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They are ▓██ ▐██▓ credited with helping to launch the "Crack Rocksteady" ▓██ ▐██▓ subgenre along with fellow bands Leftover Crack, Morning ▓██ ▐██▓ Glory, INDK, and the Crack Rock Steady 7. Along with their ▓██ ▐██▓ Satanic imagery, Choking Victim were known for their ▓██ ▐██▓ highly controversial lyrics that sent themes of atheism, ▓██ ▐██▓ anti-police, and using drugs to the public only for the ▓██ ▐██▓ purpose of being offensive. Despite all of the controversy ▓██ ▐██▓ surrounding this band, Choking Victim manage to make their ▓██ ▐██▓ one and only full-length album, "No Gods, No Managers", ▓██ ▐██▓ (released on Epitaph records) unforgettable. ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ It seems that casual listeners of Choking Victim really ▓██ ▐██▓ only have one major bone to pick with this album, that ▓██ ▐██▓ being Stza's vocals. It's understandable that the vocals ▓██ ▐██▓ could be a turn off to some people that are used to ▓██ ▐██▓ cleaner singing, but once you pay attention to the ▓██ ▐██▓ intelligence of the lyrics, your irritation seems to go ▓██ ▐██▓ away. Songs such as 500 Channels, Money, and In My Grave, ▓██ ▐██▓ contain lyrics that would impress the harshest of critics ▓██ ▐██▓ and show off a more serious side of Choking Victim. Then ▓██ ▐██▓ there are also those songs that are just meant to be ▓██ ▐██▓ offensive and fun, which is what Choking Victim does best. ▓██ ▐██▓ "Crack Rock Steady" directly talks about killing police ▓██ ▐██▓ officers and insults wealthy and upper-class people, while ▓██ ▐██▓ "F*ck America", as you would guess, is basically one big ▓██ ▐██▓ middle finger directed at the country and its government. ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ One common misconception about Choking Victim (and ▓██ ▐██▓ Leftover Crack as well) is that they cannot play their ▓██ ▐██▓ instruments. Every single person involved in the recording ▓██ ▐██▓ of this album does their job very well, playing elements ▓██ ▐██▓ of hardcore/anarchist punk, ska, reggae, and rocksteady. ▓██ ▐██▓ The rhythms of each song are very memorable, mainly due to ▓██ ▐██▓ the outstanding bass work of Shayne, who especially ▓██ ▐██▓ delivers on "500 Channels", "Suicide", "In My Grave", and ▓██ ▐██▓ "Hate Yer State". And while Erza is certainly no guitar ▓██ ▐██▓ virtuoso, he definitely gets the job done, providing us ▓██ ▐██▓ with catchy riffs. Skwert (the drummer) might be the most ▓██ ▐██▓ under-appreciated member of the band. Listening to some of ▓██ ▐██▓ his fills and beats, you'll realize that much of Choking ▓██ ▐██▓ Victim's sound is owed to him. ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ Sadly, Choking Victim broke up the first day after the ▓██ ▐██▓ recording for "No Gods, No Managers". The members each ▓██ ▐██▓ went on to join different bands, most notably Leftover ▓██ ▐██▓ Crack and INDK. While you'll see this album taking a lot ▓██ ▐██▓ of heat from people who aren't fans, I and many others ▓██ ▐██▓ have to come love this album and recognize it as a ▓██ ▐██▓ definitive part the 90's punk scene. I give "No Gods, No ▓██ ▐██▓ Managers" a 5/5 for it's originality, catchiness, and ▓██ ▐██▓ socially conscious lyrics. ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ At the time of this recording, Choking Victim were: ▓██ ▐██▓ Stza- Lead Vocals/Guitar ▓██ ▐██▓ Shayne- Bass/Vocals ▓██ ▐██▓ Erza- Lead Guitar/Vocals ▓██ ▐██▓ Skwert- Drums/Vocals ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ Recommended tracks: ▓██ ▐██▓ 500 Channels ▓██ ▐██▓ In My Grave ▓██ ▐██▓ Crack Rock Steady ▓██ ▐██▓ Hate Yer State ▓██ ▐██▓ ▓██ ▐██▓ - http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=14806 - ▓██ ▓██ ██▓ ███ ███ ▄ █▓▓ ▄▓█ ▐▄ █▀ ▓█▓ ▓█▓ ▀█ █▄ ▄██▀ ██▄ ▄█▄ ▐▓▄███▌▐▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ██▄█▓█▌ ▀██▀ ▀▌ ███▒▓▓▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓▒███ ▀██▀▌ ▄██▀ ▀██▄ ▌▐▄ ▓▄▄█████████▄███▓ T R A C K L I S T ▓███▄█████████▄▄▓ ▀▌ ▄██████████████████░ ░██████████████████▄ ███▀▓▓██▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▄██▒▓▓▓▓██▄ ▄▄██▓▓▓▓▒██▄▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▄██▓▓▓▀███ ▓██ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓▒▀▀▐▀████▀▀▀ ▀███████████▀▌ ▀▀▀████▀▐▀▀▒▓▓▓▀▀ ▐██▓ |▓██▓ ▓██▓| ▄██▓ ▐▓██▄ ▀█▓▓ ▓▓█▀ ▓██ 1. 500 Channels 2:40 ██▓ ▓██ 2. In Hell 2:05 ██▓ ▓██ 3. Crack Rock Steady 3:04 ██▓ ▓██ 4. Suicide (A Better Way) 2:53 ██▓ ▓██ 5. In My Grave 2:48 ██▓ ▓██ 6. Fucked Reality 2:28 ██▓ ▓██ 7. Money 3:32 ██▓ ▓██ 8. Hate Yer State 2:50 ██▓ ▓██ 9. Fuck America 2:19 ██▓ ▓██ 10. War Story 2:53 ██▓ ▓██ 11. Five-Finger Discount 2:32 ██▓ ▓██ 12. Praise To The Sinners 2:11 ██▓ ▓██ 13. Living The Laws 9:19 ██▓ ▓██ -------------------------------------------------------- ██▓ ▓██ Total Playtime: 41:34 ██▓ ▀███ ███▀ ▀█ ██▄ ▄██ █▀ ▄▓█ ▓█▓ ▓██ ▀▓▒ ▓█ ▄██▀ ▓██▄ ▄▓ ▓▄▄▄██▌▐▄ ▒█ █▒ ▀███▄▄█▓ ▐▓▀█▀ ▌▀▌ ██▓ ▓██ ▄▐▀██▓▓▌ ▓██▓▓ ▓▓██▓ ▌▀ ░████▓▓ ▓▓▓███░ █████▓▓▓ ▓▓▓█████ ▄▒██████▓█▓███████████▀ ▀███████████▓█▓▓██████▒▄ ▄▄▒▒▓███████████████████████▓▓ ▓▓▓██████████████████████▓▒▒▄▓▄▄ ▀██████████████████████████▓▓▓ ▓▓▓███████████████████████████▀ ▀██████████████████████▓▓▓ ▓▓▓██████████████████████▀▀ ▐▀██████████████████▓▓ ▓▓███████████████████▓ ▐ ▒███████████████▓▓▒ ▒░████████████████▒ ████████████████▓░ ░█████████████████ ████████▓████████▓ ██████████████████ ░████████░░▓███████▓ ▓███████▓░░████████░ ▓█████▓ ▐ ░▓███▒ ▒███▓░ ▓█████▓ ▓████ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓███ ▓▀▒ ▒█▓ |▒▒▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▒▒| ▄██░░▒▓▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▒░░██▄ ▓▄▄█████████████▓ ▓█████████████▄▄▓ ▄█████████████████░ G R O U P i N F O ░█████████████████▄ ███▀▓▓▐██▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▄█▐░░ ░░▐█▄▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄██▓▐▀███ ▄██▐ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▓▒▀▀▀███▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓███▀▀▀▀▒▓▓▓▀▀ ▐██▄ |██▌ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▐██| ▄██▓ ▓██▄ ▄██▓ Team LiT is continuing to bring you the best rips ██▄ ▐ ▀█▄ in all genres, classic and hot albums. 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