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Vicious Art
Vicious Art formed in Chicago in 1987 with James Rivera on vocals, Mike Vallas and John Orth on guitars, Dave Gleeson on bass, and James Kottak on drums. They...
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Cut This Heathen
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Tombstone Grind
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Mother Dying
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A Whistler And His Gun
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And Bent Down for Years
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Ceremony, The Waiting Waters
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Cut This Heathen
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Tombstone Grind
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Mother Dying
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A Whistler And His Gun
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And Bent Down for Years
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Ceremony, The Waiting Waters
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Chain Hooks Falling
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Chewing Gunpowder
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Dancing Münchhausen
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Debria Seems To Be Bleeding
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Evicting Dead Tenants
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Fire Falls
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Komodo Lights
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Murderer
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Our Family Flesh
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Pick up This Sick Child
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Vicious Art formed in Chicago in 1987 with James Rivera on vocals, Mike Vallas and John Orth on guitars, Dave Gleeson on bass, and James Kottak on drums. They played in underground clubs, developing a sound that was aggressive and confrontational from the start.
Their self-titled debut album came out in 1990, featuring the track "A Whistler And His Gun." That song became something of an anthem for them, capturing the raw energy that defined their early work. They followed it with albums like "Second to None" in 1991 and "The Conquering Curse" in 1994.
The band went through lineup changes over time but kept recording and touring. Later albums included "Five Scars," "Something Primal," and "Visions of Fire," among others. Songs like "Chain Hooks Falling" and "Chewing Gunpowder" show the kind of intense, riff-heavy material they were known for.
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