{"title":"Axe Grinder \/ War Plague","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"my-plague-queen-disease-split-single","title":"My Plague Queen \/ Disease (Split Single)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2017 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 22nd April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 29th April.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForming in 2008, War\/\/Plague have been one of the most dedicated and productive DIY punk bands for the last decade. With 10 releases to date for these veteran Minneapolis punks! War\/\/Plague combine elements of crust punk with a barrage of attacking drum hits, apocalyptic guitar riffs and vocals that are focused on the worlds horrors, self-centered materialism and shallow consumer garbage. Punk is protest!. Initially a metallic crust punk band formed 1985\/86 by Trev and Matt (members of Stone The Crowz) and Jel and Steve (both in The Proudhons). Their crust\/thrash style was influenced by Amebix, but has also been compared to both Motörhead and Venom. In 1987, after the Axegrinder - \u003ci\u003eGrind The Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, drummer Jel left and was replaced by Darryn for the Axegrinder - Live demo. The band then signed with Peaceville, off the back of their \u003ci\u003eSquat Tape\u003c\/i\u003e demo, where they released the track \u003ci\u003eWhere Evil Dwells\u003c\/i\u003e on the Various - A Vile Peace compilation, and then recorded \u003ci\u003eThe Rise Of The Serpent Men\u003c\/i\u003e. Axegrinder also contributed two tracks to the Vile Visions compilation VHS, \u003ci\u003eEvilution\u003c\/i\u003e and (new song) \u003ci\u003eRequi-Anthem\u003c\/i\u003e, both filmed at Queens Hall, Bradford, 1990, by which time Cliff Evans had joined the band. Axegrinder folded in 1991. While Evans formed death metal band Flesh. The other four members promptly formed Voivod-clones Wartech. In 2016 the band reformed and went into the studio to record ……\u003cbr\u003eSplit single with Uk’s Axegrinder with U.S Metal Punks War-Plague. First outing by 80’s Crust metal lords Axegrinder in over ten years Brand new album scheduled for 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Easy Action","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50495065522507,"sku":"1008634","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d7c7239b-f25e-49b8-a789-ec4408caddde_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727708958"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/axe-grinder-war-plague.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}