Cripple Bastards
Encyclopedia
Cripple Bastards is a grindcore
band from Asti
, Italy. They were formed in 1988 in order to keep their area on the hardcore
map as most of the other bands around them were breaking up.
They were formed by vocalist Giulio the Bastard and guitarist Alberto the Crippler. They were initially a metal-influenced punk band called Grimcorpses. However, they were not satisfied with their music and soon decided to make their style more extreme, which was accompanied by a name change. They combined hardcore and metal influences with grindcore, but still managed to sound different than many other grindcore bands at the time. Their first demo shares the tape with two other bands, which also include members of Cripple Bastards. A few more tracks and demos were recorded after this. The band also played various venues including their first ever international concert in Croatia.
By 1994, the band had drafted bassist Eduardo. The following year the band released their first full length album, Your Lies In Check and drummer Paolo joined the band shortly after. Shortly after their debut album was released, Eduardo left the band and was replaced by Stefano, who was in the same band as Paolo. However both Paolo and Stefano soon departed, leaving the band with only two members once again. As the years went by, the band made numerous changes in personnel.
The band released Misantropo a Senso Unico in 2000, which was placed at number 6 in Terrorizer
s list of essential European grindcore albums, with deputy editor James Hoare describing it as "primitive, punk, pummelling and most importantly given their self-dubbed 'controversial hategrind', genuinely dangerous." This album went in an even more uncompromising direction and was also the last album to feature Alberto the Crippler on guitar. However, members were replaced and the band formed its most stable line-up.
In 2003, the band released Desperately Insensitive, which had a 'cleaner' sound.
Over the years they have played over 300 shows, many of which were included on three full-length tours (in Europe 2000, the US East Coast 2002 and the US West Coast 2003), as well as several international festivals, including Fuck the Commerce
in Germany in 2001, Obscene Extreme
in the Czech Republic in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006, and Maryland Deathfest
in the USA in 2007. They have shared the stage with bands, such as Napalm Death
, Dismember
, Suffocation
, Pungent Stench
, Brutal Truth
, Nasum
, Ratos de Porão
, Extreme Noise Terror
, Varukers and Chaos UK
.
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 from Asti
Asti
Asti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...
, Italy. They were formed in 1988 in order to keep their area on the 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...
map as most of the other bands around them were breaking up.
They were formed by vocalist Giulio the Bastard and guitarist Alberto the Crippler. They were initially a metal-influenced punk band called Grimcorpses. However, they were not satisfied with their music and soon decided to make their style more extreme, which was accompanied by a name change. They combined hardcore and metal influences with grindcore, but still managed to sound different than many other grindcore bands at the time. Their first demo shares the tape with two other bands, which also include members of Cripple Bastards. A few more tracks and demos were recorded after this. The band also played various venues including their first ever international concert in Croatia.
By 1994, the band had drafted bassist Eduardo. The following year the band released their first full length album, Your Lies In Check and drummer Paolo joined the band shortly after. Shortly after their debut album was released, Eduardo left the band and was replaced by Stefano, who was in the same band as Paolo. However both Paolo and Stefano soon departed, leaving the band with only two members once again. As the years went by, the band made numerous changes in personnel.
The band released Misantropo a Senso Unico in 2000, which was placed at number 6 in Terrorizer
Terrorizer Magazine
Terrorizer is an extreme music magazine published by Dark Arts Ltd. in the United Kingdom. It is released every four weeks with thirteen issues a year and features a 'Fear Candy' covermount CD, a twice yearly 'Fear Candy Unsigned' CD, and a double-sided poster.-1993:Terrorizer published its first...
s list of essential European grindcore albums, with deputy editor James Hoare describing it as "primitive, punk, pummelling and most importantly given their self-dubbed 'controversial hategrind', genuinely dangerous." This album went in an even more uncompromising direction and was also the last album to feature Alberto the Crippler on guitar. However, members were replaced and the band formed its most stable line-up.
In 2003, the band released Desperately Insensitive, which had a 'cleaner' sound.
Over the years they have played over 300 shows, many of which were included on three full-length tours (in Europe 2000, the US East Coast 2002 and the US West Coast 2003), as well as several international festivals, including Fuck the Commerce
Fuck the Commerce
Fuck the Commerce is a metal music festival in Germany. It took place annually in Neiden, Saxony, till 2008 and it was first held in 1997. The 2007 edition was held on May 16, May 17, May 18 and May 19, 2007.-2007 lineup:*Ars Mortis*Blasphemer...
in Germany in 2001, Obscene Extreme
Obscene Extreme
Obscene Extreme is an extreme metal and grindcore open-air music festival taking place in Trutnov, Czech Republic each summer since 1999. To date, 490 bands have performed at Obscene Extreme.- Obscene Extreme 1999 :...
in the Czech Republic in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006, and Maryland Deathfest
Maryland Deathfest
Maryland Deathfest is an annual extreme music festival held in or near Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The festival mostly features death metal and grindcore bands. It has always occurred during Memorial Day weekend each year....
in the USA in 2007. They have shared the stage with bands, such as Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
, Dismember
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
, Suffocation
Suffocation (band)
Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
, Pungent Stench
Pungent Stench
Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...
