Leftover Crack Biography
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In 1990, at Humanities high-school, in N.Y.C., Alec Shaheed Mohamed, a young politically active black youth, happened to have some of the same classes with a boy they now call the Stza (pronounced Stizza). They shared not only a love for punk & ska music, but also an intense hatred of white people and their pathetic milk-drinking, Gap-wearing, R.E.M.-listening, 90210 watching culture. Alec played bass & the Stza played guitar and sang, so they decided to join-up and play some music together. Eventually they got a drummer & another singer and started the punk/ska band No Commercial Value. After a couple of years of only playing at ABC-No-Rio and C-squat several times, Alec ditched out to start the 3rd wave ska crowd-pleasers Agent 99 with ex-Slacker Dunia Best, Jay Nugent (now in Stubborn All-Stars) and the wickedest ska drummer since Jar-Jar Binks, Ara Babajian.
In the mean-time, with-out a bassist, the Stza, known as Sturgeon at the time, enlisted Sascha Dubrul, a friend of N.C.V.s drummer. Of course the next logical step was to kick said drummer out of the band as the additional singer left for the west-coast. Sea monkey drummer and local Taco purveyor John Dolan was enlisted and the name Choking Victim was taken from the health department sign that loomed menacingly over John at his job, taunting him (day in and day out, etc.). Three-months and two shows later, John literally hands his drum-sticks to a guy named Skwert during a C.V. practice in Popeyes room at C-squat. A year later, and Sascha quits the group after recording the Crack Rock Steady e.p. & demo.
At roughly the same time, the Biggest-boy fuck-up big-time & Agent 99 breaks-up as a result. So being unloved, dirty, despicable squatters, C.V. take Alec under their filthy wing to record and release the "Squatters Paradise" 7". After that, Alec is kicked out and brought on is dellow C-squatter Pezent Shayne, who's just learning bass, so after a couple of mediocre shows Shayne is re-placed with Alec, who once again shows C.V. that his attentions are not with the band, but in the gutter (literally). He is replaced with the down, but not out, Shayne, whom has become a much more finely tuned and practiced bass machine.
Soon the song "Infested" from the "Squatta's paradise" 7" is contributed to the first "Give'em the boot" comp., and after an overwhelming public response to the track, Tim & Brett offer C.V. a spot on the Hell-Cat roster. With no other offers on the horizon, and being broke-ass homeless/squatting panhandling bums, C.V. realized that this would probably be the only opportunity to ever make a full length record.
So after several years of pain-staking negotiations a three-record deal is hammered out, including a luxurious suite at the Olive motel and the choice to not put a u.p.c. code on their record, at this point Ezra is abroad as a second guitar player. And finally after years of anticipation, thousands of practices & hundreds of shows, on the first day of recording Choking Victim break-up, but not before laying down all the tracks that would become the break-through, smash hit "No Gods/No Managers".
The singer, guitar player & song-writer of C.V. also known as the Stza went on a nation-wide search for a new rhythm section, and after recording a 7"/demo entitled "Rock the 40oz." For Bankshot! Records with members of F-Minus, Blindsided, the original drummer from Suicidal Tendencies plus a resurrected & rejuvenated Alec Shaheed Mohamed, Leftover Crack was in full effect. Soon they contributed the track "Crack City Rockers" to the "Give'em the boot II" compilation. Once again the public demanded more, so once again Tim & Brett dug through their pockets and pooled together whatever balled-up cash and spare-change they could find and offered the good Leftover Crizack the opportunity to join the Hell-Cat family.
They agreed to the harsh terms and accepted the second chance at infamy and global-domination. In April of the year two-thousand, the Stza solidified the Leftover Crack line-up with Alec Shaheed Mohamed on Bass and Ara from Agent 99 on drums. In May they started recording their first full-length record for Hell-Cat and the rest is soon to be history, bitch.
