Assfactor 4 was a hardcore punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band from Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

 formed by two members of Tonka (Jay and Alex) and two members of Unherd (Eric and Kevin). They formed in the fall of 1992 and broke up in late 1997. Assfactor 4's sonic approach drew heavily from San Diego's early-1990's group Heroin

Heroin (band)

Heroin was a short-lived but influential underground post-hardcore band, originating in San Diego in 1989.-History:Heroin was a forerunner of the screamo subgenre of hardcore punk. They were noted for the psychological intensity of their songs, which tended to be very short and include...

, but their song structure was notably more akin to 1980's thrash and hardcore, placing Assfactor 4 in a unique position within the DIY hardcore scene of the era. Their contemporaries in the southeast U.S. included Columbia's In/humanity

In/Humanity

In/Humanity was a hardcore punk band from Columbia, South Carolina.-Biography:In/Humanity formed in 1991 and made their debut on the 1992 Please No Profanity compilation, a benefit for local college radio station WUSC...

 and Premonition, Raleigh, NC's Rights Reserved; and Richmond, VA's Action Patrol. HeartattaCkzine readers voted Assfactor 4 "Coolest Band to Hang Out With" in 1995. Assorted Porkchops has planned on releasing a discography in the near future.

Discography

• s/t demo tape (1993)
• split 7" w/ Rights Reserved (1993)
• Sometimes I Suck 7" (Repercussion Records/ Auricle Records, 1993)
• Smoked Out 7" (Old Glory Records, 1994)
• "No Idea #11" comp CD/LP/zine (No Idea Records
  No Idea Records
  For other uses, see No Idea .No Idea Records is an independent record label based in Gainesville, Florida which produces both vinyl records and compact discs...
  
  , 1994)
• "All the President's Men" comp LP (Old Glory, 1995)
• "Yo Hablo" comp 7" (Lengua Armada Records
  Lengua Armada Discos
  Lengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as Look Back and Laugh, Charles Bronson, Severed Head of State and Sin Orden....
  
  , 1995)
• s/t LP (Old Glory Records, 1995)
• "We've Lost Beauty" comp LP (File Thirteen Records, 1996)
• "Nothing's Quiet On the Eastern Front" comp LP/CD (Reservoir Records, 1996)
• Sports LP (Old Glory Records, 2000)