Man Is the Bastard was an American hardcore punk band based in Claremont, California. The band existed from 1990 to 1997, releasing mostly vinyl splits, extended plays, and albums on obscure labels from around the world. By 1997, the group ended and members all went on to do other projects, such as the noise group Bastard Noise, which originally started out as a Man Is the Bastard side project. They are typically seen as part of the 1990s powerviolence movement.

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Man is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as powerviolence. Based in Claremont, California, the band existed from 1991 to 1997, releasing many vinyl records on DIY-punk labels from around the world. Man is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as powerviolence.

Man Is the Bastard has been described as powerviolence (a term that was created by Matt Domino, a member of Eric Wood's previous band Pissed Happy Children), hardcore punk, noise rock, and sludge metal. The band's "set up" included two bass guitars, as well as dual vocals, performed by Wood and Kenyon. The band is also notable for their extensive use of noise, even going as far as creating the noise side-project Bastard Noise, which still actively make releases to this day. This heavy noise influence was brought into the band's sound in part by band member. Label: Vermiform Records.

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The mysterious noise rock combo known as Man Is the Bastard was a project put together by Eric Wood and Joel Connell after they had left hardcore outfit Pissed Happy Children. Dubbing the band "power violence," the sound was a brutal mix of complicated technical riffing and straight-up hardcore. Making things even more interesting were the member's interest in the burgeoning noise scene, something that affected their music greatly. The group lasted until 1997, when they mutually decided that if they continued they would no longer make quality music.

Man Is the Bastard - Our Earth's Blood (Vermiform, 1993. Neanderthal - Kill, Eat and Breed (Sound Company, 1991. Neanderthal, Blatant Yobs (Old World Records, 1991. Scapegoat - S/T (Painkiller, 2006. Machetazo, Abscess - Split (Throne, 2004. Teen Idles - Anniversary (Dischord, 1996. LP Worship the Skull! 351.

Genre: Other Album: Sum of the Men "The Brutality Continues. by Charred Remains .

The noise rock combo known as Man Is the Bastard was a project put together by Eric Wood and Joel Connell after they had left hardcore outfit Pissed Happy Children. Members were interested in the burgeoning electronic noise scene, something that affected their music greatly.