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Hardcore punk rock band from Lansing, MI, USA, formed in January 1982 by vocalist and only constant member Doc Corbin 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 a young Steve Shelley, who eventually ended up as the permanent drummer for Sonic Youth. The Crucifucks first album was recorded by Black Flag producer Spot and released on Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys' label undefined in 1984. The album, featuring songs like "Cops for Fertilizer" and "Hinkley Had a Vision" (referring to would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley ) is hailed in some quarters but was later referred to as an "abomination" and "a spoken word album with a little noise in the background" by Dart. Dart returned with a mostly different line up and a different sound for 1987's "Wisconsin" but the band was disintegrated less than a year later. In 1990, Dart released a solo album entitled "Patricia" (named after his therapist) on Alternative Tentacles, and later recorded a follow up album, "Black Tuesday", in 1993 which was rejected for release by Alternative Tentacles and only released in a small batch of cassettes to friends. In 1996, Dart formed a new band called L.D. Eye (Little Doc's Eye) and approached his old label about releasing their record. Alternative Tentacles agreed to do so as long as the band called themselves The Crucifucks. That same year, Dart and the label were sued by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police and Officer James Whalen over a photo used on the back over of "Our Will Be Done", a 1992 CD compilation of the Crucifucks first two albums. The photo featured Whalen supposedly shot dead next to his cruiser. During the trial the origin of the photo was revealed - the scene was staged (much to Dart's disappointment) and was simply an image used for a poster distributed to raise public awareness as part of a contract dispute between the union and Philadelphia in 1986. A judge initially ruled against the label and Dart but the decision was later overturned. Dart put the Crucifucks to rest in 1998 after a small run of shows under both the Crucifucks and L.D. Eye name. Since then, he has taken to calling himself "26" and no longer likes to say his old band's name, as he has stopped using curse words. His last known musical output was the 2006 album "The Messiah" on undefined. Since then, he has retreated from music and the public eye.

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Go Bankrupt And Die

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Democracy Spawns Bad Taste

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Cops for Fertilizer

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You Give Me The Creeps

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Hinkley Had a Vision

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