#G.B.H. (Charged GBH)

[possible-streetwear]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

G.B.H.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

PUNK GIRLS AT THE END OF THE SECOND WAVE -- THIRD WAVE HAS ARRIVED.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on now legendary '80s punk British photographer Jenny Plaits (at left, with charged blonde hair) with her friends Jane and Cathy at the Bunker, Sunderland, UK, c. 1985.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3343138725573106703.

[metalcultbrigade]

GBH

[bestfuckinmusic]

Charged G.B.H. - City Baby Attacked By Rats - 1982

A little UK82 for you! Classic stuff.

[gotankgo]

GBH “Lycanthropy”

• Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne (1981)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A LOT OF PUNK WAS CONSIDERED OLD HAT BY THE LATE '80s, BUT THERE WERE SOME SURVIVORS.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a gig poster for English street punk bamd CHARGED G.B.H. performing live at Scorgies [a nightclub/music venue] in Rochester, New York, on July 26, 1988.

Anyway, I understand a lot of the initial English hardcore bands of the early '80s were on their last legs as the eighties turned into the '90s, so I'm left wondering how their reception went down at this gig, and/or if it was even well-attended at all.

Ultimately, grunge would eventually leave bands like GBH in the dust just a few years after this gig (at least in the U.S.), and it was definitely a sign of the changing times, changing musical landscapes, and prevailing tastes of the impending new decade.

[iamdangerace]

I'm strapped into my bed, I've got electrodes in my head. My nerves are really bad, it's the best time I've ever had.

Freaks, aren’t we all.

[matarifes]

Charged) GBH, 1985 Echoes of a Killing

[possible-streetwear]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

G.B.H.  –  Sick Boy

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THRASHERS BY NAME -- STREET PUNK-METAL ASSASSINS IN ATTITUDE.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega-spotlight on late, great bassist Cliff Burton and rhythm guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield of American thrash metal band METALLICA, performing live at the Breaking Sound Festival at Le Bourget Airport outside of Paris, France, on August 29, 1984. 📸: Pete Cronin (I believe he took all of these).

Man, these took a while to track down, and I'll bet there's even more out there that probably haven't even been published yet. I also had to double-check that they were all different, too, seeing as they're multiple shots of just Cliff & James. Stay HEAVY!!

Sources: Various, Classic Rockers, Loudwire, Rolling Stone, the NME, and https://notefornoteblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/metallica-ride-the-lightning-1984.

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DHD Trivia

In the first comic with Aditi’s deal, Alrick has shoulder armor. I left them out in the 2nd story as I was planning to have Alrick give his jacket for Vanessa to stay warm and comforted, but it never happened. Since then Alrick has been without any armor. 

Cat’s name was supposed to be just Cat, but Rena called her Catherine during the typing process.

I was supposed to draw only one comic with Alrick (the Aditi’s Deal), nothing more. But a new idea came to my mind, then a new one…

I want to keep Alrick’s and Lou-Lou friendship close and warm, as I believe in unconditional friendships between men and women. 

Saint Killy’s hospital in 3rd story is a homage to Killy from the manga Blame!

Cat’s and Hagon children Serafia, Amanda, Anders and Viktor are named after my great-great-great grandparents and great-great grandparents. 

The dress Cat is wearing in the 5th comic says GBH. Charged G.B.H is a British punk band, which started playing  in 1979 and still plays in 2022. Listen to G.B.H’s  album City Baby Attacked By Rats here.

While Dinky Sugar looks like the dancer from Caravan Palance’s “Lone Digger” music video, that was a pure coincidence. She was supposed to be just a passbying background character and nothing more.

Dinky Sugar’s name is a homage to Mossworm’s comic of a butterfly which says “Sippy. Drinky Sugar”. I ran into it while drawing Dinky’s story and it made me laugh so much. I love the comic and the butterfly!

Dinky means small in British English. 

Joon’s honorific broidi to Alrick means a brother in South-Finnish slang. I’m certain he calls Death-Head women as systeri (sister with the same slang)

The women and how I draw them in story 6 are inspired by the softness, sensuality and roundness a mangaka Rumiko Takahashi uses in her art when drawing sexy women.

Aditi is wearing a wig as pure lizard people don’t grow hair.

Aditi is not inspired by Egyptian art, though she does look like one.

