The Splatterpunks
The Splatterpunks
Genres: horror punk, punk
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About The Splatterpunks
Boris Randall formed The Splatterpunks with bassist Rawb in 1989. After a few months of playing as a three-piece (with Boris playing guitar and singing) and then known as The Addicted, the band added guitarist Oz. Armed with stand-in drummer, Paxton House, The Splatterpunks played a barrage of local shows and quickly gained a following. After a short hiatus, they went into the studio to record their first release. "Rat Boy" was the end result of the 2-day session at Picklesimer Studios. The band was recorded studio live, with backing vocal over dubs, on day one and mixed on day two. "Rat Boy" was a debut album that was raw punk in every aspect. The 11 songs slam from one to the next with adequate execution and finishes off with a cover of Elvis Presley's "Houndog." With primitaive package design and a run time just under 13 minutes, The Splatterpunks' "Rat Boy became an instant success among local punk and hard core fans. In 1990 Boris replaced Oz with guitarist Amon, added full-time drummer Mikel, and replaced bassist Rawb with Johnny Coffin (this line up is pictured above). The band went into the studio immediately and recorded and mixed 13 songs in 6 days. This recording became their second album, "It's Only Murder." The sound on this release had taken on a more hard core feel. Where "Rat Boy" was fun and greaser gang-like, "It's Only Murder" was dark and not as melodic. When comparing the two albums Boris was quoted as follows: "Rat Boy was really fun and influenced by the Ramones. It's Only Murder was me getting a little more serious about what we were doing. It's like an Exploited album......just not as fast." The release kept the band in the hearts of local punks and also helped them branch out to bigger cities in their area. At this stage, while playing local shows, The Splatterpunks begin to get college radio play and interviews in fan zines. From 1991 through 1995 The Splatterpunks worked spuratically. Though the band had more than enough material for more releases, nothing came out. They reduced themselves to playing an occasional show here or there and playing their yearly Halloween show. In 1996 Boris brought The Splatterpunks back full-time. By this time Johnny Coffin had left the band and Mikel was replaced with drummer Chud (no connection to Dr. Chud). The band went into the studio as a three-piece, missing a bass player, which was handled by Chud and Amon for the recording. "The Devil's Empyrean" became the band's 1996 release and their first in 6 years. The album was their darkest and heaviest yet, dwelling on blast beats, hardcore gang vocals, and raw production. The release came out to mixed reviews as most of the local scene had been tainted by the onslaught of Grunge and Industrial music. They added bassist Bo The Mighty to the fold and continued destroying audiences and slowly re-gaining some fan base. 1997's release was recorded while the band was recording "The Devil's Emyrean." Ten tracks of remixes and alternate versions of previous songs became the release "1997 B.C." The band rehearsed and played shows for 6 months and hit the studio again for their biggest undertaking yet......."The Demonology." "The Demonology" was a 76 track anthology covering every song that The Splatterpunks had written since 1989. Instead of just taking the existing recordings and dumping them all together to make up this release, the band decided to re-record all 76 songs, bringing in rare songs, unreleased songs, and live favorites. "The Demonology" was packaged with a 28 page booklet that featured artwork, photos, and complete lyrics. The band released the anthology at their 1997 Halloween show. 1998 and 1999 found The Splatterpunks going through a downward spiral. There was no new material being written, bookings were slowing to a hault, and they were having trouble keeping drummers. The last drummer for The Splatterpunks was Donhead, who played the last show with the band on September 23, 1999. At this point, Boris decided that it was time to pursue something new.
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