Originally Posted by DJ Rick

No Le$$ are my favorite band of the powerviolence era...especially for that side from their split 7" with Laughing Dog.

Other faves from that era...

Suppression/Despise You split 7"
Sleestak side from split 7" w/ Lil Rudy G & the Chizmosos
Gasp "Dome Triler of the Puzzle Zoo People"

If you think the term "powerviolence" is lame, you should know that it came about as a joke which unexpectedly became recognized as a genre. I think it was around 1992 or so, and Slap a Ham Records had been releasing stuff like Neanderthal, No Comment, the Infest/PHC flexi, etc., for the last couple years. A reviewer for MRR was baffled at what to call this music and said, "What is this? Some kinda sonic powerviolence?" When the following issue of MRR appeared, it had an ad from Slap a Ham that said "Specializing in Sonic Powerviolence Since 1989." And then people started taking it seriously.

To be sure, there was something different about it. It was a unique derivation of an unprecedented mixture of styles...grind/death, thrash, hip hop-derived samplisticness and occasional rhythmic double-triplets, and a bit of (or in the case of Man Is the Bastard A LOT OF) progginess. Sometimes noise, too, as some of the best bands (esp. MITB and Suppression) descended into strictly noise bands.

So, I really wouldn't include Los Crudos. They were very much a revisionist band of Latin American bands of the original thrash/HC scene, such as Solucion Mortal, Ohlo Seco, Colera, La Pestilencia, etc.