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| Location: | Santa Monica, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 9, 2008 (586 days back) |
About Me |
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| The original Speedcore merchants, Cryptic Slaughter dealt a West Coast hand into the late 80's Crossover movement, a movement that saw the normally warring armies of punk rock and thrash metal finally come together into a unified front bent on exposing social injustice and political hypocrisy. Powered by a previously unimagined sense of informed aggression, the band's uncompromising political stance and lightning-fast tempos ultimately proved too harsh for mainstream tastes, but their status as underground legends remains unquestioned.
Vocalist/bassist Bill Crooks, guitarists Les Evans and Adam Scott, and drummer Scott Peterson first met while playing on their High School soccer team, and formed Cryptic Slaughter in 1984. Adam Scott was soon on the outs, but the remaining trio still managed to cut their five-song Life in Grave" demo by May of the following year. Its sheer speed and unbridled ferocity quickly made it a favorite conversation piece on the all-important underground tape-trading network -- a worldwide phenomenon that had already launched dozens of successful acts before them -- and eventually landed Cryptic Slaughter a contract with fast-rising independent Metal Blade Records. Issued in 1986, the band's debut album Convicted introduced new bassist Rob Nicholson (freeing Crooks to focus on his rabid vocal delivery) and somehow crammed fourteen tracks into a violently giddy, adrenalin-charged half hour, every single cut spewing a torrent of anti-establishment bile and fury. Follow-up efforts like 1987's Money Talks and 1988's Stream Of Consciousness added only the smallest of sonic refinements, and kept the group's ever-expanding legion of fans happy by staying true to their original, raw and frenetic style. Cryptic Slaughter TRIVIA: * Napalm Death covers "Lowlife" on their 2004 album, Leaders Not Followers: Part 2. * Bass-player Rob Nicholson, aka Blasko, used to play with Rob Zombie, Danzig, Prong and now plays bass for Ozzy Osbourne. * Powerviolence band Spazz covers "M.A.D" on their 1997 album "La Revancha" * The song "Lowlife" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8. * A "Convicted" album is seen being handled by Johnny Depp in the 21 Jump Street pilot. * Cryptic Slaughter is featured in the book Sound of the Beast, the Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. * "Money Talks" is the featured album in Decibel magazines Hall of Fame feature. April 2007. * "Money Talks" is featured in the SPIN Magazine column "Essentials". July 2007. * Cryptic Slaughter gets a "shout out" from some punker in the film Decline of the Western Civilization: Part 2. ~ Cryptic Slaughter "Money Talks" 1988/Balboa Theater, L.A., CA ~ |
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Music:Member Since: 1/13/2006Band Website: THIS IS IT - Spread the word. Tell your friends! Band Members: Bill Crooks - Vocals Les Evans - Guitars Rob Nicholson - Bass Scott Peterson - Drums Influences: "It was CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER along with bands like D.R.I., ACCUSED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, C.O.C., THE CRUMBSUCKERS, SLAYER, HELLBASTARD, NAPALM DEATH etc. that in the mid-80s turned a world of metalheads onto hardcore and a planet of punks onto metal." ~inmusicwetrust.com Sounds Like: "Along with D.R.I., C.O.C. and the contributions of punkers like Discharge and The Exploited, Cryptic Slaughter built up the genre of "thrash" music from haphazard crossover to a science of more terrifying, instantaneous music." ~anus.com CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "CONVICTED" CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER "MONEY TALKS" Record Label: Relapse Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Thrash / Metal) |
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NEW CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER SHIRTS!!! |
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| YOU NEED THIS SHIRT... NOW! GET IT HERE ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE! ONLY 15 BUCKS! Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:54:00 PST |
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Check out Metalfanzin.orgs interview with Scotty! FYI. It's not in English. Sorry. |
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| Go to http://www.metalfanzin.org for the interview. Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:27:00 PST |
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER IN THE JULY ISSUE OF SPIN! |
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| That's right! Check out this article where we're mention along with Discharge, Celtic Frost, Slayer and the all mighty MOTORHEAD!!!
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER SHIRTS!!! |
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| All right here is the link for you guys to get our "Money Talks" T-shirts!
The shirts come in all sizes, so pick up one now!!!
http://jsrdirect.com/index.asp?Group=CSL
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... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:26:00 PST |
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER in the new DECIBEL Magazine! |
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| In the April issue of Decibel, "Money Talks" was awarded the monthy Hall of Fame feature. It is a huge 7 page article! Be sure to go pick it up! On news stands NOW!Thank you all for your continued sup... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:55:00 PST |
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER in the new Tony Hawk game! |
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| Details on the soundtrack for the next game in the Tony Hawk skateboarding video game series have been released. Tony Hawk's Project 8 will feature 56 songs from bands including Cryptic Slaughter, Bad... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:50:00 PST |
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Napalm Death & Cryptic Slaughter |
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| On their most recent tour, ND has been doing a cover of Low Life. Check out their set list...Instinct of Survival, Unchallenged Hate, Instruments of Persuasion, Continuing War on Stupidity, Narcolepti... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:39:00 PST |
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Welcome to the OFFICIAL Cryptic Slaughter myspace page! |
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| Yes, that's right! This is the OFFICIAL page for Cryptic Slaughter run by the band. We will constantly be adding and changing stuff for y'all, so keep checking back. We will also be selling some rare ... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:04:00 PST |
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"Money Talks" reviewed on Blabbermouth. 8.5! |
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| Following the reissue of the Californian speedcore merchants benchmark debut album "Convicted", there is some debate over whether that or follow-up "Money Talks" is the better of the two.
Beyond th... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:49:00 PST |
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"Convicted" reviewed on Blabbermouth. 9.5! |
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| As much as we here at BLABBERMOUTH.NET cannot condone gratuitous ass-kissing, Relapse deserve a sloppy smacker on the rump for getting this reissue out fifteen years after the fact.
Back when it w... Posted by Cryptic Slaughter on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:48:00 PST |
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