No Comment were an American

United States

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 powerviolence

Powerviolence

Powerviolence , is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk. The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore.-History:...

 band from North Hollywood, California

California

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, active from 1987 to 1993.

History

Along with other powerviolence bands such as Crossed Out

Crossed Out

Crossed Out was a power violence band from Encinitas, California, operative from early 1990 until late 1993.-History:Crossed Out played sixteen shows and released a demo, 7", split 7" with Man Is the Bastard, split 5" with Dropdead, and two songs for the Son of Blleeaauurrggh compilation...

, Capitalist Casualties

Capitalist Casualties

-Discography:*Nuclear National Park demo *The Art of Ballistics EP *Disassembly Line LP *Raised Ignorant EP *split EP with The Dread *split EP with Discordance Axis *split EP with Millions of Dead Cops...

 and Man Is The Bastard

Man Is the Bastard

Man Is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as power violence...

, No Comment were influential in what was known to become the "West Coast

West Coast of the United States

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 powerviolence" scene for their aggressive musical and conceptual take on the hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 genre. The band's vocalist, Andrew Beattie, confessed to liking both the metal

Heavy metal music

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 and hardcore genres while hating crossover

Crossover thrash

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 bands such as D.R.I.

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from the United States that formed in Houston, in 1982. The band currently comprises founding members, vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy, as well as drummer Rob Rampy and bassist Harald Oimoen.D.R.I...

 and Discharge

Discharge (band)

Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. They are often considered among one of the very first bands to play hardcore punk, and to mix punk with metal...

, which combined the two styles. Beattie stated his band "just wanted to show that "Hardcore" was still alive yet there was no real "scene"."

Response

Powerviolence according to Spazz

Spazz (band)

Spazz was an influential American powerviolence band active between 1992 and 2000. The trio released numerous records within this time, many of which are now highly collectible due to their relative rarity...

 bassist/vocalist, Chris Dodge, (who was behind the scene's main label Slap-a-Ham Records

Slap-a-Ham Records

Slap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...

) peaked in the mid - 90s, around the time No Comment released their celebrated EP Downsided on Slap-a-Ham. XLR8R

XLR8R

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 described Downsided as "a definitive document of powerviolence’s beyond-tantrum aggression". Music metadata

Metadata

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 database Rate Your Music

Rate Your Music

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ranked Downsided #7/1000 favorite EPs released in 1992, and #278/5000 favorite EPs of all time at a rating of 3.94/5 from 58 ratings.

Break up

No Comment disbanded in 1993 and Beattie went on to pursue other music projects but some unreleased studio and live recordings were released after this time.

Discography

• 1989: Common Senseless 7"
• 1992: Downsided 7"
• 1994: No Comment 7"
• 1999: 87-93 CD / LP (Entire Discography)