Cannibal Corpse was made up of members from three earlier Buffalo-area death metal bands, Beyond Death (Webster, Owen), Leviathan (Barnes), and Tirant Sin (Barnes, Rusay, Mazurkiewicz). The band played their first show at Buffalo's River Rock Cafe in April 1989, shortly after recording a five-song demo tape Cannibal Corpse. Within a year of that first gig, the band was signed to Metal Blade Records and their full-length, debut album, Eaten Back to Life, was released in August 1990.
“The main thing that helped us (Get signed to Metal Blade Records) was sending the label a videotape of our live show. The crowd reaction and our energy helped.”- Jack Owen
The band has had many line-up changes over the years. In 1993, founding member and guitarist Bob Rusay left the group (he is now a golf instructor) and was ultimately replaced by Malevolent Creation guitarist Rob Barrett. In 1995, vocalist Chris Barnes was dismissed from the band (currently the vocalist of Six Feet Under and formerly of Torture Killer) and was replaced with Monstrosity's vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, who coincidentally shares the same day of birth as Barnes. In 1997, Barrett, who originally replaced Rusay on guitar, left Cannibal Corpse to rejoin his previous band Malevolent Creation. After Barrett left, he was replaced by Nevermore guitarist Pat O’Brien who first appeared on their 1998 release Gallery of Suicide. Founding member and guitarist Jack Owen left Cannibal Corpse in 2004 to spend more time on his second band, Adrift. He joined the band Deicide in late 2005 and is featured on their latest album, The Stench of Redemption. Jeremy Turner of Origin briefly replaced him as second guitarist on 2004's Tour of the Wretched. Barrett rejoined the band in 2005 and is featured on their latest album, Kill, which was released March 21, 2006 on Metal Blade Records.
Writing for a new album began in November 2007, as presaged in an interview with bassist Alex Webster.
Style
"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 love horror movies. 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".
Appearances
In May 1995, then-United States Senator Bob Dole mentioned the band by name and accused them of violating human decency. Cannibal Corpse also enjoyed a brief cameo in the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, performing their song "Hammer Smashed Face". Interestingly, Carrey actually insisted that they perform in the movie because they were his favorite band.In the 2003 film School of Rock, a large Cannibal Corpse sticker is visible in Dewey Finn's sleeping area. Additionally, comedian Andrew Hansen of ABC's Chaser's War On Everything made a lounge arrangement of Cannibal Corpse's song "Rancid Amputation" after the Australian government banned the band's touring of the country (Video on YouTube)
"We were offered Ozzfest a few years ago, but it was the first slot on the small stage, which meant we wouldn't have gotten much exposure. If we could get on the big stage, we'd probably do it."- Jack Owen
Musical Style
Cannibal Corpse tunes their instruments down 1/2 step to E flat ( B flat when playing on seven string guitars).Former guitarist Jack Owen used a Digitech Metal Master distortion pedal to get their guitar tone.
"As far as setups, Pat likes Mesa/Boogie amplifiers, I usually use a Digitech preamp, and Pat uses EMG pickups. I like passive pickups a little better, such as Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio."- Jack Owen
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