Artist description Aborted Youth is the band you either love or hate.ˇ!

Music Style Combination of death metal, old-school punk and industrial

Musical Influences Misfits, Black Flag, Slayer -- you name it.

Similar Artists We don't sound like any of that crap on the radio.

Artist History Formed on July 4, 1995, ABORTED YOUTH went through more drummers than Spinal Tap. That's why ABORTED YOUTH uses a drum machine. No live drummer could ever replicate the drum beats. ˇ)

Group Members Clint Severs, 26, the mastermind behind the insanity, plays the bass and growls the vocals. Jessica Michael, 24, plays guitar and programs the drum machine.

Instruments Guitar: Hondo II (wouldn't trade it for anything); Bass: of unknown origins; Drum machines: Roland PMA-5, Yamaha QY-700 (Yamaha used new material not yet posted)

Albums Self-titled Aborted Youth

Press Reviews Is it crusty noisy punk? Is it grindcore? Or is it everything rolled into one?" -- Da'core Magazine."Gormless-sounding vocalist grunts his way through the Sex Pistols' 'Belsen Was A Gas' played at 100 mph." -- Limecat online zineRandom quotes: "It's like Skinny Puppy and Atari Teenage Riot after 10 cups of coffee." "I'm going to go shoot up my high school now." "That's disturbing. It makes me want to cry.""I have to book those guys." "This music makes me want to kill yuppies." "Don't you guys have any happy songs?"

Additional Info Check us out on "Steel City Aggression III," a compilation of Pittsburgh hardcore bands, at http://www.da-core.com. Also, due out soon, Blacklight Record's compilation "Time Capsule 2000" will feature 10 CDs with 200 bands.

Location Pittsburgh, PA - USA

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