Anal Cunt
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Anal Cunt, also known as AxCx and A.C., was an American grindcore
band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts
in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio albums in addition to a number of compilations and extended plays
. On June 11, 2011, the band's frontman and founder Seth Putnam
died of a suspected heart attack, ending the band.
They have been categorized as grindcore
, noisecore, and hardcore
. The band is often referred to by their initials A.C. (often written as AxCx) due to the offensive nature of their name and censorship
limits on some radio and publications, and many of their album covers simply display the initials A.C. However, the band managed to subvert even this abbreviation by drawing these letters in a manner resembling an anus
and a vulva
. Their early material contained no pre-written lyrics or music. Rather, the band developed a style which consisted of extremely loud, fast, and aggressive noise that was created entirely on the spot. Over the years, the band eventually shifted their style and slowly began to incorporate more riffs and pre-written lyrics into their songs. It was not until then that the band earned the reputation (at least via their recordings) for intentionally being outrageous and offensive. In 2011, they released a "cock rock" album entitled Fuckin' A. An album of material similar to their old grindcore albums called Wearing Out Our Welcome was released digitally in 2010.
, near Boston, by Seth Putnam
, who had previously been a member of bands such as Executioner and Satan's Warriors. The name Anal Cunt came from Seth Putnam's attempt "to get the most offensive, stupid, dumb, etc. name possible". A common misconception is that the band is named after the song "Anal Cunt" by GG Allin
, but in fact Allin's song was written years after the band had started. The band did, however, later in their career render tribute to him by recording a version of "I'll Slice Your Fucking Throat (If You Fuck with Me)", originally recorded by Allin and The Murder Junkies
.
In Q Magazine's 2005 book The Greatest Rock & Pop Miscellany Ever!, Anal Cunt was included in a list of "25 Band Names That Should Have Stayed on the Drawing Board". The band was meant as a joke, and was supposed to only record one demo and do one show; however, they were active up to 2011, despite several brief break-ups.
Originally, the band was to produce a form of 'anti-music', without rhythm
, beats, riffs, lyrics, song titles or any other of the normal features of a band, an approach exemplified by the 5643 Song EP. Anal Cunt was not the first such band Seth Putnam had created; as early as 1980, Putnam formed a noisecore band with his cousin Michael, originally named The Losers, and then later renamed Noise. The problem was most of these bands consisted of the same few members, and so Putnam wanted to form a new band with different people.
, with Anal Cunt being the latest in the long line of Putnam's bands who had performed in this way. This was scheduled to be the band's first and last show. Putnam invited future member Fred Ordonez, from the band Shit Scum, to the show, but he failed to turn up. As a result, it was arranged for the two bands (Anal Cunt and Shit Scum) to play a concert together so Ordonez could see Putnam's band, and a further show was arranged at Shit Scum's rented practice warehouse. The first demo was recorded on a 4-track in April in his mother's attic but this has never been mixed, released, or heard by anyone outside of the band members themselves.
After a few more shows, the band decided to attempt a U.S. tour, in August 1988, a few days before which they recorded their 47 Song Demo, which was later re-released on a few compilation of the bands' material from the early years. They recorded their 88 Song EP later that year and after its release, a number of record labels started showing interest in the band, including Earache Records
, with whom they would later sign a contract.
A few releases later, Earache Records again made an offer to the band, this time to license the 5643 Song EP for a European pressing (and later to buy the whole pressing), but Anal Cunt continued to turn down such offers. This was also the point where the band decided they had done as much as they could and decided to split up, after releasing Another EP and completing their first European tour. This tour was in April, and recordings from this tour are numerous, appearing on the compilations Fast Boston HC and The Early Years and the bootlegs Harmonized Noise and the Anal Cunt/Patareni
split.
Following appearances in a few other bands, including (recently reformed) George H. Brown (A blues rock act whose song "Foreplay with a Tree Shredder" would later be recorded by Anal Cunt for the album Top 40 Hits
), From Sloth to Anger, and Post Mortem, Seth Putnam and Tim Morse decided to reform Anal Cunt on March 1, 1991, exactly 3 years after they had initially formed.
After the band's reformation, they decided they wanted to change their style to avoid getting bored again. The guitarist for the new, slightly more musical, Anal Cunt was originally supposed to be future member Paul Kraynak but ended up being Fred Ordonez, an ex-boxer. Some more EPs followed, including the world's first acoustic
noisecore record, the Unplugged EP, before Putnam finally decided to introduce some elements of "real songs" into the band's material. Seth Putnam and Tim Morse tried out this idea in a 6-song session in 1992, just before Putnam successfully auditioned for the reformed thrashcore
band Siege
, but it was a while before the plans were fully realized.
Later that year, Anal Cunt decided on another European tour. Despite the fact that Tim Morse pulled out at the last minute, the tour still went ahead, with the band deciding to find a drummer while they were touring. The two drummers who auditioned were not fast enough for the band, so Anal Cunt decided to have them both playing the same drum kit at the same time for the beginning of the tour, before resorting to just using the faster of the two. Most of the shows consisting of Putnam and Ordonez going into the crowd, punching people and destroying equipment, because of not only drunkenness but also the fact that the drummer did not know their songs very well. This was also the tour that saw Putnam joining Fear of God on-stage as their drummer for one show and Putnam and Ordonez recording with Seven Minutes of Nausea.
