Crab Society North

Crab Society North
Demo album by Stormtroopers of Death
Released	July 1, 1985
Genre	crossover thrash
Length	14:02
Producer	not produced
Stormtroopers of Death chronology
Crab Society North (1985) Speak English or Die (1985)

Crab Society North is a demo by American Crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death. It was recorded on July 1, 1985 with a walkman put into a speaker. The demo was recorded in the kitchen of Pyramid Sound studios^[1] and contains mostly improvised material.

Historical curio

The audio quality of the recording is substandard by any meter. As a historical hardcore piece it is important, however, since it ultimately led to more widespread notoriety of the ultra-short "blipcore", as the longest 'song' on the demo -- "Papa Benjamin"—is merely 57 seconds long.

Some of the songs found their way to subsequent releases by various bands. Stormtroopers of Death re-recorded the song "Diamonds & Rust" for their debut album Speak English Or Die; Billy Milano's band Method of Destruction recorded and released "Jim Gordon", "Bubble Butt" and "Bushwackateas" on their debut album U.S.A. For M.O.D.. Stormtroopers Of Death also incorporated a Crab Society North medley into their live shows; a short 7-second potpourri consisting of "Not!", "Momo", "Taint", "The Camel Boy" and "Diamonds & Rust". Included in the medley was the Stormtroopers of Death original "Anti-procrastination Song". They also performed "Vitality" on various occasions. Further, the track "Taint" was recorded and released by Anthrax as a B-side on their 1987 Indians EP.

Note that this is the first recording ever by Stormtroopers of Death. The name of the unit had, according to Scott Ian,^[2] been conceived the same day.

Title

The original Crab Society consisted of bass players Dan Lilker, known from Anthrax and Nuclear Assault, and Craig Setari, known from Agnostic Front, NYC Mayhem and Straight Ahead. Crab Society had recorded a similar demo on a cheap C-tape deck, with short bursts of improvised noise, purposefully overdriven and distorted. When the other members of Stormtroopers of Death heard the tape, they wanted to record a similarly structured demo. To differentiate the two projects the demo was called Crab Society North, since the studio was located upstate New York, geographically north of the original setting^[3]

Track listing

1. Jim Gordon
2. Your Kung Fu Stinks
3. ARRGH!
4. You N...
5. House of My Head
6. Momo
7. Bogunsbomp
8. Steve Wright Rules
9. Hammer before Knife
10. You Bastard
11. I've Been in a Cave for 25 Years
12. Mano's
13. Lou Kamada's
14. The Leopard Killer
15. The Bat Lived
16. By the Way
17. Dan
18. Let Me Say One Thing
19. This Doesn't Leave the Room
20. Not to Talk About Anthrax But ...
21. Shit's Suck
22. I'm Incredible
23. Diamonds and Rust
24. Hey John
25. Laughing, Happy, Happy, Joy as Glad, Decapitation
26. Don't Do Anything Foolish
27. We Are the Sock
28. MDC Hang Out in Gay Bars
29. E-Brake
30. Listen Lady
31. Leisuresuit
32. Papa Benjamin
33. 1
34. 2 & 1
35. 2
36. DFP
37. IHO
38. BDFP
39. Taint
40. Vitality
41. Tom Brown
42. Loud Bell
43. Bubble Butt
44. Danny Spitz Will Fuck Anything
45. Jogging With Fall
46. Tony Two
47. The Camel Boy
48. July 1
49. Fluoride and the Captivity Creeps
50. The Poisonous Midget
51. BOLN
52. Lardass Hogan
53. EMOW
54. DSL
55. Mely Cow
56. Bushwackateas
57. Cowfucking Renee
58. Rooster Fucker
59. Neck to Neck
60. The Drunk Guy
61. Happy Tooth Paste Bug
62. (!)
63. Food-Dog-Golf!!!

Personnel

• Billy Milano – Vocals
• Scott Ian – Guitars
• Dan Lilker – Bass
• Charlie Benante – Drums

References

See also

• CSN info page
• Danny Lilker interview