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Rapeman was an American rock music group 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 wh ...read more
Rapeman was an American rock music group 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. « hide |
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