History Music / AnalCunt

** When they were forced to censor the lyrics to some songs on ''It Just Gets Worse'''s liner notes, they covered them up with the tag [[AC:anal cunt--FUCKING offensive]].

The band folded, however, in June of 2011, when [[AuthorExistenceFailure Putnam suffered a heart attack and died.]] He was 43. Seven years later, longtime member Josh Martin also died after accidentally falling off the side of an escalator in the Providence Place mall in Rhode Island.

The band folded, however, in June of 2011, when [[AuthorExistenceFailure Putnam suffered a heart attack and died.]] He was 43.

The band folded, however, in June of 2011, when Putnam suffered a heart attack and died. He was 43.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Anal Cunt once made a song called "Locking Dropdead in [=McDonald's=]", which lampoons hardcore punk band Dropdead's veganism and animal rights advocacy. Seth once ran into some of the members of the band, and there was a [=McDonald=]'s restaurant nearby. The members from Dropdead were willing to take part in a [[https://www.last.fm/music/Dropdead/+images/d2855b57f0e444b4aa895fec02a85e2c photo shoot]] in which Seth pretends to lock them in the [=McDonald=]'s.

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: On ''Fuckin' A,'' the band name is stylized as either Anäl Cünt or A&numl;al Cünt depending on the version.

* ForcedMiscarriage: Anal Cunt have a song titled "You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You In The Stomach", in which the singer, well, narrates the act of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach]] to make her have a miscarriage. Why? ForTheEvulz, that's why.

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: On the album ''Fuckin' A," they appear credited as Anäl Cünt.

* LongTitle: Some of their song titles.

* RefugeInAudacity: Well, for starters, they go around calling themselves "Anal Cunt". Then you get into their song titles: "I Went Back in Time and Voted for Hitler"; "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to [[Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos America's Funniest Home Videos]]"; "I Became a Counselor so I Could Tell Rape Victims They Asked for It"; "Conor Clapton Committed Suicide Because [[Music/EricClapton His Father]] Sucks" (changed for the record label's fear of being sued to "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck"), "You're in a Coma" (which became very ironic when Putnam fell into a coma in 2004 as a result of a drug overdose), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "Hitler Was a Sensitive Man"]].
* RunningGag - Two throughout "I Like It When You Die:" "(X) Is Gay" and "You (X)/You Are (X)" which culminated near the end of the album in "You (Fill In The Blank)". Yes, that's the actual title.

** ''Howard Is Bald'' is a [[AffectionateParody very lighthearted poke]] at a music executive they are friends with named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Howard Wulkan]]. He's bald. There is vulgarity, but it is much more sparing than the other albums. Like ''Picnic Of Love'', a lot of the songs are covers, except with the lyrics changed to focus on Howard and how bald he is. Really, almost nobody could find it offensive. Howard didn't.

** "[[ImmediateSelfContradiction The Word Homophobic is Gay]]" features the lines "Anti-homophobe by Brutal Truth / Is a pathetic attempt to be PC / Kevin's obviously not a homophobe / Because he's a fucking faggot!"

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Anal Cunt once made a song called "Locking Dropdead in [=McDonald's=]", which lampoons hardcore punk band Dropdead's veganism and animal rights advocacy. Seth once ran into some of the members of the band, and they were willing to take part in a [[https://www.last.fm/music/Dropdead/+images/d2855b57f0e444b4aa895fec02a85e2c photo shoot]] in which Seth pretends to lock them in a McDonalds.

* InfantImmortality: Devastatingly subverted with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "I Lit Your Baby on Fire"]].
** Also "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck", originally titled "Connor Clapton Committed Suicide Because His Dad Sucks".

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** The song "Locking Drop Dead in [=McDonald's=]" refers to influential hardcore punk band Dropdead, whose members are all members of PETA and the ALF, as well as being vegan. Anal Cunt did indeed lock them in a UsefulNotes/McDonalds for a photo shoot.

* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: They strove to be deliberately SoBadItsGood.

-->-- "You (Fill In The Blank)," official transcript.

** And of course there's album titles like ''It Just Gets Worse'' and ''Wearing Out Our Welcome'' and the song "Everyone In Anal Cunt Is Dumb".

