About Terry "Tezz" Roberts

Discharge are a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977. The band is characterized by a minimalistic approach of music and lyrics, a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and raw, shouted vocals similar to a political speech, with lyrics on anarchist and pacifist themes. All Music calls the band’s sound a “high-speed noise overload” characterized by “ferocious noise blasts”  The band’s 1982 debut album, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, went to number two on the UK Indie Charts and number 40 in the UK Album Chart. In the early 1980s, numerous singles and EPs placed in the top 10 of the UK Indie Charts, including the 1981 EP Why? (#1) and the 1982 single State Violence State Control.

Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing paved the way for thrash metal, black metal, crust punk, grindcore and various extreme metal subgenres. The musical genre of d-beat is named after Discharge and their distinctive drumbeat.

Throughout his career, he has been associated with several notable bands, including Broken Bones, UK Subs, Ministry, Battalion of Saints, The Business, and Discipline.

Discharge Discography:

• Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
• Grave New World (1986)
• Massacre Divine (1991)
• Shootin' Up the World (1993)
• Discharge (2002)
• Disensitise (2008)
• End of Days (2016)