Founded in early1995 by members of several of Atlanta’s punk & metal bands, The Despised blend fierce punk chord structures, powerful hardcore vocals and aggressive hardcore rhythms to produce one of the Southeast’s most relentless, unforgiving hardcore/punk bands to ever take an Atlanta stage. Blend the raw brutality and power of Slayer with the grit of Motorhead songwriting, throw in the punk-rock mayhem of The Exploited and the hardcore vengeance of Agnostic Front and you’ve got The De...
Founded in early1995 by members of several of Atlanta’s punk & metal bands, The Despised blend fierce punk chord structures, powerful hardcore vocals and aggressive hardcore rhythms to produce one of the Southeast’s most relentless, unforgiving hardcore/punk bands to ever take an Atlanta stage. Blend the raw brutality and power of Slayer with the grit of Motorhead songwriting, throw in the punk-rock mayhem of The Exploited and the hardcore vengeance of Agnostic Front and you’ve got The Despised! Voted in Atlanta’s “Poet’s Artists & Madmen” in January of 1996 as the band “most likely to incite a riot”. Characterized by many reviews as very fast, very hard, very mean, hardcore/punk; The Despised have left a lasting impression on fans across America and Europe with their ‘80’s style brutal and very fast, unrelenting hardcore. The Despised released their first EP “Music To Driveby” on GMM records in early 1997 and sold out of the first pressing in a couple months. A second EP entitled “Scourge of the South” was released in early 1998 on Kangaroo Records in Amsterdam Holland with strong sales throughout Europe and America.The Despised has shared the stage with everyone from The Antiheros, Bad Brains, Submachine, Gang Green, Subhumans, GBH, Antiseen, Hellstomper, The Queers, Nashville Pussy, Mastodon, and The Business along with many others lost in the alcoholic haze…"This isn’t that pull-up-your-goddamned-sagging-pants, nü-metal, craptacular OzFest “hardcore.” And it sure as shit ain’t that mesh-trucker-cap-pulled-to-the-side-of-your-head-with-an-H2O-hoodie-on-in-90-degree-heat “hardcore,” either. No, FUCK alla that. This is “get in, or get the fuck out” hardcore. The real deal. This is The Despised." –Designated Dale (Razorcake Issue#43)The Despised has completed four overseas tours: a two-week tour of Japan and a five-week European tour in 2006 and a second two-week Japanese tour in early 2007 and a second European tour in the fall of '07. Booking is underway for a third Japanese tour for September 2008 as well as a third European tour for October 2008.
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