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Doors 7pm | Show 7:30pm | Advance $20 / Day of Show $25 + Dice fees | 21+ W/ CNTS, Groin New York City’s Unsane assisted in pioneering a more aggressive, less studied version of noise rock, one that blended the scum/art industrial sturm und drang of , , , and with the decidedly more straightforward hardcore idiom favored by acts like . While developing the blueprint for noise-metal bands to follow, Unsane cut a remarkable swath through underground music, inspiring a devoted, cult-like following around the globe. As a power trio, Unsane relied upon a hammering, power-press rhythm section, a searing Telecaster howl, and distorted vocals that resembled nothing if not the sound of a man trapped in the New York Subway system. Having met at Sarah Lawrence College in the late ’80s, the original incarnation of Unsane — (vocals, guitar), Peter Shore (bass), and Charlie Ondras (drums) — crawled larvally out of the practice space in 1989 and began playing New York’s seediest haunts. It was these graveyard slots at clubs like CBGB’s where the band developed and honed their trademark sound and delivered the goods with due intensity and volume. Unsane piqued the interest of numerous small indie labels and began issuing a series of singles and EPs before recording their self-titled debut with . Using the photo of a decapitated man lying across train tracks, Unsane’s album cover set the tone for the admixture of seething aggression, naked fear, and barely controlled noise chaos contained within. But the band’s devastating maelstrom contained more than enough tunefulness and rock propulsion to quite easily surpass its more affected Lower East Side peers. During 1992, Unsane’s daunting schedule was cut devastatingly short by the untimely drug overdose of drummer Ondras. Former and drummer Vinny Signorelli climbed aboard the swiftly moving train in the fall of 1992 and the band began composing its next album. In the interim, compiled and issued a collection of Unsane’s early singles…

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