They had a singer already, but J got them to replace him with Charlie, and Deep Wound was there. They made a cassette, got a few gigs in Boston with the X-Claim bands (SSD, FU's, Jerry's Kids, etc.) and became the Western Mass band most likely to open for Hardcore visitors. They cut an EP, had tracks on Gerard Colsoy's Bands That Would Be God comp and even did a late-period session with Gerard singing that has disappeared into nada. And every day they vowed to play faster. And they did, eventually developing a blur that could verge on experimental noise. Finally they burned as fast as they could, and realizing that was the case, they stopped. It was 1984.
The rest of the story is well known: Dinosaur, the Outpatients, Sebadoh, Gobblehoof, etc. Most of what Deep Wound recorded is on this disk, and it still sounds pretty choice the hundredth time through (believe me, I know). Like many of their suburban kith, there are huge swathes of Xeroxed style and content, but these patches are obliterated by an underlying fascination with the reckless potential of absolute speed, and an intellectual overlay (albeit in a nascent state) that would blossom more fully in the bands that would follow. But y'know, Hardcore was a really fucking good scene. And Deep Wound were a really fucking good Hardcore band. Living in this society has left a DEEP WOUND. Get used to it
TRACK LISTING
1 - I Saw It
2 - Sisters
3 - In My Room
4 - Don't Need
5 - Lou's Anxiety Song
6 - Video Prick
7 - Sick Of Fun
8 - Deep Wound
9 - Dead Babies
10 - You're False
11 - Time To Stand
12 - Pressure
13 - Training Ground
14 - Deep Wound
15 - You're False
16 - Your Head In In Your Crouch
17 - Psyched To Die
18 - Sister
19 - Patriots
20 - Never Let You In
21 - Adult
22 - Don't Need
23 - Video Prick
24 - Let's Go To The Mall