The band formed back in 1980, the first thrash band to hit the east coast, and by many, considered to be the first thrash band in existence. They formed from the demise of DD Verni and Rat Skates' former punk project, The Lubricunts. They started work immediately and wrote three of the first thrash songs ever written, "Unleash The Beast Within", "Overkill I: The Nightmare Begins" and "Raise The Dead", all from 1980-1981, far before Exodus, Anthrax, Metallica, etc were even bands. They went through several different guitarists from the first unknown one, to Dan Spitz (who left for Anthrax) to a combination of Bobby Gustafson and Rich Conte. Rich soon left the band and they were left with a single guitarist, Bobby Gustafson.
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Overkill

Spread it out over time and find out
Your prone to let it go
And it lives
All about the undead devotion
About to let it go
You seem to live
Drop me into the mouth of sorrow
Wait to swallow me
And it lives
Pull me out of a dead tomorrow
As I'm about to give
I seem to live
From the mouth of the gone
Laughing out loud
And it lives
from the hand of the wrong
Bury the proud
As I did
It lives
Into extinction fall the essence of life
Spiritual eclipse turns the days into nights
Whitout distinction got-got got to beleive
Threat of extinction put them down on their knees
Cold desolation calling beckoning you
Into exctinction fades the rest of what is good and true
Tearing into the last remaining
Shreds of sanity
And it lives
Pull me out of undead devotion
As I'm about to give
I want to live
From the mouth of the gone
Laughing out loud
And it lives
from the hand of the wrong
Bury the proud
As I did
From the mouth of the gone
Laughing out loud
And it lives
from the hand of the wrong
Bury the proud
As I did
It lives