Historical, foundational, fundamental (especially to early Napalm Death),
but their own greatest muse was.........DEAD KENNEDYS???!!!???!!!
(Swankys and Death Side pull that shit too)...
"S.O.B. is an abbreviation for 'Sabotage Organized Barbarian', but is rarely called by this name. The band was founded by TOTTSUAN, and at the time of formation, they were thinking of a band name with abbreviations arranged in alphabetical order. Originally the name S.O.B. was taken from the slang which means 'Son Of a Bitch'. However, they chose the abbreviation for 'Sabotage Organized Barbarian', because it would not be interesting if it was left as it was. The title of the 1st demo tape released is 'Sabotage Organized Barbarian'. Bandleader TOTTSUAN was SKINHEAD before S.O.B. was formed, and in its very early days it was a band inspired by US/UK hardcore punk that wasn't very fast. The demo before the omnibus 'LAST PUNK OSAKA' was more orthodox than the songs included on that omnibus, and had a reasonable speed. Since the original member TUNK officially joined 'OUTO', TOTTSUAN decided to fix the members and re-select all parts considering the evolution of the sound. He'd been keeping an eye on TOSHIMI from 'THE BONES' who disbanded in Kyoto a while ago, YASUE who was also doing 'SELTIC FROST' in Kyoto, and the skateboard shop 'VIOLENT GRIND' Osaka store he called out to NAOTO, who was active in 'BRUTUS', and established a new system. The 1st 7" EP 'LEAVE ME ALONE' in this lineup made S.O.B. famous. YASUE was working on 'SELTIC FROST' at the time, which had a fairly fast drum rhythm, so the acceleration of the overall sound was remarkable. The actual playing at the gig was also much faster than the initial line-up. Even after joining S.O.B., YASUE searched for members and continued with 'SELTIC FROST', but after a while he stopped his activities in order to concentrate on S.O.B.
The musical match with skateboarding is also good, and as a representative of Osaka hardcore it has become a presence that stands shoulder to shoulder with OUTO. In 1987 TOTTSUAN found SOB's name on the THANX list of the 1st LP of NAPALM DEATH, and began to interact with LEE DORIAN, who was the vocalist at the time. A European tour including Japan and the UK is realized. Contact with bands belonging to EARACHE RECORDS also increased. At the same time, NAOTO left the group to form 'RISE FROM THE DEAD'. KAWATAKA from 'DANCE MACABRA' joins. At that time, the direction of TOTTSUAN and YASUE matched in death metal, and the sound changed from speed to heavy. However TOTTSUAN died in 1995 by jumping into a train and committing suicide. By the way, as for the reason for his suicide, one of the leading theories is that when TOTTSUAN was caught by the police with drugs, he yielded to the police interrogation and revealed the route of acquisition and the name of the purchaser to the police, causing trouble to many acquaintances. In addition, it is said that he was mentally overwhelmed by the suggestion of retaliation from an organization that deals with drugs. In addition, it is said that he was completely addicted to drugs due to chronic drug intake, but after being caught by the police, it became difficult to obtain drugs, and he fell into a severe depression due to withdrawal symptoms. His drug addiction is said to have been primarily cocaine. The group was threatened with dissolution, but YASUE took over as the leader and early bassist NAOTO rejoined. 'DUB GRIND', which was also welcomed by KATSUMI, a former member of OUTO, has a sound that is divided by two by adding the early S.O.B. and the late RISE FROM THE DEAD. The evaluation was divided. Although it was for a short time, a synthesizer member also joined for a while." --Edited From Japanese Wiki
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