martes, 5 de junio de 2018

Crucifix


Crucifix was founded in 1980 and fronted by Cambodian-born singer Sothira Pheng, whose family had fled the country when the brutal Khmer Rouge seized power. The band's self-titled EP debuted on Universal Records of Berkeley in '81 and was followed by the 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' single on the band's own Freak Records in 1982. The band's debut full-length 'Dehumanization' on Corpus Christi Records (an offshoot of Crass Records) is also widely considered to be their definitive work and a cornerstone of political punk. The band split up after a lengthy tour of US / Canada / Europe on July 13, 1984. A posthumous compilation album of singles and live tracks entitled 'Exhibit A' was released on Kustomized Records in 1997. 

Matt Borruso and Christopher Douglas later reemerged in Loudspeaker, a New York–based noise rock group. The band included guitarist Kurt Wolf (of Pussy Galore), bassist Jens Jürgensen (of Boss Hog) and later bassist Charles Hanson (of The Normals and Chrome Cranks). Christopher Douglas was later replaced by Martin Köb (Circle X, Dustdevils, Drunk Tank, Wall Drug) on drums. They released several recordings between 1990 and 1996. 

Sothira Pheng (bass and vocals) and Jimmy Crucifix (guitar) now play with Proudflesh, a San Francisco-based "Hard Punk Rock 'n' Roll". Proudflesh released their first album in March 2006 on Wired Gnome Records. Vocal samples from "Annihilation", the opening track of the 'Dehumanization' LP, were used by Orbital on the song "Choice". "Annihilation" was recorded in 2004 by A Perfect Circle for their third LP, 'eMOTIVe'; Sepultura also covered it as a bonus track on the album 'Nation' (2001). [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

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