The Piss Shivers (band)
Encyclopedia
The Piss Shivers have the distinction (along with such groups as Flag of Democracy
and McRad) as being one of the longest running punk rock bands in Pennsylvania. Starting in the winter of 1993 singer/guitarist Cedric Crouch (a.k.a.Cedric Rokkgod) began making demo tapes with a multi track recorder and a drum machine. Realizing the limitations this created for live shows, a flesh and blood line up in the form of Dion Blade (bass) and Robert Alper (drums) soon followed. Crouch, who is the primary song writer, has been the only constant in the group. The rest of the band, primarily bassists and drummers have been a revolving line up based on their availability to record and tour. The band has extensively played shows and toured on the east coast and released numerous recordings such as the cds "Help, My Dog's A Skinhead", "Hepped Up On Goofballs" and "We're Cheap Dates" and has also appeared on many compilations put out by labels from the U.S., Ireland and Japan.
CD Compilations
7 Inch Compilations
Flag of Democracy
Flag of Democracy is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1982 and originally from Ambler, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The group plays a mixture of melodic punk, frequently with two-part vocal lines, and noisy, dissonant hardcore, often at extreme speeds – many F.O.D. songs push...
and McRad) as being one of the longest running punk rock bands in Pennsylvania. Starting in the winter of 1993 singer/guitarist Cedric Crouch (a.k.a.Cedric Rokkgod) began making demo tapes with a multi track recorder and a drum machine. Realizing the limitations this created for live shows, a flesh and blood line up in the form of Dion Blade (bass) and Robert Alper (drums) soon followed. Crouch, who is the primary song writer, has been the only constant in the group. The rest of the band, primarily bassists and drummers have been a revolving line up based on their availability to record and tour. The band has extensively played shows and toured on the east coast and released numerous recordings such as the cds "Help, My Dog's A Skinhead", "Hepped Up On Goofballs" and "We're Cheap Dates" and has also appeared on many compilations put out by labels from the U.S., Ireland and Japan.
Discography
Albums- Hepped Up on Goofballs (1997 Spine Punch Music)
- The Piss Shivers - Self titled cd collecting both released and previously unreleased tracks (2000 aua Records in France)
- We Are Cheap Dates (2003 Spine Punch Music)
CD Compilations
- Variety Pack (Narciscus Records)
- No Fate - World Hardcore Compilation (HG Fact records, Japan) Also appearing on this compilation are Snap-Her and Naked Aggression.
- Wood Panel Pacer Wagon with Mags (Vinyl 12" and 7" comp., 100 bands doing 30 second songs on Very Small RecordsVery Small RecordsVery Small Records is an independent record label, formed in 1989 by David Hayes, co-founder and former co-owner of Lookout! Records. The label releases primarily pop punk and punk rock records....
) Also appearing on this compilation are Boris the SprinklerBoris the SprinklerBoris the Sprinkler was a pop-punk band that formed in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1992, known for their zaniness and abnormality. Their aesthetic seemed to borrow from Devo and The Dickies. They display a sci-fi bizarro style reminiscent of Buckaroo Banzai....
, J. Church, Violent Society, Less Than JakeLess Than JakeLess Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...
and Blanks 77. - Sayin' bye bye to label slavery (Stink Box Records/Rotten Roll records)
- Pope Kevorkian presents ... Got A Match??? (Exploitation Records)
- No Royalties (Vinyl Comp by Bad People Records) Also appearing on this compilation are Charles Bronson Band, MK Ultra and Capitalist Casualties.
- Rumors from the Air Conditioned Tiger Pit (Rotten House Records Comp)
- Pay No Attention to What's Behind the Curtain(Stink Box Records CD comp) Also appearing on this compilation are The Cuffs.
- Best of the Best (Awesome Dawson Records CD comp) Also appearing on this compilation are Dropkick Murphy's, Blanks 77 and Showcase Showdown
- Junk Punk (Awesome Dawson Records cd comp)
- KAOS comp II ( Under the Volcano/Mother Box CD comp)
- Liverache - Tales from the Liver's Edge (double LP comp, Very Small Records). This is a comp about booze. Other featured bands include: Less Than Jake and The Wretched Ones .
- Rejected, Volume II (Rejected Records CD Comp, in Ireland) Also appearing are J. Church
- Evil Surfin Dred (Booz Records CD comp, Japan) Also appearing of the cd are The White Trash Debutantes and Krapp(UK)
- Punk For Life (Run and Hide Records) Other bands featured on this cd include; MDCMDCMDC usually refers to:*Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai , a Zimbabwean political party**Movement for Democratic Change , a former Zimbabwean political party that split in 2005 into the MDC-T and MDC-M...
, Kill The Witness and The Wretched Ones. - The International Punk Rock 10 disc Boxed set (Meathead records) Also appearing are the commercials, The White Trash Debutantes and the Bully's
7 Inch Compilations
- Berks County '98 (Rockin' House Records)
- Contents Under Pressure (Rockin' House Records) Also appearing are the FUX
Other media
- The Piss Shivers appear in the book "Anecdote, Stories From The Road" Compiled and edited by Rachael Almada (published by Bodach Press)
- The Piss Shivers provide the music for a punk rock group in the GMP Pictures/Red Letter Media feature film "Oranges the Movie"