SSD (band)
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SSD (Society System Decontrol) were a straight edge hardcore (and later heavy metal) band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound. However the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as SSD.
History
Formed by songwriter/guitarist Al Barile (then a machinist at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts and a student at Northeastern University), SSD started performing at smaller venues throughout the Greater Boston metropolitan area, like Gallery East, in the summer of 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense, charged performances and the provocative antics of their core group of followers, the Boston Crew.
The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa (David Spring) on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass and Chris Foley on drums. They released their debut LP The Kids Will Have Their Say on their own X-Claim label in 1982.Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter and his Dischord label's logo appeared on the back cover.
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SSD
ALBUMS
- Power released: 1993
- How We Rock released: 1987
- The Kids Will Have Their Say released: 1982
Power
Released 1993- Glue
- Control
- Boston Crew
- Words That Kill
- Nothing Done
- Break It Up
- Remember
- X Claim
- Boiling Point
- Fight Them
- Forced Down
- What If I
- Screams of the Night
- Drug Fools
- How Much Art
- Wasted Youth
- Jolly Old Saint Nick
- Headed Straight
- On the Road
- Under the Influence
- Police Beat
- Baby Black
- Typical
- Get It Away
- Star Wars
- No Reply
- Francois' Journey
- Eighteen
- Infinity
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by Jonathan Miller
Seize Control
by: Jonathan MillerPull up on the street
Everyone watching me
People wonder what will happen next
Like a celebrity
They can't compete with me
Will he underestimate the rest?
I see all of you
I see all the truth
Apprehension is thick in the air
Power is in my hand
It's time to take command
The world waits fixed in a stare
As I Seize Control
Never let it go
Cause a scene
Seize Control
Take the dice and roll
You've got the chance
To win
To win (x3)
Seize control (x3)
Never let it go
This is the moment
You gotta own it
Like the way that I do
Don't know what's coming
But I know what I'm feeling
I've got nothing to lose
I did, I went for it
I took the shot
Bet everything on it
I liked it, I don't regret it
I was hot
As I Seize Control
Never let it go
Cause a scene
Seize Control
Take the dice and roll
You've got the chance
To win
To win (x11)
Life doesn't give you time to think
Just trust yourself and you've gotta be quick
So listen up now follow my lead
Take, take, take a chance, take you'll see
The benefits overweigh the doubts this time
So get up out your seats from the damn sidelines
Do you really wanna waste your life questioning
What might have been? No! Here's the beginning
As I Seize Control
Never let it go
Cause a scene
Seize Control
Take the dice and roll
You've got the chance
To win
As I Seize Control
Never let it go
Cause a scene
Seize Control
Take the dice and roll
You've got the chance
To win
To win (x11)
Life doesn't give you time to think
Just trust yourself and you've gotta be quick
So listen up now follow my lead
Take, take, take a chance, take you'll see
The benefits overweigh the doubts this time
So get up out your seats from the damn sidelines
Do you really wanna waste your life questioning