If you don't like Left For Dead, I don't want to know you. LFD were around a short while but influenced a whole generation of hardcore bands. It's kind of like the Velvet Underground - not many people - at the time - bought the records, but those who did went out and started bands. "Splitting Heads" is their discography CD, courtesy of No Idea. Chris Colohan's vocals are just full of hate and frustration (It's fun listening to his later bands such as Cursed or Burning Love and then going back to LFD and hearing how young he is). The CD is full of classics, such as "Skin Graft", "Eight Floors Above", and "Who D'You Know", and even contains live tracks as a sort of bonus.
The thing I love about this release and the band is simply the lyrics. They're catchy without seeming contrived and juvenile. For example, during "Skin Graft"
"Why don't I cut off your head and we'll call it negative reinforcement"
Left For Dead disbanded, leaving behind a couple of splits and other releases. Alumni went onto form such bands as Cursed, Ruination, Haymaker, Burning Love, and the newer Pick Your Side. As bold and hyperbolic as it may seem, Left For Dead is without one of the most important bands in hardcore in the last twenty years.
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