Brain Eaters

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There at least 2 bands under the bane Brain Eaters: 1 - Brain Eaters: Like their forebears Misfits and Samhain, mid-Eighties NYC death-rockers Brain Eaters combined the raunchy jolt of punk rock (often laced with gothic and metal tinges) with classic horror-movie titles and themes. Band History: The idea for the band began festering in the morbid mind of Joe Truck in the early spring of 1986. At the time, he was drumming with post-punks Burning Rome, following earlier stints as member of 1983 projects Tea for None and Twelfthnight, guitarist in Scarecrow (1983-84), vocalist of Chop Shop (1984-85), and co-producer of The Naked and the Dead (1985). However, the itch to get back in front of the microphone became too great, and Truck's unholy passion for the Misfits and Samhain was calling him to form a project in their vampiric vein. Recruiting teenage bass vixen Sarah "Scratch" Durham, spiky rhythm guitarist Cris Ix (aka Chris Geiser), and drummer Rob, the newly formed Brain Eaters recorded and released their first 7-inch EP "Crimson Nights" (also including "Night Must Fall" and the classic "Fiend Without a Face") in May 1986, months before they ever gigged. After a debut performance in September at CBGB as a quartet (with Truck on second guitar), Pete "Damien" Marshall from Samhain (also previously of Humpty Keg, The Whorelords, Genocide, and Mourning Noise) joined the band on lead guitar. Several additional autumn gigs at CBGB later, this lineup recorded the late '86 "

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