Leftöver Crack

Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack live in Cologne in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Alphabet City, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
Genres	Crust punk hardcore punk ska punk anarcho punk
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords, Alternative Tentacles, Household Name Records, Hellcat, BANKSHOT! Records
Associated acts	Choking Victim, F-Minus, Morning Glory, INDK, Rats in the Wall, The Slackers, MDC, Nino Zombi, No-Cash, No Commercial Value, Crack Rock Steady 7, Star Fucking Hipsters, Citizen Fish, Subhumans, Aus-Rotten, El Jefe David, Crass, Days N Daze
Members	Stza Alec Baillie Chris Mann (Intro5pect) Donny (Intro5pect) Brad Logan
Past members	Ezra Kire Ara Babajian Amery Smith Joey "Gunner" Hunt Brandon Chevalier-Kolling Austin Hotchkiss JP Otto Ian McDougall

Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of Choking Victim. The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. The band consists of Scott Sturgeon (vocals), Brad Logan (guitar), Alec Baillie (bass guitar), Leftöver Crack spans several different music genres including hardcore punk, ska, and crust punk. They write mostly political lyrics of a radical leftist nature, opposing religion, capitalism, and authority. Members of Leftöver Crack reside in the C-Squat on 155 Avenue C in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Natives of New York City, band members have a well-documented history of back-and-forth conflict with the NYPD which precedes the band's formation. The name "Leftöver Crack" is explained by Stza as being "an oxymoron", based on the idea that crack cocaine addicts are known for vigorous use, and are unlikely to have any "leftover" crack.

Formed around the same time as the breakup of Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack was initially an outlet for Choking Victim frontman Scott Sturgeon a.k.a. Stza to release songs that, for one reason or another, were never recorded by Choking Victim and which he claims are the "Leftover songs" - hence the name, Leftöver Crack. For almost two years following the band's formation, the band consisted almost solely of Stza, who recorded many of the songs that would feature on later releases onto a four-track recorder whilst searching for band members. The band eventually solidified (albeit temporarily) around a line-up of Scott "Stza" Sturgeon (vocals, additional guitars), Brad Logan of F-Minus (guitar), Alec Baillie (bass, previously of Choking Victim), Mike Trujillo of Blindsided (guitar) and Amery "AWOL" Smith (drums, previously of Suicidal Tendencies and the Beastie Boys).