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Cannibal Corpse

Real Name:George Fisher, Pat O'Brien, Rob Barrett, Alex Webster, Paul Mazurkiewicz
Profile:Current members:
Vocals - George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher (joined 1996)
Guitars - Pat O'Brien (joined 1997)
Guitars - Rob Barrett (1994 - 1997, rejoined 2005)
Bass - Alex Webster (from the beginning)
Drums - Paul Mazurkiewicz (from the beginning)

Former members:
Vocals - Chris Barnes (1988 - 1995)
Guitars - Bob Rusay (1988 - 1993)
Guitars - Jack Owen (1988 - 2004)
Guitars - Jeremy Turner (touring guitarist in 2004)

Biography:
Back in Buffalo, NY in 1988 the breaking up of two bands, Tirant Sin and Beyond Death, resulted in the creation of a monster called "Cannibal Corpse". The group recorded a self-titled demo in Niagara Falls, NY (also known as "A Skull Full Of Maggots").

The demo caught the eye of Metal Blade Records and the band was signed right away. The birth of "Eaten' Back To Life" was the first step to being the gods of death metal.

There have been several changes in the line-up throughout the bands's history, first the departure of Bob Rusay. Listen to the first album & you will understand why. Without Jack Owen, the guitar-playing on the album would sound like mud. The acquisition of fellow Buffalonian Rob Barrett, who had also played in Dark Deception, Solstice (3) and Malevolent Creation was a welcomed change. Rob left Cannibal Corpse in late 97' to persue other areas.

Next came the departure of Chris Barnes who later formed his own band, Six Feet Under. This occured during the recording of "Vile" which was, at the time, tentatively entitled "Created to Kill". That's where George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher came into play. He has been a change for the better and has done a great job in filling the shoes of a great singer for his time.

The newest member is Pat O'Brien, formerly of Nevermore and Monstrosity. He is by far the best replacement they could have found.

Cannibal Corpse is without question one of the most infamous bands in music history. Banned in Australia, New Zealand and Korea and forbidden to perform material live from their first 3 albums in Germany (where sale of "Butchered at Birth" is outlawed completely), the band's mad odyssey of gore, guts and brutality has made them constant fodder for the national mainstream media. Both loved and reviled, Jim Carrey requested their appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and one time presidential candidate Bob Dole affectionately held them responsible for the lack of morality in society. And due to the general public's uneasiness with the sight of blood, all album covers require a watered down censored version. All this and they were the first death metal band to debut on the Billboard 200 with the release of band's now legendary "Vile". Cannibal Corpse's legacy as the most extreme, sick metal band on Earth continues...

For the recording of "Bloodthirst", Cannibal Corpse recruited producer Colin Richardson, the man responsible for some of the most ground breaking metal recordings from Carcass, Napalm Death and Fear Factory, all world-renowned purveyors of extreme metal. The result is the band's thickest, heaviest, tightest record in the band's career. Recorded at Village Studios in the border town of El Paso TX, away from the band's home base of Tampa FL, the change of scenery provided the backdrop these genre defining sickos needed to create the very last true metal record of this century.

