Coition Ignition Mission - Music

Rapeman Was An American Post-Hardcore Music Group From Chicago Illinois United States Founded In 1987 And Disbanded In 1989. It Consisted Of Steve Albini Formerly Of Big Black On Guitar And Vocals David Wm. Sims Formerly Of Scratch Acid On Bass And Rey Washam Formerly Of Scratch Acid And Big Boys On Drums. In An Interview Albini Reported That 'Rapeman' Is "... The Title Character In A Japanese Comic Book That I Had Come Across Through A Friend Of Mine. The Comic Book Is Just A Total Mind-Bender. There's A Whole Genre Of Comics In Japan Rape Stories Where Women Are Raped In Really Graphic Detail For Whatever Reason And It's An Amazing Thing That This Is Just An Accepted Part Of Their Sort Of Normal Popular Culture." Albini And Washam Became "sort Of Obsessed" With The Comic And Named Their New Group After The Titular Antihero. Rapeman's Performances Would Often Be The Target Of Protestors Who Felt That The Band Was Mocking Or Even Encouraging Rape And Violence Against Women. Albini Has Described Such Criticisms As Idiotic Arguing That Punk Ideology Is Generally Very Sympathetic To Feminism. The Playing Style At Times Was Reminiscent Of More Traditional Noise Punk As On "Up Beat" At Other Times Cranky Art-Rock As On "Monobrow" Their Sound Gave Centre Stage To The Signature Guitar Style Of Albini. The Band Broke Up For Personal Reasons But Not As Has Been Rumoured Over A Dispute Relating To Their Name. Albini Launched His Career As A Recording Engineer And Played Bass With Flour Before Going On To Form Shellac. Sims Reunited With Ex-Scratch Acid Vocalist David Yow To Form The Jesus Lizard. read less