LOGICAL NONSENSE
Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the six individuals comprising
LOGICAL NONSENSE have been a band since 1989. They began playing together in
their early teens and - with no member changes - they have grown and evolved,
creating a singularly unique, brutal style of hardcore. The drummer, Pat,
says that being together as a band became a dominant force in their lives.
He attributes their learning to play music together at such a young age to
their closeness and dedication to each other and the music. Known for their
fast, aggressive style, Pat says their music has progressed over the last
three full-lengths ('93's Dead Time LP on Very Small Records, Soul Pollution
LP/CD), becoming heavier and lyrically and musically more personal... Back
when we started, the music was more influence-driven. Soul Pollution,
engineered and mixed by Neurosis' Noah Landis, is a touch more stripped down
and driving than the more recent Expand The Hive. But it's every bit
as brutal. It's the aural equivalent of drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels,
inhaling enough toxic drugs to bring down an elephant and then driving 100
miles an hours round hairpin turns with nothing but a rocky cliff and the
ocean to catch you if you fall. Reminiscent of bands like Extreme Noise Terror and early
Napalm Death, LOGICAL's sound has grown more and more ferocious and
unrelenting with each recording. Alternative Tentacles head honcho, Jello
Biafra, claims they renew my faith in the power of hardcore, and they fill
the gap left by Sepultura. The lazy listener may make the incorrect
assumption that heavy = metal. But there is so much more to LOGICAL's sound
and to the people who listen to them. Their sound doesn't easily fit into a
genre, a category or a classification. Pat agrees, I don't want to be
classified. I want as many people to listen to our music as possible.
LOGICAL NONSENSE's aural attack leaves a residue upon your psyche not easily
wiped clean. One listen to Soul Pollution or Expand The Hive
and it will weigh heavy on your soul. With a brutal, rapid-fire verbal
attack, singer Mikey Miller writes songs that revolve around a myriad of
themes: corruption, social decay, despair, hypocrisy, addiction, stagnation
and even aliens. Logical Nonsense belongs to of a new generation of extreme
hardcore.
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1997 Expand The Hive
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