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Early history 1982-1986 Napalm Death started in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, in 1982. The band was formed by Nic Bullen and Miles Ratledge who were still at school at the time (they were 13 and 14 respectively). The duo had been playing in 'bedroom' bands since 1980 as an extension of their fanzine writing and went through many names including "Civil Defence", "The Mess", "Evasion" and "Undead Hatred" before they settled on Napalm Death at the beginning of 1982. The band were initially inspired by the early wave of punk bands, particularly the anarcho-punk movement which included artists such as Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni and The Ex: anarcho-punk was a sub-genre of punk music which was focused on extreme left-wing anarchist politics. The band recorded a number of demo tapes in 1982 and 1983, one of which contributed their first studio recording to the Bullshit Detector Volume 3 compilation released by Crass Records in 1984.
Early history 1982-1986 Napalm Death started in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, in 1982. The band was formed by Nic Bullen and Miles Ratledge who were still at school at the time (they were 13 and 14 respectively). The duo had been playing in 'bedroom' bands since 1980 as an extension of their fanzine writing and went through many names including "Civil Defence", "The Mess", "Evasion" and "Undead Hatred" before they settled on Napalm Death at the beginning of 1982. The band were initially inspired by the early wave of punk bands, particularly the anarcho-punk movement which included artists such as Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni and The Ex: anarcho-punk was a sub-genre of punk music which was focused on extreme left-wing anarchist politics. The band recorded a number of demo tapes in 1982 and 1983, one of which contributed their first studio recording to the Bullshit Detector Volume 3 compilation released by Crass Records in 1984.