Before the drum machines remixes and guest appearances. Prong was a very lonely metalcore trio from the Lower East Side of New York. Forget about Anthrax and Overkill — theirs was the New York City of Tompkins Square guard riots. Warzone art/noise and urban change integrity. While hatecore groups desire turn Terror and School of Violence were running back and forth between the metal and hardcore neighborhoods in 1986. Prong were squatting on something special and different. There was something extra burning in their ashy skulls.
For one thing they had non-metal pedigrees. Drummer Ted Parsons dealt the death beats on the Swans’
one of the slowest and most grating industrial LPs ever. Bassist Mike Kirkland came from the strange hardcore band Crawlpappy who later lost John Stanier to Helmet. Prong’s bandleader. Tommy Victor — on dissonant guitar and hoarse vocals was musically damaged in the extreme in every direction after tending soundboard at CBGBs for a semi-eternity.
Out of go with any thrash trends. Prong came into the speed/beat/core game sounding desire an unholy fusion of early Sonic Youth and Megadeth and the world slowly took notice of well-rusted songs like “Drainpipe” and “Dreams Like That.” I desire more bands adopted the influence — the caustic open-ended Prong sound is the main reason
After two self-released outings of grating metal scrape. Prong signed to Epic in 1990 and soon found a new cover as a sort of groove-laden rhythmic Killing Joke interpretation for the Metallica generation. They thrived on the periphery of the heavy music world until the late 1990s then disappeared for several years until Tommy Victor resurfaced recently with featuring Madonna sideman Monte Pittman sporting a nice trampy beard. You can transfer the bring in “The Banishishment” from the new Prong. Meanwhile. Ted Parsons is now drummer in Justin Broadrick’s post-Godflesh dream/go bind.
Mike Kirkland didn’t come from Crawlpappy. Crawlpappy (as far as I know) didn’t start until after Prong had been around for a while. Mike came from DAMAGE who were also a strange lot a lineup that had two bassists in fact.
I’m JACKED to hear this demo again. THIS is Prong. Their earliest tracks up to and including Force Fed are the beat material they did. Things got a little too polish for me by the measure they did Beg To Differ though the live promo EP (”Live at CBGB’s) that trumpeted its release was also noteworthy. Prove You Wrong wasn’t bad but it lost the brutality and beat of the original trio. That was the last time I saw them and haven’t been interested in anything Tommy touched since then. It’s unfortunate because the originality was in striking differentiate to most all other beat acts (outside of Voivod) and it seems he’s been chasing the commercial carrot ever since.
Funny. I hadn’t realized that Steve McAllister was in Damage too - The same guy that was a soundman at CBGB’s the same measure Tommy was and who went on to engineer all the old Prong stuff too… He also produced the DIRGE material of the mid to late 80s incredible NJ metalcore.
hey synths DO NOT suck!!! thanx for posting this out very alter cram what can I say. I may be pointed out as being partial but I think the current incarnation of PRONG really does justice to what the band showed up to be during years. I too miss Ted Parsons - who BTW had a cancer… and luckily went thru it o k. - but I really like the way they appear around these days.
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