#Roy Rainy Wainwright

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NUKE WAVE MEETS EDWARDIAN STYLE IN '82.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on bass player/band co-founder Roy "Rainy" Wainwright of the mighty DISCHARGE, rocking a stylish Edwardian-style jacket, performing live at the Zig Zag Squat in London, UK, on May 29, 1982. 📸: Kiwi Kim Mullan.

Dis nightmare still @%#!*$¢& continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3477237207245741109.

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DISCHARGE - Live at Lepakko, Helsinki, Finland 1983

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EIGHTIES COOL TO HIS BONES -- ON TOUR IN '83.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Royston "Rainy" Wainwright, bassist/co-founder of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, photographed somewhere in Hollywood (L.A.) CA, USA, c. 1983, during the band's second tour of the U.S.

Dis nightmare still @!*¢#%$& continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2237214288157506468.

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PAVED THE WAY FOR THRASH BEGINNING IN 1980 -- STILL A CHARGED HARDCORE BAND IN '83.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on live shots of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, during the band's stint with guitarist Peter "Pooch" Pyrtle, performing live somewhere in London, UK (possibly the 100 Club), c. early 1983. 📸: Laurence Prior

Dis nightmare still @!*¢#$%& continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2985920340443032860.

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YOUNG NOISE-MONGERS ON THE WARPATH -- NEXT STOP: GLOBAL SUBCULTURAL DOMINATION.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on rare/recently published shots of founding band members Tony "Bones" Roberts & Roy "Rainy" Wainwright of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, photographed during a soundcheck at the Bungalow in Glasgow, Scotland, from the band's first UK tour in early 1980. 📸: Wayne "Spike" Large.

Dis nightmare still @!*¢#$%& continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/profile/waynespikelarge (Picuki 2x).

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SOUNDCHECK TO THE APOCALYPSE -- NUKE WAVE RISING IN A BRAND NEW DECADE.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on some previously unpublished shots of the mighty DISCHARGE, "launching into their soundcheck with great fury" in 1980, performing live at The Bungalow in Paisley, Glasgow, UK, one of the band's first gigs outside of their native Stoke-on-Trent.

Dis nightmare still @¢!*%#$& continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3398145656959796114 (Picuki 4x).

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A MAN OF FEW WORDS, BUT HIS BASS-PLAYING STYLE CHANGED EVERYTHING.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Royston "Rainy" Wainwright in his prime as bass player and co-founder of English nuke wave/hardcore punk band, DISCHARGE, c. early '80s. 📸: ❓

Anyway, I've never seen either of these shots of Rains before, and I don't think they've made it onto Tumblr yet, so, here they are now in all their vintage glory. Posted the cropped ones, too, just for the hell of it, and more retro Rainy is always a beautiful thing, isn't it? Best apocalypse punk band ever.

Dis nightmare still @$!#*&% continues!!

Source: https://twitter.com/BillyBurp/status/1161646115328057345/photo/1.

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THE RAREST RAINY IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE -- UK REAL PUNK STYLE FOR ALL ETERNITY.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a behind-the-scenes and/or never before seen shot of Roy "Rainy" Wainwright, bassist/co-founder of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, during a soundcheck at the Bungalow in Glasgow, Scotland, from the band's first UK tour in early 1980. 📸: Wayne "Spike" Large.

Dis nightmare still @!¢*#$%& continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3418429277356521411.

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ON THIS DAY IN HARDCORE PUNK MEMORABILIA & LIVE GIG HISTORY -- 41 YEARS AGO TODAY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a backstage pass for English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, issued exclusively for the band's performance at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, on December 9, 1983, from the collection of @punkephemerotica.

PIC #2 & #3: Live shots of Rainy Wainwright (bassist), Pooch Pyrtle (guitar), & Kelvin "Cal" Morris (vocals) of the mighty DISCHARGE, performing live at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, on December 9, 1983. 📸: Alison Braun.

Dis nightmare still @!*%¢#$& continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3492444616601103120 (Picuki 2x).

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APOCALYPSE PUNK STYLE ICON INCARNATE -- HARDCORE RISING IN DARKNESS.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on clippings of "Rainy" Wainwright, bassist/co-founder /graphic artist for English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, performing live with the Dis-fathers in 1980 (Bones can be seen as well), from the Italian music magazine "Rockerilla" (published October 1981).

Dis nightmare still @$!*#&% continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3281663037693108934.

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ABC WEAPONS IMAGERY IN EARLY '80s NUKE WAVE -- PRE-BEAST ARTS, PRE-SLAYER.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on an early photo of Rainy Wainwright of DISCHARGE, c. 1981, Porterhouse, Redford, UK. Photo borrowed from @without_rulers.

PIC #2: An early DISCHARGE band tee design created by Rainy, and, if you look closely at the gig photo above, Rainy may or may not be wearing this exact same tee design. Cannot be confirmed nor denied.

