Crippled Black Phoenix

Crippled Black Phoenix
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Progressive rock, post-rock, ambient, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Invada, Domino, Mascot Label Group
Associated acts	Electric Wizard, Gonga, Iron Monkey, Mogwai, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Scarlatti Tilt
Website	www.crippledblackphoenix.co.uk
Members
Justin Greaves Karl Demata Christian Heilmann Mark Furnevall Mark Ophidian Miriam Wolf

Crippled Black Phoenix is a rock supergroup from the United Kingdom. Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix's albums and play with them during their live shows.

History

Members of the band used to play in other bands (including Iron Monkey, Gonga, Mogwai, Electric Wizard and others). In 2004, Justin Greaves began recording primitive sounds he had in mind for years. He was encouraged by Dominic Aitchison, and their ideas would lay the backbone for Crippled Black Phoenix.

Although originally having an unorthodox start, since all the band members were part of and busy with other projects at the time of the band's founding, Crippled Black Phoenix remained committed to staying together and forged their sound. The band writes what they call "endtime ballads," signifying both the slightly macabre nature of their songs and their unusual blend of styles as the final evolution in music. This blend has led to them being called everything from stoner-prog to freak-folk to doom.

Crippled Black Phoenix have made live shows a focus and have performed in unusual venues, using Victorian-era instruments in tandem with more modern instruments.

Band members

Current members

• Justin Greaves – electric guitar, drums, saw, keyboard, acoustic guitar, banjo, effects, samples
• Karl Demata – electric guitar, dobro, slide guitar
• Christian Heilmann – bass guitar
• Mark Furnevall – synthesizer, keyboard
• Mark Ophidian – synthesizer, keyboard
• Miriam Wolf – piano, vocals

Former members

• Kostas Panagiotou
• Dominic Aitchison
• Nial McGaughey
• Andy Semmens
• Thomas Elgie
• George Elgie
• Dave Greaves
• Guy Metcalffe
• Geoff Barrow
• Michael L.B. West
• Danny Ashberry
• Merijn Royaards
• Joe Volk
• Charlotte Nichols
• Daisy Chapman

Discography

A Love of Shared Disasters (2006)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Lament of the Nithered Mercenary"	2:36
2.	"Really, How'd It Get This Way?"	4:49
3.	"The Whistler"	9:45
4.	"Suppose I Told the Truth"	5:03
5.	"When You're Gone"	5:35
6.	"Long Cold Summer"	10:34
7.	"Goodnight, Europe"	6:08
8.	"You Take the Devil Out of Me"	4:23
9.	"The Northern Cobbler"	7:32
10.	"My Enemies I Fear Not But, Protect Me from My Friends"	6:34
11.	"I'm Almost Home"	5:32
12.	"Sharks & Storms" / "Blizzard of Horned Cats"	8:19

200 Tons of Bad Luck (2009)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burnt Reynolds"	8:41
2.	"Rise Up and Fight"	5:42
3.	"Time of Yer Life" / "Born for Nothing" / "Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire"	18:36
4.	"Wendigo"	3:49
5.	"Littlestep"	5:55
6.	"Crossing the Bar"	7:11
7.	"Whissendine"	4:57
8.	"A Real Bronx Cheer"	0:34
9.	"444"	5:48
10.	"A Hymn for a Lost Soul"	2:24
11.	"A Lack of Common Sense"	7:23
12.	"I Am Free, Today I Perished"	6:02

The Resurrectionists / Night Raider (Disc 1) (2009)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burnt Reynolds"	8:41
2.	"Rise Up and Fight"	5:45
3.	"Whissendine"	4:57
4.	"Crossing the Bar"	7:05
5.	"200 Tons of Bad Luck"	5:53
6.	"Please Do Not Stay Here"	3:17
7.	"Song for the Loved"	13:38
8.	"A Hymn for a Lost Soul"	2:24
9.	"444"	5:49
10.	"Littlestep"	5:52
11.	"Human Nature Dictates the Downfall of Humans"	7:40

The Resurrectionists / Night Raider (Disc 2) (2009)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Time of Ye Life" / "Born for Nothing" / "Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire"	18:42
2.	"Wendigo"	3:52
3.	"Bat Stack"	3:46
4.	"Along Where the Wind Blows"	2:19
5.	"Onward Ever Downwards"	3:44
6.	"A Lack of Common Sense"	7:15
7.	"Trust No One"	3:29
8.	"I Am Free, Today I Perished"	6:05

I, Vigilante (2010)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Troublemaker"	8:33
2.	"We Forgotten Who We Are"	10:47
3.	"Fantastic Justice"	7:54
4.	"Bostogne Blues"	12:01
5.	"Of a Lifetime"	6:45
6.	"Burning Bridges"	2:30

(Mankind) The Crafty Ape (2012)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nothing (We Are...)" (Chapter I: A Thread)	1:25
2.	"The Heart of Every Country" (Chapter I: A Thread)	10:04
3.	"Get Down and Live With It" (Chapter I: A Thread)	7:11
4.	"(In the Yonder Marsh)" (Chapter I: A Thread)	4:11
5.	"A Letter Concerning Dogheads" (Chapter I: A Thread)	6:24
6.	"The Brain / Poznan" (Chapter I: A Thread)	7:37
7.	"Laying Traps" (Chapter II: The Trap)	4:45
8.	"Born in a Hurricane" (Chapter II: The Trap)	3:31
9.	"Release the Clowns" (Chapter II: The Trap)	5:23
10.	"(What?)" (Chapter II: The Trap)	1:35
11.	"A Suggestion (Not a Very Nice One)" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	5:54
12.	"(Dig, Bury, Deny)" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	2:08
13.	"Operation Mincemeat" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	6:58
14.	"We Will Never Get Out This World Alive" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	4:12
15.	"Faced With Complete Failure, Utter Defiance Is the Only Response" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	14:50

External links

• Crippled Black Phoenix on Facebook
• Crippled Black Phoenix on Myspace
• BalconyTV Poznan performance in June 2011