The 1000 Commodores of the Amiga Shock Force

Gladbeck, is a pretty unregarded town in Germany, and has only two claims to fame or infamy: a hostage and reality tv situation gone horribly wrong at the beginning of the 90s - but this is not what interests us here. And the rise of a singular group in the wider Hardcore spectrum.
We are of course talking about the Amiga Shock Force.
This trio seemed to appear suddenly out of thin air in the 90s, but made a bigger splash in the scene.
Like their name implies, they utilized the Amiga series of computers (not only) for their music. This miracle machine was invented and manufactured by the Commodore company (hence the title of this little feature!), which also created the C64, also known as the "breadbox". But while the C64 stormed the worldwide markets, the Amiga was a dud in the USA; yet it became very famous in Europe (especially Germany, France, and the UK) and other parts of the world.

Compared to the studios, gear and setup of other high-brow Techno and Electronic artists, the Amiga put you into the low-brow, low budget range of producing.
Despite, or rather because of this, ASF made some of the most teeth-bashing, crowbar-wielding hardcore in the 90s era.

They had their first EP on Speedcore Records out in 1996 already, with some of the tracks topping 300 BPM. (btw: one year *before* DOA's album "New York City Speedcore" happened).

So, at one point they were among the fastest acts around, and spearheaded this whole movement.

Later releases had a more spiffy and complex production, so there is reason to believe this music was not done entirely on Amiga anymore. This later period also saw them venture into Breakcore or Experimental territory.
We still dig it the same, though!

The Amiga Shock Force traveled around the Europe club circuit, and became a regular performer on the "Terror areas" of big Dutch-Hardcore festivals.
But somewhen after the Millennium, things became more quiet, and rumors about a split or break-up made the rounds.

They occasionally do releases though, and play parties, and the sound is still kicking everyone's a**es.

Let's listen to 11 tracks by the Amiga Shock Force now: 

1. House Full of Gangstas

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2. First Strike

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3. Violent Geisha

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4. 24h Connection

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5. Kik Me

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6. Blood

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7. Fastbreak

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8. Hardcore Rmx

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9. Arschloch

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10. Keep Your Enemies Close

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11. Guru Meditation