Since 1988, Unsane has pounded the planet with their caustic grooves and foundation-crumbling riffs, releasing music through a wide range of labels including Matador/Atlantic, Amphetamine Reptile, Relapse, Ipecac and Alternative Tentacles. Their hammering, power-press rhythm section, searing Telecaster howl, and distorted, chainsaw cutting through a steel beam vocals helped develop the blueprint for noise bands to follow and define the "AmRep sound" alongside Today Is The Day, The Jesus Lizard, Helmet, Tad, Cows, Halo Of Flies, and the Melvins.
Produced by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, White Zombie, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"), 1993's Total Destruction is the band's second studio effort, originally issued through a partnership between Matador and Atlantic Records, and first in the wake of the heroin overdose of drummer Charlie Ondras. Replaced by Vincent Signorelli (formerly of Foetus and Swans), his hypnotic stick work, Chris Spencer's in the red vocals, and the slower, heavier Black Sabbath meets punk riffs make for a dark and menacing offering with highlights aplenty like "Body Bomb," "Road Trip," "Wayne," "Black Book" and Trench."