, Brutal Truth
Brutal Truth
Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...
, Nasum
Nasum
Nasum was a political Swedish band that played a mixture of grindcore and death metal. The band's name, meaning 'nose', was taken from the horror film Flesh for Frankenstein.-Biography:...
, Ratos de Porão
Ratos de Porão
Ratos de Porão is a Brazilian hardcore punk band from São Paulo. They were formed in 1980, toured South America, North America, and Europe and still continue to play today...
, Extreme Noise Terror
Extreme Noise Terror
Extreme Noise Terror are a British crust punk / grindcore band originally formed in Ipswich, England in 1985. The band are widely considered one of the earliest and most influential European grindcore bands, and particularly the forefathers of the crustgrind subgenre.Notable for one of the...
, Varukers and Chaos UK
Chaos UK
Chaos UK are an English hardcore punk band formed in 1979 in Portishead, near Bristol. They played fast aggressive hardcore punk rock initially. The original line up of Simon on vocals, Andy on guitar, Chaos on bass and Potts on drums recorded two EP's and a full LP for Riot City Record...
.
Current line-up
- Giulio the Bastard (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Schintu the Wretched (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Der Kommissar (guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Al Mazzotti (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
)
Previous members
- Alberto the Crippler (guitar)
- Walter Dr. Tomas (drums)
- Eduardo 'o Brazil (bass)
- Michele Hoffman (drums)
Albums
- Best Crimes compilation CD (1996, Grand Theft Audio)
- Your Lies in Check LP/CD (1996, Ecocentric / EU '91 Produzioni / Dwie Strony Medalu)
- Misantropo a Senso Unico LP/CD (2000, EU '91 Produzioni / Deaf AmericanDeaf AmericanA Deaf American is defined as a member of the American Sign Language linguistic minority. Though they are typically medically deaf, they can also include the children of Deaf people and a few hearing people who learn ASL and become adopted into the community...
/ Peculio Discos / Insane Society / SelfMadeGod) - Almost Human compilation CD (2001, Obscene)
- Desperately Insensitive (2003, Deep 6 / NecropolisNecropolis RecordsNecropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal to start. The label's roster included artists such as Archgoat, The Black, Incantation, Satanic Slaughter, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection, Dawn,, Vondur, Impaled and...
/ Deathvomit) - Variante Alla Morte (2008, FETOFETO RecordsFETO Records is a British independent record label founded by Mick Kenney and Shane Embury.The name of the record label is an acronym of From Enslavement To Obliteration, the title of Napalm Death's second album....
) - "Frammenti di Vita" (2010, T.V.O.R.)
EPs
- Split 7" with Violent Headache (1993, Psychomania)
- Split 7" with W.B.I. (1993, Useless)
- Life's Built on Thoughts 7" (1993, A-Wat)
- Split 7" with PatareniPatareniPatareni 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....
(1994, Regurgitated Semen) - Frammenti di Vita (1994, Ecocentric)
- Split 7" with Social Genocide (1994, ADP)
- Split 7" with Senseless Apocalypse (1994, View Beyond)
- Fear Persuasion Violence Obedience split 10" with Capitalist CasualtiesCapitalist Casualties-Discography:*Nuclear National Park demo *The Art of Ballistics EP *Disassembly Line LP *Raised Ignorant EP *split EP with The Dread *split EP with Discordance Axis *split EP with Millions of Dead Cops...
, Masskontroll and Warpath (1995, Wiggy) - Split 7" with Psychotic Noise (1995, Grinding Madness)
- Split 7" with Präparation-H (1996, Vicious Interference)
- Split 7" with Carcass Grinder (1996, Upground)
- Split 7" with Wretched (1996, bootleg)
- Split 10" with Patareni (1996, Havin' a Spazz)
- Split LP with Suppression (1997, Bovine)
- Split CD with P.E.L.M.E., Urban Decay and The Dread (1997, Grand Theft Auto)
- Massacrecore live 7" (1997, Denied a Custom)
- Split 7" with I.R.F. (1998, MCR Company)
- Split 7" with P.E.L.M.E. (1999, Havin' a Spazz)
- Split 7" with World (1999, NAT)
- Live to Hate People 3" CD (1999, Applequince)
- Split 7" with Comrades (2000, SOA)
- Il Grande Silenzio 7" (2000, Rhetoric)
- Split 7" with CorruptedCorrupted (band)Corrupted are a Japanese doom/sludge metal band. They are known for their antipathy towards mainstream acceptance, even in their subgenre, which naturally tends towards obscurity. This is reflected not only in their dark and oppressive musical style but their reclusive nature, avoiding interviews...
