Who remembers FORMICIDE?
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[Dec 22,2005 8:34am - rr ""]
anybody remember another guy named kevin (i think) that kevin stevenson used to hang around with? he was another sick guitar player that used to rip out macalpine and yngwie very fluidly. as i recall he had big poofy red curly hair.
[Dec 22,2005 9:15am - duff138 ""]
rr i have a copy of the formicide CD. Like you my tapes are worn out. I'd make you a copy if you want. email at duff138@gmail.com i'd like to get that video if possible
[Dec 22,2005 9:15am - duff138 ""]
Ichabod is Dave Iverson
[Dec 22,2005 1:00pm - watchmaker666 ""]
watchmaker666 is Paul Vaughan
[Dec 22,2005 1:22pm - Vomitthesoul ""]
I believe these guys are from my home town of Tewksbury.Never heard any of their music though
[Dec 22,2005 5:20pm - rr ""]
Yes, formicide was basically a Tewksbury band. I have a couple of songs off the first demo at www.nema.com/nsx/formicide if you want to check it out. Dumped from ancient tapes so the quality isn't all that.
[Jan 13,2006 11:12am - anonymous ""]
thanks duff, i received the cd and i also dumped the practice video to DVD and will mail you a copy asap. if i can get it small enough, i'll see if there's somewhere i can post a small xvid version of it, but it's 2+ gig as it is, 35 minutes, so i'm not sure how small i can go and still make it worthwhile to download.
[Mar 6,2006 7:19pm - nickhmanchvegas ""]
can you get me a copy of that demo, blind surgeon.
I really need that music
or point me in the right direction to find a copy
[Mar 6,2006 7:36pm - duff138 ""]
send me an email duff138@gmail.com i'll need to find a second tape deck, think i have one in my attic.
[Mar 6,2006 10:09pm - maslayer ""]
watchmaker666 said:watchmaker666 is Paul Vaughan
WOW...what's up Paul!! How are the kids??
[May 19,2006 12:19pm - supertzarwritsky ""]
WOW!!!!!!!!!! All the freaks are in the house. Mr Iverson its Mr Macdonald from the town of Tewksbury. Remember me? Nice to see people some interest in the long gone days of Boston/Southern NH Metal.
[May 19,2006 5:40pm - maslayer ""]
PAT MCDONALD!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Dude ...Rich from Demise here!! What's up bro??
[May 19,2006 8:54pm - duff138 ""]
He played in Atomicaust right? There's actually a myspace page for them. Did the last 2 tracks become NerveWomb songs?
[May 22,2006 4:33pm - supertzarwritsky ""]
Rich whats up? I'm alright man can't complain.
[May 22,2006 4:34pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
That's right. Rich was in Demise. PIZZA GUY! PIZZA GUY!
Somebody get some damned Atomicaust on CD.
[Jun 9,2006 9:26am - Greg from Krucix ""]
wow .. this is cool.
i was feeling nostalgic and took mp3's made from our old demos by a friend and posted them to my blog.
check it out ... these are the last 3 of 5 Krucix demos for your archive.
http://guepy.com/greg
on the right side, you'll see both the mp3's and the posts about krucix stuff.
thanks!
[Jun 9,2006 9:38am - OldSchool ""]
what's up with all this nostalgic stuff!?!?! this is great though, yeah i remember this band from back in the way day. nice nice, keep the stuff coming!
[Jun 9,2006 9:39am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I think I went to school with you Greg?!? Maybe not, but definitely some of the Krucix members (Pete, Reid, Chris, Keith, etc.)
I'll download that stuff this instant.
[Jun 9,2006 9:41am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
How the hell is Reed, great bass player.
[Jun 9,2006 10:01am - Greg from Krucix ""]
drinkhard, i went to central ... did you go to methuen high? then you're thinking of keith.
who is this btw?
[Jun 9,2006 10:03am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Scott Waldie
Been in tons of local bands, metal, etc.
Right now I'm in:
http://www.myspace.com/extinctionagenda
I might be thinking of Keith, but I remember you as well.
[Jun 9,2006 10:07am - Greg from Krucix ""]
heh ... well i'll be back in mass in a month ... i'll definetely check you guys out. i was checking out your tracks on myspace after you posted to my blog, sound good man ... nice job.
i'll be honest though ... my memory is shot ... i'd have to see your face lol
[Jun 9,2006 10:11am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
You probably wouldn't remember me by name, so no worries there!
But I used to know some of the guys around Krucix, the Maciariellos, Steve Herdegen, etc. I played in a lot of metal/hardcore crossover type bands, Alert, etc. I probably saw more Krucix gigs in the old days, but I do remember seeing a few later gigs. Didn't you guys play with Nerve Womb (ex-Atomicaust) up in Manchester at some dive?
Thanks on the tracks. Yeah, Krucix was one of my early inspirations so if by some chance you guys get back together or anything, let me know if you need help (shows, etc). It's so great just to hear from you guys.
[Jun 9,2006 11:40am - Greg from Krucix ""]
yeah ... i think we did ... that dump is still there i believe under a new name.
i do remember playing at the Empire Theatre in Manchester ... that place rocked. The back room for bands was like this cave.
[Jun 9,2006 11:46am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I remember that place too! I wonder if I ever played there with Alert. Possible.