Dis nightmare still @$!*#&% continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3396159192718937719 (Picuki 2x).

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AN EXTREME MUSIC LEGEND SURROUNDED BY HIS FAR EASTERN PROGENY -- ALL HAIL KING RAINY!!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on living legend Royston "Rainy" Wainwright, bassist/graphic artist/co-founder of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, surrounded by a handful of his adoring Japanese fans, during the band's 2011 Japanese tour. Photo from the private collection of Rains.

And because the Japanese scene in its entirety would sound waaaaay different than it does today had it not been for the kick in the pants that the Dis-fathers provided over 40 years ago.

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Source: www.picuki.com/media/2712101934290776562.

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PROBABLY THE ULTIMATE KAWAKAMI PIC WITH NO KAWAKAMI AT ALL -- PURE RAW PUNK LEGACY IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Rainy and Bones, co-founders of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, sitting in between Hideki Kawakami's mother in his hometown of Kochi City, Japan, taken during the band's 2011 Japanese tour. Photo from the private collection of Royston "Rainy" Wainwright.

"KAWAKAMI FOREVER Japan 2011 Chillin’ with the very cool ...Kawakami’s mom."

-- RAINY WAINWRIGHT, c. 2021

In memoriam, Hideki Kawakami "D-beat Master" -- Dis nightmare still @¢#*%©$&! continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2419916906167229439.

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CRASS TEE SPOTTED IN THE '80s NUKE WAVE SCENE -- "I AM NO FEEBLE CHRIST."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Royston/Roy “Rainy” Wainwright of English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, playing what looks to be a precision Fender bass guitar and rocking a CRASS tee, c. early ‘80s, possibly 1980.

Dis nightmare still @$!*#&% continues!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2770286513153296897.

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PEAK APOCALYPSE PUNK RHYTHM SECTION -- ETERNAL D-BEAT MASTERS.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on peak '80s hardcore punk/apocalypse punk bass guitar & drums -- Roy "Rainy" Wainwright & Dave "Bambi" Ellesmere of the mighty DISCHARGE, during the band's cataclysmic "Apocalypse Now" UK Tour/"WHY" era, c. 1981.

Dis nightmare still @$!#*&% continues!!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/2603395324941689447 (Picuki 2x).

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"IT'S PERFECT AND IT'S APPALLING. DISCHARGE ARE ABSOLUTE PUNK FROM STOKE..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a somewhat backhandedly positive review of the "WHY" mini-LP/12" EP by English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE (published by "Sounds," I think), and released on Clay Records in May/June? 1981 to mostly positive reviews and an even better charting position -- #1, in fact.

"WHY" REVIEW: "Okay, people. Did you ever wonder what the best album of 1981 was? Well, I'll tell you, 1981 brought us a new form of music. It's been called hardcore since 1979 I guess, but DOA, when they put out hardcore 81, they exemplified a new form of music. And uh, well I'll tell you this is beyond hardcore, this album, holy shit man. To call this album hardcore would be like putting frilly pink on it and spraying it with perfurme. Because this is DISCHARGE and this is the eleventh best record in the history of the human being.

Holy shit now what else can we say about this now because this is serious that we're talking about here. The fuckers. When Phil Sutcliffe reviewed this album in New Music Express or Sounds? he said that this album he never wants to listen to again, and it's putrefaction perfected, but he gave it a five star review. Which I find interesting. Um, the horrors of war. Pure hell. It's funny, everything I thought about saying last night I forgot. 'Cause I guess that's what this album does to you. It kinda just makes you speechless and stuff like that.

Discharge, when I got into DISCHARGE was June 1981, the month that this came out. And I started with "Decontrol." And I thought I could handle it. But I'll tell you Discharge was the first band that made me go pale. And to have this even heavier than "Decontrol" was like just, I couldn't believe it. So, considering I forgot everything I was gonna say about this album because it's all in the daytime and I haven't got high yet. We'll just have to go with the incidentally's.

Incidentally, this album was used as a retort from Lou Barlow to J. Mascis on a SEBADOH record.

Incidentally, this album includes the best bass player in the world, Roy Wainright. Who, at the time that this album came out I thought Stanley Clarke was the best bass player in the world, but once you hear this album you know what I mean. And also, "Is This to Be," which is on this album, is the forty-eighth song in the history of the human being. And "Ain't No Feeble Bastard" is the forty-ninth best song in the history of the human being.

So, I think this is the third line-up on this album. It's friggin' Roy Wainright the bass player, friggin' Tony Roberts on guitar, Kelvin "Cal" Morris on vocals and they had Dave "Bambi" Ellesmere of THE INSANE on drums."

-- RYM (RATE YOUR MUSIC), Mark Gaudet's 30 best albums in the history of the human being (A list by Mcormier), 1981's "WHY" (#11 of 30), undated

Sources: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/mcormier/mark-gaudets-best-albums-in-the-history-of-the-human-being, Pinterest, etc...

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