On returning to the U.S., Anal Cunt decided to get a second guitarist who could carry on playing with the drummer during the violence and shouting. The choice was John Kozik, and with him came a new era of the band.
, who had previously shown an interest in the band. They wanted a label that would not only keep their records in stock but also pay for their tours, as the band at the time was operating essentially at a loss. Earache Records replied to Anal Cunt, asking to hear some new material, and so the band went into a studio in September to record what would later be released on Relapse Records
as Morbid Florist. Fred Ordonez briefly quit the band, but was asked back in after unsuccessful searches for a replacement and Earache Records decided to sign them.
They started recording their first album on the label, Everyone Should Be Killed
, in March 1993. This was also around the time when Putnam got arrested for hitting a woman in the face with a microphone in San Francisco during an Anal Cunt show that, along with another show from the same year, are documented on the EP Breaking the Law.
By this point, Ordonez had been kicked out of the band and had been replaced by Paul Kraynak, but Kraynak soon left the band. After some searching, Anal Cunt decided to just stick with one guitarist, John Kozik. After the release of Everyone Should Be Killed in 1994, the band did more tours, one in Europe and one straight afterwards in America. The European tour encompassed Germany, Spain and Austria, and Anal Cunt were supported by W.B.I. and The Necrophiliacs; on the American tour, they were joined by Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Afterlife and Gutted.
The transition from noise-style songs to fast-hardcore-style songs began in fall that year with the recording of their next album Top 40 Hits
, which featured the single "Stayin' Alive (Oi! Version)". Released in 1995, this album is about 50% noise and 50% songs and marked a significant change in the band's style.
Anal Cunt toured America again, and then in June they toured Japan for the first time. After this, Kozik was replaced by Scott Hull (musician), of Pig Destroyer
and Agoraphobic Nosebleed
fame. With this line-up (or variations on it), the album 40 More Reasons to Hate Us
was recorded, and this album marked another change in the band's direction, as it marks the start of them having lyrics and insults contained in their songs.
Another tour followed (this time 2-weeks long, with Eyehategod
), during which Hull was replaced with Kozik. After this tour, the band was again close to breaking up (for the second time), but instead decided to change the line-up once more. The problem seemed to be with Tim Morse, so he was kicked out of the band. Seth Putnam was now the only surviving original member of the band.
The band was on hold for a while. The only thing they recorded during this time was the song "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side", for the Smiths
tribute album
The World Still Won't Listen, with Hull on guitar and Putnam performing drums and vocals. During this period, Putnam also did backing vocals for Pantera
's The Great Southern Trendkill
, in New Orleans, and lead vocals for an Eyehategod
show.
Putnam was again tempted to end the band (for the third time), but instead hired a new guitarist, Josh Martin. Martin was a student at New York University
in 1994/1995, when Anal Cunt used to play in New York
a lot, and they had become good friends. Indeed, this was a friendship that would continue, as Putnam and Martin would join forces later in Adolf Satan
and acoustic black metal band Impaled Northern Moonforest. Martin moved to Boston following his graduation, and was appointed by Putnam as the new Anal Cunt guitarist. After trying out a lot of drummers, they ended up with Nate Linehan.
Yet another tour followed, this time with Incantation and Mortician. Anal Cunt then released their next full-length, I Like It When You Die
, which they had recorded prior to the tour. This album was essentially a collection of insults and featured the songs "You're Gay" and "Technology's Gay", as well as a guest appearance from Kyle Severn from Incantation. A lot of the songs refer to things being "gay", as this was a common slang word in Massachusetts
and in junior high schools across the United States at the time.
Following the tour, Linehan left the band and again the band was on hold. Even so, Putnam and Martin recorded a few songs for a Black Sabbath
tribute, In These Black Days Volume 1, which was a split with Eyehategod and featured Putnam on drums. A few months later, Putnam asked Linehan to rejoin the band and he agreed.
Another two tours later (one in America with Murder One, one in Japan), Anal Cunt recorded what would be their last album on Earache Records, It Just Gets Worse
, which was released at the end of their 1999 European tour with Flächenbrand. The album was surrounded by much controversy: the label changed some of the song titles and also censored the lyrics to two of the songs.
In October 2004, Putnam went into a coma for nearly a month as a result of a drug overdose. Initially reported as a sleeping pill overdose for legal reasons, he later claimed it was a combination of alcohol, crack
, heroin, and a bottle of sleeping pills. Doctors thought that even if he survived, he would suffer permanent serious brain damage and were intending to "pull the plug", before Putnam's mother intervened. Even after coming out of the coma, Putnam was now paralyzed and had sustained severe nerve damage, needing months of physical therapy to recover. For the first show that Anal Cunt played following this coma (with Eyehategod
), Putnam had to remain seated in a chair throughout.
