CARCASS

Carcass is considered the major inspiration and musical foundation for most gore metal and deathgrind/goregrind bands as well as being one of the founding fathers of melodic death metal. The band was first known as Disattack, playing hardcore / punk back in 1985. After releasing their first demo in '86, their bass player left the band and Jeff Walker joined them after leaving Electro Hippies. By that time, they were also changing their name to Carcass, whose logo was drawn by Jeff Walker. Soon their drummer was replaced by Ken Owen and the singer by Sanjiv. Bill Steer also left Napalm Death in order to concentrate on Carcass. Carcass started as a goregrind band, then moved to a death metal sound which evolved into their melodic death and heavy metal roots before their split. Their Heartwork album, released in 1993, is one of the first melodic death metal albums ever released. Bill Steer moved into the stoner rock band Firebird (not to be confused with the 1978 NWOBHM band Firebird), Mike (and his brother) moved into the ranks of Arch Enemy. Jeff, Ken & Carlo formed the shortlived Blackstar after the demise of Carcass. At the age of 28, Ken Owen had a brain hemorrhage, and was in a coma for almost a year. He was confined to a wheelchair for a time, but has since partially recovered and despite heavily confined movement has began playing drums again, though not to the level required to perfrorm for Carcass. Daniel Erlandsson has replaced him for the 2008 reunion tour. \\from - http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=14 Current Line-Up: Jeff Walker - Vocals, Bass (1986-1995, 2008-) Bill Steer - Guitar, Vocals (1985-1995, 2008-) Michael Amott - Guitar (1990-1993, 2008-) Daniel Erlandsson - Drums (2008-) Former/past member(s) Ken Owen - Drums (1985-1995) Sanjiv - Vocals (1987) Carlo Regadas - Guitar (1994-1995) Partial Discography: Reek of Putrefaction Full-length, 1988 The Peel Sessions EP, 1989 Symphonies of Sickness Full-length, 1989 Necroticism-Descanting the Insalubrious Full-length, 1991 Heartwork Full-length, 1993 Swansong Full-length, 1995 Wake Up and Smell the Carcass Best of/Compilation, 1996