Crumbsuckers were a crossover/thrash metal outfit that formed in 1982 on an island east of Manhattan, Long Island in Noo Yawk. Along with fellow 'crunchy' bands (my word for the genre) like Cro Mags, Circle Jerks, Agnostic Front and D.R.I., the band led the charge of hardcore, shredding both stage and speakers in there own furious style.
1991 saw Crumbsuckers turn into Heavy Rain after deciding to follow a new leaning toward traditional sounding metal. Members Gary Meskil and Dan Richardson left the band to from Pro Pain.
There was a Crumbsuckers reunion gig in New York at B.B. King Blues Club on August 3rd, 2006 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Life Of Dreams record.
Sadly they only ever recorded two studio albums, Life Of Dreams in 1986 and Beast On My Back (B.O.M.B.) 1988. The demos that were available were The Crumbsucker Cave, 1984 Demo and March Of The Light Brigades.
Luckily for me, I got my young paws on both albums back in the day (no easy task where I lived) and I thought they were awesome, reminding me of S.O.D (Stormtroopers Of Death), another great band to skate to which was a big plus as I was heavily into skateboarding at the time.
It could be argued by the more 'serious' of music lovers that due to the low output of music, its hard to rate Crumbsuckers albums as classics like you can with Slayer and Metallica, but im not that fickle, and will happily put the epic Life Of Dreams alongside the equally epic Speak English Or Die by aforementioned S.O.D. Both wonderfully happy, crunchy, noisy, fist pumping, funny records with a few serious message lobbed in for good measure.
Check them out below, and crank that volume up!
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