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RIGHTEOUS PIGS
1990 - Stress Related.
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August 25, 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: Stress Related.

The other Vegas brothel.

The city of sins, casinos, high-rise hotels and home of RIGHTEOUS PIGS. Not the first American grindcore act, as this title applies to Michigan Gods REPULSION, yet the PIGS were next in line.

1989's Live And Learn debut-LP was released to lukewarm reception. Now fully moshed between thrash and hardcore, punk and grind ...this stress-test is a brutal collection.

With a NYHC vibe, the final "Eulogy is read. A brutal blast as the "Open Wound" is ripped, while "Overdose" and "Sickened By His Own Existence" vomits all over this scene. DIY and deadly, the acid on contact of "Fly The Friendly Skies" and "Boundries Unknown" are vile defecations ...the perfect hybrid for fans of both DISCHARGE and CARCASS.

After the PIGS's dissolution, guitarist Mitch Harris would join NAPALM DEATH and craft the seminal deathgrind Harmony Corruption opus. There would not be another RIGHTEOUS PIGS recording.

On a personal note, I got into RP in 1990 when a local radio-host said about them: "Picture four frustrated youth, fan of serial killers and chainsaw massacres, writing songs locked in a smelly garage" ...the DJ then played "Open Wound", I was hooked, thanks Uncle Norm.

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Stress Related = full CD
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