Cripple Bastards / Senseless Apocalypse 7″
release date:
Late 1993
LINE-UP:
Giulio the Bastard – vocals
Alberto the Crippler – guitar
Michele Hoffman – drums
Label: View Beyond Records
> recorded in 1994
Japancore ‘zine reviewed the CB’s side of this as a scary mix of early WRETCHED and FEAR OF GOD, probably no example could match better. Back to the home recordings at Michele’s practice-room (with a couple new skills), CB reach a step forward in filthiness and negativity. The songs here are ways faster and grind-oriented than the previous split 7″ with Social Genocide and can be seen as a follow-up to the split with Patareni / “Life’s built on thoughts” sessions rather than to the CB’s punky edge.
This split includes the very first versions of “Italia di merda”, “1974”, “Images of war / Images of pain”, songs that gradually became some of the most popular anthems among CB fans. The first time we played in Czech Republic (1998) we found out there were hundreds of kids begging for “Italia di merda”! Front cover photo shows a man reduced to hunger and degradation in the lager-camp of Silo, where Serb citizens were confined.
> released in 1994, no cat. # mentioned, 1500 (or more?) copies made on different pressings, no colored wax – first 300 had a slightly worse sound and were including a yellow flyer giving skills on how to set the stereo equalizer for a better listening. Further represses were made out of a different master and sounded a bit more pumped on the bass frequencies. The EP was re-printed at least 3 times.
> each pressing had an insert/lyric-sheet enclosed
when i feel myself particularly depressed,
frustrated or mortified,
i use to take a tipped knife and shred my skin furiously,
till i see the floor around me
completely soaked by blood…
doing this, i often weep and laugh desperately.
i call this practice “repertory”.
TRACKLIST:
- 1. Images Of War / Images Of Pain
- 2. My Mind Invades
- 3. Blue Penguins
- 4. Italia Di Merda
- 5. Peasants
- 6. Self-justice Punks
- 7. 1974
- 8. Something Wrong
- 9. Walk Away
- 10. Ragman