Although some thought it was poetic justice
, Putnam said he would continue to play songs such as "You're in a Coma" and had promised that the band would release new material. He confirmed that there would be a new Anal Cunt album, called Wearing Out Our Welcome. Anal Cunt also released a Defenders of the Hate full-length, which features bonus out-of-print tracks, such as those from the 13 Bands Who Think You're Gay and Thrash of the Titans compilations, as well as the tracks from the split with Flächenbrand. Other releases that had been promised included a sequel to Picnic of Love
(Picnic of Love II) and an Anal Cunt/Gay Bar split, featuring unreleased Anal Cunt material from the Putnam/Martin/Linehan era on one side and a recording of Seth Putnam in a gay bar on the other. These albums are currently unreleased.
Anal Cunt performed at the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0 on March 24, 2007. Putnam announced on Anal Cunt's Myspace page that Tim Morse would be playing drums again full-time for the first time since his departure in 1996. On November 17, 2008, the original Anal Cunt line-up (Seth Putnam, Mike Mahan, and Tim Morse) finished recording their 110 Song CD. The album was made as a celebration of the band's 20-year anniversary. The album's musical style is the same as Anal Cunt's early noisecore style.
songs" would be released on an album called Fuckin' A
in a style similar to that of Mötley Crüe
's debut Too Fast for Love
, and the noisegrind songs would be released on an album called The Same Old Shit. The Same Old Shit would also feature backing vocals from the singers of The Raunchous Brothers, Vaginal Jesus, and Mudoven. On June 22, 2010, Putnam completed Fuckin' A. The songs "Fuck Yeah" and "Cranking My Band's Demo on a Box at the Beach" were released on Myspace Music. On June 24, 2010, Seth Putnam announced on the Anal Cunt Myspace blog that guitarist Josh Martin "is out of A.C.". Putnam continued by stating that since Martin is gone, the band would now be able to play songs live they could not play before, and that the band would play and record as a two-piece outfit. Fuckin' A was released on January 11, 2011. At the same time, it was announced that Josh Martin was once again back in Anal Cunt, after only two shows performed as a two-piece.
On June 11, 2011, the band's frontman and founder Seth Putnam died of a suspected heart attack, ending the band.
A compilation CD of obscure Anal Cunt releases was announced in 2009 and was planned to be released by Wicked Sick Records (Seth Putnam's label). In October 2011 it was announced to be a two-CD set entitled The Old Testament. It will include rare releases by the band from 1988-1991, like the Breaking the Law EP and the Howard Is Bald EP. It will also include very rare never-before-heard Anal Cunt recordings including the first Anal Cunt demo that was never mixed, songs recorded for compilations that were never sent, and demo recordings, etc. It is due to be released in November 2011 by Relapse Records.
, powerviolence
, doom metal
and sludge metal
.
, homophobia
, nazism
, anti-Semitism
, racism
and ridicule of the unfortunate
, although this has not always been the case. Many of these songs included insults, either general or specific to one person.
The album I Like It When You Die
developed the idea of containing insults in their songs, with a recurring song title being "X Is Gay", with X being a person, place, thing, idea or event. Examples include "You're Gay", "Technology's Gay", "Recycling Is Gay", "The Internet Is Gay", "Windchimes Are Gay" and even "The Word 'Homophobic' Is Gay." Another recurring song title is "You X", with examples including "You Own a Store", "You Live in a Houseboat", "You Are an Orphan", "You Go to Art School", and "You Keep a Diary". The band even parodied themselves about this with the songs "You (Fill in the Blank)" and "I'm in Anal Cunt".
The 1999 album, It Just Gets Worse
, took the idea of intentional offense a step further with more extreme examples of racism and sexism, which proved controversial, as they covered topics seen as taboo
. Examples include "You Were Pregnant So I Kicked You in the Stomach", "I Lit Your Baby on Fire" and "Women: Nature's Punching Bag". The lyrics to two of the songs on this album were censored and one of the songs on this album had its name changed from "Connor Clapton Committed Suicide Because His Father Sucks" (his father being Eric Clapton
) to "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck", because they were working for a record label in Britain, where libel laws are very stringent.
It was also on this album that the band began to joke about the Holocaust in numerous songs, including "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to America's Funniest Home Videos
". This theme of seemingly glorifying Adolf Hitler
and his actions continued on their subsequent EPs, with songs such as "Hitler Was a Sensitive Man", "Body by Auschwitz", "I Went Back in Time and Voted for Hitler" and "Ha Ha Holocaust".
Another common lyrical theme in the band's material was that of insulting other bands, as well as music in general, an example being "Limp Bizkit
Think They're Black, but They're Just Gay" on their 2001 EP Defenders of the Hate and "311
Sucks".
Next to this offensive material, some of their other songs were deliberately much more light-hearted, to confuse listeners. This includes the satirical Picnic of Love
album, and also covers of songs completely different from their style including "Can't Touch This", "Stayin' Alive
", "Escape", "The Theme From Three's Company
", "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side", "Hungry Hungry Hippos
", and "Just the Two of Us
", as well as their karaoke rendition of the Steve Miller Band
song "Abracadabra" (intended to be a "cover" of "Sabbra Cadabra
").
In one interview, Seth Putnam admitted that they had sent material to publications they knew would hate it, just to get bad reviews.
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio albums in addition to a number of compilations and extended plays
Anal Cunt discography
The discography of Anal Cunt, an American grindcore band, currently consists of eight studio albums, five compilation albums, ten extended plays , one demos and seven split EPs.-Studio albums:Everyone Should Be Killed...
