Hewhocorrupts Explained

HeWhoCorrupts
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Chicago, United States
Genre:	Hardcore punk Grindcore^[1]
Label:	Hewhocorrupts, Inc.
Current Members:	Tommy Camaro (Ryan Durkin) Cory Lockheart^[2] Rory Lockheart Caz U.L. Friday Maxwell Brotherhood Shredmoore Ross Boneyard
Past Members:	Mike Costello (vocals - Optimus Prime) Theo Katsaounis (bass - Optimus Prime)

Hewhocorrupts is a Chicago-based grindcore band most known for their songs mocking Metallica, making reference to the notorious allegations of the group having sold out by parodying the band's song titles with their own business-related counterparts: Ride the Lightning is retitled Ride the Limo and Master of Puppets becomes Master of Profits. This jab of satire is carried through the entire band's style. Their own site refers to them as "Hewhocorrupts Megacorp.", and they appear in a costume of business suits and aviator sunglasses informally known as "hardcorporate", in reference to other styles such as hardcore, grindcore, etc.^{[3] [4]}

Members of the band were in the power violence/grindcore band Kungfu Rick and in Authority Abuse. The band Hewhocorrupts operates a record label, Hewhocorrupts, Inc., which has released albums by such artists as: 7000 Dying Rats, Authority Abuse, Don't Worry About It, Fordirelifesake, Fork Knife Spoon, Godstomper, Holy Roman Empire, Infestation of Ass, John Brown Battery, (Lone) Wolf & Cub, Mexican Cheerleader, Not Enough Gold, Plague Bringer, Russian Circles, Stillwell, Third Degree, Tower of Rome, Tusk, Wilbur Cobb.^[4]

Discography

Studio albums

• Ten Steps To Success CD (2003, Sinister Label)^[5]
• Ten Steps To Success LP (2003, 625 Trashcore / Forge Again Records)
• The Discographer CD/2xLP (2004, Forge Again Records, Level Plane Records, Scenester Credentials, Init records, Slave Union and Underground Communique Records)
• Der EU-Investitionsantrag 12" (2005, Bloom Explode)
• Golden Parachute LP (2022, Forge Again Records)

Singles / Splits / EPs

• Split-CD with Wilbur Cobb 7" (2000, Vendetta Records)
• Split-CD with Tusk 7" (2001, Hewhocorrupts Inc.)
• Split-CD with Godstomper CD / 7" (2001, Blind Date Records)
• Split-CD with Third Degree 7" (2002, Selfmadegod Records)
• Split-CD with Infestation of Ass 7" (2002, Anthem For Doomed Youth Records)
• Master of Profits CD / 7" (2002, Forge Again Records)^[3]
• Split-CD with Don't Worry About It (2003, Walk In Cold Records)
• Split 7" with Fordirelifesake 7" (2002, Forge Again)
• Split-CD with Fork Knife Spoon 7" (2004, Calls And Correspondence)
• The Smell Of Money CD (2005, Eugenics)^{[6] [7]}
• Microeconomics CD (2006, Bloom Explode / Level Plane Records)^[8]
• Microeconomics 7" (2008, Gilead Media)
• Split-CD with Graf Orlock 7" (2009, Level Plane Records)
• Split 7" with Chica X (2009, Cassette Deck)
• "Machine Death" Cassette Tape Release - as Optimus Prime, included on The Discographer CD.

External links

• • Hewhocorrupts band website
• Hewhocorrupts record label

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music . Chicago Reader . 31 . December 19, 2019.
2. Web site: He Who Corrupts . AllMusic . August 19, 2024.
3. Web site: Miller . Andrew . Hewhocorrupts . . August 19, 2024.
4. Web site: Our Profit Margin Could Be Your Life . . August 19, 2024 . May 1, 2007.
5. Web site: Hewhocorrupts - Ten Steps To Success . www.punknews.org . August 19, 2024 . October 10, 2003.
6. Web site: The Smell of Money [EP] - He Who Corrupts ]. AllMusic . August 19, 2024.
7. Web site: He Who Corrupts - The Smell of Money EP . Exclaim! . August 19, 2024.
8. Web site: Hewhocorrupts - Microeconomics . www.punknews.org . August 19, 2024 . November 3, 2006.