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crack rock steady beat | Reviewer: Opiate | 8/17/09
ok so put your opinions over but one thing LOC could never be justifiably called is FAKE. listen to their lyrics and youll realise- they survive and create on passion and those lyrics wouldnt have been produced without a burning passion and deep sentiment
bullshit | Reviewer: lef-t | 4/12/08
ok as a fuctioning band there ok and there talent is mediocre at best but its there "lifestyle" that sells them.despite the fact that not one of them squats any more and all but one live in rather expensive areas in nyc (the other in nj).ive lived at see squat they spent like 3 weeks there tops.these guys are fakers.there just the new sex pistols making money off a lifestyle that there manager tells them to adopt.ther political ideas are old news."i hate the usa" is so yesterday's papers that it makes me laugh.the only people who buy into that any more are 13 yr old kids who think they invented punk rock.
Crackalicious | Reviewer: Stizd | 1/10/08
Their politics are so far out on the fringe of the violent left that I often find myself laughing. They are probably serious but that's what makes this band even more entertaining to listen to since none of their ideas will ever gain traction. Seriously though the music is some of the catchiest and best songwriting I've heard. Definitely check them out.
This last 7 or 8 years of Bush has really spawned some amazing punk rock. If the GOP wins in '08 we can look forward to even more kick ass punk! Give 'em something to complain about and the best albums will come.
Kick Ass Band | Reviewer: StzaFoShizza | 1/3/08
Their politics are so far out on the fringe of the violent left that I often find myself laughing. They are probably serious but that's what makes even more entertaining to listen to since none of their ideas will ever gain traction. Seriously though the music is some of the catchiest and best songwriting I've heard. Definitely check them out.
This last 7 or 8 years of Bush has really spawned some amazing punk rock. If the GOP wins in '08 we can look forward to even more kick ass punk! Give 'em something to complain about and the best albums will come.
the shirts | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/6/07
leftover crack has to be one of my most favorite punk/ska bands. their songs are just as angry to the government and society as i am, as well as all the other fucked up shit in the world. i like how i get stairs at my "kill cops" shirt, i wear that shirt with pride. fuck world trade...
inspirational on multiple levels | Reviewer: ez | 8/8/07
leftover crack is the biggest musical inspiration in my life. some of my friends play guitar, but i never had the motivation to create music until I started listening to leftover crack and CV. they're creative, political, open-minded, and basically represent all the reasons why I love punk music.
if you like punk music, or if your just an open-minded person that enjoys music, leftover crack is one of the best out there.
Best Band | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/16/07
This is the band that got me into politics. Best fucken band ever. The Stza is genius
Unique? punk/ska? no its crack rock steady | Reviewer: Stza | 5/1/07
your all trying to find out the genre for this band and i can let you know that its called crack rock steady, choking victim invented the genre and then later the band formed into left over crack, for more info go see Crack rock steady 7 on google or the leftover cracks myspace
crack... | Reviewer: cracky-cracker | 5/1/07
the band is phuckin amazing... but when you think about it... is there ever really any "leftover crack"? that shit dont last
nonetheless, bitchin music
......i wrote one already i fergot | Reviewer: josh | 5/25/06
it was the one called "unique" yeh... thats all i came here for hmmm well im sitting at home right now bored....i watched a crazy documentary on aushwitz today if you dont know what it is you should find out its pretty disturbing though. ya thats prett much i did all day well i ummmm OH! i ate some leftover food ...it wasnt that good it was fast food the grease kind of cked up over night but i reheated it on my george forman so it wasn't to bad. did you ver find it wierd how after etiring formboxing he still made a shit load of monay of taht thing i wonder if he is dead yet... well i wouldnt think so that george froman shure does drain alot of fat of your food so hes probly in good health. but you never know. you know if you have a george forman you should make a grilled chees on it, it works really good.ya so oprah is on ..fucking daytime tv looks like they're ralking about..............................................i really dont know shes just yelling and smiling. man iwish i could have a show like that just sitting aroudn talking and people would love to lsiten to me hell if your reading this far i think i could make a prety damn good show talking about shit like this. wow i would be really surprised if this got onto the thingfukcing mom never buys pop any more just this sparkinlg pomegranate shit it taste wird everybody's talking about it though ne way i guess im gonna go smoke some weed or something now
?!CRACK CITY ROCKIN?! ...how irrelivent was that after all the other shit i worte
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