Artist description Four fetid swampthings making raucous, carnal "music that shot for the gut and aimed for the crotch"

Music Style Grinding trash-rock with blues, punk, and psychobilly elements

Musical Influences Birthday Party, Stooges, Cramps, Gun Club, Son House, Heartbreakers, Kiss, Robert Johnson

Similar Artists Birthday Party, Stooges, Cramps, Gun Club

Artist History Mixing trash-rock, punk, blues, and psychobilly with lyrics full of feverish sex and rampant horror (not to mention greasy automobiles, post-apocalyptic ennui, and serial slaughter), NYC legends Chop Shop made swampy, sordid "music that shot for the gut and aimed for the crotch"... From late 1984 through late 1985, this kill-city quartet (led by ghoulish singer Joe Truck, ex-guitarist of goth legends Scarecrow, and his bass sidekick Andy Trash) festered in clubs like CBGBs and The Dive, culminating in their lost classic EP, "Badlands," recorded in October 1985, and unreleased until now. The band split almost immediately after its recording. Truck briefly played drums in Burning Rome before forming the Misfits-inspired Brain Eaters, fronting Snake Charmers, and achieving great notoriety as a tattoo artist.

Group Members Joe Truck: vocals; Andy Trash: bass/slide/lap steel/backing vocals; Eddie Stern: guitar; Matt: drums

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums

Press Reviews HEAVEN DOWN HERE (Winter 1985)

Location New York, NY - USA

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