Capitalist Casualties were an American

powerviolence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is an extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical ...

hardcore Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film * ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott * ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...

band. They formed in Rohnert Park, CA around 1986 and had their first concert in 1987 in

Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa (Spanish language, Spanish for "Rose of Lima, Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area ...

They have released multiple records, including many splits with other powerviolence / hardcore bands, and have toured nationally and internationally.

Members

* Shawn Elliott – vocals (1987–2018); died 2018 * Jeff Robinson – bass guitar, vocals (1987–2018) * Matt Martin (1987–1995/1996) – drums * "Spider Mike" Vinatieri – guitar (1987–2018); died 2021 * "Hirax Max" Ward – drums (1996–2004?) * "H Murder" Haroldo Mardones – drums (2004–2018)

Discography

Albums and EPs

*''The Art of Ballistics'' (Slap-A-Ham, EP, 1991) *''Disassembly Line'' (Slap-A-Ham, LP, 1992) *''Raised Ignorant'' (Slap-A-Ham, EP, 1993) *''Live Butchery'' (Vibrator, EP, 1994) *''A Collection of Out-of-Print Singles, Split EPs and Compilation Tracks'' (Slap-A-Ham, CD, 1997) *''Dope and War'' (Slap-A-Ham, EP, 1997) *''Dark Circle'' (Consiracy Evolve, EP, 1999) *''Subdivisions in Ruin'' (Six Weeks, LP, 1999) *''Planned Community'' (Six Weeks, EP, 2000) *''1996-1999: Years in Ruin'' (Six Weeks, CD, 2004)

Splits

* ''Split Personality'' with The Dread (Six Weeks, EP, 1993) * split with

Discordance Axis Discordance Axis was an American grindcore band from East Brunswick, New Jersey. Biography Frontman Jon Chang stated on the history of the band: "Discordance Axis was a three piece grindcore band that started in NJ around 1992. The band st ...

(Pulp, EP, 1994) * ''Liberty Gone'' with

Millions of Dead Cops MDC is an American punk rock band formed in 1979 in Austin, Texas, subsequently based in San Francisco, and currently Portland, Oregon. Among the first wave of bands to define the sound and style of American hardcore punk, MDC originally formed ...

(Slap-A-Ham, EP, 1994) * split with

Man Is the Bastard Man Is the Bastard was an American hardcore punk band based in Claremont, California. The band existed from 1990 to 1997, releasing mostly vinyl splits, extended plays, and albums on obscure labels from around the world. By 1997, the group ended ...

(Six Weeks, LP, 1994) * split with Slight Slappers (Sound Pollution, MCR, EP, 1995) * split with Ulcer (Six Weeks, EP, 1995) * ''Fear Persuasion Violence Obedience'' split 10" with

Cripple Bastards Cripple Bastards is a grindcore band from Asti, Italy. They were formed in 1988 in order to keep their area on the hardcore punk map as most of the other bands around them were breaking up. Biography They were formed by vocalist Giulio the Bast ...

, Masskontroll and Warpath (Wiggy, EP, 1995) * split with Stack (Six Weeks, EP, 1996) * split with Monster X (Hater of God, EP, 2000) * split with

Unholy Grave Unholy Grave is a Japanese grindcore band that formed in 1993 and are based in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The band got its name from the song "Beyond the Unholy Grave" by the American death metal band Death. Unholy Grave's lyrics mainly focus o ...

(Deaf American, EP, 2000) * split with

Macabre In works of art, the adjective macabre ( or ; ) means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere". The macabre works to emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in natu ...

(D.B.D., EP, 2001) * split with

Hellnation Hellnation was an hardcore punk band from Covington, Kentucky. The band was active from 1988 to 2010. The band's sound has been described as thrashcore, powerviolence and grindcore. Hellnation's style was composed of quick guitar riffs, large am ...

(Sound Pollution/Six Weeks, LP/CD, 2008) * split with Lack of Interest (Six Weeks, EP, 2010) * ''A Painful Split'' with

NoComply NoComply were a metal-influenced punk rock sextet hailing from Plymouth, Devon in the south of England. They took their name from the skateboarding trick known as " no comply". On 23 January 2006, the band announced their intention to split up ...

(To Live a Lie, EP, 2011)

References

External links

* Anarcho-punk groups Hardcore punk groups from California Powerviolence groups {{US-punk-band-stub