Exit-13 (American grindcore band)

Exit-13 was an American grindcore band from Millersville, Pennsylvania. The band were formed in 1989 by Relapse Records 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 Dan Lilker, famous for his work with Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and Brutal Truth 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 Pain Teens), Richard Hoak (of Brutal Truth) and Dave Witte (of Burnt by the Sun, Discordance Axis and Municipal Waste), amongst others. The band's lyrics mainly focused on environmental issues (with support for groups like Earth First!), but also concentrate on social issues. The band also supported the decriminalization of marijuana.[citation needed] Bill Yurkiewicz (vocals) Bliss Blood (vocals) Dan Lilker (bass, piano, vocals) Steve O'Donnell (guitars, vocals) Richard Hoak (drums, piano, vocals) Scott Lewis (drums) Joel DiPietro (bass) Pat McCahan (drums) Bill Shaeffer (drums) Dave Witte (drums) 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 (Relapse) 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 Phobia, Goreaphobia and Amorphis (Relapse) 2007: High Life! compilation (Relapse) Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 0-85112-656-1. "Wayback Machine". Brutaltruth.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2026. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) "Exit-13 biography at Rockdetector". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2008. Official Exit-13 website Official Exit-13 Myspace page Exit-13 biography @ Rockdetector Exit-13 @ Relapse Records