Discharge je britanski streetpunk sastav. Formirali su ga 1977. Terence "Tezz" Roberts i Royston "Rainy" Wainwright. Smatra ih se među prvim sastavima koji su svirali hardcore punk. Bili su pioniri engleskog streetpunka. Njih i GBH, Broken Bones, The Exploited i The Varukers često su nazivali "UK82". Skladbe koje su snimili glazbena kritika svrstava u D-beat, hardcore punk, heavy metal i crossover trash. Žanr D-beata dobo je ime po Dischargeu i njegovom prepoznatljivom bubnjanju. Dischargevi albumi su utrli put za thrash metal, black metal, crust punk, grindcore i razne podžanrove extreme metala, posebice njihov prvi album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing.
Sastav je bio aktivan 1977. – 1987., 1991. – 1999. te od 2001. sve do danas.
Članovi sastava Sastav je često mijenjao postavu. Onu poznatu iz ranih 1980-ih činili su basist Wainwright, bubnjar Roberts, njegv brat Anthony "Bones" Roberts kao gitarist i vocalist Kelvin "Cal" Morris.
Današnja postava Royston "Rainy" Wainwright – gitara (1977); bass (1977–1987, 2001–danas) Anthony "Bones" Roberts – gitara (1977–1982, 2001–danas) Anthony "Rat" Martin – vokal (2003–danas) David "Proper" Caution – bubnjevi (2006–danas)
Bivši članovi Terence "Tezz" Roberts – vokal (1977); bubnjevi (1977–1980, 2001–2006) Nigel Bamford – bass (1977, 2001) Anthony "Akko" Atkinson – bubnjevi (1977) Kelvin "Cal" Morris – vokal (1977–1987, 1991–1999, 2001–2003) David "Bambi" Ellesmere – bubnjevi (1980) Garreth "Garry" Maloney – bubnjevi (1981–1984, 1986–1987, 1991–1995) Peter "Pooch" Purtill – gitara (1982–1984) Leslie "The Mole" Hunt – gitara (1984–1986) Stephen "Fish" Brooks – gitara (1986–1987) Andrew "Andy" Green – gitara (1990–1995) Anthony "Jake" Morgan – bass (1990–1995) Nicolas "Nick" Bushell – bass (1995–1999) David "Davey" Quinn – tour bass (turneja 2003. u Americi)
Diskografija Mjesto na ljestvicama su prema UK Indie Chart.
Albumi Why? (1981) (#1) Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) (indie No. 2, UK Album Chart No. 40) Grave New World (1986) (#8) Massacre Divine (1991) Shootin' Up the World (1993) Discharge (2002) Disensitise (2008)
Singlovi State Violence State Control (1982) (#4) The Price of Silence (1983) (#5) The More I See (1984) (#3) Ignorance (1985) (#7)
EP-ovi Realities of War (1980) (#5) Fight Back (1980) (#4) Decontrol (1980) (#2) Never Again (1982) (indie No. 3, UK Singles Chart No. 64) Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1983) (#6) Beginning of the End (2006)
Kompilacije Never Again (1984) (#13) 1980–1986 (1986) Protest and Survive (1992) The Clay Punk Singles Collection (1995) Vision of War (1997) Hardcore Hits (1999) Society's Victims (2004)
Ostalo Demosnimka iz 1977 Limited edition live cassette: Live at the Lyceum (1981) - CHAOS Cassettes LIVE 001, recorded 24 May 1981 Live album: Live at the City Gardens, New Jersey (1989) Live album: Live: The Nightmare Continues... (1990) recorded at Tunstall Town Hall, Stoke-on-Trent in 1983 Tribute album: Discharged (1992) Tribute album: In Defence Of Our Future: A Tribute To Discharge (1999) Split EP with MG15 (2006) Tribute album: Discharge Tributo (2011) Brazilian bands tribute album. Split EP with Off with Their Heads (2012)
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