{"id":218,"date":"2022-06-06T11:29:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T23:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=218"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:43:31","slug":"discenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2022\/06\/discenter","title":{"rendered":"Discenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Born out of the fertile Hutt Valley punk scene of the late 90\u2019s, Discenter was a post-hardcore\/ nu-metal band founded by guitarist Greg Bassett, previously of influential Lower Hutt hardcore band Diecast<\/a><\/strong>. He was joined by Jonny Fairclough on guitar and backing vocals, Chris Vartan on bass, Alex Young on drums, and Tom Rainey-Smith on vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band only played a handful of gigs during 2000 but managed to record at O.M.W<\/strong> studio, producing 6 tracks that later featured on The Valley 8<\/a><\/strong> split CD with fellow Hutt band Barzell<\/a><\/strong>, which also featured Alex Young on drums. Discenter’s last show on record took place at Punkfest 2000<\/a><\/strong>, that October. By the end of that year both Discenter and Barzell had disbanded with five members from both bands going on to form The Valley Five<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Origin<\/strong><\/td>Hutt Valley <\/td><\/tr>
Genre<\/strong><\/td>hardcore, post-hardcore<\/td><\/tr>
Years Active<\/strong><\/td>1999 – 2000<\/td><\/tr>
Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td>Backyard Burial, Barzell,
The Valley Five, Diecast
Left Rustle<\/td><\/tr>
Past Members<\/strong><\/td>Greg Bassett (guitar, b-vocals)
Chris Vartan (bass)
Tom Rainey-Smith (vocals)
Jonny Fairclough (guitar, b-vocals)
Alex Young (drums)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n