In the past, the 700 club, Bob Dole and a lot of closed-minded people have tried unsuccessfully to stop Cannibal Corpse in their quest to make the heaviest, most brutal music possible. As for the future, who knows? They will continue to make music as long as there are fans out there who continue to support the band.
URLs:http://www.cannibalcorpse.net/
http://www.myspace.com/cannibalcorpse
Members:Alex Webster, Bob Rusay, Chris Barnes, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Jack Owen, Pat O'Brien, Paul Mazurkiewicz, Rob Barrett (2)
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Releases:
Eaten Back To Life (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Metal Blade Records ... 1990
Butchered At Birth (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Metal Blade Records 1991
Tomb Of The Mutilated (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Metal Blade Records ... 1992
Hammer Smashed Face (Maxi, Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Metal Blade Records 1993
The Bleeding (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Metal Blade Records ... 1994
Vile (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Metal Blade Records 1996
Gallery Of Suicide (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Metal Blade Records ... 1998
Bloodthirst (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Metal Blade Records 1999
Live Cannibalism ◄ (3 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2000
Gore Obsessed (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2002
Worm Infested (Maxi, EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2002
15 Year Killing Spree (3xCD + DVD + Box, Ltd)   Metal Blade Records 2003
The Wretched Spawn ◄ (4 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2004
Kill (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2006
Evisceration Plague (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Metal Blade Records 2009
Production:
Metalmeister: A Metal Blade Compilation (CD, Comp, Smplr) Mummified In Barbed Wire Metal Blade Records, Attic Records Limited 1996
Tracks Appear On:
Masters Of Brutality (CD, Comp) Butchered At Birth Fnac Music 1992
Masters Of Brutality 2 ◄ (2 versions) I Cum Blood Fnac Music 1992
Mutilated Carcass Compilation Volume 1 (Cass) Covered With Sores Pure Fucking Chaos Recordings 1994
Tribute To Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Zero The Hero Priority Records 1994
Europe Catalog Sampler 1996 (CD, Comp) Hammer Smashed Face Metal Blade Records 1996
Metalmeister: A Metal Blade Compilation (CD, Comp, Smplr) Mummified In Barbed Wire Metal Blade Records, Attic Records Limited 1996
Hard Rock Le Cd De L'Extreme N°3 (CD, Smplr) I Will Kill You Hard Rock 1997
Off Road Tracks Vol. 9 (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) I Will Kill You Metal Hammer (Germany) 1998
Adrenalina (Część 6) (CD) Pounded Into Dust Thrash'em All 1999
Metal X-Treme (CD, Smplr) Blowtorch Slaughter Hard N' Heavy 1999
Off Road Tracks Vol. 25 (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Pounded Into Dust Metal Hammer (Germany) 1999
Psychosonic! Vol.6 (CD, Promo, Enh, Comp) Raped By The Beast Psycho! 1999
Metal Blade Records Free Sampler (CD, Smplr, Promo) Gallery Of Suicide (Live) Metal Blade Records 2000
Dynamit Vol. 30 (CD, Comp, Car) Hatchet To The Head RockHard 2002
Hard N' Heavy Vol. 45 (CD) Hatched To The Head Hard N' Heavy 2002
Legacy 01/02 (CD) Pit Of Zombies Legacy Magazine 2002
Metal Maniacs Presents...Deranged (CD, Album) Starring Through The E... Spitfire Records 2002
Armageddon Over Wacken - Live 2004 (3xCD) Gallery Of Suicide Armageddon Music 2004
Choosing Death: The Original Soundtrack (CD) Hammer Smashed Face Relapse Records 2004
Fear Candy 02 (CD, Promo) Cyanide Assassin Terrorizer 2004
Legacy 01/04 (CD) Cyanide Assasin Legacy Magazine 2004
Off Road Tracks Vol. 77 (CD, Promo) Cyanide Assassin Metal Hammer (Germany) 2004
Death Metal Special (CD, Comp, Car) Pounded Into Dust RockHard 2005
Fear Candy 26 (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Make Them Suffer Terrorizer 2006
Sounds Of The Underground Tour 2006: Live & Rare (CD, Promo) Staring Through The Ey... Ferret Music, Metal Blade Records, Trustkill Records, Prosthetic Records 2006
666 Mix (CD) Mangled Not On Label 2007
Metal Blade: Los Angeles 1982 (CD, Comp) Death Walking Terror Metal Hammer (UK) 2007
Unofficial Releases:
Born In A Casket (LP, Ora)   Headache Records (3) 1991
Put Them To Death (Live In Würzburg 15.04.93) (LP, Pic)   Casio Paya 1993
The Bleeding (Cass, Album)   Audio Max 1995
Tomb Of The Mutilated (Cass, Album)   Audio Max 1995
Vile ◄ (2 versions)   Euro Collection ... 1996
Gore Obsessed (CD)   Metal Blade Records 2002
Butchered At Birth (Cass, Album)   Mg Records (2)  
User Reviews:
Alastis, Apr 02, 2006

After listening to one track from CC latest effort "Kill" (closing instrumental called "Infinite Misery") I realized that they sound absolutely the same way that they did back in 1991. Nothing, and i mean it - absolutely nothing has changed (except for a line-up). Thats precisely their main selling point, I know, but to me it just sounds boring. Nobody is asking them to add keyboard sounds, but a little bit of change, aside from an artwork and lyrics would be nice. Talking about lyrics - I dont think that they are able to shock anyone by now, not even soccer moms, since anyone knows what CC are about lyrically (praising rape, torture and all that fun stuff). Die-hards will buy all of their albums in an instant, but to me CC are akin to circus freaks, who are constantly concerned about staying "true" and "brutal", but forget all that makes music interesting. Professional ? Yes, absolutely. But also mind-numbingly boring for the most part.

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