. On June 11, 2011, the band's frontman and founder Seth Putnam
Seth Putnam
Seth Edward Putnam was the founder of grindcore band Anal Cunt. He was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor...
died of a suspected heart attack, ending the band.
They have been categorized as grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
, noisecore, and hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
. The band is often referred to by their initials A.C. (often written as AxCx) due to the offensive nature of their name and censorship
Censorship
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limits on some radio and publications, and many of their album covers simply display the initials A.C. However, the band managed to subvert even this abbreviation by drawing these letters in a manner resembling an anus
Anus
The anus is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest,...
and a vulva
Vulva
The vulva consists of the external genital organs of the female mammal. This article deals with the vulva of the human being, although the structures are similar for other mammals....
. Their early material contained no pre-written lyrics or music. Rather, the band developed a style which consisted of extremely loud, fast, and aggressive noise that was created entirely on the spot. Over the years, the band eventually shifted their style and slowly began to incorporate more riffs and pre-written lyrics into their songs. It was not until then that the band earned the reputation (at least via their recordings) for intentionally being outrageous and offensive. In 2011, they released a "cock rock" album entitled Fuckin' A. An album of material similar to their old grindcore albums called Wearing Out Our Welcome was released digitally in 2010.
The founding of the band
Anal Cunt was formed on March 1, 1988, in the city of Newton, MassachusettsNewton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
, near Boston, by Seth Putnam
Seth Putnam
Seth Edward Putnam was the founder of grindcore band Anal Cunt. He was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor...
, who had previously been a member of bands such as Executioner and Satan's Warriors. The name Anal Cunt came from Seth Putnam's attempt "to get the most offensive, stupid, dumb, etc. name possible". A common misconception is that the band is named after the song "Anal Cunt" by GG Allin
GG Allin
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...
, but in fact Allin's song was written years after the band had started. The band did, however, later in their career render tribute to him by recording a version of "I'll Slice Your Fucking Throat (If You Fuck with Me)", originally recorded by Allin and The Murder Junkies
The Murder Junkies
The Murder Junkies are a GG Allin tribute band, most known for being the actual backing band of deceased punk rock performer GG Allin. They are the third GG Allin backing band to bear the name....
.
In Q Magazine's 2005 book The Greatest Rock & Pop Miscellany Ever!, Anal Cunt was included in a list of "25 Band Names That Should Have Stayed on the Drawing Board". The band was meant as a joke, and was supposed to only record one demo and do one show; however, they were active up to 2011, despite several brief break-ups.
Originally, the band was to produce a form of 'anti-music', without rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...
, beats, riffs, lyrics, song titles or any other of the normal features of a band, an approach exemplified by the 5643 Song EP. Anal Cunt was not the first such band Seth Putnam had created; as early as 1980, Putnam formed a noisecore band with his cousin Michael, originally named The Losers, and then later renamed Noise. The problem was most of these bands consisted of the same few members, and so Putnam wanted to form a new band with different people.
The early years
The band's first performance was in 1988 at Putnam's mother's house in front of some family members, namely his mother, his two little brothers and his grandmother, as well as some of his mother's friends. Several other small performances followed, in various basements and living rooms, before their first public show live over the radio at Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
, with Anal Cunt being the latest in the long line of Putnam's bands who had performed in this way. This was scheduled to be the band's first and last show. Putnam invited future member Fred Ordonez, from the band Shit Scum, to the show, but he failed to turn up. As a result, it was arranged for the two bands (Anal Cunt and Shit Scum) to play a concert together so Ordonez could see Putnam's band, and a further show was arranged at Shit Scum's rented practice warehouse. The first demo was recorded on a 4-track in April in his mother's attic but this has never been mixed, released, or heard by anyone outside of the band members themselves.
After a few more shows, the band decided to attempt a U.S. tour, in August 1988, a few days before which they recorded their 47 Song Demo, which was later re-released on a few compilation of the bands' material from the early years. They recorded their 88 Song EP later that year and after its release, a number of record labels started showing interest in the band, including Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, with whom they would later sign a contract.
A few releases later, Earache Records again made an offer to the band, this time to license the 5643 Song EP for a European pressing (and later to buy the whole pressing), but Anal Cunt continued to turn down such offers. This was also the point where the band decided they had done as much as they could and decided to split up, after releasing Another EP and completing their first European tour. This tour was in April, and recordings from this tour are numerous, appearing on the compilations Fast Boston HC and The Early Years and the bootlegs Harmonized Noise and the Anal Cunt/Patareni
Patareni
Patareni are a punk rock / noise / grindcore band from Croatia, formed in 1983. Owing to their formation at such an early date, they are considered to be one of the earliest grindcore bands. Their name comes from Pataria, a medieval sect....
split.
Following appearances in a few other bands, including (recently reformed) George H. Brown (A blues rock act whose song "Foreplay with a Tree Shredder" would later be recorded by Anal Cunt for the album Top 40 Hits
Top 40 Hits
Top 40 Hits is the second full-length album by Anal Cunt, released in 1995 on CD and cassette by Earache Records.The cover of this album is a parody of the compilation albums released in the 1970s by TV advertising company K-Tel....
