PRONG: 1986 Demo Available For Download

September 17, 2007

The 1986 debut seven-song demo cassette by New York thrash/hardcore/noise crossover trio PRONG has been made available for download at the Bang! Bang! metal demo blog.

According to the blog post, "Before the drum machines, remixes, and guest appearances, PRONG was a very lonely metalcore trio from the Lower East Side of New York. Forget about ANTHRAX and OVERKILL — theirs was the New York City of Tompkins Square police riots, WARZONE, art/noise, and urban decay. While hatecore groups like SHEER TERROR and SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE were running back and forth between the metal and hardcore neighborhoods in 1986, PRONG were squatting on something special and different. Out of step with any thrash trends, PRONG came into the speed/thrash/core game sounding like an unholy fusion of early SONIC YOUTH and MEGADETH, and the world slowly took notice..."

Bang! Bang!, the weblog of Ian Christe (author of "Sound of the Beast" and "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga", and host on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack),is dedicated to "celebrating the tradition of freely-traded heavy metal demo cassettes and preserving the pioneer spirit of the underground, one magnetic particle at a time."

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