Artist description Bombastic metallic hardcore punk.

Music Style Hardcore Punk

Musical Influences Motorhead, Black Flag, Ramones, Minor Threat, Bad Brains

Similar Artists Motorhead, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Cro-Mags, Necros, early Metallica, Discharge, G.B.H., Black Flag, Crucifix, Green Day, Offspring, Fear, Circle Jerks, D.O.A

Artist History Formed in 1982 by brothers Vis and Scott Helland. One of the first hardcore bands to come out of the Western Massachusetts area. Bass player Scott Helland was also in the seminal western mass hardcore band Deep Wound with J. Mascis and Lou Barlow. Outpatients existed for 13 years, released 7 albums and were known for their highly energetic/crazed live shows. Outpatients fused ahardcore punk sound with metallic influences. They played with punk bands of the day such as: Black Flag, G.B.H., Husker Du, C.O.C, Crucifix,Cro-Mags, S.S.D., Melvins, Gang Green, Agnostic Front, 7 Seconds, Vatican Commandos, Murphy's Law,Necros and more!

Group Members Scott Helland - Bass, Vis Helland - Guitar, vocalsMike Kingsbury - Drums

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals

Albums Outpatients Outcasts II '85-'95 (Free Association Records, 1998), Outpatients Hardcore Outcasts Revisited '82-'84 (Free Association Records, 1995), Outpatients Test of Time (Free Association Records, 1993)

Press Reviews "The Outpatients were one of those classic obscure hardcore bands that blew away most of their peersat the time, but for some unknown reason, went unnoticed.They had a sound all their own...and it fucking rips.The music is extremely forceful hardcore that hasstood the test of time. Another important pieceof thrash history for you to look into."Flipside Magazine, Review by Thrashead (1998)"Outpatients blister and scream"The Big Take-Over Magazine, review by Jack Rabid

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Location Westfield, MA - USA

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