Aditi’s is a Hindi name meaning boundles, limitless or innocence. I found out after the first comic that Aditi is one of the Hindu goddesses. Goddess Aditi rules many things, like sky, fertility, earth, past and the future.

Viv is a fan of the TV series Princess Blue. It’s a homage to an Australian cartoon series Bluey, which I love to death. It’s genuinely a fun, happy mood series (with awesome voice acting!), where parents get involved with their daughters Bluey’s and Bingo’s plays (the same way Joon tends to play with his niece Viv).  Here’s a little snippet of Bluey’s family’s car trips.

Kahamet is based on a man in a grey suit and a black goat’s head I met in a dream in 2019. He introduced himself as Kahamet. 

The Royal AOR Hotel in story 8 is a homage to my other character, A or R, from my comic FUZZY. 

Alrick tells Rena that she’s the best boss he’s ever had, which implies he has had earlier DH-bosses prior to Rena.

Lou-Lou is pronounced like Luu-Luu. Luu in Finnish means a bone, so she’s basically Bone-Bone. Our own Moon-Moon haha! This is not intentional. I realized it months after Lou-Lou first appeared.

In story 9, the ship in the harbor is named かわいい (kawaii). I was learning hiragana the time I drew the comic. 

The city behind the reporter in the beginning of story 10 is Helsinki. The early 18th century building behind her is one of my old working places. 

This wasn’t intentional but there is an open pool near these buildings in Helsinki.

Pearl’s frustration with the divination’s message is based on my own experience with working with divination tools since age 16. 

In my comic FUZZY, the protagonist Irene is a modern day seer and her surname is Pearl. DHD Pearl’s name is a small homage nod to Irene.

Pearl’s surname Helmi means a pearl in Finnish. So she’s Pearl Pearl.

DHD HQ manager Alyssee McRoth’s surname is a nod to my favorite comic, Sláine, as Sláine’s surname is MacRoth.

Algoth is named after a famous Finnish 1920′s smuggler Algoth Niska.

Dio is wearing the boots I had when I was a teenager.

Loid has the same piercings as I do on his left ear.

Loid first appeared in my short comic ARE, transferring from there to my other comic FUZZY, appearing as an antagonist in both stories. In FUZZY, he’s a magical being from Jotuni race, but in Death-Head’s Deal he’s a magician. Loid is a character who visits many projects of mine.

Loid’s name is an acronym from Idol, as I’m a big fan of Billy Idol.

Kaosa is also an acronym from Osaka, where I visit regularly.

Okupio, which Grimm suggests as a honeymoon trip target, is an acronym from Finnish city Kuopio, which is basically my home area.

Kizzie is based on an 1950′s American actress Mamie van Doren.

Despite Kizzie being a singer, she’s got social anxiety in group gatherings, especially if she needs to do sports. That’s my unfortunate(?) trait, too.

Kizzie’s brother Remy is based on a model Mighty Moustache. I designed his hair a bit after Mass Effect Andromeda character Reyes Vidal, who is my favorite Mass Effect character and romance option.

Remy’s small Aries sign tattoo is my astrological sign.

[flyerhigh]

[gotankgo]

GBH “Give Me Fire” (1982)

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G.B.H - give me fire _ No Survivors(1989) on  Clay Records

Charged GBH, commonly known as GBH, are an English street punk band which was formed in 1978 by vocalist Colin Abrahall, guitarist Colin "Jock" Blyth, bassist Sean McCarthy (replaced by Ross Lomas after two shows[1]) and Drummer Andy "Wilf" Williams. GBH were early pioneers of English street punk, often nicknamed "UK82", along with Discharge, Broken Bones, The Exploited and The Varukers. GBH have gone on to influence several punk rock musicians.

The name GBH was inspired by then-bassist Sean McCarthy's trial for grievous bodily harm. Though the core line up of Colin, Ross and Jock has stayed the same throughout their history the drum stool has been occupied by a number of incumbents following Wilf's departure after the Midnight Madness and Beyond album and Oh No It's GBH again 12" ep. 1986 saw the arrival of German drummer Kai Reder who played on three albums and an EP (No Need To Panic, A Fridge Too Far and From Here To Reality, as well as the "Wot A Bargain" 12"), Kai was then replaced by American, Joe "Fish" Montanero for one album (Church of The Truly Warped), this was the band's last release for the Rough Justice label. The drum stool was then occupied from around 1994 by former Bomb Disneyland/Bomb Everything drummer Scott Preece, who has remained to this day and played on all releases since.