Exit-13 was an American

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band from

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. The band were formed in 1989 by

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founder and co-owner Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals), guitarist Steve O'Donnell and bassist Joel DiPietro. Their early recordings, including the ''Disembowelling Party'', ''The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup'' and ''Eat More Crust'' demos (all 1989), their debut full-length ''Green Is Good'' (1990) and the EPs ''The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup'' (1990) and ''Spare the Wrench, Surrender the Earth'' (1991) featured a line-up of Yurkiewicz, O'Donnell and DiPietro, with drum duties being shared between Bill Schaeffer and Pat McCahan. Exit-13 underwent a line-up change prior to 1994's ''Ethos Musick'', and recruited the rhythm section of

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, famous for his work with

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and

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on bass guitar, and his Brutal Truth bandmate Scott Lewis on drums. Brutal Truth's vocalist Kevin Sharp also provided backing vocals. Future line-ups were to include Bliss Blood (of

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), Richard Hoak (of Brutal Truth) and Dave Witte (of

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and

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), amongst others. The band's lyrics mainly focused on environmental issues (with support for groups like

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), but also concentrate on social issues. The band also supported the decriminalization of

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Members

Last recording line-up

* Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals) * Bliss Blood (vocals) *

(bass, piano, vocals) * Steve O'Donnell (guitars, vocals) * Richard Hoak (drums, piano, vocals)

Other members

* Scott Lewis (drums) * Joel DiPietro (bass) * Pat McCahan (drums) * Bill Shaeffer (drums) * Dave Witte (drums)

Discography

* 1989: ''Disembowelling Party'' (demo) * 1989: ''The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup'' (demo) * 1989: ''Eat More Crust'' (demo) * 1990: ''Green Is Good'' (Ecocentric Records) * 1990: ''The Unrequited Love of Chicken Soup'' EP (Thrash Records) * 1991: ''Spare the Wrench, Surrender the Earth'' EP (

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) * 1993: ''Don't Spare The Green Love'' compilation (Relapse) * 1994: ''Ethos Musick'' (Relapse) * 1995: Split 7-inch EP with Multiplex (HG Fact) * 1995: ''...Just A Few More Hits'' (Relapse) * 1996: Split CD with Hemdale (Visceral Productions) * 1996: ''Gout d'Belgium/Black Weakeners'' (Relapse) * 1996: ''Smoking Songs'' (Relapse) * 2004: ''Relapse Singles Series Vol. 4'', split with

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, Goreaphobia and

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(Relapse) * 2007: ''High Life!'' compilation (Relapse)

References

External links

Official Exit-13 website

Official Exit-13 Myspace page

Exit-13 biography @ Rockdetector

Exit-13 @ Relapse Records
{{Authority control Heavy metal musical groups from Pennsylvania American grindcore musical groups Relapse Records artists Musical groups established in 1989 Musical groups disestablished in 1997