Formed in 1992, a bunch of no hopers from rural England decided on trying to become the most intense band in the country. Forged on a diet of Slayer and the heavier end of the spectrum (bear in mind they were in Guns and Roses era then!) the band went through numerous changes before settling down to Paul on Vocals, Neil on Guitar, Bones on Bass and Jammer on drums. Relentless touring followed, playing every town, usually to nobody. Several demos were recorded, with mags like Terrorizer pricking their ears up suspiciously. Then, one day Household Name records appeared offering a single and an album, the band snapped the offer up and the 7” All Our Friends Are Dead was released June 97. Kerrang gave it single of the week, and Dani Filth gave it single of the month in Metal Hammer. The band continued relentless roadwork, learning its intensity in sweaty hardcore gigs….and then taking this new found fury to the rock crowds.
A year later the album ‘A Conversation Alone’ was released to much acclaim, setting the band on even more touring, with everybody from Strapping Young Lad, Entombed, Skinlab, Soulfly through to Extreme Noise Terror, Logical Nonsense and every band the UK could throw at them. By this time mission had been accomplished, hailed as the most intense band in the UK the band went about writing their 2nd album, only stopping to record a split EP with h/c oiks Freebase. A deal with Copro was settled and in June 2000 ‘Dying From The Inside’ was released, to much acclaim here, not so in a lot of places. The band themselves weren’t all that happy, with vocalist Paul not listening to it since the day it was recorded to the present day! The cracks were beginning to show already, turmoils in and out of the band, personality clashes, drugs, booze, and what did they do? Tour, and the blue touch paper was lit…..
Gig after gig, playing with every band they could…bands like Raging Speedhorn and the Lost Prophets all did their stint opening up for the band, and the band themselves toured with The Haunted, Strapping Young Lad again…and a massive gig with Cradle of Filth, but it was too late. The last gig was supporting punk gods Conflict and it ended as it started, playing to a whole bunch of people that didn’t really get it. Aside from the inner battles, no one gave a fuck, and the band collapsed after a fight over a blown fuse.
Jammer and Mark went on to form Murder One, later joined by Paul. The legacy of the Nocte still lives on, with the band deemed as a major influence on the UK underground scene….to quote the band..
“ We will NEVER reform, because we were too honest in the first place. We sounded like Britains angriest, most intense band then, because we were angry, intense people. We would tear fucking strips off the wannabes in today’s ‘extreme’ scene…yes, our last record sucked but live we were fucking untouchable, and we dare anyone we played with to question that fact. If we reformed now, we would be a parody of ourselves, a karaoke band…there wouldn’t be the fire and anger, and we wouldn’t disrespect ourselves like that, let alone any fans who wanted to see us. If you would have supported us when we were going, it may not have fizzled out like that..but as you never… you can fuck yourselves”
I am sure you were supporting Strapping Young Lad in London when I saw you live. I got a signed copy of Dying from the Inside from that gig. I think you managed to be the most ferocious band in the UK at the time before you imploded. Nuff respect :D
Rock poster show includes the work of: Chaos vs. Cosmos, Drew Millward, Jacknife, Luke Drozd, Kate Kamikaze, Michael Cowell, Graham Pilling, Jemma Treweek, Tom A, Jamie McGregor, Two Ducks Disco, Rhyfer Inc. - Rhys Wootton, 3D Glasses, Droid.
ANGER MANAGEMENT IS PROUD TO ANOUNCE AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF UK TALENT THE NEW VOCALIST AND FRONT MAN FOR ANGER MANAGEMENT… HE IS TOM HENNESSEY (KINGSIZE BLUES)
THIS IS THE HARD HITTING FULL LINE UP
TOM HENNESSEY VOCALS (KINGSIZE BLUES) MATT COX GUITARS (NEXT TO NOTHING) JAY WALSH GUITARS BLAZE BAILEY/ FOURWAY KILL JAMMER DRUMS (MURDER ONE / MEDULLA NOCTE) SHAUN JEFFRIES BASS (NEXT TO NOTHING)
THE BAND HIT THE STUDIO THIS WEEKEND TO START WORK ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AT DRAGONFLY STUDIOS, TO BE PRODUCED BY JAMES DUNKLEY (PANIC CELL/SPEED THEORY)
THE BAND NOW IS ALSO NOW IN THE PROCCESS OF LINING UP UK SHOWS FOR LATE MARCH/APRIL. CONTACT DETAILS;
wow i'm so hyped! ever see those deals people send each other for cash cards? thought it was a hoax huh? same here, but i tried one last week, a free one for $500 good for Macys, and surprisingly it did work i can't believe it. you should go here and get one too, you see...?
if anyone saw the nocte more times than me i'll be amazed. maybe gill did but no one else for sure. i drove them on loads of tours, strapping, extreme noise terror, skinlab/entombed, soulfly, belgium ireland etc in scuzzy vans that stunk of shit. and i was a miserable cunt especially cuz they didn't take me on the bus with iron monkey (rip john pm). and they hated me cuz always drunk all the beer and drove stoned and nearly killed them all coming back from ireland, jenks flipped on that one. it was always a pleasure really except when we had to listen to blastbeat death metal all night after a show in glasgow.
has anyone heard off neil or bones? grrrr! great fansite by the way "TIDY" as Jam would say and the funniest curry fling i ever saw, fuck you could wind jammer up sometimes haha, Big Al.
I picked up the "All our friends are dead" 7" vinyl yesterday...Haven't listened to it yet but am so happy that I get to add it to my Medulla Nocte collection..I even have one of the old school longsleeve tops, the "Dying from the inside" one with "I Need Help" on the back..
Peace
Rufus
Awesome Thx for the add, just reminded me of the gig we played togeather at the Zodiac in Oxford when we were still called Near Life Experience. Kaowin was on the bill aswell. Great Memorys!!! SOA
This is going to sound like a cliche but Medulla Nocte Were one of those that helped me through a lot of shit when I was younger and I'll always thank them for it. It's about time we had a MySpace page. Awesome!
cheers for the add, i went to loads of your shows around bristol, all those sweaty half empty venues, despite alot of people not getting it some of us did and you boys always played your fuckin hearts out, respect for that, youve been an inspiration to alot of us, and your albums still get airplay at my house.
Medulla Noche, Fuck yeah!!! seen them at either red rose theatre in rugely or at the vic inn in derby, somewhere in that vacinity anyway. Awsome. And some of us did support you you know, i've got both your albums. Saw iron monkey at the red rose too. shit i was just a kid back then but pits were proper, unlike the soft touch of todays!
