Anal Cunt

Anal Cunt is a Grindcore band from the United States. They are often referred to by their initials A.C. due to the perceived—indeed intended—offensive nature of their name; many of their album covers simply write A.C., written AxCx, as their name. Their song titles consist almost entirely (barring the Picnic of Love album, as well as covers of the A-Team and Hungry Hungry Hippos themes) of generally offensive material. The band has often been criticized for its popularity being based solely on their controversial song titles and lyrics rather than any musical ability, and is often quoted when a debate is being made against the grindcore genre of music. One ongoing dispute is how much Anal Cunt actually believes in what they say on their albums.

Related Topics:
Grindcore - United States - Picnic of Love

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Some examples of their less controversial song titles are Hitler Was A Sensitive Man, I Hope You Get Deported, and Connor Clapton Committed Suicide Because His Father Sucks (the original title for Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck). One recurring song title is X is gay, with X being variable: some well-known examples are: Technology is Gay, The Internet is Gay, Windchimes are Gay, and The Word 'Homophobic' is Gay.

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The sound of a typical Anal Cunt song is loud distorted guitars usually using only open strings, drums struck endlessly accompanied by loud (often unintelligible) screaming.

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Anal Cunt was founded in 1988 in Massachusetts by Seth Putnam. He chose the name by making a list of obscene words, and then trying to find what he believed to be the most stupid, offensive combination of them--Anal Cunt. The band was meant as a joke, and was to only release one album and do one show; however, they are still going strong in 2005.

Related Topics:
Massachusetts - Seth Putnam - Anal - Cunt

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Anal Cunt's take on making song titles a joke in themselves may have influenced many other hardcore and grindcore bands who attempt to get laughs from humorous, but often cryptic, titles.

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Since 1997, Anal Cunt has also become known for its acoustic black metal side-project Impaled Northern Moonforest, another joke band.

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In 2000, they released Split With The Raunchous Brothers. Some song tracks include: "I'm Hitler", "The Guy Who Shot His Kid Up With AIDS is Awesome", and "I Went Back In Time, And Voted For Hitler".

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Additionally, infamous punk rocker GG Allin has a song titled "Anal Cunt", but there is no relation between them, although according to Putnam, Allin requested Anal Cunt to be his backup band on one particular tour. This never happened, most likely owing to Allin's death.

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Recently in October 2004, Seth Putnam was the victim of a seizure which left him comatose for two months and forced the cancellation of several AxCx shows. According to Putnam, doctors had intended to "pull the plug", fearing he'd spend the rest of his days as a vegetable. Some observers considered this poetic justice, given such Anal Cunt song titles as "Jack Kevorkian Is Cool" and "You're in a Coma". Surprisingly enough, in the same news post he confirmed that there will be a new Anal Cunt album, most likely to be released in late 2005 or 2006.

Related Topics:
2004 - Vegetable - Poetic justice - Jack Kevorkian - 2005 - 2006

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