Cancerous Growth

Cancerous Growth was Hardcore Punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston had it’s “Crew” bands – SSD, Negative FX, the FU’s, DYS. Then, there was Jerry’s Kids, The Freeze, The Proletariat and the quite awesome Siege, Western Mass’ Deep Wound (later to morph into Dinosaur Jr.) and the Motörhead-obsessed Outpatients contributed their respective brands of earslaughter to Massachusetts’ Hardcore sect circa 80-85. Then there was the increasingly speed-fixated Psycho (whose guitarist Johnny X did an all-too-brief stint on the porno circuit); those lovable, pro-wrestling goombas, The PTL Klub and the mighty Cancerous Growth. Cancerous Growth’s mainstay, drummer Charlie Infection, probably was the closest thing this bunch had to a leader. Chaz was – and still is – a warm-hearted guy with a piercing South Shore of Massachusetts accent. While his tenure in Psycho may have been longer, Cancerous Growth was his baby. Da Growth was slightly heavier in approach than most of their peers. A bit more of one-eyed metal stomp permeated their breakneck thrash on songs like “Something I Don’t Need” or “The Choice Is Yours” on their Late For The Grave LP (1985) which was the second release on Ax/ction Records, a label run by Infection and Psycho’s X. Ax/ction would later become one of the first real grassroots distros for the then yet-to-emerge grindcore and pure thrash scene of the mid to late 80’s distributing the like of Napalm Death, Hirax and The Meatshits. Charlie’s radio show at Brandeis University saw them bringing San Francisco’s Crucifix to those hallowed halls for an explosive gig in 1983. Though Cancerous’ one tour saw them going as far West as Iowa before turning back, there were plenty of great gigs with the likes of Raw Power, Die Kreuzen, Corrosion of Conformity, Bl’ast!, Decry and Fang. Charlie would remain Cancerous Growth’s only original member as the band went onto its second Ax/ction album, 1987’s hmmlmmlum. A bit more musical sophistication crept into the equation with ex-Isolated Youth guitarist Marc Tobio rejoining the band to replace original chordsman John Malignant. However, the biggest change for the band came with the 1986 departure of gravel throated growler Mike Sores, leaving the band a three-piece with Marc, Charlie and bassist “Teminal Tom” Scolastico (replacing Tobio after his bass stint on “LFTG” for 1986’s 7” “Today’s Society”) sharing vocal duties. Bassist Mark “Waldo” Small joined the band for the “hmmlmmlum” LP. With the Ax/ction label and his duties with Psycho starting to take more and more of Infection’s time, Cancerous Growth became fairly benign come 1987-88.

Live At CBGB's (1984)

01 - Intro
02 - Stupid People
03 - Choice Is Yours
04 - Something I Don't Need
05 - Heart Failure
06 - Cancerous Growth
07 - Revolution
08 - Blondie (''On Way Or Another'' Blondie's Cover)
09 - Had Enough
10 - Corporation Vegetable

Late For The Grave (1985)

01 - No Chance
02 - Stupid People
03 - Decide
04 - Be Yourself
05 - Number
06 - Something I Don't Need
07 - Sick Of It (Live)
08 - The Choice Is Yours
09 - Revolution
10 - What Can You Do?
11 - Programmed
12 - Do You Believe
13 - Over Bored
14 - Keep In Peace
15 - Had Enough

Today's Society 7'' (1986)

01 - Branded
02 - Ecology
03 - The Demon & The Goddess
04 - Today's Society
05 - Late For The Grave

Last Chance Live 7'' (1987)

01 - Girlfriends
02 - Decided
03 - Something I Don't Need

Hmmlmmlum... (1988)

01 - Some Things Here
02 - Greed
03 - One Side
04 - What Can You Do?
05 - Mongoloid
06 - Late For The Grave
07 - Youth Of When
08 - Prey On The Weak
09 - Black Doomy Theme
10 - Satan's Stupid
11 - Delusionary Tactics
12 - Girlfriends

Cancer Causing Agents: A Cancerous Growth Discography (2013)

01 - Some Things Here
02 - Greed
03 - One Side
04 - What Can You Do?
05 - Mongoloid
06 - Late For The Grave (Live)
07 - Youth Of When
08 - Prey On The Weak
09 - Black Doomy Theme
10 - Satan's Stupid
11 - Delusionary Tactics
12 - Hmmlmmlum
13 - No Chance
14 - Decide
15 - Be Yourself
16 - Number
17 - Something I Don't Need
18 - The Choise Is Yours
19 - Revolution
20 - Programmed
21 - Do You Beleive
22 - Over Bored
23 - Had Enough
24 - Branded
25 - Ecology
26 - Demon / Goddess
27 - Today's Society
28 - Late For The Grave
29 - Girlfriends (Live)
30 - Decided (Live)
31 - Something I Don't Need (Live)
32 - Corporation Vegetable
33 - Keep My Peace
34 - Dillusionary Tactics
35 - Diabolical Fx
36 - 24 Thousand Dollars
37 - Girlfriends
38 - Von Scenester
39 - Stupid People
40 - What Can You Do?
41 - Keep My Peace
42 - Kill Reagan Right (Demo Tape)
43 - Heart Failure (Demo Tape)
44 - Kill Ozzy (Demo Tape)
45 - Brainwashed (Demo Tape)
46 - A Public Service Annoncement (Demo Tape)

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