The Crucifucks
| The Crucifucks | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Scribbles, The L.D. Eye |
| Origin | Lansing, Michigan |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1981–1989 1996–1998 |
| Labels | Alternative Tentacles |
| Associated acts |
26 Sonic Youth |
| Past members |
Doc Corbin Dart Joe Dart Scott Fagersten Steve Shelley Gus Varner Marc Hauser Todd Southern Aaron Vanderpool Joel Kuszai Steve Merchant David Breher Nathaniel Warren |
The Crucifucks were a Lansing, Michigan-based punk band formed in 1981. They were noted for their anarchist political agitation, provocative lyrics, and unusually shrill vocals by band leader Doc Corbin Dart. Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra signed them to his independent Alternative Tentacles label.
Other members of the original line up included Dart's cousin Joe on guitar, Scott Fagersten on bass, and drummer Steve Shelley, who went on to play with Sonic Youth.
The band's debut LP The Crucifucks—recorded in 1984 and released in 1985 on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Wisconsin followed in 1987, also on Alternative Tentacles. Between that album and 1996's L.D. Eye, Dart recorded two solo projects, Patricia, on Alternative Tentacles in 1990, and Black Tuesday, a self-released cassette, in 1991. After a long hiatus, Doc released an album entitled "The Messiah" on Crustacean Records in 2004. The moniker he used for this album is "26".
A Crucifucks compilation album entitled Our Will Be Done was issued in 1992, combining the band's first two LPs with a non-LP song, "Annual Report," also featured on Maximum Rock 'n' Roll's compilation Welcome To 1984. A picture of a Philadelphia police officer posing as shot—originally part of a public relations campaign to obtain wage concessions from the city —was used on the album's back cover. Four years later, its discovery by the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police led to a lawsuit against the Crucifucks, which was eventually dismissed.
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