1980, England, after the Sex Pistols demise, one of the new breed of "Punk" bands amongst the oncoming onslaught of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, such as Motorhead, Diamond Head, and Mercyful Fate, whose raucous sounds were pumped-out regularly by many U.S. college radio stations' airwaves The turntables seemed to be dominated by one band's endlessly spinning vinyl black circles which emitted the guttural sounds from Britain's most visual, thunderous and influential reigning kings who broke Hardcore's sound barrier: Discharge!

Consisting of: Cal(voice,) Roy 'Rainy' Wainwright(bass,) Tony 'Bones'(lead) and Terry 'Tezz' Roberts. They formed in '77 and played local gigs around the Stoke- on-Trent area.

Nothing much happened until Mike Stone moved from Stoke from London. He owned a record shop and a label when he came to see their first gig at Northwood Parish Hall, Stoke- on- Trent. He stated they had no musical ability, but got off on the intensity of their performance and thought it might be interesting to have a group like them on his label, so they were the first band to be signed to Stoke-On-Trent label Clay Records in February of 1980. Influenced by The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned, the name Discharge was chosen because it was obnoxious. They released their first EP "Realities of War" in March1980, but because Stone didn't have a distributor, he sold it to shops out of the boot of his car. Remarkably, it got into the Top 10 of the Indie chart in 'Sounds’. Later that year they released an EP, 'Fight Back,' which also reached the Indie charts.

Their next record, still in 1980, was 'Decontrol,' but it wasn't until late '81 Mike Stone produced 'Never Again'. Boldly displaying on it's cover the now famed "Impaled Dove" artwork (from an W.W. II anti-war poster) to become synonymous with the band even today, and not only did well in the Indie chart, but actually got to No. 64 in the national chart. This was the predecessor to the most memorable of all their discs driving many people into a thrashing frenzy or fleeing into the streets covering their bleeding ears. That behemoth is now known as their legendary first album 'Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing'. It charted nationally at No. 40 and stayed there for five weeks. At this point they were approached by a major label, but they decided to stay loyal to Clay, because Mike Stone had given them their first break and it was frowned upon for bands such as themselves to sign to a major at the time. About that time they had started touring abroad, in Italy, Yugoslavia, Holland, Sweden and Finland, and their first tour of the US and Canada.

Discharge released their swansong, if not albatross LP of all time...'Grave New World' 1986 on Clay/Rock Hotel/Profile. It is a great production effort, but alas the band re-invents itself once again with a more mainstream Mtv-like metal posture.

Nothing much happened until both 'Never Again' and 'Discharge 1980- 1986'' were released by Clay. By the end of '89 they released a live album recorded on tour during the second US tour US tour, 'Live At The City Gargen, New Jersey' and another live CD 'The Nightmare Continues' during the first half of the 1980's at Tunstall Town Hall, Stoke-on Trent.

In 1991, Discharge once again banded together and released new material : 'Massacre Divine' and 'Shooting up the World'. By late 1997 Discharge comes full circle and reforms with it's old line-up featuring: Tezz, Bones, Cal and Rainy.