| The GAMMACIDE story begins in late 1986 when D/FW metal band Warlock disbanded. Warlock had been a popular local band, playing a mixture of original material and covers by bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, etc. Rick Perry (guitar) and Eric Roy (bass) wanted to form a new band that combined their old-school influences as well as taking cues from the early underground thrash movement. They rehearsed with Jamey Milford (drums) for several months before they met Varnam Ponville (vocals) at a Rigor Mortis show. With the Texas sun beating down on their sweltering garage, GAMMACIDE wrote a series of minor thrash metal classics: "Endangered Species," "Shock Treatment," and "Incubus." They also re-vamped some songs from Warlock: "Gutter Rats" and "Walking Plague." These early efforts showed that a definite GAMMACIDE style was evolving: chop-monster riffs, tortured lead breaks, drums that alternated between thunderous double bass and hardcore style blast beats, and lyrics that avoided fantasy and instead focused on the morbid aspects of reality and science.
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