Charles Bronson was an American

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band from

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, active from 1994 to 1997.

Musical style

The band borrowed from the early powerviolence of

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."Middle America brought Illinois' Charles Bronson, a band that took a page both from Infest's youthcrew/grind combo and Spazz's unabashed sense of humor on their many EP, 7-inch, and comp. appearances". "Powerviolence: The Dysfunctional Family of Bllleeeeaaauuurrrgghhh!!". ''Terrorizer'' no. 172. July 2008. p. 36-37. Lyrically, the group tended towards satirical commentary on the hardcore punk scene. The group has been described as a "fast, screaming mess of tall, skinny guys with a lot to say (which you would only know if you read the liner notes)".Jeralyn Mason, Das Oath review, ''Prefix Mag'', August 1, 2006
/ref> The group was sometimes criticized for its conceptual take on hardcore and

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tendencies, maintaining a long-standing feud with Felix Havoc of

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Access date: June 19, 2008 The band existed for only 3 years but members went on to form

Los Crudos Los Crudos is an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois active from 1991 to 1998 and from 2006 onward. Comprising all Latino members, the band paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands in the United States and helped to ...

Discography

Albums

Youth Attack! ''Youth Attack!'' is a studio album by powerviolence/thrashcore band Charles Bronson. The album was originally released on 12" vinyl on Lengua Armada Discos Lengua Armada Discos is an American punk and hardcore independent record label run by ...

(1997) – Lengua Armada/Coalition Records * Complete Discocrappy 2xCD (2000) – Youth Attack Records

Compilations

*All That and a Bag o Dicks (1995) – Disgruntled Records *Double Dose of Dicks – Disgruntled Records *Speed Freaks (1995) – Knot Music *Vida Life (1996) – Lengua Armada *No Royalties (1996) – Bad People Records *Cry Now, Cry Later Vol. 4 (1996) – Pessimiser/Theologian *Another Probe 7-inch with a Girl on the Cover (1996) – Probe *El Guapo (1996) – Same Day Records *Possessed to Skate (1996) – 625 and Pessimiser Records *Deadly Encounters (1997) – Agitate 96 and Kill Music Records *Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! A Music War (1997) – Slap A Ham Records *Reality 3 (1997) – Deep Six Records *Tomorrow will be Worse (1997) – Sound Pollution Records *Mandatory Marathon (1997) – Amendment Records *Hurt Your Feelings (2001) – Six Weeks Records *Chicago's on Fire Again (2001) – Lengua Armada *Skeletal Festival (2003) – self-released

References

External links

Charles Bronson's MySpace
{{Authority control Hardcore punk groups from Illinois Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Musical groups from Illinois Powerviolence groups 1994 establishments in Illinois