Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is a United States death metal band, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. The band is on the Metal Blade Records label. The band had a brief appearance in the movie Ace Ventura, Pet Detective.

Statistics

  • Genre: Death metal
  • Country: United States
  • Status: Active
  • Time: 1988-

Biography

Cover of Gallery of Suicide, one of their more gory and controversial album covers

Cannibal Corpse's music is very fast, complex and is known for its violent lyrics. Their albums are censored and banned in several countries, including Germany, where they are not allowed to play any song from one of their first three albums in concert, not allowed to play at all in the state of Bavaria, not allowed to display the original cover images (drawn by Vincent Locke), or print the lyrics in the CD booklets, etc. Song titles include "Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's Cunt", "Fucked With a Knife" or "Necropedophile". In May 1995, then-Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating "human decency". Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. (Carrey actually insisted to have the band perform in the movie because they were his favorite band.)

In 1994, Chris Barnes was kicked out of the band for musical differences and was replaced with Monstrosity's vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. Jack Owen departed Cannibal Corpse in 2004 due to lack of interest. Jeremy Turner of Origin is replacing him on tours, but it is still unclear if he will become a permanent member.

Discography

Studio releases

  • Eaten Back To Life - (1990) (reissued 2002)
  • Butchered At Birth - (1991) (reissued 2002)
  • Tomb Of The Mutilated - (1992) (reissued 2002)
  • Hammer Smashed Face [EP] - (1993)
  • The Bleeding - (1994)
  • Vile - (1996)
  • Gallery Of Suicide - (1998)
  • Bloodthirst - (1999)
  • Gore Obsessed - (2002)
  • Worm Infested [EP] - (2002)
  • 15 Year Killing Spree - (2003)
  • The Wretched Spawn - (2004)

Live and other releases

  • Monolith Of Death Tour 1996-1997 [VHS] - (1997)
  • Live Cannibalism [Live] - (2000)
  • Live Cannibalism [VHS/DVD] - (2000)
  • 15 Year Killing Spree [Collector's Box] - (2003)

Band members

Current members

  • George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - Vocals - (1996-)
  • Pat O'Brien - Guitar - (1997-)
  • Alex Webster - Bass - (1988-)
  • Paul Mazurkiewicz - Drums - (1988-)
  • Jeremy Turner - Guitar - (2004-)

Former members

  • Chris Barnes - Vocals - (1988-1995)
  • Bob Rusay - Guitar - (1988-1993)
  • Rob Barret - Guitar - (1993-1998)
  • Jack Owen - original lead guitarist - (1988-2004)

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Jack Owen departed Cannibal Corpse in 2004 due to lack of interest. Jeremy Turner of Origin is replacing him on tours, but it is still unclear if he will become a permanent member. Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998, ISBN 0-375-70082-x. In 1994, Chris Barnes was kicked out of the band for musical differences and was replaced with Monstrosity's vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. "I Fall to Pieces" was voted #107 on the RIAA list of the Songs of the Century. (Carrey actually insisted to have the band perform in the movie because they were his favorite band.). However, its depiction of the plane crash as occurring in high desert mountains totally unlike any terrain found in West Tennessee is wildly inaccurate. Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The 1985 movie Sweet Dreams starring Jessica Lange, is based on her adult life and is said by some familiar with her to be fairly accurate in many respects, although some have disputed its portrayal of her mercurial relationship with second husband Charlie Dick (portrayed in the film by Ed Harris).

