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Curly's Gold
4+ albums
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Started in 2000 by three Alabama musicians going by the simple names of "Squid," "Hank," and "Jesus Christ," it seems that Curly's Gold was originally intended as a grindcore band. However, toward the end of 2002, they apparently gave up on this, for the most part, and began focusing on electronic music. Their artistic vision is rather strange, and seemingly influenced by dadaism, in that the band go out of their way to present their music in the most amateurish form possible, even designing their (self-produced) album covers and merchandise in MS Paint. In an interview with the grindcore fanzine "Lawnmower Sounds," vocalist / programmer "Squid" and guitarist / programmer "Hank" once explained that they wanted to challenge both their audience (with often unlistenable music and shoddy album design) and the prevailing standards of professionalism and artistic merit, presenting their "crapcore" (Hank's word for Curly's Gold's style) as "the greatest music that can be listened to, and Curly's Gold as a greater band than the Beatles and Black Sabbath combined." Their style is characterized by extremely simple, stripped-down, intentionally amateurish music and over-the-top, potty-humor lyrics, true to their sense of humor and GG Allin and Anal Cunt influences. In December of 2005, bassist David "Jesus Christ" Cohen left the group to focus on his career and family. Rumors suggest that Stentoria's Tim Parlier, who has long been associated with the band, may be the replacement,