), From Sloth to Anger, and Post Mortem, Seth Putnam and Tim Morse decided to reform Anal Cunt on March 1, 1991, exactly 3 years after they had initially formed.
After the band's reformation, they decided they wanted to change their style to avoid getting bored again. The guitarist for the new, slightly more musical, Anal Cunt was originally supposed to be future member Paul Kraynak but ended up being Fred Ordonez, an ex-boxer. Some more EPs followed, including the world's first acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
noisecore record, the Unplugged EP, before Putnam finally decided to introduce some elements of "real songs" into the band's material. Seth Putnam and Tim Morse tried out this idea in a 6-song session in 1992, just before Putnam successfully auditioned for the reformed thrashcore
Thrashcore
Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...
band Siege
Siege (band)
Siege was an American punk/Thrashcore band from Weymouth, Massachusetts. They were active in the 1980s Boston hardcore scene from 1983 to 1985, and reunited briefly in the early 1990s....
, but it was a while before the plans were fully realized.
Later that year, Anal Cunt decided on another European tour. Despite the fact that Tim Morse pulled out at the last minute, the tour still went ahead, with the band deciding to find a drummer while they were touring. The two drummers who auditioned were not fast enough for the band, so Anal Cunt decided to have them both playing the same drum kit at the same time for the beginning of the tour, before resorting to just using the faster of the two. Most of the shows consisting of Putnam and Ordonez going into the crowd, punching people and destroying equipment, because of not only drunkenness but also the fact that the drummer did not know their songs very well. This was also the tour that saw Putnam joining Fear of God on-stage as their drummer for one show and Putnam and Ordonez recording with Seven Minutes of Nausea.
On returning to the U.S., Anal Cunt decided to get a second guitarist who could carry on playing with the drummer during the violence and shouting. The choice was John Kozik, and with him came a new era of the band.
The Earache years
Although the band had released a lot of material, their records were mostly out of print and hard to find, so the band got into contact with Earache RecordsEarache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, who had previously shown an interest in the band. They wanted a label that would not only keep their records in stock but also pay for their tours, as the band at the time was operating essentially at a loss. Earache Records replied to Anal Cunt, asking to hear some new material, and so the band went into a studio in September to record what would later be released on Relapse Records
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
as Morbid Florist. Fred Ordonez briefly quit the band, but was asked back in after unsuccessful searches for a replacement and Earache Records decided to sign them.
They started recording their first album on the label, Everyone Should Be Killed
Everyone Should Be Killed
Everyone Should Be Killed is the debut full-length studio album by American grindcore band Anal Cunt, released by Earache Records on May 24, 1994.-Track listing:-Personnel:Musicians*Seth Putnam – vocals, guitar*John Kozik – guitar...
, in March 1993. This was also around the time when Putnam got arrested for hitting a woman in the face with a microphone in San Francisco during an Anal Cunt show that, along with another show from the same year, are documented on the EP Breaking the Law.
By this point, Ordonez had been kicked out of the band and had been replaced by Paul Kraynak, but Kraynak soon left the band. After some searching, Anal Cunt decided to just stick with one guitarist, John Kozik. After the release of Everyone Should Be Killed in 1994, the band did more tours, one in Europe and one straight afterwards in America. The European tour encompassed Germany, Spain and Austria, and Anal Cunt were supported by W.B.I. and The Necrophiliacs; on the American tour, they were joined by Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Afterlife and Gutted.
The transition from noise-style songs to fast-hardcore-style songs began in fall that year with the recording of their next album Top 40 Hits
Top 40 Hits
Top 40 Hits is the second full-length album by Anal Cunt, released in 1995 on CD and cassette by Earache Records.The cover of this album is a parody of the compilation albums released in the 1970s by TV advertising company K-Tel....
, which featured the single "Stayin' Alive (Oi! Version)". Released in 1995, this album is about 50% noise and 50% songs and marked a significant change in the band's style.
Anal Cunt toured America again, and then in June they toured Japan for the first time. After this, Kozik was replaced by Scott Hull (musician), of Pig Destroyer
Pig Destroyer
-Biography:The band formed in 1997 with vocalist J. R. Hayes , guitarist Scott Hull , and drummer John Evans. Evans was later replaced by Brian Harvey...
and Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Agoraphobic Nosebleed is a grindcore band formed in 1994 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Its line-up has changed often during the years, leaving the only permanent member Scott Hull , also a guitarist in Pig Destroyer...
fame. With this line-up (or variations on it), the album 40 More Reasons to Hate Us
40 More Reasons to Hate Us
40 More Reasons to Hate Us is the third album by Anal Cunt, recorded after their Japanese Tour in June 1995 and released on March 26, 1996 by Earache Records...
was recorded, and this album marked another change in the band's direction, as it marks the start of them having lyrics and insults contained in their songs.
Another tour followed (this time 2-weeks long, with Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
), during which Hull was replaced with Kozik. After this tour, the band was again close to breaking up (for the second time), but instead decided to change the line-up once more. The problem seemed to be with Tim Morse, so he was kicked out of the band. Seth Putnam was now the only surviving original member of the band.
