Band Name: Anal Cunt
Music Album: The Early Years 1988-1991
Album Release Date: July 2024
Music Genre: Rock Grindcore Noisecore
Record Label: Artemis Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 20 Tracks CD Reissue CD Reissue All Media
Anal Cunt, also known as AxCx and A.C., was an American grindcore band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio albums in addition to a number of compilations and extended plays. On June 11, 2011, the band's frontman and founder Seth Putnam died of a suspected heart attack, ending the band.
They have been categorized as grindcore, noisecore, noisegrind and hardcore. The band is often referred to by their initials A.C. (often written as AxCx) due to the offensive nature of their name and censorship limits on some radio and publications, and many of their album covers simply display the initials A.C. However, the band managed to subvert even this abbreviation by drawing these letters in a manner resembling an anus and a vulva. Their early material contained no pre-written lyrics or music. Rather, the band developed a style which consisted of extremely loud, fast, and aggressive noise that was created entirely on the spot. Over the years, the band eventually shifted their style and slowly began to incorporate more riffs and pre-written lyrics into their songs. It was not until then that the band earned the reputation (at least via their recordings) for intentionally being outrageous and offensive. In 2011, they released a "cock rock" album entitled Fuckin' A. An album of material simila (...)
| 1988-1990 | ||
| 1-1 | 47 Song Demo | 8:48 |
| 1-2 | Side 1 Of 88 Song EP | 6:22 |
| 1-3 | Side 2 Of 88 Song EP | 6:41 |
| 1-4 | Live In Indiana Feb. 20, 1989 | 6:08 |
| 1-5 | A.C. Side Of Split 7" With 7.M.O.N. | 6:04 |
| 1-6 | A.C. Stuff From Apocalyptic Convulsions 10" | 2:48 |
| 1-7 | Side 1 Of 5,643 Song EP | 6:02 |
| 1-8 | Side 2 Of 5,643 Song EP | 6:01 |
| 1-9 | Side 1 Of Another EP | 5:38 |
| 1-10 | Side 2 Of Another EP | 6:03 |
| 1-11 | Outtakes From Another EP | 1:43 |
| 1-12 | Live In Schwabisch Hall, Germany | 6:59 |
| 1-13 | Live In Berlin, Germany | 1:53 |
| 1991 | ||
| 2-1 | A.C. Side Of Split 7" With Meat Shits | 6:24 |
| 2-2 | A.C. Side Of Split 7" With Psycho | 5:58 |
| 2-3 | A.C. Stuff From The Master Of Noise Comp 12" | 6:10 |
| 2-4 | Side 1 Of Unplugged EP | 6:55 |
| 2-5 | Side 2 Of Unplugged EP | 8:38 |
| 2-6 | Side 1 Of Live EP | 7:27 |
| 2-7 | Side 2 Of Live EP | 7:56 |
Disc 1 originally released as "Fast Boston HC" and "Greatest Hits Volume One" on Ecocentric Records (the album was retitled for its second pressing). The Ecocentric pressings substituted track 1-11 with "Outtakes From 5,643 Song EP."
Disc 2 originally released as "Old Stuff, Part Two" on Devour Records.
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