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'''Cannibal Corpse''' suck
'''Cannibal Corpse''' is an American ] band from ], formed in 1988. The band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album. Throughout the years the band has been established, they have had little radio or television exposure, although a ] began to build behind the group with the release of albums such as 1991's '']'' and 1992's '']'' which both reached over one million in worldwide sales by 2003,<ref name="1 Million Mark">{{cite web
| url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15938
| title=Cannibal Corpse: 1,000,000 Records Sold
| date=October 14, 2003
| publisher=]
| accessdate=2009-02-05}}</ref> including 558,929 in the United States, making them the top-selling death metal band of all time in the US, and second worldwide.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16769
|title=It's Official: Cannibal Corpse are the Top-Selling death metal Band of the Soundscan Era
|date=November 17, 2003
|publisher=blabbermouth.net
|accessdate=2009-02-05}}</ref>

The members of Cannibal Corpse were originally inspired by ] bands like ], ], and ], as well as other death metal bands such as ] and ].<ref name="metalweb">{{cite web
|url=http://www.themetalweb.com/cannibalcorpseinterview2
|title=Dawn with Alex Webster
|year=2006
|publisher=The Metal Web!
|accessdate=2009-02-05}}</ref> The band's lyrics and its album art (most often done by ]), which draw heavily on ] and ], are highly controversial. At different times, several countries have banned Cannibal Corpse from performing within their borders, or have banned the sale and display of original Cannibal Corpse album covers.<ref name="lvmercury">{{cite news
| url = http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Jul-22-Thu-2004/24353401.html
| title = Cannibal Corpse: Twisted metal
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| author = Briggs, Newt
| date = July 22, 2002
| work = ]
| publisher = ]}}</ref><ref name="innerview"/>

==History==
Cannibal Corpse was established by members from three earlier Buffalo-area death metal bands; Beyond Death (Webster, Owen), ] (Barnes), and ] (Barnes, Rusay, Mazurkiewicz).<!-- DO NOT remove the preceding fact - check out the discussion page for an explanation; also Tirant Sin is spelled properly --> The band played their first show at Buffalo's River Rock Cafe in April 1989, shortly after recording a five-song demo tape, '']''. Within a year of that first gig, the band was signed to ], apparently after the label had heard their demo that was sent in by the manager of the record store at which Chris Barnes was working,<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Talk Today: Cannibal Corpse: Jack Owen
| work = ]
| publisher = ]
| date = March 22, 2001
| url = http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2001-03-22-cannibal.htm
| accessdate = 2009-02-05}}</ref> and their full-length debut album, '']'', was released in August 1990.

The band has had many line-up changes over the years. In 1993, founding member and guitarist Bob Rusay was dismissed from the group (after which he became a golf instructor) and was ultimately replaced by ] guitarist ]. In 1995, singer ] was dismissed and was replaced by ] singer ]. Barnes went on to perform with the band ], and later ].

In 1997, Barrett, who had originally replaced Rusay on guitar, left Cannibal Corpse to rejoin his previous bands ] and ]. After Barrett left, he was replaced by guitarist Pat O’Brien, who first appeared on Cannibal Corpse's 1998 release '']''. Founding member and guitarist ] left Cannibal Corpse in 2004 to spend more time on his second band, ]. He joined ] in late 2005. ] of ] briefly replaced him as second guitarist on 2004's Tour of ]. Barrett rejoined the band in 2005 and was first featured on the album '']'', released in March 2006.

Writing for the next album began in November 2007, as presaged in an interview with bassist ].<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68428
| title=Cannibal Corpse to begin writing new album in November
| publisher=blabbermouth.net
| accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> '']'', Cannibal Corpse's eleventh studio album was released February 3, 2009,<ref name="prefix">{{cite web
| last = Rosenbloom
| first = Etan
| title = Cannibal Corpse: Evisceration Plague (New Album)
| work = Prefix
| publisher = Prefix Media, LLC
| date = January 2009
| url = http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cannibal-corpse/evisceration-plague/24260/
| accessdate = 2009-02-06}}</ref> to a highly positive response from fans. The band will tour in support of the album in the spring of 2009.

