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Claremont, Los Angeles CA, United States (1991 – 1997)

Man is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as powerviolence. Based in Claremont, California, the band existed from 1991 to 1997, releasing many vinyl records on DIY-punk labels from around the world.

In stark contrast to other punk musicians, MITB made the move of displacing the electric guitar from its long reign as the primary instrument of punk aggression. In turn, they made room within their revolutionary spirit for progressive bass chords and scales, for industrial noise (field recordings and power electronics), and for member Henry Barnes’ “Amps for Christ” and homemade guitar reconfigurations.

The bass-heavy configuration was found in earlier projects by founding members Joel Connel and Eric Wood, who recorded under such monikers as Cyclops and Neanderthal. Their thematic emphasis on the primitive and mythological would continue in MITB records such as “Sum of the Men” and the split album with Bleeding Rectum. The fullest expression of these concerns appeared with the 7” record entitled “Backward Species,” which combined an almost anthropological/New Historicist approach to humanity’s violent practices. Songs such as “Kuro Treatment” and “Heretic’s Fork” are exemplary.

But their lyrical violence was balanced by their adamant avocation of progressive ideals.
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  • RockWinsFOAD

    I like to satan

    17 May 9:16pm Reply

  • sufffering

    cute

    9 May 4:13am Reply

  • thenearestdoor

    ahh i see. that's kinda funny, but i totally get you.

    30 Apr 9:57pm Reply

  • shakedatthang

    When that thing with the akron/family went down I posted a bunch of stuff about how Eric Wood should grow a pair somewhere on facebook, because ripping off imagery and album covers as a 'tribute' is a normal thing in punk and he shouldn't bitch about it just cuz now it's a mainstream indie band doing it. The next morning I woke up with a notification that Eric Wood wants to add me on Facebook, with a message saying 'HI ASSHOLE!!!' and him 'liking' all my posts about it. Purty weird guy. I really wanted that 'skull' tattoo when I was 16 too and I never got it. That's like dodging the hiroshima bomb.

    2 Apr 11:13pm Reply

  • thenearestdoor

    lol why

    1 Apr 7:38am Reply

  • shakedatthang

    Eric Wood once added me on Facebook JUST to call me an asshole. I'm not making this up.

    21 Feb 12:41am Reply

  • theseasonisours

    lmao

    19 Jan 5:40am Reply

  • flagtornapart

    THIS POISON CALLED

    3 Sep 2012 Reply

  • PiecesOfQuiet

    Jokes on me? But now I have an erection!

    25 Aug 2012 Reply

  • gayguy5000

    Joke's on you, I don't wear knickers.

    22 Aug 2012 Reply

  • thenearestdoor

    servant ov the skull til death.

    22 Aug 2012 Reply

  • PiecesOfQuiet

    Well as a fellow fag I didn't think you'd get your knickers in such a twist

    19 Aug 2012 Reply

  • eliaswhatever

    woah, dont bring sonic youth into this man.

    17 Aug 2012 Reply

  • gayguy5000

    He forgot to add liberal art school momma's boys who think they're cutting edge because they listen to Sonic Youth AKA the fag below me

    16 Aug 2012 Reply

  • PiecesOfQuiet

    uh oh "feaks" how edgy

    16 Aug 2012 Reply

  • RedArmada

    It's really a shame that this band for/by total freaks has been colonized by the new school polo-wearing wannabe-noise-musician straight-edge coolkids

    11 Aug 2012 Reply

  • PiecesOfQuiet

    Pretty much everything Bastard Noise has done after Rogue Astronaut sounds like MITB, so if you're pining for some, that's where to find it.

    25 Jul 2012 Reply

  • dui_fridays

    dope shit

    20 Jun 2012 Reply

  • haloedeyes

    i kinda wanna try gourmet pez now, doubt they'd be vegan though.

    1 Jun 2012 Reply

  • miril_immortal

    just noise

    15 May 2012 Reply
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