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Choking Victim was an influential ska punk/hardcore punk (what they call
"Crack Rocksteady", a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which
Choking Victim's style was influenced by) band from New York City in the
1990s.
Background The band became hometown (C-squat in the Lower East Side of
Manhattan where they squatted) legends for their innovative music and
highly political lyrics. At the same time they also became infamous for
their Satanic imagery and numerous references to the vagrant lifestyle such
as crack-smoking, shoplifting, and squatting. They also, like many other
bands in the punk scene, have strong anti-police sentiments in their songs.
The band prides itself on its Atheism, often making sarcastic references to
Satan, for the sole purpose of being offensive, rather than any sort of
actual worship of the deity. In the songs on the album No Gods, No Managers
they use several excerpts from the lectures of poli
