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14 tracks 23 minutes. Crucifix was an American hardcore punk band from Berkeley, California, active from 1980 to 1984. They were unusual among American punk bands for their strong D-beat and anarcho-punk characteristics, and their 1983 LP Dehumanization is considered a classic of the hardcore sub-genre.
Crucifix was founded in 1980 and fronted by Cambodian-born singer Sothira Pheng, whose family had fled the country when the brutal Khmer Rouge seized power. The band's self-titled EP debuted on Universal Records of Berkeley in '81 and was followed by the "1984" single distributed on Freak Records in '82. The debut full-length "Dehumanization" was released on Corpus Christi Records (an offshoot of Crass Records) in 1983, showcased their extremely fast and overdriven sound, reminiscent of early Discharge, is widely considered to be their definitive work and a cornerstone of political punk. Jake Smith played guitar on the album. Later Drew Bernstein (founder of Lip Service Clothing) formerly of America's Hardcore replaced Smith on guitar. The band split up after a lengthy tour of US/Canada/Europe on July 13 1984. A posthumous compilation album of singles and live tracks entitled "Exhibit A" was released on Kustomized Records in 1997. When Corpus Christi folded the album "Dehumanization" was later reissued by Southern Records.
Samples from the opening track of Dehumanization, "Annihilation" was used by Orbital on the song "Choice" and was recorded in 2004 by A Perfect Circle for the Emotive album. Sepultura covered it as well as a bonus track on the album Nation (2001).
Matt Borruso and Christopher Douglas later re-emerged in Loudspeaker, a New York-based noise rock group. The band included guitarist Kurt Wolf (of Pussy Galore) and on bass Charles Hanson (former guitarist/songwriter for seminal 70's punk rock group The Normals from New Orleans, NYC motor rock group Shag Motor Pony and drummer for NYC noise band Chrome Cranks and current owner of the 82 year old 169 Bar in NYC) also bassist Jens Jürgensen (of Boss Hog). They released several recordings between 1990 and 1996. Sothira Pheng (bass and vocals) and Jimmy Crucifix (guitar) now play with Proudflesh, a San Francisco-based "Hard Punk Rock 'n' Roll" band with drummer Erik Lannon (Mordred/The Bay City Rollers). Proudflesh released their first album in March 2006 on Wired Gnome Records.
Track listing
1. Annihilation
2. How When Where
3. Skinned Alive
4. Prejudice
5. No Limbs
6. Another Mouth To Feed
7. Search For The Sun
8. Indochina
9. Three Miles To Oblivion
10. See Through Their Lies
11. Death Toll
12. Blind Destruction
13. Rise And Fall
14. Stop Torture
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