Formed in the St. John’s underground in 1985, SCHIZOID pioneered the bridge between punk energy and thrash metal grit. The Total Mayhem LP is ten tracks of pure crossover mayhem, a blistering time capsule from the City of Legends' heaviest icons!
1980s Newfoundland, Canada was a dreary, cold, wet, borderline impoverished place to be a kid. But, through the love of all things dark and heavy, a beast was brewing. Bob Average was coming out of his parents' house one day when he ran into Rod Wills. Rod was carrying an Onslaught record and Bob was carrying Corrosion of Conformity's Animosity. More than a record exchange was made - SCHIZOID was born.
With scene veterans Chris Jerrett, Danny Thomas (then replaced by Don Ellis) and newcomer Phil Winters in the fold, the band borrowed their friend Dave Sweetapple's cassette deck (later of Witch and Sweet Apple fame) and proceeded to tear through their set in Rod's parents' basement. The Total Fuckin' Mayhem demo was soon released. A year later, the band headed into Don's parents' basement and recorded the Datin' Satan demo, releasing four tracks from this for an EP on their own imprint, DUPP Records. The four tracks from this Beer Thief EP and five more from that session, plus a live track, are finally seeing the light of day on SCHIZOID Total Mayhem, coming this May on Tee Pee Records!
