Vegan Reich

Vegan Reich were easily perhaps one of the most controversial rings to emerge through the hardcore punk picture. These were also the initial rock band to mix militant animal privileges leanings, a conventional stance against medications and abortion, a desire to have anarchy to become preceded with a so-called “vegan dictatorship,” a severe position against racism and sexism, and an nearly spiritual intolerance of homosexuality. Their music began as fast-paced punk rock and roll littered with electric guitar solos, then progressed into a even more metallic strategy, and their lyrics had been always trigger for debate between the radical punk and hardcore top notch. Vegan Reich started in 1987. It had been led by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Sean Muttaqi, who, making use of some friends from your band Naturecore, documented his 1st song to put on the compilation designed to advantage the militant Pet Liberation Front side. In 1990, Vegan Reich — right now made up of Muttaqi and drummer Jon Ewing –developed an ideology known as Hardline, and released a 7″ from the same name through a label from the same name aswell. The set was aided by Sergio, then-bassist for Southern California punk music group Amenity, until Dom Ehling became a member of up in 1991 soon after Florida indigenous Ray Titus relocated to Laguna Seaside, CA, to displace Ewing. In 1992, that lineup released a cassette-only EP known as The Wrath of God that was as greatly affected by Iron Maiden as the prior release was influenced by Crass. The music group continued hiatus from then on, using the lineup 1st morphing in to the reggae-tinged Captive Country Rising, and later on the back-to-basics punk music group Pressure. In 1996, Uprising put together most of Vegan Reich’s materials and released it as the Anthology Compact disc. Vegan Reich reconvened briefly in 1999, with Muttaqi playing acoustic guitar and bass and performing on a fresh EP, Jihad, supported by Racetraitor drummer Andy Hurley.