Body Count

:For the number of people killed in an event, see body count

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Body Count is a "crossover" heavy metal band, best known for being fronted by Ice-T and causing a furor with the release of "Cop Killer" from their debut album, Body Count.

Related Topics:
Heavy metal - Ice-T - Body Count

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Besides Ice-T, Body Count included Ernie-C (lead guitar), Mooseman (bass), Beatmaster V (drums) and D-Roc (rhythm guitar). Their album attacked, in graphic terms, various aspects of racism and criminality in South Central Los Angeles (now South Los Angeles), including corrupt police officers. A few months after Body Count was released, parent groups and other advocates began protesting "Cop Killer". After months of intense pressure, Warner Brothers took the song off the album (Replacing it with a bland version of Ice-T's - The Iceberg). Ice T would leave the company soon after.

Related Topics:
Ernie-C - Mooseman - Beatmaster V - D-Roc - Racism - South Los Angeles - Police officer - Warner Brothers

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Priority Records released Body Count's follow-up, Born Dead which continued on in a simular vain from the debut, the album would also include a cover of Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe but sales were slow, and Mooseman left the group and was replaced by Griz. Body Count's third album ' (1997) received better reviews than their previous efforts, but sales were still low. Then the band began to unravel, Griz left the band soon after the release of Violent Demise, Beatmaster V died of Leukemia, Mooseman was shot in a drive-by in winter 2000 while working for Iggy Pop and in late 2004 D-Roc died due to complications from Lymphoma, leaving only Ice-T and Ernie-C from the original Body Count line-up.

Related Topics:
Priority Records - Born Dead - Jimi Hendrix - 1997 - Leukemia - Iggy Pop

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Ice-T announced a come back record several times since 2003 "for the next year", but nothing happened. While being in Australia earlier this year, he announced a new Body Count record once again for 2005 whether this happens remains to be seen.

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