Beyond Possession hailed from the Great White North (Calgary) and are one of the best hardcore thrash bands of all time. Punks seem to like their EP "Skater's Life" and metalheads prefer this LP. Whatever. They are both awesome. I have never seen a band play this fast and this good in my life. Not DRI, not the Accused, no one. They truly took that thrash shit to the next level.
The line-up on this album was Ron Hadley on vocals, Ken Wall on guitar, Jaime Kenney on bass and Phil Pobran on drums. There was a CD reissue of the album and some earlier material called "Repossessed, 1985-1989". It is out of print and incredibly difficult to find but you can read the liner notes here.
Download.
Track list
| 1. | Never Nothing New | 00:42 | |
| 2. | Life Force | 03:22 | |
| 3. | Dying Fast | 02:03 | |
| 4. | Living to Tell You About It | 02:08 | |
| 5. | Last Will and Testament | 01:37 | |
| 6. | You're So Important | 02:02 | |
| 7. | Final Daze | 03:45 | |
| 8. | Why? It's Youth | 01:24 | |
| 9. | Beyond Possession | 01:42 | |
| 10. | Creeping Eruption | 02:16 | |
| 11. | Hard Times | 01:15 | |
| 12. | Attitude Problem | 02:08 | |
| 13. | Depression | 01:40 | |
| 14. | Cinderella Syndrome | 01:37 | |
| 15. | I'll Never Rest in Peace | 03:19 |
Life Force
Dying Fast
Final Daze
Attitude Problem
I sold my (now long out of print) Beyond Possession discography CD years ago in a moment of misguidedness and have been regretting that for some time now. What a great band who don't seem to get their due.
ReplyDeleteI agree Graeme. I never owned anything by them, but I remember making a cassette copy off a friend that got a decent number of plays on my deck.
ReplyDeleteStill listen to "Is Beyond Possession" regularly as it made such a huge impact on me in 1986 and still sounds as good today. Super fast, tight, aggressive and just far more interesting than so many other hardcore/crossover bands who could play fast and tight but just sounded typical of the genre. BP had those incredible tempo changes that made their music unpredictable and kept it interesting. Canada had it going on back in the day.
ReplyDeleteThe guitar player on that album was not Ken Wall. It was James Yauk. Ken Wall did the guitar tracks on the Tell Tale Heart EP. James Yauk did the guitar tracks on the “Is Beyond Possession LP
ReplyDeleteI would know because I did the drum tracks.
Thanks!
Phil