Life Sucks... And Then You Die!

Life Sucks... And Then You Die!
Studio album by Cerebral Fix
Released	1988
Recorded	Loco Studios,; Usk, Wales, UK
Genre	Thrash metal ; Crossover thrash
Length	33:10
Label	Vinyl Solution
Producer	Iain Burgess
Cerebral Fix chronology

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Life Sucks... And Then You Die! was the debut album by Cerebral Fix – a thrash metal band from Birmingham, England. The band released it in 1988 on the independent record label Vinyl Solution, and followed it in 1990 with an altogether different sounding album, Tower of Spite , following mass line-up changes and a switch to the major label Roadrunner Records. To support Life Sucks..., the band toured the UK with Bolt Thrower, Deviated Instinct, Doom, Electro Hippies, Concrete Sox, Bomb Disneyland, Hellbastard, Energetic Krusher, and Hard-Ons.

Cerebral Fix are an English thrash metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993. In 2006, the band announced its reformation.

Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work. The lyrics often deal with social issues and criticism of The Establishment, using direct and denunciatory language, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk.

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Overview

Following a successful demo in 1987, We Need Therapy, the band was picked up by London based label, Vinyl Solution, and set about recording a raw album which eventually gained exposure via the John Peel Radio 1 programme alongside emerging bands like Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror.

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Vinyl Solution was a record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the offshoot of an independent London-based record store based at 231 Portobello Road. The label signed many unconventional acts in a number of uncompromising genres, such as skatepunk thrash band The Stupids, Britcore rappers Gunshot, and Bomb Disneyland. The label had its biggest success when one of the label's techno-dance groups, Bizarre Inc, made the UK Pop charts with the song "Playing with Knives".

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Track listing

All songs written by Cerebral Fix

"Warstorm" – 4:13
"Cerebral Fix" – 2:57
"Looniverse" – 2:30
"Give Me Life" – 1:29
"Soap Opera" – 0:35
"Behind the Web" – 3:24
"Product of Disgust" – 2:15
"Life Sucks" – 1:17
"Power Struggle" – 2:02
"Go" – 0:12
"Fear of Death" – 1:42
"Acid Sick" – 1:56
"Skate Drunk" – 1:19
"Zombie" – 4:42
"Existing Not Living" – 2:34

Credits

Simon Forrest – vocals
Tony Warburton – guitar
Gregg Fellows – guitar
Steve Watson – bass
Adrian Jones – drums
Recorded at Loco Studios, Usk, Wales, UK
Produced by Iain Burgess

Usk is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newport.

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km² (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.

Iain Burgess was an English record producer and audio engineer. He helped define the sound of the Chicago post-punk music scene in the 1980s and early 1990s, working with a number of key underground bands, including Big Black, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Get Smart!, Ministry, Green, Bloodsport, Pegboy, Poster Children, and Bhopal Stiffs.

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