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General Surgery
General Surgery formed in Minneapolis in 1981 around David Shea on guitar and vocals and Jim Schulman on drums and percussion. Their sound drew from...
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Arterial Spray Obsession
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Adnexal Mass
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An Orgy Of Flying Limbs And Gore
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Arterial Spray Obsession
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Adnexal Mass
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An Orgy Of Flying Limbs And Gore
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Cold Storage Fever
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Convivial Corpse Disposal Methodology / Severe Catatonic Intersection
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Crimson Concerto
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Deadhouse
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Decedent Scarification Aesthetics
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Decomposer
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Final Excarnation
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Fulguration
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Ichor
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Idle Teratoma Core
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If These Walls Could Talk
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Mortsafe Rupture
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Mortuary Wars
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General Surgery formed in Minneapolis in 1981 around David Shea on guitar and vocals and Jim Schulman on drums and percussion. Their sound drew from post-punk, electronic, and experimental sources like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, but they weren't really trying to fit into any one scene.
Their work often dealt with medical and bodily themes, which showed up in song titles like "Adnexal Mass" and "Arterial Spray Obsession." They put out albums like "Transmissions from the Surgeons" in 1983 and "Hymns for the Ill" in 1986, and kept at it into the mid-90s with "Life After Life." The music could be unsettling, but that seemed to be part of the point.
Some of their material, like the song "Sutured Remains," drew criticism for its graphic surgical imagery. They just made the records they wanted to make.
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