GBH - Dead on Arrival: A Punk Rock Anthology

Thanks to their first few albums, bands like Iron Maiden and Venom usually get the lion's share of credit for helping create thrash metal. But another deserving band would be Gbh. While the other aforementioned bands wore heavy metal duds and sported long manes of hair, Gbh unmistakably looked like punks. On record however, it was a whole different story, as the manic guitar riffing of such cult classics as City Baby Attacked By Rats seemed like a blueprint for James Hetfield's rhythm work on Metallica's Kill 'em All. Read More