And, Like Sheep, We All Have Gone Astray
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| And, Like Sheep, We All Have Gone Astray | |||||
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| Studio album (Demo) by Napalm Death | |||||
| Released | 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Hardcore punk Post-punk |
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| Length | 33:04 | ||||
| Label | Obituary Tapes | ||||
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And, Like Sheep, We Have All Gone Astray is the 2nd demo recording by the group Napalm Death.
The recording was made in Knowle (near Birmingham) in October 1982 as a live recording (with no overdubs) on to a 2-track recorder. It was the last demo recording made by this line-up of the group (the group had previously recorded the 'Halloween' Demo 1 in August 1982).
The line-up for the recording was:
- Nik Napalm (Nicholas Bullen) - Vocals
- Daz F (Darryl Fideski) - Guitar
- Robbo (Graham Robertson) - Bass
- Rat (Miles Ratledge) - Drums
The cassette received an 'official' release through the Obituary Tapes label run by Mick Slaughter of Obituary fanzine (Kent, England). The tape was issued on a C40 cassette with a cover by Nicholas Bullen, and was sold via mail order and reviewed in a number of fanzines.
The title of the recording (created by Miles Ratledge) is a paraphrase of a phrase from the text The Holy Bible of the Christian religion (Isaiah 53:6).
[edit] Track listing
The tracklisting of this demo recording is currently incomplete (the recording contains 15 songs), but the recording does include:
- "Rival Factions" (Music & Lyrics: Bullen)
- "Pollution" (Music & Lyrics: Bullen)
- "Call This Aborted?" (Music & Lyrics: Bullen)
- "Traditional Society" (Music: Robertson & Fideski / Lyrics: Ratledge)
- "Punk is a Rotting Corpse" (Music & Lyrics: Bullen)
- "Confined" (Music: Robertson / Lyrics: Ratledge)
- "The Room with the Shuttered Window” (Music: Napalm Death / Lyrics: Bullen)
- "The Doomsday Cometh" (Music: Bullen & Robertson / Lyrics: Bullen)
‘Call This Aborted?’ is a re-worked version of the song 'Napalm' which appeared on the 1st demo by the group ('Halloween' Demo 1 - August 1982). The re-worked song features new lyrics.
‘Punk is a Rotting Corpse’ was the first song written by the group in December 1981. A previous version of the song was recorded on the 1st demo by the group ('Halloween' Demo 1 - August 1982).
'The Room with the Shuttered Window' was a freeform improvisation recorded in one take with no rehearsal. The title of the song is derived from the story 'The Shuttered Room' by August Derleth which was inspired by a fragment written by H.P. Lovecraft.
'The Doomsday Cometh' was inspired by a line from a poem written by the singer of the punk group Naked which appeared in issue 3 of Enigma fanzine.
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