The band was on hold for a while. The only thing they recorded during this time was the song "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side", for the Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
The World Still Won't Listen, with Hull on guitar and Putnam performing drums and vocals. During this period, Putnam also did backing vocals for Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
's The Great Southern Trendkill
The Great Southern Trendkill
-Credits:* Philip Anselmo – lead vocals* Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar on "Suicide Note Pt. I"* Rex Brown – bass, backing vocals* Vinnie Paul – drums* Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul...
, in New Orleans, and lead vocals for an Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
show.
Putnam was again tempted to end the band (for the third time), but instead hired a new guitarist, Josh Martin. Martin was a student at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in 1994/1995, when Anal Cunt used to play in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
a lot, and they had become good friends. Indeed, this was a friendship that would continue, as Putnam and Martin would join forces later in Adolf Satan
Adolf Satan
Adolf Satan is a sludge metal band formed in Boston in 2002 after the reported break-up of Upsidedown Cross. Their musical style is a mixture of sludge metal, doom metal, grindcore and Southern rock...
and acoustic black metal band Impaled Northern Moonforest. Martin moved to Boston following his graduation, and was appointed by Putnam as the new Anal Cunt guitarist. After trying out a lot of drummers, they ended up with Nate Linehan.
Yet another tour followed, this time with Incantation and Mortician. Anal Cunt then released their next full-length, I Like It When You Die
I Like It When You Die
I Like It When You Die is the fourth Anal Cunt album, released in 1997 on Earache Records as MOSH 169CD. It contains 52 tracks, with the average track length well under a minute....
, which they had recorded prior to the tour. This album was essentially a collection of insults and featured the songs "You're Gay" and "Technology's Gay", as well as a guest appearance from Kyle Severn from Incantation. A lot of the songs refer to things being "gay", as this was a common slang word in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and in junior high schools across the United States at the time.
Following the tour, Linehan left the band and again the band was on hold. Even so, Putnam and Martin recorded a few songs for a Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
tribute, In These Black Days Volume 1, which was a split with Eyehategod and featured Putnam on drums. A few months later, Putnam asked Linehan to rejoin the band and he agreed.
Another two tours later (one in America with Murder One, one in Japan), Anal Cunt recorded what would be their last album on Earache Records, It Just Gets Worse
It Just Gets Worse
It Just Gets Worse is the sixth full-length album by the grindcore band Anal Cunt. It was released in 1999 by Earache Records.-Recording information:...
, which was released at the end of their 1999 European tour with Flächenbrand. The album was surrounded by much controversy: the label changed some of the song titles and also censored the lyrics to two of the songs.
2000s
Despite being dropped by their label (although Earache did later make them an offer to come back, which they turned down) and Linehan leaving again, Anal Cunt continued on, now with John Gillis on drums. Some more touring and a few releases followed, such as the Defenders of the Hate EP. There was also a Defenders of the Hate tour in 2001, featuring two legs: one to California and back, and one to Texas and back. The band released a limited tour edition of the record as part of the tour. Anal Cunt issued an official press release at the end of December 2001 saying that they had broken up again. This time, the band seemed to have permanently disbanded, with only a few compilation tracks and the Very Rare Rehearsal from February 1989 CD being released.In October 2004, Putnam went into a coma for nearly a month as a result of a drug overdose. Initially reported as a sleeping pill overdose for legal reasons, he later claimed it was a combination of alcohol, crack
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron, cavvy, base, or just crack; it is the most addictive form of cocaine. Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers...
, heroin, and a bottle of sleeping pills. Doctors thought that even if he survived, he would suffer permanent serious brain damage and were intending to "pull the plug", before Putnam's mother intervened. Even after coming out of the coma, Putnam was now paralyzed and had sustained severe nerve damage, needing months of physical therapy to recover. For the first show that Anal Cunt played following this coma (with Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
), Putnam had to remain seated in a chair throughout.
Although some thought it was poetic justice
Poetic justice
Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct.- Origin of the term :...
, Putnam said he would continue to play songs such as "You're in a Coma" and had promised that the band would release new material. He confirmed that there would be a new Anal Cunt album, called Wearing Out Our Welcome. Anal Cunt also released a Defenders of the Hate full-length, which features bonus out-of-print tracks, such as those from the 13 Bands Who Think You're Gay and Thrash of the Titans compilations, as well as the tracks from the split with Flächenbrand. Other releases that had been promised included a sequel to Picnic of Love
Picnic of Love
Picnic of Love is the fifth album released by Anal Cunt on July 21, 1998. The album was released as a joke and a parody of love songs, as well as of the band itself. The album is characterized by the opposite of everything that the band represents...
(Picnic of Love II) and an Anal Cunt/Gay Bar split, featuring unreleased Anal Cunt material from the Putnam/Martin/Linehan era on one side and a recording of Seth Putnam in a gay bar on the other. These albums are currently unreleased.
Anal Cunt performed at the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0 on March 24, 2007. Putnam announced on Anal Cunt's Myspace page that Tim Morse would be playing drums again full-time for the first time since his departure in 1996. On November 17, 2008, the original Anal Cunt line-up (Seth Putnam, Mike Mahan, and Tim Morse) finished recording their 110 Song CD. The album was made as a celebration of the band's 20-year anniversary. The album's musical style is the same as Anal Cunt's early noisecore style.
