While the West and East Coasts got more attention, the Midwest was a major hotbed for hardcore punk during the early-to-mid-'80s, and Michigan's Violent Apathy certainly added their share of noise to the proceedings. Violent Apathy were formed in the spring of 1981 by guitarist Richard Bowser, vocalist Kenny Knott, and bassist Jim Forgey, three friends who grew up together in Jackson, Michigan and were all attending Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo at the time. Bowser, Knott, and Forgey teamed up with Eliot Rachman, a drummer who had played in the Meatmen for a spell; while working a summer job in Lansing, Michigan, he had made friends with members of Negative Approach, the Necros and the Fix, who helped expose him to the new faster-and-louder sounds going around.
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