#doc dart

I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT VERBAL ABUSE THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR SUPPORTING ACT.

NOTE: Dig the bass drum head in the back. But did VxAx perform before or after Doc Dart's shrill-voiced depravity?

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on one of the more unsung acts of the American hardcore punk era -- Lansing, Michigan's THE CRUCIFUCKS, with Doc Corbin Dart on vocals, playing live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, c. 1984. 📸: Michelle Strauss Ohnstad.

"Don't need a fucking cop to tell me what to do, Or grab me in the street whenever they want to. I haven't got a penny but I don't ever steal. If they hassle me again I'll show 'em how I feel.

So let's kill the fucking pigs If they get in our way. It'll set a good example For the children today. It'll keep kids out of trouble Shooting pigs after school. WASTING COPS WILL BE THE HERO'S GOLDEN RULE."

-- "Cops for Fertilizer" (1984) by THE CRUCIFUCKS

The Crucifucks “Wisconsin” 1987. Alternative Tentacles Records, recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, WI. Just picked up this Midwestern punk album this weekend, though it’s actually a second-time purchase; I bought it back in ‘87 but gave it away as a Christmas present (nothing shows the spirit of holiday giving more than a Crucifucks record). If you weren’t in the Midwest in the 80′s, and into punk, you may not know of The Crucifucks (being from Wisconsin, we certainly did and they played all-ages shows around Northeastern Wisconsin). From Discogs: “The Crucifucks were a hardcore punk rock band from Lansing, MI, USA, formed in 1981 by vocalist Doc Dart. The group was known for Dart's shrill voice, anti-authoritarian lyrics, and extreme antagonism. Unusual for a participant in the mostly youth-orientated hardcore scene, Dart was 28 years old when the band started. The band's original drummer was Steve Shelly, who eventually ended up as the permanent drummer for Sonic Youth.” Wisconsin was the band’s second album and they broke up soon after its release, though Dart formed a new iteration of the band briefly in the 90′s and released their final album L.D. Eye in ‘96.