The Hated
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The Hated was an Annapolis, Maryland punk rock band from 1985 to 1990. The original members were Mike Bonner, Erik Fisher, Daniel Littleton, and Colin Meeder. The Hated are known as one of the earliest Emo bands.
After an early start as a parody of some of the DC hardcore scene's more rockist tendencies, the band's music quickly became more serious, more musically complicated that that of many of their contemporaries and followers, including melodic basslines, vocal harmonies and guitar playing (and tunings) borrowed from folk music, and drumming often more reminiscent of Keith Moon of the Who than most punk and post-punk drumming. The lyrics were complicated as well, occasionally containing bibilical allusions or phrases in French and German.
The original line-up recorded lasted until the fall of 1985, when Bonner was replaced by Kenny Hill of the Spastic Rats and Meeder was replaced by John Irvine. This version of the group recorded two of the Hated's best known works, the "Like the Days" ep and the sessions that were later released as the "What Was Behind" lp (this lp release has since been disowned by the band, as it was mastered at the wrong speed). Irvine left the band around the beginning of 1987; he was replaced first by Erik Fisher's brother Jason and then by Colin Meeder, who re-joined in early 1988.
After the dissolution of the Hated, Littleton and Meeder went on to form Three Shades of Dirty, and were members of Slack with Jenny Toomey. Littleton is currently a member of Ida.
The Hated's works are currently all out-of-print. A comprehensive compilation is said to be forthcoming from Troubleman Unlimited; this has, however, been delayed for several years.
[edit] Discography
- 1985-- "A Crabtowne Comp." compilation tape of Annapolis-area bands (Tracks: Touch It, I Don't Like You, Heart Attack, Martyrs on a Reason, No Meaning, Crime, We Are the Cheese)(Vermin Scum)
- 1985-- Demo Tape (aka "The Best Pice (sic) of Shit") (Tracks: Hey Mister, I Don't Like You, Somewhere, Intro/Your Mind, Words Come Back, No Meaning, Hate Me, The Good Old Days, Touch It)
- 1985-- "No More We Cry" 7" (Tracks: Hey Mister, Waiting, Rubber Bullets, Words Come Back)(Vermin Scum)
- 1986-- Demo Tape (aka "No More We Cry") later re-released on vinyl as "What Was Behind"; tape is correctly mastered, vinyl mastered at the wrong speed
- 1987-- "Like The Days" 2x7" (Tracks: Underground, Not Mine, Damned Heart, Psalm)(Vermin Scum)
- 1989-- "Panx Vinyl Zine 03" 7" compilation (Track: Ballad)(Panx)
- 1989-- "Everysong" 12" (Tracks: Anonymous Descriptions of Uncontrollable Urges, These are the Days, Return, Pride & Confusion, Knocking on your Door, Promises, Someone) (Vermin Scum)
- 1990-- "Wedge" 7" compilation (Track: I Am a Rock)(Simple Machines)
- 1992-- "What Was Behind" 12" (Tracks: What Was Behind, Untold Mess, Waiting, Less Than Nothing, What Was Behind, Fortunate One, Never Is Allways, Departure, Ballad, Everysong, No More We Cry)(Vermin Scum)
- 1992-- "Awl" cassette (Tracks: Hey Mister, I Don't Like You, Somewhere, Intro/Your Mind, Words Come Back, No Meaning, The Good Old Days, Touch It, Don't Eat The Food, Breakfast, Underground, Never Is Always, Police On My Clash, Damned Heart, Psalm, Knocking On Your Door, Every Song, Return)(Simple Machines)
- 1997-- "Desmond Outcast & the Transplanted Heroes 7" (Tracks: Two People Blue, Wherever You Go)(Troubleman Unlimited)
