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Assück
Background information
Origin	St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Genres	Grindcore [1] [2] death metal [3] [4] [5]
Years active	1987–1998
Labels	Allied Ax/ction Common Cause Forfeit Goatsucker Join the Team Player La Caliya Project Liquefied Tapes Mordam No Idea No System Open Rigid Ripping Headaches Schematics Slap-a-Ham Smell of Silence SOA Sound Pollution Troubleman Unlimited
Past members	Steve Heritage Jason Crittendon Rob Proctor Steve Kosiba Daryl Kahan Pete Jay Dave "Spinach" Malinksky Paul Pavlovich

Assück was an American grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Florida, active from 1987 to 1998.

History

Assück was founded by vocalist Paul Pavlovich and guitarist Steve Heritage. The band went through several line-up changes, in particular changing vocalists four times. Despite these changes, Assück maintained its heavy and fast sound — and anarchist sensibilities — from its first release to its last.

Legacy and reception

The band proved influential, ^[1] with their album Anticapital (1991) voted number 4 in the Terrorizer list of their top 20 US grindcore albums; Terrorizer described it as a "low-calibre battery of brooding, malicious, doom-ridden grind pitched somewhere between early Napalm Death and even earlier Bolt Thrower". ^[3]

According to journalist Greg Pratt, "Assück were an incredible band with probably metal's best drummer [Rob Proctor], although no one ever mentions his name. They combined well-written poetic and political lyrics with catchy songs, insane musicianship and a short-fast-loud brutality that no one has topped since." ^[6]

Writing for Maximumrocknroll, Felix von Havoc describes the political punk and metal roots of this band, stating "Assuck managed to combine the anger, fury and social commentary of a punk band with the musicianship and production quality of a Death Metal band." ^[4]

Members

Final line-up

• Steve Heritage - guitar, vocals (1987-1998)
• Jason Crittendon - bass (1998)
• Rob Proctor - drums (1987-1998)

Former members

• Paul Pavlovich - vocals (1987-1993)
• Dave "Spinach" Malinksky - vocals (1994-1995)
• Daryl Kahan - vocals (1993-1994)
• Pete Jay - bass (1991-1992)
• Steve Kosiba - bass (1992-1998)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Anticapital (1991, Sound Pollution)
• Misery Index (1997, Sound Pollution)

Extended plays

• Born Backwards demo tape (1989, Liquified Tapes)
• Necrosalvation 7-inch (1990, Rigid Records)
• Split 7-inch with Old Lady Drivers (1990, No System)
• Blindspot 7-inch (1992, Open Records)
• State To State 7-inch (1992, SOA)

Compilation albums

• Anticapital/Blindspot +3 (1994, Sound Pollution)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Assück.

• Assück biography on MusicMight
• Discography on Discogs