** "Howard Wulkan Is Bald" features a song done in the style of Music/WesleyWillis, who also utilized bizarre and offensive lyrics.

** ''Howard Wulkan Is Bald'' is a [[AffectionateParody very lighthearted poke]] at a music executive they are friends with named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Howard Wulkan]]. He's bald. There is vulgarity, but it is much more sparing than the other albums. Like ''Picnic Of Love'', a lot of the songs are covers, except with the lyrics changed to focus on Howard and how bald he is. Really, almost nobody could find it offensive. Howard didn't.
** It should be noted they were heavily drunk, or hung over, when they made it, and they knew it was a crappy album - they just put on random songs and replaced the lyrics. It also has a tribute to Music/WesleyWillis in the last song.

Anal Cunt, also known as [=AxCx=] and A.C. for [[MoralGuardians censorship]] reasons, was an American {{Grindcore}} band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts in 1988. The band was known for its frequent lineup changes, ending with Seth Putnam, Tim Morse, and Josh Martin. They built a name for themselves from extremely offensive lyrics and song titles as well as a distinct (and distinctly painful) musical style that took Grindcore well beyond its initial limits. Songs rarely lasted for more than a minute, thus, it was not uncommon for their albums to include 40-50 tracks, but with song titles such as "I Lit Your Baby On Fire," "Recycling Is Gay," "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to ''America's Funniest Home Videos''", and "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Howard Wulkan is Bald]]", perhaps brevity was a good thing.

* AssShove: The lyrics to "Pottery is Gay" features '''"YOU MADE A CLAY DILDO AND SHOVED IT UP YOUR ASSSSSSS"'''
* BadassBoast: "Extreme Noise Terror Are Afraid Of Us"

** When they were forced to censor the lyrics to some songs on "It Just Gets Worse"'s liner notes, they covered them up with the tag [[AC:anal cunt--FUCKING offensive]].
* CarefulWithThatAxe: To the point where you don't even understand what he's saying most of the time.
* ComedicSociopathy: The assumed persona on "It Just Gets Worse".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The speaker of "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage To Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos;" after his submissions get rejected, he mails the show a copy of ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915''.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Extreme Noise Terror is Afraid of Us" has this line:

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: On the album "Fuckin' A," they appear credited as Anäl Cünt.

* InTheStyleOf: For a while, they would turn everything from The Guess Who's "American Woman" to the theme song to ''Series/ThreesCompany'' into grindcore, and there's also the self-explanatory "Stayin' Alive (Oi Version)".

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: This is the band that [[TropeCodifier defined]] 11, barring Picnic Of Love (a textbook 1) and Fuckin' A (around 7 or so.)

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[invoked]] Putnam mailed copies of "Morbid Florist" to people who wouldn't like it just to get unfavorable reviews.

* RefugeInAudacity: Well, for starters, they go around calling themselves "Anal Cunt". Then you get into their song titles: "I Went Back in Time and Voted for Hitler"; "I Sent Concentration Camp Footage to [[Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos America's Funniest Home Videos]]"; "I Became a Counselor so I Could Tell Rape Victims They Asked for It"; "Conor Clapton Committed Suicide Because [[Music/EricClapton His Father]] Sucks" (changed for the record label's fear of being sued to "Your Kid Committed Suicide Because You Suck"), "You're In a Coma" (which became very ironic when Putnam fell into a coma in 2004 as a result of a drug overdose), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "Hitler was a Sensitive Man"]].

** The cover of ''Howard is Bald'' has self-caricatures of them, including a fat drunken bucktoothed Seth Putnam.

** "Howard Wulkan is Bald" features a song done in the style of Music/WesleyWillis, who also utilized bizarre and offensive lyrics.

* StrawMisogynist: Plenty, but known examples include "You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You in the Stomach"; [[BlackComedyRape "I Fucked Your Wife"]]; "The Only Reason Men Talk to You is Because They Want to Get Laid, You Stupid Fucking Cunt"; "I Pushed Your Wife in Front of the Subway", and [[ButtMonkey "Women: Nature's Punching Bag"]].