==Controversy and publicity==
====United States====
In May 1995, then-] ] accused Cannibal Corpse—along with ] acts like the ] and ]—of undermining the national character of the United States.<ref name="doleNYT">{{cite news
| last = Weinraub
| first = Bernard
| title = Films and Recordings Threaten Nation's Character, Dole Says
| work = ]
| publisher = ]
| date = June 1, 1995
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E2DE1639F932A35755C0A963958260
| accessdate = 2009-02-06}} Although the article seems to imply that Cannibal Corpse is a "rap group" rather than a metal band, it is one of the few ] on the Internet for Dole's exact words.</ref> A year later, the band came under fire again, this time as part of a campaign by ] activist ], Senator ], then-Senator ], and ] chair ] to get major record labels—including ], ], ], ] and ]—to "dump 20 recording groups...responsible for the most offensive lyrics."<ref name="latimes">{{cite news
| last = Philips
| first = Chuck
| coauthors = D. J. Salem-Fitzgerald
| title = Rap foes put 20 artists on a hit list
| work = ]
| publisher = ]
| date = May 31, 1996
| url = http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-tupaclyrics31may3196,0,3035451.story
| accessdate = 2009-02-06}}</ref>

Cannibal Corpse also paradoxically enjoyed a brief ] in the 1994 ] film '']'', performing an abridged version of their song "Hammer Smashed Face." Carrey is apparently a huge fan of the band and insisted that they perform in the movie.<ref name="buffalonews">{{cite news
|first= Anthony
|last= Violanti
|title= Cannibal Corpse Shocks Its Way to the Big Time
|work= ]
|page=
|date= February 28, 1994
|accessdate=2009-02-20
|quote= The group also appears in the current smash film 'Ace Ventura, Pet Detective'...Jim Carrey, the young comic who stars in the film, is a death metal fan.
|url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF97B078F89471&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}} Although Cannibal Corpse's performance in ''Pet Detective'' is the subject of numerous ] videos and mentioned on many different websites, it is very difficult to find a ] source in which the assertion that Carrey was a death metal fan does not appear as a quotation from one of the band members. The ''Buffalo News'' article referenced in here is hard to find without knowing the URL, and the complete text is behind a ] at that. However, by manipulating search terms in ] that bring up the article, it is possible to divulge exact quotations without paying a membership fee. is the Google News result used to generate the preceding quotation.</ref>

====Australia====
:''For more details on this topic, see ].''
As of October 23, 1996, the sale of any Cannibal Corpse audio recording then available was banned in ] and all copies of such had been removed from music shops.<ref name="greenleft">{{cite web
| url = http://www.greenleft.org.au/1996/251/13234
| title = Censorship and heavy metal
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| author = Sinnet, Natasha
| date = October 23, 1996
| work = ]
| publisher =}}</ref> At the time, the ] and the Australian Music Retailers Association were implementing a system for identifying potentially offensive records, known as the "labelling code of practice".<ref name="ariaconsumer">{{cite web
| url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/classification.pdf.pdf.pdf
| title = How it works
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| work = What music is your child listening to?
| publisher = ]
|date=March 2003}}</ref><ref name="amraintro">{{cite web
| url = http://www.amra.org.au/pdf/ARIA-AMRA_Code_april2003.PDF
| title = Labelling Guidelines
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| work = Labelling code of practice for recorded music containing potentially offensive lyrics and/or themes
| publisher = ]
|date=March 2003}}</ref>

All ten of Cannibal Corpse's albums, as well as the live album '']'', the boxed set '']'', the EP '']'', and the single "Hammer Smashed Face", were re-released in Australia between 2006 and 2007, or finally classified by ARIA and allowed for sale in Australia. However, they are all "Restricted", and only sold to those over 18 years of age. Some are sold in "censored" and "uncensored" editions, which denotes the change of cover art.<ref name="labeledtitles5">{{cite web
| url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/Level3-010406-310307.pdf
| title = Level 3 Product: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| work = Labelled Titles
| publisher = ]
| date = April 1, 2007}}</ref> Despite this, when displayed in some stores, even the "uncensored" editions are censored manually.

====Germany====
All Cannibal Corpse albums up to and including '']'' were banned upon release from being sold or displayed in ] due to their graphic cover art and disturbing lyrics; the band was also forbidden to play any songs from those albums while touring in Germany.<ref name="tombreview">{{cite web
| url = http://www.tombofthemutilated.net/Cannibal-Corpse-Tomb-Of-The-Mutilated-Review.html
| title = Reviews of Cannibal Corpse's "Tomb Of The Mutilated" (1992)
| accessdate = 2009-02-06
| last = taylor
| first = Tyler
| work =
| publisher = tombofthemutilated.net
| date =}}</ref> This prohibition was not lifted until June 2006.<ref name="tombreview"/> In a 2004 interview, George Fisher attempted to recall what originally provoked the ban:

{{cquote|A woman saw someone wearing one of our shirts, I think she is a schoolteacher, and she just caused this big stink about it. So we can’t play anything from the first three records. And it really sucks because kids come up and they want us to play all the old songs&nbsp;— and we would&nbsp;— but they know the deal. We can’t play 'Born In a Casket' but can play 'Dismembered and Molested.'<ref name="innerview">{{cite web
| last = Falina
| first = Melanie
| title = Cannibal Corpse Just Wants to Sing About Ripping Apart Human Flesh in Peace
| work = Chicago INNERVIEW
| publisher = Innerview Media, Inc
| date = February 2004
| url = http://www.chicagoinnerview.com/archives/feb04_cannibal_corpse.htm
| accessdate = 2009-02-05}}</ref>}}

