Bio

1983 - 4 teenagers in a church cellar jamming space in their suburban mill town of Weymouth, Massachusetts USA first create the hellish, anti-establishment dissonance now known as SIEGE, and in the process hammer home one of the key cornerstones in the initial development of our beloved Grindcore genre.

Their ‘Drop Dead’ cassette upped the intensity of their Boston Hardcore Punk predecessors with a more unleashed harshness and aggression, fueled by their raging non-conformist and anti-war lyrical statement. The now-legendary 3 tracks on artist Pushead’s ‘Cleanse The Bacteria’ compilation lp cemented their place in the hearts of tape-trading and extreme music-worshipping freaks worldwide.

Original SIEGE songwriting team Kurt Habelt (guitarist) and Rob Williams (drummer/lyricist) have outlived subsequent side projects as well as two singers (original vocalist Screamin’ Kev Mahoney and his replacement - the now infamous Seth Putnam from Anal Cunt - both passed away in 2011), but these elder statesmen of Grindcore re-grouped for explosive special events starting in 2016 - all leading up to this, the ultimate celebration of SIEGE’s legacy and music here at Obscene Extreme 2019! Joined by seasoned Grind veteran Ben Barnett (from Providence Rhode Island’s Dropdead), this 2-guitar SIEGE attack pummels through their now-timeless classics in a world where their message is more needed than ever: “Break Down The Walls!”