as Disembodied absolutely slayed - even with their fill in singer. Again, according to Tara, "Aaron [regular singer] had either quit or got kicked out or both [so] Jodi from Chicago, the singer for [Everlast]" filled in. "We ended up leaving him in Boston on that tour and Justin finished the tour singing and Joel played drums."

Disembodied at Goleta Fest 1996:


3 days after Goleta Fest they played a church (!) on Orange & Cabrillo in Costa Mesa, CA with Enewetak, Endeavor, and Collapse. (Note: Immediately after this show ended, a group of us went directly to the Huntington Beach Library to see Texas Is The Reason & Gameface -- what a great combination of shows). Disembodied would return to Southern California a number of times over the next 4 years steadily becoming one of the largest out of town draws, especially at venues like the now defunct Showcase Theater in Corona, CA. After their break up in 2000 Joel [guitar], Tara [bass], and Justin [drums] formed Martyr A.D. who I had the honor of touring with a few times.

Goleta Fest

When we pulled up to the Fest and found out that we were playing last, we were pissed, nervous, scared, and confused. Why the fuck were we playing last? We had never been to California before, no one knew who we were, we felt like we really didn't fit into the show. We were scared that everyone was going to leave before we played. We asked and tried to fix it. We were so fucking freaked out, we were glad that we got there early enough to have time for it to sink in and get ready. 

It was getting close to the time we were supposed to play and of course we were all nervous. The stage looked huge, lots of people were there. It was scary. Joel was really nervous and had to shit all day. Of course the bathrooms were scary and flooded and if i remember correctly there either werent doors on the stalls or something like that. Joel used to get really nervous before we would play and always have to shit. So, i had to guard the door to the bathroom like 2 minutes before we were supposed to start. He HAD to shit so im keeping everyone out while hes shitting...

Then, we finally start playing and fuck, the stage is kinda bouncy and joel's head falls off of his cabinet, breaks my plug on my head. Shit like this always happened to us. Things always were a little off, something always had to happen to us. We fixed it, carried on and it was a great fucking show. 

We slept outside on the ground that night. It was a beautiful night. Then in the middle of the night, Joel wakes me up and has to shit. The doors to the club are locked so he has to walk like 4 blocks away to the gas station to go to the bathroom. That boy and his shitting. If you know him or us, or have toured with us, that is not anything new. We have had to stop in some weird places or just on the side of the road when he has to go to the bathroom. 

Anyways, that was a great weekend. Justin got his dick pierced in front of everyone. I don't know what he was thinking getting pierced there, it sure doesn't sound very sterile to me but I'm glad he still has his penis. 

-Tara