Band:

General Surgery

BiografieGeneral Surgery was formed in late 1988 by:

Matti Kärki: drums, vocals

Jonas Derouche: guitar

Grant McWilliams: bass

Richard Cabeza: lead vocals


The band was an outlet for the members at that time to musically profess their love for Carcass and grindcore in general.

After losing and gaining several members, a relatively stable line-up was found for recording their first demo (and the following one), "Erosive Offals" in March of 1990.


The members at this time were;

Richard Cabeza: lead vocals

Joacim Carlsson: guitar

Matti Kärki: bass, vocals

Mats Nordrup: drums


Later, the same demo was re-recorded at the "legendary" Sunlight studio, this time with new lyrics and titles, called "Pestiferous Anthropophagia". After this Rickard left the band and Grant was once again in the band.


A rehearsal demo was recorded shortly after this, and in November of 1990 their EP, "Necrology" was recorded, also at Sunlight studio. With the 11 minutes of music on the EP the band gained quite a following. Despite this, the band called it quits shortly afterwards. The EP was re-released on CD in 1993 by Relapse.


Resurrected for a short period in 2000, the remaining band members found it hard to gain a stable line-up, but did record a track for the Carcass tribute album "Requiems of Revulsion".


After a couple of more years of inactivity (which by this time seemed to be a trademark of the band) Joacim teamed up with Sayyadina bassist Andreas Eriksson to record some demo tracks on the computer.

The results were promising, so they invited Grant back to sing. Adde Mitroulis of Birdflesh and Jigsore Terror fame was asked if he could play and he readily agreed.
The line up was:

Joacim Carlsson: guitars

Andreas Eriksson: bass

Grant McWilliams: vocals

Adde Mitroulis: drums, vocals


This line-up recorded the split CD with the County Medical Examiners. After this, Andreas left the band and Glenn Sykes of Regurgitate was brought in on bass and Johan Wallin of Scurvy and Repugnant was brought in for guitar and vocal duties.

Leading to the line-up as it is today:


Joacim Carlsson: guitars

Grant McWilliams: lead vocals

Adde Mitroulis: drums, vocals

Glenn Sykes: bass

Johan Wallin: guitars, vocals


During 2005 the band made their first live appearance in the US at the well-renowned Maryland Deathfest. A 4-track pre-production demo was also recorded earlier in the spring, in order to test the studio for future recordings.


In December the band entered Offbeat Studio to record what was to become their first full-length album "Left Hand Pathology". The recording was later mastered at Peter in de Betou´s Tailor Maid facilities and the artwork was handled by the band themselves in order to make sure the packaging was as visually disturbing as the musical content.


In early 2006 vocalist Grant McWilliams made a decision to part ways with the band. His leave was on amicable terms and the band is currently seeking a replacement vocalist.


"Left Hand Pathology" was released to rave reviews in late May 2006. The band is now preparing a final tour with the LHP line-up, which will take place during 4 days in Japan later this September. Several other shows are in the works including the infamous Uppsala Blodbad in August & a possible Stockholm appearance.

Quelle: http://www.generalsurgery.nu/Discografie2006 Left Hand Pathology

2005 Demo 2005

2004 General Surgery / Machetazo Split 7" EP

2004 Demos Double 7" EP

2004 General Surgery / Filth Split 7" EP

2003 General Surgery / The County Medical Examiners

2001 Requiems Of Revulsion

1993 Necrology

1990 Internecine Prurience Demo

1990 Pestiferous Anthropophagia Demo

19990 Erosive Offals Demo
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Konzertberichte

Reviews

A Collection Of Depravation - Cover
GENERAL SURGERY sind wieder bei Relapse gelandet; bevor es aber die neue 7“ ”Like An Ever Flying Limb” gibt, wird mit „A Collection Of Depravation“ eine Sammlung von B-Se
Corpus In Extremis – Analysing Necrocriticism - Cover
GENERAL SURGERY bleiben sich treu (was sich ja leicht in true verdrehen lässt) und fahren auch auf „Corpus In Extremis – Analysing Necrocriticism“ die CARCASS Memory Lane weiter.
Left Hand Pathology - Cover
Ursprünglich mal als CARCASS-Huldigung von Matti Kärki (DISMEMBER) und Grant McWilliams ins Leben gerufen, haben GENERAL SURGERY nach der kultigen "Necrology" eine kreative Pause eingelegt.
Left Hand Pathology (LP) - Cover
Vor knapp einem halben Jahr haben GENERAL SURGERY ihr erstes Album auf den Markt gebracht (nach unzähligen EPs), dass sich wie erwartet als verdammt geiles, old schooliges Grindcore-Album entpuppte.
Necrology (Re-Release) - Cover
GENERAL SURGERY sind eine Konstante im Grindcore-Bereich, Relapse Records bringt jetzt zum quasi-Jubiläum ihr legendäres „Necrology“-Werk neu auf den Markt.