Speedking -=- "Yi Ma"

2002, Tiger Style Records
Speedking, the infamous and short-lived band from NYC that had a reputation for brutal, loud, intense and devastating live shows finally is getting the release they always deserved. In the mid-90's, the band was fairly active; it recorded 4 seven inch singles for 4 separate labels, toured with the likes of Six Finger Satellite and June of 44 and recorded a brilliant full-length entitled "The Fist and the Laurels".

The members of Speedking, Miriam Maltagliati, James Murphy and Chet Sherwood were all very concerned with both the live show and the recording studio. In fact, James Murphy (aka LCD Sound System) runs the infamous Plantain Studios in New York and has worked with such groundbreaking acts as June of 44, Le Tigre, Massive Attack and The Rapture and has recently started his own record label entitled DFA with a focus on a punk/dance/thrash sound that many accredit to Speedking.

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