Here is a seriously deep cut from the weirdo hardcore punk field. The only other release (to my knowledge) from Bobby alongside the British Shootfight cassette, the 1995 Clear The Corner flexi-disc 7" is another feral blast of fucked-up thrashcore from this weird high-concept band. Purporting to be a UK punk band made up of two actual British policemen, Bobby (itself an old slang term for London cops) delivers ridiculously filthy and aggressive songs of extreme over-the-top police brutality from the point of view of these previously benign British cops who has been utterly corrupted by gratuitous abuse of power and deranged violence after a UK/USA "cultural exchange" to Los Angeles. It's pretty hilarious in concept, and the band lyrics and song titles goall the way with the conceit. It's purportedly the concoction of Connecticut underground lifers Malcolm Tent (TPOS label boss, current Antiseen bassist, former member of noise rockers Bunnybrains, Profanatica, and GG Allin & The Bloody Apostles) and Paul Ledney, founder of USBM pioneers Profanatica, death metal legends Incantation, and experimental necro noise beast Havohej, belting out some maniacal blastcore. Both share vocals, while Ledney handles drumming and Tent plays guitar and bass, the result being a total riot of no-fi speed violence. Berserk, noise-damaged, raw as fuck.

I remember the Bobby releases well from the old Fudgeworthy, TPOS, and Ax/ction Records ads in zines like Maximum Rock And Roll back in the early 90s. Never checked them out at the time because I misinterpreted them as purely a "joke band". But despite the darkly humorous concept behind the band, the music is ferocious. Got obsessed with these two releases when I finally dug into 'em a while back, especially after I learned who was actually behind the band. The duo race through four short hardcore blasts on this flexi; the one-sided flexi-disc has two songs that also appeared on the Shootfight tape ("Clear The Corner" and "I Will Kill You With My Club") along with two songs that I think are only found here ("Kill 'em Then Cuff 'em" and "Sh-Boom!!!!!"). All of them kill. The recording is on par with old black metal demos, and the music itself has a heavy underground black/death influence - it's a little like hearing stuff like Void, Siege or Negative Approach jammed through a delirium of primordial death thrash. Simple hardcore-style songwriting, but delivered at sickoid tempos with hoarse, harsh screaming, with weird drum breaks and the occasional spoken word bit that ties back into the band's concept. It's gnarly, atavistic, and ultra-violent. Clear the corner!