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THE BROTHERS DOOM -- THE "POLICE BASTARD" YEARS.

PIC(S) INFO: Part 1 of 2 -- Spotlight on guitarist Bri Doom & vocalist John Doom (Pete Nash is visible as well) of UK hardcore/crust punk band DOOM, performing live at Newcastle Riverside, c. 1987-'88. 📸: Scotty Hellkrusher.

CRUSHING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE EAST ON A WAVE OF HEAVY DIS-PUNK.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Japanese/ Samurai-themed merch design for UK crust punk band DOOM, made available during the band's 2017 Japanese tour. Artist unknown. UP THE HEAVY-CHARGED-DIS PUNKS!

MY SPIRIT ANIMALS WHEN I'M HAVING "ONE OF THOSE DAYS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on members of "Dismal"-era GRIEF -- Boston sludge/DOOM metal band, c. 1992-'93.

These shots are damn near impossible to find on the interweb, so, I figured the next best thing was to snap the pictures from the CD booklet itself, from my Fuck Yoga Records/Hellmilitia reissue of "Dismal" on CD, and which you should totally already own if you like slooow, heavy, fucked up sounds with a slight hardcore punk influence in Jeff Hayward's vocal delivery.

Tune Down, Stay Down, DOOM On!!

"DROWNING IN THE MAINSTREAM..." -- THE THIRD WAVE OF UK PUNK HAS BEEN UNLEASHED.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on incoming UK hardcore/ anarcho thrash/crusthrash/crust punk band, DOOM, playing their first ever gig at Walsall, UK, c. 1986. 📸: Andrew Giles.

EXTRA INFO: The American hardcore punk and earlier UK82 influences with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY hat and CHAOS UK tee also adds a nice touch to the picture. Is this Bri Doom, I wonder? Bassist Pete Nash?

NOTHING SHORT OF A DEVOUT STUDENT, PROPONENT OF THE RAW SWEDISH SOUND.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on guitarist Bri Doom of UK crust punk/heavy punk band DOOM, performing live sometime in the early to mid '90s, location & venue unknown. Note the TOTALITÄR sticker, barely visible on his guitar.

I WAS BORN A YEAR AND A DAY LATER -- A MOST IMPRESSIVE BILLING OF COMPLETE & UTTER UKHC.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on one of THE most definitive gig line-ups I've ever seen on any concert poster EVER -- "A Total Noise Festival" -- featuring UKHC bands CONCRETE SOX, DOOM, HELLBASTARD, SORE THROAT, ENERGETIC KRUSHER, and ARDCORE; all performing live on Sunday, September 25, 1988; Station Club, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

"...AND DECIDED TO GO IN A DISCHARGE-INFLUENCED, STRIPPED-DOWN, HARDCORE-PUNK STYLE THAT DOOM BECAME KNOWN FOR."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a "drummer wanted" ad by UK hardcore/crust punk band, DOOM, and who they ended up getting was none other than "Stick," c. late '80s.

ORIGIN: "DOOM began as THE SUBVERTERS (formerly RELIGIOUS VOMIT) with Bri Doom (guitar), Jon Pickering (bass/vocals) and Jason (Hog) Hodges (drums).

Around the time that Hog was replaced by new drummer, Mick Harris (NAPALM DEATH), the band changed its name to DOOM...

This line up played one or two gigs, playing in a crossover metal style, but Bri and Jon decided this wasn't the direction they wanted the band to move in as every other band was trying to "crossover" & Bri's guitar playing was somewhat limited (still is).

Consequently they left Harris and the metal style of music, and decided to go in a Discharge-influenced, stripped-down, hardcore punk-style that DOOM became known for.

Pickering dropped bass to concentrate on vocals and Pete Nash (A.G.L.) joined as bass player. "Stick," recently made band-less, joined after a very drunken meeting (hassle) at the infamous Mermaid Pub, this was when the "real" DOOM was formed."

-- DOOM CRUST PUNK (official website mini-bio)