[Jun 9,2006 11:50am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I really need to set up some kind of reunion fest, with a lot of oldschool bands, even if they just played a few songs (like 2-3 each) and shared gear, for fun.
Krucix, Terrasphere, Wargasm, Subjugator, Deslok, Demise, CSDO, Formicide, Atomicaust, Meliah Rage, Cardinal Sin, PBA, etc, etc and then toss on a few newer bands like mine that fit in.
It would be a good time. Maybe some day something like that can happen. Boston has a pretty rich thrash/speed heritage.
[Jun 9,2006 12:22pm - Dave at work ""]
Craig from PBA plays drums in Hank Crane (alt-country) now...
[Jun 9,2006 12:23pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
So count them out I guess, damnit!
[Jun 9,2006 12:24pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Oh man!
http://www.myspace.com/atomicaust
[Jun 9,2006 12:36pm - Dave at work ""]
I could probably get Hearing Impaired back together for a one-off; we'd probably actually be able to play those songs now!
[Jun 9,2006 12:37pm - Dave at work ""]
...or DimmaK...we were the original Dimmak, LONG before that limey version from the UK
[Jun 9,2006 12:39pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I thought Dim Mak was ex-Ripping Corpse? There were two Dimmak's before that?
Hearing Impaired back together would rule. Say, do you have those .mp3s up anywhere? The six-song demo?
[Jun 9,2006 12:45pm - Dave at work ""]
Yeah man, we're going to re-release the original 6 song demo along with the unreleased second demo as a CD retrospective. The playing's horrible though...yikes.
[Jun 9,2006 12:47pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Man, that band was fun as hell. Who cares what the playing was like.
[Jun 9,2006 12:49pm - Dave at work ""]
I know...it's just hard to listen back to your first band, when you were like 15, you know? I'm sure you can relate...
[Jun 9,2006 12:50pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I totally can. When I put on that Madcap "Mental Foliage" demo, I shudder.
[Jun 9,2006 2:45pm - maslayer ""]
DrinkHardThrashHard said:That's right. Rich was in Demise. PIZZA GUY! PIZZA GUY!
Somebody get some damned Atomicaust on CD.
I'm psyched you remember us!! I vaguely remember Krucix when you guys were aound
[Jun 9,2006 2:46pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Isn't there a Demise song called "Winds of Death"?
[Jun 9,2006 2:47pm - maslayer ""]
DrinkHardThrashHard said:I really need to set up some kind of reunion fest, with a lot of oldschool bands, even if they just played a few songs (like 2-3 each) and shared gear, for fun.
Krucix, Terrasphere, Wargasm, Subjugator, Deslok, Demise, CSDO, Formicide, Atomicaust, Meliah Rage, Cardinal Sin, PBA, etc, etc and then toss on a few newer bands like mine that fit in.
It would be a good time. Maybe some day something like that can happen. Boston has a pretty rich thrash/speed heritage.
This would be so insane but I can tell you Cardinal Sin, Deslok and Demise won't EVER get back together for various reasons but I can tell you I'd be all over this...it would be pretty amazing indeed!
[Jun 9,2006 2:48pm - maslayer ""]
DrinkHardThrashHard said:Isn't there a Demise song called "Winds of Death"?
Yep...off the first demo...one of the first songs I wrote in it's entirety
[Jun 9,2006 2:49pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
So in other words, I have to cover "Relic of Depression" and "Winds of Death" myself?
Wait a minute, isn't Cardinal Sin already back together?!?
[Jun 9,2006 3:48pm - maslayer ""]
Cardinal Sin, as far as I know according to John, will NEVER get back together...and yes if you want to do Winds of Death I would be honored!
[Jun 9,2006 3:50pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
We should just do an Extinction Agenda covers album, where we cover songs from each old thrash band, and maybe some Dungeonbat and December Wolves too.
So hard to find any info on Terrasphere anymore, one of the Methuen legends besides Krucix.
[Jun 9,2006 8:37pm - maslayer ""]
I remember Frank and Terrasphere...that would be a killer concept...a local thrash band releasing covers of former thrash bands...I'd buy that!
[Jun 9,2006 8:40pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
It just arrived on my to-do list.
[Jun 10,2006 9:15am - maslayer ""]
any ideas on what you'd like to do? it's got to be a pretty lenghty list!
[Jun 10,2006 10:38am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I might start with...
Atomicaust "Castle of Insane Minds"
Demise "Winds of Death"
Deslok "Relic of Depression"
Executioner "Eye of the Needle"
Formicide "The Perfect Race"
Only Living Witness "C.O.P."
Wargasm "Bullets & Blades"
and Krucix, Subjugator, etc.
I don't have access to all the demos/songs, that's the only problem. Another thing is I'm not sure how keen the band will be on the idea, I have no idea if they know/listened to any of these bands. I'm sure they'll help but it might take awhile.
[Jun 10,2006 12:14pm - duff138 ""]
terrasphere's one of the few that actually got a release on a decent label, which make it stranger that there's little info out there.
[Jun 10,2006 12:20pm - duff138 ""]
actually it's spelled Terrahsphere, I jsut remember that's why I had found do little info before. They were a great Nashua, NH band!
[Jun 10,2006 12:38pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
You're right man, Terrah- weren't some of them from Methuen though?