In May 1995, then-Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating "human decency". Among her many honors, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6160 Hollywood Blvd, she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973, in 1993 she was honored with her image on a United States postage stamp and in 1995, she was awarded posthumously a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Song titles include "Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's Cunt", "Fucked With a Knife" or "Necropedophile". Cline is interred in the Shenendoah Memorial Park cemetery, in her hometown of Winchester, Virginia. Their albums are censored and banned in several countries, including Germany, where they are not allowed to play any song from one of their first three albums in concert, not allowed to play at all in the state of Bavaria, not allowed to display the original cover images (drawn by Vincent Locke), or print the lyrics in the CD booklets, etc. Since most of the parties mention to have been involved in these affairs were deceased, these affairs could not be proven.*) After Cline's death, Charlie Dick married and divorced Jamey Ryan, also a singer, and had a son, Charles Allen Dick, Jr. Cannibal Corpse's music is very fast, complex and is known for its violent lyrics. Most of these interviews were for use in the makings of books and such about Miss Cline.

The band had a brief appearance in the movie Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. (*The reports of Miss Cline's affairs are personal assumptions from various persons interviewed many years after her death. The band is on the Metal Blade Records label. In addition to her affair with Randy Hughes, Cline also had an affair with Bill Peer, her first manager. Cannibal Corpse is a United States death metal band, noted for its controversial and ultra-violent lyrics and imagery, founded in 1988 by Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay, Jack Owen, Alex Webster and Paul Mazurkiewicz. Were she alive today, she would have had four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jack Owen - original lead guitarist - (1988-2004). They had a daughter, Julia Simadore Dick (1958-; now known as Julie Fudge), and a son, Allen Randolph "Randy" Dick (1961-).

Rob Barret - Guitar - (1993-1998). In 1957, Cline married Charles Allen Dick, who worked as a linotype operator for the Winchester Star. Bob Rusay - Guitar - (1988-1993). Country singer Jack Anglin died in an automobile accident while driving to her funeral. Chris Barnes - Vocals - (1988-1995). Hughes, then Cline's lover and manager, was the plane's pilot. Jeremy Turner - Guitar - (2004-). On the airplane with her and also killed were three other country music figures who were fairly well-known at the time, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Randy Hughes, and Cowboy Copas.

Paul Mazurkiewicz - Drums - (1988-). Cline died in a plane crash at Camden, Tennessee while returning from Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 30, in 1963. Alex Webster - Bass - (1988-). When she left the hospital, her forehead was still visibly scarred. Pat O'Brien - Guitar - (1997-). Suffering from a jagged cut across her forehead that required stitches, a broken wrist, and a dislocated hip, she spent a month in the hospital. George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - Vocals - (1996-). The impact of the accident threw Patsy through the windshield, nearly killing her.

15 Year Killing Spree [Collector's Box] - (2003). On June 14, 1961, Patsy Cline and her brother were involved in a head-on car collision. Live Cannibalism [VHS/DVD] - (2000). Some signature songs are "Crazy" (written by Willie Nelson but forever linked to Cline), "She's Got You," "I Fall To Pieces", and "Sweet Dreams.". Live Cannibalism [Live] - (2000). Though she began her career recording rockabilly, it became clear that Cline's voice was best suited for pop/country crossover tunes. Monolith Of Death Tour 1996-1997 [VHS] - (1997). She became a mainstay on the country music showcase "Grand Ole Opry" in 1960.

The Wretched Spawn - (2004). Her breakthrough hit was "Walkin' After Midnight" (1957), written by Don Hecht and Alan Block. 15 Year Killing Spree - (2003). Cline was the last name of her first husband, Gerald Cline, a construction industry mogul, from whom she married in 1953 and divorced in 1957. Worm Infested [EP] - (2002). Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia, United States, she received her first contract as a country singer in 1953 and, despite her short life, would become one of the most influential singers in history. Gore Obsessed - (2002). Patsy Cline, (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer.

Bloodthirst - (1999). In The Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music,
. Gallery Of Suicide - (1998). Vile - (1996). The Bleeding - (1994).

Hammer Smashed Face [EP] - (1993). Tomb Of The Mutilated - (1992) (reissued 2002). Butchered At Birth - (1991) (reissued 2002). Eaten Back To Life - (1990) (reissued 2002).

Time: 1988-. Status: Active. Country: United States. Genre: Death metal.