Choking Victim
Choking Victim was a significant Ska-/Punk-/Hardcore-Band from New York's Lower East Side in the 1990s. You self-defined their style as " Crack Rock Steady ", an allusion to the Rock Steady, which also influenced their music.
Band History
Choking Victim was founded about 1993 by Stza (vocals, guitar ), Sascha Dubrul (bass ) and John Dolan (drums). The name comes from a sign hanging on John's work.
After just 3 months and 2 concerts John was replaced on drums by Skwert with which they a year later recorded their first work, the EP " Crack Rock Steady ".
Shortly thereafter, Sascha left the band and this increased with new bassist Alec Baillie their next album " Squatters Paradise " on.
Self made the band for their innovative music and political texts known, but also because of their ( ironic as atheists ) Satanic occurrence and restless life change ( smoking crack, shoplifting, and squatting ).
After a series of further changes in the band, they recorded in 1999 ( with Ezra as a second guitarist and Shayne on bass ) released their first album "No gods, no managers" on, only to dissolve on the first day of admission (but already with enough material to release the plate ). Stza and Ezra later founded Leftover Crack.
On 11 November 2000, the band united ( in the cast of their album ) for a concert in Tompkins Square Park. 2005, there are four appearances in the original cast.
On June 11, 2006, there was another concert, again in Lower East Side 's Tompkins Square Park followed by a tour of the Dominican Republic.
Discography
CDs
- No gods, no managers (1999)
- Crack Rock Steady / Squatta ' s Paradise (2000)
7 " EPs
- Crack Rock Steady (1995 )
- Squatta 's Paradise (1996 )
- Victim come alive (1997)