CPC Gangbangs were a Montreal, Quebec-based garage punk band, composed of former members of bands Les Sexareenos (1999–2002), The Spaceshits (1995–99), Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers (1997–99), Grime, and Milky Ways.
In early 2003, the band was renamed CPC Gangbangs, and guitarist and vocalist Paul Spence, (previously a member of the punk rock band Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers, and co-star of the mockumentary cult classic ), joined the band. "Le dark side CPC Gangbangs’ Montreal includes blood". Now Toronto, by Tim Perlich August 16, 2007 Spence and Choyce shared songwriting duties and stage presence evenly. After entering and completing a drug detoxification program, Choyce returned to the band with renewed health and incorporated experiences of crime and hard drug-related experiences in the lyrics of songs for the band. He also included imagery and lyrical content influenced by Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare. "Magick and mayhem". Montreal Mirror, by JOHNSON CUMMINS, June 14. Archived at the Wayback Machine. While playing mainly garage punk, CPC Gangbangs incorporated elements of space rock and thrash metal into their music. With this lineup, the CPC Gangbangs performed live shows regularly in Montreal and later in Toronto.. Chart Attack, Apr 18, 2008
The group's debut LP "Mutilation Nation" was released in 2007 on Swami Records. "CPC Gangbangs Mutilation Nation". Exclaim!, By Josiah Hughes. Oct 29, 2007 The band then went out on tour in support of the album. "CPC Gangbangs" . Mongrelzine, June 2, 2008 BOB SCOTT That year the band released a single, "The Broken Glass". "CPC GANGBANGS The Broken Glass". Kalle Stille, Ox-Fanzine Issue #76 (February/March 2008).
Following the departure of key members and the arrest of another in the US, Choyce released a statement declaring the band's dissolution in 2008. Some of the members formed a new outfit under the name Red Mass, and continued to use the imagery and Crowley influences of the previous band.
2007 | Mutilation Nation | Swami Records | First full-length LP. |
2007 | World War III 7" | Profet Records | Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. PR10 |
2007 | The Broken Glass 7" | Seeing Eye Records | Picture disc; Catalog No. SE005; B-side: "Rich Rich Rich" |
2007 | Teenage Crimewave 7" | Die Slaughterhaus Records | Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. DSH015b; B-side: "Blood on the Wall" |
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