Man Is the Bastard

Man Is the Bastard
General information
Alias	MITB, Charred Remains
Origin	Claremont, California, U.S.A.
Genre(s)	Power Violence, Hardcore Punk, Noise Music, Sludge Metal
Years active	1990-1997
Labels	Gravity, Vermiform, Deep Six Records, Slap-a-Ham, Ecocentric Records
Associated acts	Pissed Happy Children, Neanderthal, Bastard Noise, Amps For Christ, Loomis Slovak, No Comment, Crossed Out, Cave State, Controlling Hand, Low Threat Profile, Dead Language, Pillsbury Hardcore, Refrigerator, Auto Da Fe, Controlling Hand, Cyclops, Frank Booth Youth, Bastard Lounge, Lux Nova Umbra Est, Umbra Vita, Dead Man's Life, Atavism Of Twilight, End To End,

Man Is the Bastard were an American pioneering Hardcore Punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the Punk Rock subgenre known as Power Violence. Based in Claremont, California, the band existed from 1990 to 1997, releasing many vinyl records on obscure labels from around the world.

Members

Original line-up

• Eric Wood
• Joel Connell
• Henry Barnes
• Aaron Kenyon

Later members

• Bill Nelson
• Andrew Beattie
• Israel Lawrence

Discography

• Sum of the Men LP (1991, Vermiform Records 009)
  • reissued in 1996 on CD by Vermiform Records
• Abundance of Guns 7” (1992, MITB/S.O.A. Records (Italy))
  • Wood’s version has an extra song
• Aunt Mary/Man Is the Bastard split 7" with Aunt Mary (1992, MITB)
  • reissued in 1996 by Deep Six Records
• Uncivilized Live 7” (1992, Deep Six Records)
• Bizarre Uproar/Man Is the Bastard split 7" with Bizarre Uproar (1993, MITB)
• Bleeding Rectum/Man Is the Bastard split LP with Bleeding Rectum (1993, MITB)
• Crossed Out/Man Is the Bastard split 7" with Crossed Out (1993, Slap-A-Ham Records)
• Man Is the Bastard/Pink Flamingos split 7" with Pink Flamingos (1993, Farewell Records)
• Man Is the Bastard/Unseen Noise Death split 7” with Unseen Noise Death (1993, MITB)
• Agathocles/Man Is the Bastard split 7" with Agathocles (1994, Pessimiser Records/Theologian Records)
• Born Against/Man Is the Bastard split 8" with Born Against (1994, Vermiform Records)
  • test pressing is 10” vinyl
• Capitalist Casualties/Man Is the Bastard split LP with Capitalist Casualties (1994, Six Weeks Records)
• Man Is the Bastard/Sinking Body split 7” with Sinking Body (1994, Vermiform Records)
• D.I.Y.C.D. anthology CD + previously unreleased songs (1995, Slap-A-Ham Records)
  • reissued in 2000 by Slap-A-Ham Records 022
  • reissued in 2006 by Deep Six Records
• The Locust/Man Is the Bastard split 10" with The Locust (1995, King of the Monsters Records 002)
• Thoughtless... LP picture disc (1995, Gravity Records 022)
  • reissued on CD in 1996 by Gravity Records
• Man Is the Bastard/Mumia Abu-Jamal split LP/CD with Mumia Abu-Jamal (1997, Alternative Tentacles)
• Mancruel CD (2000, Deep Six Records)
  • contains three previously unreleased Bastard Noise tracks and one new Man Is The Bastard track

Gallery

Audio

Ether Rag Flying Limbs

References

• https://www.discogs.com/artist/346444-Charred-Remains

External links

• Man Is The Bastard - BandToBand.com
• Unofficial Man is the Bastard Discography An unofficial discography, compiled by Toby Brown and Joshua Mann. (Last updated April 20, 2009)