Iron Lung are a two piece powerviolence act from Seattle, Washington heavily influenced by hardcore punk and grindcore.[1] The band formed in 1999 in Reno and is currently in Seattle after spending some time in Oakland. Live, the band has toured extensively across the U.S., Asia, Australia and Europe. They have released music on several labels including Prank Records, 625 Thrashcore, and their own label, Iron Lung Records. In recent years the band has collaborated with other members of the hardcore punk and powerviolence scene, including Hatred Surge and Dave Bailey, formerly of Running for Cover. In 2009, an album titled Public Humiliation was released; a three-way collaboration between Iron Lung and Kortland and Ward's side projects, Pig Heart Transplant and Walls respectively. The recording is of a one-off live performance from Halloween of 2008. Jon Kortland is also half of the art project Feeding, which has made artwork for several Iron Lung, Walls and PHT releases, as well as album covers for several other bands.
Discography
Splits
Split 7" w/ Teen Cthulu
Split 7" w/ Brainoil
Split LP/CD w/ Lana Dagales
Split 7" w/ BG
Split 5" w/ Quattro Stagioni
Split 7" w/ Scurvy Bastards
Split LP/CD w/ Shank
Split 7" w/ Lords of Light
Split 7" w/ Agents of Abhorrence
Split LP w/ Withdrawal Method (unreleased, test pressings only)
Split 7" w/ The Process
Split LP w/ The Endless Blockade
Split 2x7" w/ Hatred Surge, Mind Eraser and Scapegoat – Brutal Supremacy (Painkiller Records)
EPs
Demonstrations in Pressure and Volume 7"
"Cancer" b/w "Life of Pain" (Black Flag cover)
Saboteur 7"
Savagery 7"
Full lengths
Life. Iron Lung. Death.
Sexless//No Sex
Live at Supersonic 2009
White Glove Test
Demos and tapes
10 Song 2000 demo
Iron Lung Comedy Hour Live
Enterruption Hermetic Archival Series 1
Cold Storage I cassette/CD
Cold Storage II cassette
Collaborations
Iron Lung/Hatred Surge – Broken: A Collaboration 7"
Walls/Pig Heart Transplant/Iron Lung – Public Humiliation LP
