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SSD (Society System Decontrol) were a straight edge hardcore (and later heavy metal) band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound. However the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as SSD. ==History== Formed by songwriter/guitarist Al Barile (then a machinist at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts and a student at Northeastern University), SSD started performing at smaller venues throughout the Greater Boston metropolitan area, like Gallery East, in the summer of 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense, charged performances and the provocative antics of their core group of followers, the Boston Crew.〔Cogan, Mike (2006) ''Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture'', Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-33340-8, p. 216〕 The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa (David Spring) on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass and Chris Foley on drums.〔True, Chris "(SSD Biography )", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-19〕 They released their debut LP ''The Kids Will Have Their Say'' on their own X-Claim label in 1982.〔 Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter and his Dischord label's logo appeared on the back cover. In 1983 they added second guitarist Francois Levesque and released the EP ''Get It Away'', widely regarded as their best record, and one that helped define Boston's straight-edge scene.〔〔McCaleb, Ian & Robbins, Ira "(SS Decontrol/SSD )", ''Trouser Press'', retrieved 2011-07-19〕 The X-Claim pressings of it and ''The Kids Will Have Their Say'' are both highly collectable. Like many hardcore bands in the mid-1980s, particularly in the Boston area, SSD began heading in a heavy metal direction.〔 In 1984 they signed to the Boston label Modern Method and released the ''How We Rock'' EP, which was rooted in the hardcore sound but exhibited overt heavy metal characteristics, such as a relatively high number of lengthy guitar solos. After signing to Homestead they released the ''Break It Up'' LP in 1985. It had both feet planted in the metal genre, leaving behind all trappings of punk and hardcore. SSD broke up in November that year.〔 Barile went on to form Gage, Sciarappa joined Slapshot, and Springa went on to join Razorcaine and Die Blitzkinder. 〔 Scott Schinder, in his book ''Alt-Rock-a-Rama'', described SSD as "The most important hardcore band to emerge from New England."〔Schinder, Scott (1996) ''Rolling Stone's Alt-Rock-a-Rama'', Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-385-31360-5, p. 1825〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SSD (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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