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Ripfacer were a Wellington band that played crusty grind. They released a cassette of an early live desk recording from Valhalla in 2015 before doing split tapes in 2016 with South Island bands Slitzrkrieg<\/a><\/strong> and Arm + Hammer<\/strong> respectively. A discography was released by Auckland label Hairy Palm<\/strong> in 2017 after the band had called it quits. Then in 2020 some tracks recorded in 2016 were unearthed and these tracks were newly mixed and released as a split <\/a>with Napier band Life Is Hate<\/a><\/strong>. The song Pigstomper<\/em> previously only appeared on the Destroy Napier 2016<\/em> compilation cassette, but was missed off their posthumous discography cassette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitch, Gaz and Jamie went on to form Endless Stench<\/a><\/strong> in 2016, a similar style crust grind band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin<\/strong><\/td>Wellington<\/td><\/tr>
Genre<\/strong><\/td>crust, grind<\/td><\/tr>
Years Active<\/strong><\/td>2015 -2017<\/td><\/tr>
Labels<\/strong><\/td>Hairy Palm
DPG<\/td><\/tr>
Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td>Endless Stench<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Past Members<\/strong><\/td>Mitch (bass)
Gaz (vocals)
Nick Oakes (drums)
Jamie Gordon (guitar)
Daz (guitar)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RELEASES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Title<\/th>Date<\/th>Label<\/th>Type<\/th>Format<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Live at Valhalla<\/strong><\/td>2015, Aug 31<\/td>DPG<\/td>EP<\/td>Tape<\/td><\/tr>
Ripfacer \/ Slitzkrieg split<\/strong><\/td>2016, April 29<\/td>DPG<\/td>EP<\/td>Tape<\/td><\/tr>
Ripfacer \/ Arm + Hammer split<\/strong><\/td>2016, June 11<\/td>DPG<\/td>EP<\/td>Tape<\/td><\/tr>
Ripfacer Discography<\/strong><\/td>2017<\/td>Hairy Palm<\/td>EP<\/td>Tape<\/td><\/tr>
Ripfacer \/ Life is Hate split<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/td>Razored Raw<\/td>EP<\/td>Tape \/ DL<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

TIMELINE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2015, August 7, Valhalla<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2015, October 24, Christchurch Punkfest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n