 Referred to under a number of names including "U.K. Hardcore", "UK 82", "second wave punk", "real punk", and "No Future punk", it took the previous punk sound and added the incessant, heavy drumbeats and heavily distorted guitar sound of new wave of British heavy metal bands, especially Motörhead.Formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, Discharge played a large role in influencing other European hardcore bands.AllMusic calls the band's sound a "high-speed noise overload" characterized by "ferocious noise blasts."