Corrosion of Conformity was formed in Raleigh, North Carolina , by bassist and vocalist Mike Dean , guitarist Woody Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin , and singer Benji Shelton in 1982. They were influenced by heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath , Iron Maiden , Scorpions , and Judas Priest ,…
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They released tracks on the No Core cassette tape compilation on the label of the same name along with other North Carolina punk bands in 1982 as well as on the Why Are We Here? 7″ compilation in 1983, also on the No Core label. Shelton quit the band in…
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Haynes and Leary played their debut show at a San Antonio night club, The Bonham Exchange, in 1981; at that time, they had not yet settled on the band name “Butthole Surfers”. By 1982, the band was backed by the sibling rhythm section composed of bassist Quinn Mathews and his…
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In 1981, Haynes and Leary published the magazine Strange V.D. , which featured photos of abnormal medical ailments, coupled with fictitious, humorous explanations for the diseases. After being caught with one of these pictures at work, Haynes left the accounting firm and moved to Southern California. Leary, at the time…
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The band broke up in the late 1980s and Wino went west to California to join up with Saint Vitus . Wino recorded three albums, an EP, and a live album with Saint Vitus. Around 1989, the Obsessed reformed and signed to Hellhound Records (Vitus’s then current label), which released…
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The band formed originally under the name “Warhorse” in 1976 in Potomac, Maryland, led by Wino. In the late 1970s, Wino’s band became known as the Leather Nunz. The band played original punk tunes with singer Billy Beam, Jeff Urban on drums, Robert Krug on rhythm guitar and Mark Laue…
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Butthole Surfers formed at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas during the late 1970s, when students Gibson “Gibby” Haynes and Paul Leary Walthall (later just Paul Leary) met for the first time. Though it was their shared taste in non-mainstream music that caused them to become friends, both appeared to…
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