2010s
In April 2010, Putnam announced that the album Wearing Out Our Welcome was almost completed. The album was delayed due to Josh Martin being in jail. The second guitar tracks were recorded when he was released. On May 11, 2010, Putnam announced that the band decided to split Wearing Out Our Welcome into two albums. The "cock rockCock rock
Cock rock is a term, typically used derogatively, to describe a style of rock music that emphasised an aggressive form of male sexuality. It developed in the later 1960s and came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.-Use of the term:...
songs" would be released on an album called Fuckin' A
Fuckin' A
Fuckin' A is the eighth and final full-length album by the grindcore band Anal Cunt. It was released on January 11, 2011. The album is intended to be a parody of "cock rock" bands such as Mötley Crüe and Buckcherry and its cover uses the same image as Mötley Crüe's debut album Too Fast for...
in a style similar to that of Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
's debut Too Fast for Love
Too Fast for Love
Too Fast For Love is the debut record of American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe; 900 copies were released in November 1981 on the band's Leathür Records label. Elektra Records signed the band the following year, at which point the album was remixed and partially re-recorded...
, and the noisegrind songs would be released on an album called The Same Old Shit. The Same Old Shit would also feature backing vocals from the singers of The Raunchous Brothers, Vaginal Jesus, and Mudoven. On June 22, 2010, Putnam completed Fuckin' A. The songs "Fuck Yeah" and "Cranking My Band's Demo on a Box at the Beach" were released on Myspace Music. On June 24, 2010, Seth Putnam announced on the Anal Cunt Myspace blog that guitarist Josh Martin "is out of A.C.". Putnam continued by stating that since Martin is gone, the band would now be able to play songs live they could not play before, and that the band would play and record as a two-piece outfit. Fuckin' A was released on January 11, 2011. At the same time, it was announced that Josh Martin was once again back in Anal Cunt, after only two shows performed as a two-piece.
On June 11, 2011, the band's frontman and founder Seth Putnam died of a suspected heart attack, ending the band.
A compilation CD of obscure Anal Cunt releases was announced in 2009 and was planned to be released by Wicked Sick Records (Seth Putnam's label). In October 2011 it was announced to be a two-CD set entitled The Old Testament. It will include rare releases by the band from 1988-1991, like the Breaking the Law EP and the Howard Is Bald EP. It will also include very rare never-before-heard Anal Cunt recordings including the first Anal Cunt demo that was never mixed, songs recorded for compilations that were never sent, and demo recordings, etc. It is due to be released in November 2011 by Relapse Records.
Style and controversy
Anal Cunt's style had changed much since 1988, as originally they formed as a noisecore band before incorporating elements of grindcore and hardcore into their style. Songs in the early years were often no more than a few seconds long (their 5643 Song EP being an extreme example), although this later increased so that the average song length was between 40 seconds and 1 minute. The typical Anal Cunt song was short and loud with extremely distorted guitars played randomly up and down the neck, near incomprehensible screaming and blast beat drumming. Some songs show influence from punk rockPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, powerviolence
Powerviolence
Powerviolence , is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk. The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore.-History:...
, doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
and sludge metal
Sludge metal
Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...
.
Lyrics
Anal Cunt were often cited as having common lyrical themes that include misogynyMisogyny
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Philogyny, meaning fondness, love or admiration towards women, is the antonym of misogyny. The term misandry is the term for men that is parallel to misogyny...
, homophobia
Homophobia
Homophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...
, nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
, anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
, racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
and ridicule of the unfortunate
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This German word is used as a loanword in English and some other languages, and has been calqued in Danish and Norwegian as skadefryd and Swedish as skadeglädje....
, although this has not always been the case. Many of these songs included insults, either general or specific to one person.
The album I Like It When You Die
I Like It When You Die
I Like It When You Die is the fourth Anal Cunt album, released in 1997 on Earache Records as MOSH 169CD. It contains 52 tracks, with the average track length well under a minute....
developed the idea of containing insults in their songs, with a recurring song title being "X Is Gay", with X being a person, place, thing, idea or event. Examples include "You're Gay", "Technology's Gay", "Recycling Is Gay", "The Internet Is Gay", "Windchimes Are Gay" and even "The Word 'Homophobic' Is Gay." Another recurring song title is "You X", with examples including "You Own a Store", "You Live in a Houseboat", "You Are an Orphan", "You Go to Art School", and "You Keep a Diary". The band even parodied themselves about this with the songs "You (Fill in the Blank)" and "I'm in Anal Cunt".
The 1999 album, It Just Gets Worse
It Just Gets Worse
It Just Gets Worse is the sixth full-length album by the grindcore band Anal Cunt. It was released in 1999 by Earache Records.-Recording information:...
, took the idea of intentional offense a step further with more extreme examples of racism and sexism, which proved controversial, as they covered topics seen as taboo
Taboo
A taboo is a strong social prohibition relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and or forbidden based on moral judgment, religious beliefs and or scientific consensus. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society...
