Facepuller arrived on the punk rock, noisecore scene
in March ‘91 with their first 7”, Pull This, on their own True North
label. It received many accolades from press and radio-types across the
planet. The tracks from the now out of print Pull This 7” were included
on their first full-length, Cranial Expansion Device, released in 1992
on True North. In 1993 Facepuller hooked up with Bang On Records and
their second brutal sonic offering, Auditory Surgical Technicians, was
unleashed on the world.
Not counting the four compilations the band has contributed to (On
the Downside, Jungle, Wade-Free Vancouver & Wade-Free Wherever) or
the four snowboarding videos their songs have been included on (the NO
EVIL trilogy & Sha-Drack, Me-Shack, A-Bed-Nigo), these Vancouver
boys latest release Unauthorized Volume Dealers marks their fourth
release (their 3rd full-length). Unauthorized Volume Dealers was
recorded and mixed by Ken “HiWatt” Marshall at Mushroom Studios in
Vancouver and showcases the bands powerful ability to mix controlled
noise with abrasive guitar strangulations. Released three months earlier
in Canada, it’s holding steady at number 5 on Canada’s National Chart
even now. Facepuller come to Alternative Tentacles Records via our
friends at Bang-On Records. Unauthorized Volume Dealers is the first
wide spread release this band has had outside Canada. So cherish and
revel in the flying shrapnel guitar demolition that straddles the
punk/metal/noise-core fence. There’s enough genre-mixing to satisfy
metal-heads and punk rockers alike!
Facepuller’s Brent, Ian and Brad have top-secret, covert jobs that
don’t allow them to tour much outside of Canada, but there is a video
for “Bored With Beauty,” directed/produced by Bill Morrison (Skinny
Puppy, GWAR).