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Choking Victim was an influential ska punk/hardcore punk (what they call “crack rock steady,” a slight satire on rocksteady) band from New York City in the 1990s.

The band became hometown (C-squat in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where they squatted and continue to inhabit and organize shows) legends for their innovative music and highly political, often Anarcho-Communistic lyrics. At the same time they also became infamous for their Satanic imagery and numerous references to the vagrant lifestyle such as crack-smoking, shoplifting, and squatting. They also, like many other bands in the punk scene, have strong anti-police sentiments in their songs. The band prides itself on its Atheism, often making sardonic references to Satan, for the sole purpose of being offensive, rather than any sort of actual worship of the alleged deity. Stza, in fact, was quoted in a rare interview as saying that the sole reason the band included Satan as a graphic reference in so many songs was for its direct opposition to the typical Christian status quo.

Choking Victim broke up after the first day of recording for their one and only album, but the recordings from that one day were enough to make a solid album. After they broke up, Stza and Ezra Crack formed the band Leftöver Crack, and Skwert and Ezra formed INDK.

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1	500 Channels	462
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3	Money	325
4	In Hell	276
5	Suicide (A Better Way) full track	267
6	Fucked Reality	259
6	In My Grave	259
8	Fuck America	231
9	War Story	224
10	Praise to the Sinners	208
11	Hate Yer State	181
12	Five Finger Discount	180
13	Born to Die full track	162
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Imperial_Cereal wrote:
19 days ago

tee hee

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TheClash57 wrote:
29 days ago

BIGTUNA69, LoC is still touring and i think Ezra isnt in the band right now...not sure though.

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Whitetrashscum wrote:
29 days ago

Seen this band twice in thompkins square, didn't like them. As Whitney Houston put it, "CRACK IS WHACK"!

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Viggetorr wrote:
last month

"Imperial_Cereal" - Are you retarded?

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SaucyPete wrote:
last month

choke on my dick

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BIGTUNA69 wrote:
last month

I remember listening to these guys everyday in middle school. Just picked up 'No Gods, No Managers', and remembered how amazing this record is/was. Such a solid product from a punk band. I lost track of what everyone from Crackrock Steady was/were doing 3 or 4 years ago. I hope they're still around. What's up with Leftover Crack?

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Maagikki wrote:
last month

"i dont know why everyone hates on LoC. Both bands are amazing!" I've been wondering the same myself.

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Mr_Greaves wrote:
last month

no one axed you, go listen to your pop punk kid

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Ksharpe126 wrote:
last month

i wouldn't call this music innovative. and LoC sucks.

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tablepride wrote:
last month

see a frown, turn that cross upside down

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PxUnit wrote:
last month

i dont know why everyone hates on LoC. Both bands are amazing! [2]

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TheClash57 wrote:
last month

i dont know why everyone hates on LoC. Both bands are amazing!

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Imperial_Cereal wrote:
last month

fuck, this shits over leftover crack 10 million times. fuck you and what you've become, stza.

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TBaugh wrote:
last month

acidsyringe69 is dumb

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rofflestomp wrote:
last month

Michael Parenti is the person sampled on the album, I think.

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Alby_ wrote:
October 2009

FYVE FANGER DIC0WNT

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Catastrophe12 wrote:
October 2009

anyone know who that guy is that's sampled throughout the entire album..."Nutmeg is not the question..."

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acidsyringe69 wrote:
October 2009

LOC>>>>CV

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Imperial_Cereal wrote:
October 2009

izmekuni i think you misread what Cawnur said, there's no room for discussion.

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Cawnur wrote:
October 2009

CV > LoC. There is no room for discussion.

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