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Detroit's Negative Approach, along with Maumee, OH's Necros, were the undisputed champs of Midwestern hardcore in the early to mid-'80s. Legend has it that vocalist John Brannon recruited drummer OP Moore and the guitar/bass team of Rob and Graham McCulloch at a skate park sometime in 1981. Lead by the bald-headed <a href="spotify:artist:0j5v4qYnAYuj757Ki7ba0r">Brannon</a>'s hoarse wail, the band concocted an extreme sound devoid of frills that alternated between violent and mean. This was first fully documented in 1982 on their self-titled Touch and Go 7". The band released the more metallic-sounding Tied Down 12" on Touch and Go in 1983, but died out in 1985 as <a href="spotify:artist:0j5v4qYnAYuj757Ki7ba0r">Brannon</a> incubated <a href="spotify:artist:5I2hMUcztc6QbzkyLskdt4">the Birthday Party</a> blues of <a href="spotify:artist:6QGUx7mmJsow2JsuDbsFLq">Laughing Hyenas</a>. Unfortunately lacking the more widespread post-hardcore fame of peers Ian McKaye and <a href="spotify:artist:6Jm8KViMNCuYjzrO1hJkcT">Henry Rollins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0j5v4qYnAYuj757Ki7ba0r">Brannon</a>'s Negative Approach has not gotten the later-day due often accorded <a href="spotify:artist:07PiZYrhllpSXtELkUxlrf">Minor Threat</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5Mhs3Eu8lU6sRCtRYsmABV">Black Flag</a>. Negative Approach was certainly as influential as those two bands, touching everyone from <a href="spotify:artist:3HSNI061dY6dxEzvZczIdI">Poison Idea</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:5UqTO8smerMvxHYA5xsXb6">Sonic Youth</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:0O1weoUEd0dewmd4zEx5Us">Los Crudos</a>, as well as entire generations of hardcore fans in Boston and New York. The band was also as original and extreme as any early-'80s punk outfit -- the rhythmic crush created by Moore and the McCulloch brothers continues to be an undeniable steel-toe to the face. Touch and Go compiled the band's discography as Total Recall in 1992, an essential listen for anyone who wants to understand hardcore. ~ Matthew Kantor, Rovi
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