Credits:DischargeDescription:ThisdeluxereissuefromSanctuaryRecordsGroupcompilesDischarge's198110,""Why,"withtheinitialEPsthatestablishedtheStokeonTent-basedshockunit:"Decontrol,""FightBack,"and"RealitiesofWar."Dischargeemergedin1980and1981--aftertheSexPistolshadfizzledandtheClash'spopularityhadexploded.Whilethemediaproclaimedthedeathofthescene,Terry"Tezz"Roberts(drums),Tony"Bones"Roberts(guitar),Roy"Rainy"Wainwright(bass),andvocalistCallurchedoutofthegatewith"RealitiesofWar."Andlikeanygreatgrassrootseffort,thebandbegantomakeconsiderablenoisewithoutthesupportofadistributionnetworkorwidespreadmediaattention.Theirone-andtwo-minutescreeds("FightBack,""ReligionInstigates,""MaimedandSlaughtered,"etc.)seemedtapedtogetherfromexistingshreds--harshscreams,snatchesofmessyguitar,andone-dimensional,lockstepdrumming--butwerethenourishmentthatsustainedthevitalU.K.punkscenebeyondtheimplosionofitsfirstwave.There'snoposinghere,nospectacle.Rath