SSD

SSD (Society-System Decontrol) was a Boston hardcore band. They released two albums as SS Decontrol and later formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more albums, but with a much more Hard R

SSD (Society-System Decontrol) was a Boston hardcore band. They released two albums as SS Decontrol and later formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more albums, but with a much more Hard Rock influenced sound. However the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as SSD.

Formed by songwriter/guitarist Allan Barile (then a machinist at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts), SSD started performing at smaller venues throughout the greater Boston metropolitan area in the summer of 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety within the local music scene for intense perfomances charged and for the provocative antics of its core group of followers, the Boston Crew.