. Examples include "You Were Pregnant So I Kicked You in the Stomach", "I Lit Your Baby on Fire" and "Women: Nature's Punching Bag". The lyrics to two of the songs on this album were censored and one of the songs on this album had its name changed from "Connor Clapton Committed Suicide Because His Father Sucks" (his father being Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
) to "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck", because they were working for a record label in Britain, where libel laws are very stringent.
It was also on this album that the band began to joke about the Holocaust in numerous songs, including "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
". This theme of seemingly glorifying Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
and his actions continued on their subsequent EPs, with songs such as "Hitler Was a Sensitive Man", "Body by Auschwitz", "I Went Back in Time and Voted for Hitler" and "Ha Ha Holocaust".
Another common lyrical theme in the band's material was that of insulting other bands, as well as music in general, an example being "Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
Think They're Black, but They're Just Gay" on their 2001 EP Defenders of the Hate and "311
311 (band)
311 is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. The band was formed in 1988 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Nick Hexum, lead guitarist Jim Watson , bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills and drummer Chad Sexton...
Sucks".
Next to this offensive material, some of their other songs were deliberately much more light-hearted, to confuse listeners. This includes the satirical Picnic of Love
Picnic of Love
Picnic of Love is the fifth album released by Anal Cunt on July 21, 1998. The album was released as a joke and a parody of love songs, as well as of the band itself. The album is characterized by the opposite of everything that the band represents...
album, and also covers of songs completely different from their style including "Can't Touch This", "Stayin' Alive
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever...
", "Escape", "The Theme From Three's Company
Three's Company
Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House....
", "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side", "Hungry Hungry Hippos
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Hungry Hungry Hippos is a tabletop game made for young children, currently produced by Hasbro, under the brand of its subsidiary, Milton Bradley. It was published in 1967 and introduced in 1978...
", and "Just the Two of Us
Just the Two of Us
Just the Two of Us is a British television reality singing contest hosted by Vernon Kay and Tess Daly. The first series of the BBC show saw eight celebrities team up with professional singers and sing each night in duets, with one pair being eliminated every night. After each performance they were...
", as well as their karaoke rendition of the Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
song "Abracadabra" (intended to be a "cover" of "Sabbra Cadabra
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in December 1973. With this album, the band expanded upon their slow, crunching style of music by strings, keyboards and more complex orchestral arrangements.-Recording:Following the 1972–1973...
").
Criticism
Critic Steve Huey called their album Morbid Florist "barely listenable".In one interview, Seth Putnam admitted that they had sent material to publications they knew would hate it, just to get bad reviews.
Band members
- Seth PutnamSeth PutnamSeth Edward Putnam was the founder of grindcore band Anal Cunt. He was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor...
– vocals, guitar (1988–2011) (deceased) - Josh Martin – guitar (1996–2001, 2006–2011)
- Tim Morse – drums (1988–1998, 2008–2011)
- Fred Ordonez – guitar (1991–1992, 1992–1993)
- Paul Kraynak – guitar (1993)
- Scott Hull – guitar (1995)
- John Kozik – guitar (1992–1995, 2003–2006)
- Nicky Smirk – drums (2010-2011)
- John Gillis – drums (1999–2001, 2004–2006)
- Nate Linehan – drums (1996–1999, 2003–2004, 2006–2007)
- Mike Mahan – guitar (1988–1990, 2008)
Discography
- Morbid Florist (1993)
- Everyone Should Be KilledEveryone Should Be KilledEveryone Should Be Killed is the debut full-length studio album by American grindcore band Anal Cunt, released by Earache Records on May 24, 1994.-Track listing:-Personnel:Musicians*Seth Putnam – vocals, guitar*John Kozik – guitar...
(1994) - Top 40 HitsTop 40 HitsTop 40 Hits is the second full-length album by Anal Cunt, released in 1995 on CD and cassette by Earache Records.The cover of this album is a parody of the compilation albums released in the 1970s by TV advertising company K-Tel....
(1995) - 40 More Reasons to Hate Us40 More Reasons to Hate Us40 More Reasons to Hate Us is the third album by Anal Cunt, recorded after their Japanese Tour in June 1995 and released on March 26, 1996 by Earache Records...
(1996) - I Like It When You DieI Like It When You DieI Like It When You Die is the fourth Anal Cunt album, released in 1997 on Earache Records as MOSH 169CD. It contains 52 tracks, with the average track length well under a minute....
(1997) - Picnic of LovePicnic of LovePicnic of Love is the fifth album released by Anal Cunt on July 21, 1998. The album was released as a joke and a parody of love songs, as well as of the band itself. The album is characterized by the opposite of everything that the band represents...
(1998) - It Just Gets WorseIt Just Gets WorseIt Just Gets Worse is the sixth full-length album by the grindcore band Anal Cunt. It was released in 1999 by Earache Records.-Recording information:...
(1999) - Defenders of the Hate (2001)
- 110 Song CD (2008)
- Fuckin' AFuckin' AFuckin' A is the eighth and final full-length album by the grindcore band Anal Cunt. It was released on January 11, 2011. The album is intended to be a parody of "cock rock" bands such as Mötley Crüe and Buckcherry and its cover uses the same image as Mötley Crüe's debut album Too Fast for...
(2010) - Wearing Out Our Welcome (2011)
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/axcxOfficial MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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