Corrosion Of Conformity

Corrosion Of Conformity began his adventure in Raleigh (North Carolina) in 1982. At the time composed of Reed Mullin (battery), Woody Weatherman (guitar), Mike Dean (bass) and Benji Shelton (song), the band did not yet evolve in the record we know today, but in a hardcore punk that earned it to be considered one of the pioneers of style. Thus the quartet appears on compilations such as No Core or Why Are We Here alongside regional formations such as Blood Mobile or Stillborn Christians.
Early on, Corrosion Of Conformity had to face up-line problems. Benji left the band just before Eye For An Eye was recorded in 1984. Driven by the new singer Eric Eycke, Raleigh's combo begins to meet the metal world by turning with Slayer.
Eric's early departure inadvertently transforms Corrosion Of Conformity into a trio, Mike and Reed sharing the song on Animosity , an album that receives good echoes from both the specialized metal and punk press.
However, it is in the form of the quartet that Technocracy was registered in 1987, Simon Bob (Ugly Americans ) integrating the training. Not for long. Together with Mike Dean, he left the band the same year, leaving Corrosion Of Conformity in a vegetative state that lasted two years. Reed Mullin and Woody Weatherman recruited Karl Agell (singing), Phil Swisher (bass) and Pepper Keenan (guitar) for the recording of Blind, which marked a radical metal orientation, allowing Corrosion Of Conformity to gain an unhopeful reputation. Vote With A Bullet's video is rewarded with several awards and the album sells more than 250,000 copies in the United States alone.
1993 marks a new line up change. The departure of Agel and Swisher led to the return of Mike Dean, Keenan now performing the song. Corrosion Of Conformity signs the following year at Columbia Records to sign its biggest commercial success, Deliverance , sold to 440,000 copies. Wiseblood's failure did not prevent Raleigh's combo from being nominated for the Grammy Awards for the Drowning In A Daydream title. But apparently, this reputation is not enough for Columbia to get rid of the band. Corrosion Of Conformity released America's Volume Dealer in 2000 at Sanctuary Records before entering a period of instability following Mullin's departure and the group's inability to find a replacement on the road. After several essays, Stanton Moore was selected for the recording of In The Arms Of God , the last production released in 2005. The album was very successful and the band toured with Motörhead. Corrosion Of Conformity will also make several leading tours with Crowbar, Fu Manchu, Alabama Thunderpussy, as well as a UK tour in January 2006 with Cluch. Corrosion of Conformity became inactive between 2006 and June 2010, while Pepper recorded and participated in the tours with his band Down . From March 2009 to June 2010, Karl Agell and Reed Mullin occasionally played alongside Jerry Barrett, Scott Little, and Jason Browning (Browning, eventually replaced by TR Gwynne) under the nickname "COC-Blind". Reed Mullin, Mike Dean, and Jason Browning go on tour with a new band called Righteous Fool. May 2010, Blabbermouth reports the meeting of the line-up Corrosion Of Conformity that composed the album Animosity , for a new album. Pepper joined his companions on stage on 17 June 2011 at Hellfest to play the title Vote with a Bullet, and on 19 June 2011 in Bilbao (Spain). The band released its eighth studio album, Corrosion of Conformity, on 28 February 2012 at the Candlelight Records label. In September 2012, Corrosion of Conformity posted three photos on their official Facebook page of a new EP of five songs, Megalodon, on which they worked with Mike Schaefer and John Custer. The entire EP is available online on November 14, 2012. In January 2013, COC began writing its ninth album, which will be released in 2014 under the name of IX .