===Responses to critics===
]
Cannibal Corpse prides itself on overtly violent and sexual songs and album artwork as nothing more than an extreme form of over-the-top entertainment. In the film '']'', George Fisher said death metal is best viewed "as art," and mentioned far more violent art can be found at the ], as such depictions actually happened.<ref>Metal: A Headbangers Journey (2005, Sam Dunn, director)</ref> Some of Cannibal Corpse's most controversial song titles include "Meat Hook Sodomy," "Entrails Ripped from a Virgin's Cunt," "Necropedophile," and "Fucked with a Knife."<ref name="AMG">{{cite web
| url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:rghe4jj70wau~T1
| title=Cannibal Corpse biography
| work=allmusic.com
| author=Steve Huey
| accessdate=2006-12-13}}</ref>

The band's members have a rather lackadaisical approach toward those who criticize their sometimes violent lyrics. George Fisher once said in an interview: "We don't sing about politics. We don't sing about religion...All our songs are short stories that, if anyone would so choose they could convert it into a horror movie. Really, that's all it is. We like gruesome, scary movies, and we want the lyrics to be like that. Yeah, it's about killing people, but it's not promoting it at all. Basically these are fictional stories, and that's it. And anyone who gets upset about it is ridiculous."<ref name="markprindle">{{cite web
| last = Fisher
| first = Mark
| title = Interview: George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher - 2004
| work = Mark's Record Reviews
| publisher =
| date = January 2004
| url = http://www.markprindle.com/fisher-i.htm
| accessdate = 2009-02-05}}</ref>

In response to accusations his band's music desensitizes people to violence, Alex Webster argued death metal fans enjoy the music only because they know the violence depicted in its lyrics is not real:

{{cquote|I think people probably aren’t that desensitized to it, you know including myself, like you know, we sing about all this stuff and you watch a movie where you know it’s not real and it’s no big deal, but if you really saw someone get their brains bashed in right in front of you, I think it would have a pretty dramatic impact on any human being you know what I mean? Or some terrible, gross act of violence or whatever done right in front of you, I mean you’d react to it, no matter how many movies you’ve watched or how much gore metal you’ve listened to or whatever, I’m sure it’s a completely different thing when it’s right in front of you. Even though we’ve got crazy entertainment now, our social realities are actually a bit more civilized than they were back then, I mean we’re not hanging people or whipping them in the street and I think that’s positive improvement for any society in my opinion.<ref name="puregrain">{{cite web
| last = Wilschick
| first = Aaron
| title = Cannibal Corpse: Interview with bassist Alex Webster
| work = puregrainaudio.com
| publisher = PureGrain Inc
| date = February 15, 2007
| url = http://www.puregrainaudio.com/interviews/cannibal-corpse2
| accessdate = 2009-02-05}}</ref>}}

He also believes the violent lyrics can have positive values: "It’s good to have anger music as a release."<ref name="waytooloud">{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| title = Cannibal Corpse&nbsp;— Alex Webster And George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher
| work = Way Too Loud!
| publisher = Xtremely Media
| date = October 23, 2007
| url = http://www.waytooloud.com/2007/10/23/cannibal-corpse-alex-webster-and-george-%E2%80%9Ccorpsegrinder%E2%80%9D-fisher/
| accessdate = 2008-06-09}}</ref>

George Fisher said in their songs "there’s nothing ever serious. We’re not thinking of anybody in particular that we’re trying to kill, or harm or anything."<ref name="HM">{{cite web
| last = Van Pelt
| first = Doug
| title = What Cannibal Corpse Says
| work = ]
| publisher = HM Magazine
| date = April 2004
| url = http://www.hmmagazine.com/says/archive/what_cannibal_corpse_says200404.php?page=all
| accessdate =}}</ref>

==Members==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Current
*] &ndash; lead vocals (1995–present)
*] &ndash; guitars (1993&ndash;1997, 2005–present)
*] &ndash; guitars (1997–present)
*] &ndash; bass (1988–present)
*] &ndash; drums, percussion (1988–present)
{{col-2}}
;Former
*Bob Rusay &ndash; guitars (1988&ndash;1993)
*] &ndash; lead vocals (1988&ndash;1995)
*] &ndash; guitars (1988&ndash;2004)
*] &ndash; guitars (2004&ndash;2005)
{{col-end}}

==Discography==
{{mainlist|Cannibal Corpse discography}}
*1990: '']''
*1991: '']''
*1992: '']''
*1994: '']''
*1996: '']''
*1998: '']''
*1999: '']''
*2002: '']''
*2004: '']''
*2006: '']''
*2009: '']''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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