(2001, HG-Fact) - Split 7" with RegurgitateRegurgitate (band)Regurgitate is a goregrind band from Sweden.In 2001, Bizarre Leprous Productions released a 46-band tribute to Regurgitate entitled Comeback of Goregods: Tribute to Regurgitate, with bands such as Inhume, Lymphatic Phlegm, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Haemorrhage, and Neuro-Visceral Exhumation taking...
(2002, EU '91 SerbianLeague) - Split CD with C.H.C. and Total Fucking Destruction (2003, Mutilation)
- Split 7" with EyehategodEyehategodEyehategod 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...
(2004, Southern Lord) - Split CD with Skruigners and Woptime (2006, Tube)
- Split 7" with Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition (2006, RelapseRelapse RecordsRelapse 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...
)
Cassettes
- Split tape with K.S.G. and Dissonance (1991, EU '91 Produzioni)
- From 1988 to 1991 compilation tape (1991, EU '91 Produzioni)
- Split tape with Dark Season (1992, EU '91 Produzioni)
- Split tape with AgathoclesAgathocles (band)Agathocles is a Belgian political grindcore band that began in 1985. They are mainly known for producing a large quantity of split seven-inch EPs...
(1992, EU '91 Produzioni) - Split tape with Filthy Charity, Harsh Feelings and Grimcorpses (1993, EU '91 Produzioni)
- Mundo di Mierda compilation tape (1993, Vomit Halo)
- Punk's Not Music compilation tape (1995, Upbound / Abnormal Tapes)
- Split tape with Nuclear Grinder and Mastic Scum (1997, Impregnate)
- Negativity to Scan Your Mind promo tape (1997, EU '91 Produzioni)
- Split tape with Cuntn' Bananaaz and Fishy (?, Confex)
- Split tape with Mass Separation (?, ALP Tapes)
- Live to Hate People - Best Of (2002, Cryptas)
Other releases
- Falafel Grind: 32 Bands Proving that Cripple Bastards Suck! tribute album (2000, Obscene)
- Blackmails and Assholism double DVD (2007, Obscene)
Compilation appearances
- Son of Bbblleeaaauuurrggghh 7" (Slap-a-HamSlap-a-Ham RecordsSlap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...
; two songs) - Revenge of the Disabled video (Will-'O'-the-Wisp Videos; some songs from From 1988 to 1991)
- Revenge of the Disabled 2 video (Wil-'O'-the-Wisp Videos; Rehearsal 1994, "Gaspacho" soap opera for betrayed husbands and interview)
- Mit mir ist nich zu Rechnen - Benefit für totalverweigerer (Born to Booze; one song)
- Obrade - A Tribute to Patareni (Falsanja Kol'ko's; five songs)
- It's All Quiet on the Eastern Front (Nuclear Sun Punk; one song)
- Part of the Cripple Bastard's show at the Two Days of Struggle hardcore festival, released on Immondo 2 Shockumentary/Videozine (Carnaio)
- Fooling with Pain (Tylyt Levyt; one song)
- Noise Against the Machine 7" (Inner Aural Combustion; one song)
- Pasta Power Violence 7" (SOA; two songs)
- Land Speed Power - Hüsker DüHüsker DüHüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....
Covers (Berserk; two songs) - Europe in Decline (Six Weeks; two songs)
- No Fate 4 (HG-Fact; one song)
- Kill Your Idols - A Tribute to Agathocles (Happy Hamster; one song)
- Pasta Power 2: Speed Kills (SOA; one song)
- Obscene Extreme Festival 1 (Obscene; two songs)
- Speed Freaks 4 7" (Knot Music; one song)
- Tributo Ao Olho Seco (Red Star; one song)
- No Speed Limits Vol. 2 (Civilization; one song)
- Not Without a Fight (Fistfight; five songs)
- Youth Against Police Brutality (Deifer; one song)
- Obscene Extreme 2000 (Obscene; two songs)
- Thrash of the Titans (Know; two songs)
- Obscene Extreme Festival 2001 (Obscene; one song)
- Rotten Display of Culture Vol. 1 video (Porro; live footage)
- Fuck the Commerce IV video (Cudgel Agency; live footage)
- Deadly Encounters Vol. 2 7" (Agitate 96; one song)
- Grind Your Mind: A History of Grindcore (Mayan; two songs)