Short Sharp Shock
Group · United Kingdom · Liverpool · formed 2005
band
Timeline
2000s
Biography
Biography
Short Sharp Shock (also known as SSS) are an English band from Liverpool, England.
The band featured members of Liverpool punk and hardcore bands Down and Outs and Walk the Plank, and released a six-track demo in May 2005, a four-track EP the next year, and their debut album, Short Sharp Shock, soon after. Their label at the time was Thrashgig / Dead & Gone Records. They switched to Earache Records and reissued the album in early 2007 with bonus tracks.
In 2008, they released their second album, The Dividing Line, on Earache Records. It included a free Sk8+Destroy 7" record, featuring British comedian Frank Sidebottom.
In June 2011, they released their third album, Problems to the Answer, on Earache Records. It featured 25 tracks and Mark Greenway from Napalm Death on guest vocals. Founding members David Fergusson and guitarist Peter Broom left the band at that point. In July 2011, Stu and El Longo joined the lineup.
In November 2013, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and released the Manipulated Living EP. SSS's fourth album, LIMP.GASP.COLLAPSE., was released in November 2014 on Prosthetic Records, and featured Jeff Walker from Carcass on guest vocals.
Members
Foxy – Vocals
Stu – Guitar
El Longo – Drums
Mr Bass Man – Bass
Contributed tracks to
Thrashing Like a Maniac (Compilation, 2007)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Short Sharp Shock head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1469364seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sharp_Shock_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sharp_Shock_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of thrash metal bands — rank #19
Short Sharp Shock | 2005 | United Kingdom | |
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Wikidata: Q1469364 · MusicBrainz: 258cfd7b-2f9b-46a4-a8c5-c071b628a52b
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