Rapeman was an American noise rock group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums. In an interview, Albini reported that 'Rapeman' is ... the title character in a Japanese comic book that I had come across through a friend of mine. The comic book is just a total mind-bender.

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  • Rapeman was an American noise rock group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums. In an interview, Albini reported that 'Rapeman' is ... the title character in a Japanese comic book that I had come across through a friend of mine. The comic book is just a total mind-bender. There's a whole genre of comics in Japan, rape stories where women are raped in really graphic detail for whatever reason, and it's an amazing thing that this is just an accepted part of their sort of normal popular culture. " Albini and Washam became "sort of obsessed" with the comic, and named their new group after the titular antihero. Rapeman's performances would often be the target of protestors, who felt that the band was mocking the subject of rape or even encouraging rape and violence against women. Albini has described such criticisms as idiotic, arguing that punk ideology is generally very sympathetic to feminism. The playing style at times was reminiscent of more traditional noise punk (as on "Up Beat"), at other times cranky art-rock (as on "Monobrow"), their sound gave centre stage to the signature guitar style of Albini. The band broke up for personal reasons, but not, as has been rumoured, over a dispute relating to their name. Albini launched his career as a recording engineer and played bass with Flour before going on to form Shellac. Sims reunited with ex-Scratch Acid vocalist David Yow to form The Jesus Lizard.
  • Rapeman waren eine US-amerikanische Noise-Rock / Post-Hardcore-Band. Die Band bestand aus Steve Albini, David Wm. Sims und Rey Washam (beide ehemalige Mitglieder von Scratch Acid). Der provokante Name der Band (Rapeman, engl. "Vergewaltiger") ist – laut Albini – abgeleitet von einem japanischen Comic, in dem der Hauptcharakter Rapeman heißt. In diesem Comic werden detaillierte, realistisch gezeichnete Vergewaltigungsszenen gezeigt. Washam und Albini sind so verwundert von der Tatsache, dass ein solcher Comic in einer westlichen Gesellschaft wie der Japans toleriert wird, dass sie die Band nach dem Anti-Helden des Comics benennen. Die Live-Konzerte der Band wurden oft Handlungsplatz von Protesten, die inszeniert wurden von Personen, die die Auffassung hatten die Band würde sich über Vergewaltigungen und Gewalt gegen Frauen lustig machen und dieses sogar gut heißen. Albini beschreibt diese Kritik als idiotisch, und argumentiert damit, dass die Punk-Szene dem Feminismus generell positiv gegenüber steht. 1989 lösen sich Rapeman auf. Albini widmet sich seiner Tätigkeit als (Independent-)Musik-Produzent und gründet 1992 die Band Shellac. Sims findet sich wieder mit ex-Scratch Acid Sänger David Yow zusammen, mit dem er die Band The Jesus Lizard gründet.
  • Rapeman était un groupe de noise rock américain fondé en 1987 et dissous en 1989. Ses membres étaient Steve Albini (ancien membre de Big Black), David Wm. Sims (ancien membre de Scratch Acid) à la basse, et Rey Washam à la batterie. Le nom de Rapeman (« ») provenait d'un manga qui contenait de nombreuses scènes de viols de femmes clairement dessinées en détail. Albini était fasciné par l'acceptation de ce genre de scènes dans la culture populaire japonaise. Les représentations de Rapeman furent souvent la cible de protestataires qui imaginaient que le groupe ironisait ou même encourageait au viol et à la violence contre les femmes. Albini a décrié ces critiques en les qualifiant de stupides, et arguant du fait que l'idéologie punk allait souvent dans le sens du féminisme. Le style du jeu était quelquefois une reminiscence du plus tradtionnel noise punk (comme sur Up Beat), d'autres fois comme un art rock singulier; le son de Rapeman donna sa marque de reconnaissance au style de guitare d'Albini. Le groupe s'est dissous pour des raisons personnelles, mais pas, comme selon certaines rumeurs l'affirmaient, suite à une dispute à propos de leur nom. Albini lança sa carrière de producteur et joua de la basse avec Flour avant de former Shellac. Sims se réunit avec l'ancien chanteur de Scratch Acid David Yow pour former The Jesus Lizard.
  • I Rapeman sono il secondo progetto musicale di Steve Albini. Creati dopo lo scioglimento dei Big Black nel 1988, i Rapeman (che prendono il nome da un controverso fumetto giapponese) sono formati da Albini, Rey Washam e David Wm. Sims (già negli Scratch Acid e futuro Jesus Lizard, Basso elettrico|basso). La musica è un ideale continuazione del discorso noise industrial intrapreso dal vecchio gruppo di Albini, solo che questa volta la musica è prodotta da stumenti veri e propri; via batterie elettroniche e campionatori: il suono dello stupratore diviene fisico, umano e/o sovraumano. Il gruppo incide inizialmente un singolo per la leggendaria etichetta Sub Pop, Song n.1/Inck's Butt Crack, due pezzi strumentali che miscelano rumore bianco a orchestrazioni alla Vivaldi. Poi è la volta del disco Two Nuns And A Pack Mule del 1989, uno dei dischi più violenti e seminali della storia del rock, seguito di li a poco dal Budd EP, quattro brani registrati live non presenti altrove che trovano un ideale epitaffio nella title-track, cronaca del suicidio in pubblico del repubblicano Budd. Il gruppo si scioglie subito dopo per le difficoltà che il loro nome comporta.
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  • Rapeman was an American noise rock group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums. In an interview, Albini reported that 'Rapeman' is ... the title character in a Japanese comic book that I had come across through a friend of mine. The comic book is just a total mind-bender.
  • Rapeman waren eine US-amerikanische Noise-Rock / Post-Hardcore-Band. Die Band bestand aus Steve Albini, David Wm. Sims und Rey Washam (beide ehemalige Mitglieder von Scratch Acid). Der provokante Name der Band (Rapeman, engl. "Vergewaltiger") ist – laut Albini – abgeleitet von einem japanischen Comic, in dem der Hauptcharakter Rapeman heißt. In diesem Comic werden detaillierte, realistisch gezeichnete Vergewaltigungsszenen gezeigt.
  • Rapeman était un groupe de noise rock américain fondé en 1987 et dissous en 1989. Ses membres étaient Steve Albini (ancien membre de Big Black), David Wm. Sims (ancien membre de Scratch Acid) à la basse, et Rey Washam à la batterie. Le nom de Rapeman (« ») provenait d'un manga qui contenait de nombreuses scènes de viols de femmes clairement dessinées en détail. Albini était fasciné par l'acceptation de ce genre de scènes dans la culture populaire japonaise.
  • I Rapeman sono il secondo progetto musicale di Steve Albini. Creati dopo lo scioglimento dei Big Black nel 1988, i Rapeman (che prendono il nome da un controverso fumetto giapponese) sono formati da Albini, Rey Washam e David Wm. Sims (già negli Scratch Acid e futuro Jesus Lizard, Basso elettrico|basso).
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