CPC Gangbangs

CPC Gangbangs
CPC Gangbangs playing live in 2005
Background information
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Garage Punk Garage Rock Rock 'n' Roll
Years active	2005–2008
Labels	Swami Records P.Trash Records Die Slaughterhaus Records Seeing Eye Records Profet Records
Associated acts	Les Sexareenos The Spaceshits Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers Grime Milky Ways The Night Marchers
Members
Paul Spence Roy Vucino Danny Marks Tommy Kitsos

CPC Gangbangs were a Montreal, Quebec-based garage punk band, with members of Les Sexareenos (1999-02), The Spaceshits (1995–99), Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers (1997–99), Grime, and Milky Ways. The group's debut LP “Mutilation Nation” was released in 2007 on Swami Records. It was active performing from early 2003 through 2008.

Established in 2001 as The Gangbangs, it was originally intended as a punk band influenced by the likes of Black Flag. Its first single was released in 2002 by High School Refuse Records, titled "When All Turns To Shit."[1]

In early 2003, guitarist and vocalist Paul Spence, previously Lyle Sheraton from Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers, and newly-famous for co-starring in the mockumentary cult classic FUBAR: The Movie, joined the band, renamed the CPC Gangbangs. Daylight Lovers' bassist Roy Vucino, alias Choyce, who had been the guitarist for Les Sexareenos, wanted to remain a guitarist in this band which as a result went from being a one guitarist to a two guitarist band. This changed its sound significantly. Unlike in the Daylight Lovers, where Spence was the band's focal point, even dominating its self-titled LP's cover, Spence and Choyce shared songwriting duties and stage presence evenly. Choyce helped set the band's image further after a stint in detox for a hard drug problem. This experience led to his interest in Alastair Crowley, Austin Osman Spare and their ideas influenced the imagery and lyrical content of the band, as well as its manifesto. Hard drug-related experiences and crime also figured in the band's lyrics.[2]

While faithful to the sound of garage punk, CPC Gangbangs incorporated elements of space rock and thrash metal into their music. In this incarnation, the CPC Gangbangs became a staple on the Montreal scene by virtue of both recordings and live shows.

Following the departure of key members and the arrest of another in the USA, Choyce released a statement declaring the band's dissolution. Its core has since formed a new outfit under the name Red Mass, one that has inherited the imagery and Crowley influences of the previous band.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Label	Other information
2007	Mutilation Nation	Swami	First full-length LP.

EPs & singles

Year	Title	Label	Other information
2007	World War III 7"	Profet Records	Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. PR10
2007	The Broken Glass 7"	Seeing Eye Records	Picture disc; Catalog No. SE005; B-side: "Rich Rich Rich"
2007	Teenage Crimewave 7"	Die Slaughterhaus Records	Limited run of 500 copies; Catalog No. DSH015b; B-side: "Blood on the Wall"

External links

• Short film CPC Gangbangs: Orderly Chaos at NFB.ca