** Outside of albums, there's also "I Just Saw The Gayest Guy On Earth".

** "Chris Barnes is a Pussy", written after Chris Barnes (of ''Six Feet Under'' and formerly Music/CannibalCorpse) challenged Seth to a fight but never showed up.
*** Sometimes, their Take Thats are inside jokes between them and the targets. "Anyone Who Likes Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan Is A Faggot", "Howard Wulkan's Bald", "Kyle from Incantation Has A Mustache" and any song with "Mike" or "Mike Mahan" (one of the former guitarists) in the title are playful (for AC) ribs towards the subjects.

** Another example is "Extreme Noise Terror are Afraid of Us", written after Anal Cunt were kicked off a tour in 1997 by Extreme Noise Terror.

* TheUnintelligible: The lyrics are often nigh-impossible to discern, thanks to Seth's reptile-growl-roar-thing. Yes, that's not just pure screaming, there are ''lyrics''.
* UnpluggedVersion: parodied by their ''Unplugged'' EP: Side A is their songs played with undistorted (but still electric) guitar, Side B is a live performance where their current guitarist played an electric guitar that was ''literally'' unplugged, as in not plugged in (and thus not audible).

** This was also the premise of "It Just Gets Worse;" take "I Like It When You Die" and make it even ''more'' offensive. Four songs had to have their lyrics censored and one had to have its title changed.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: GG Allin proposed AC if they could join him as his backing band, but he died before anything could come out of it.

** The song "Locking Drop Dead in [=McDonald's=]" refers to influential hardcore punk band Dropdead, whose members are all members of PETA and the ALF, as well as being vegan. Anal Cunt did indeed lock them in a UsefulNotes/McDonalds for a photo shoot

->BLAAARGHAGHAGHAGHAGHAGAHHHHGG!!!
Translated: ''"Too bad your mother never learned to drive,\\
Maybe if she did,your parents would still be alive,\\
Now they're dead,and your sister too,\\
now you're an orphan, we'll make fun of you."''
-->-- "You Are An Orphan"

* AddledAddict: His overdose and coma (and eventual death) notwithstanding, let's put it this way: the band making it through a small handful of songs before having to call it quits because Seth was too fucked up to stand, let alone perform was a very common occurrence. Even if he ''did'' make it through an entire set (or at least the bulk of one), odds were good that he was slurring his words to something vaguely resembling the tune of whatever song they were playing (if you were lucky) while halfheartedly strumming his guitar as he drooled all over himself and mumbled out insults to the audience between songs.

->''"Too bad your mother never learned to drive,\\

** "Chris Barnes is a Pussy", written after Chris Barnes (of Six Feet Under and formerly CannibalCorpse) challenged Seth to a fight but never showed up.

!!!The gayest tropes on earth:

-->"You Are An Orphan"

* UpToEleven: As if ''[=AxCx=]'' wasn't enough, Putnam also set up ''another'' StealthParody act in the form of "acoustic black metal" band ''Impaled Northern Moonforest'', lampooning the ridiculously "[[GrimDark grim]] and [[GrimUpNorth frostbitten]]" lyrics of many a {{black metal}} band.

* AcceptableTargets:
** [[InUniverse They railed on]] everyone and everything, including [[SelfDeprecation themselves]].
** Averted with Music/TheVillagePeople. When they made a song about them, it was the people who ''disliked'' them that were called gay.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[InUniverse Based on his own experience]], Putnam believed that "You're In A Coma" was spot-on.
** There was also his dispute with [[Music/SixFeetUnder Chris Barnes]] that resulted in Barnes setting his roadies on Putnam while he ran off, which prompted the creation of "Chris Barnes Is A Pussy". Guess what band's Facebook page got spammed with links to that song when Barnes sucker-punched [[Music/CattleDecapitation Travis Ryan]] roughly fourteen years later?

* InTheStyleOf: For a while, they would turn everything from The Guess Who's "American Woman" to the theme song to ''ThreesCompany'' into grindcore, and there's also the self-explanatory "Stayin' Alive (Oi Version)".

** [[{{In-universe}} They railed on]] everyone and everything, including [[SelfDeprecation themselves]].

* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{In-universe}} Based on his own experience]], Putnam believed that "You're In A Coma" was spot-on.

* MemeticMolester: In-universe-er, studio: Jim Howell, Freddie Mercury and Artimus Pyle.

** Near the end of "I Like It When You Die" is the song "You (Fill In The Blank)", which was about how formulaic the songwriting had gotten.