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Rapeman was an American rock music group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini (formerlyof Big Black) on
guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass, and Rey Washam (formerly ofScratch 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 acrossthrough a friend of
mine. The comic book is just a total mind-bender. There’s a whole genre of comics in Japan, rape storieswhere women are raped in really
graphic detail for whatever reason, ...read more
Rapeman was an American rock music group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini (formerlyof Big Black) on
guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass, and Rey Washam (formerly ofScratch 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 acrossthrough a friend of
mine. The comic book is just a total mind-bender. There’s a whole genre of comics in Japan, rape storieswhere women are raped in really
graphic detail for whatever reason, and it’s an amazing thing that this is just an acceptedpart of their sort of normal popular culture.” Albini and
Washam became “sort of obsessed” with the comic, and named theirnew group after the titular antihero.
Rapeman’s performances would often be the target of protestors, who felt that the band was mocking or even encouragingrape and violence
against women. Albini has described such criticisms as idiotic, arguing that punk ideology is generally verysympathetic 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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