History & Biography It was only under the Axegrinder monicker that the band - which was
originally formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1990 - began playing slower and doomy music. The
anarchist-cum-punk-cum-metal band was formed after former Stone The Crowz members formed Tyrants Of Hate and later became Axegrinder. The band's name is significant, as is the band's demo title. The first set of shows were played in the autumn of 1986. The band's Grind The Enemy demo from 1987 included a patch, got the band signed to Peaceville and also gave them an appearance on the A Vile Peace sampler. Peaceville
also issued the band's album material on a split release with Prophecy
Of Doom in 1990.
The members formed Wartech upon dissolution. They could be punk all they wanted, but were not immune to the conformity of reforming, which they did like everybody else. They came back in 2015 and again in 2022.
Several of the band members sought to release the Grind The Enemy demo on CD in 2004 and even considered reforming. In the meanwhile,
Peaceville was working on issuing the band's album again in late 2004. The resurrected band featured Steve's wife, Deb Alton, who in a bout of Spinal Tap-ism played keyboards. Scott Naylor (Arta Mors) was the final drummer. Darryn Garlinge had died of cancer in 2020.
Australian rock band Hoodoo Gurus had a 1989 song called Axegrinder.
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