COC is easily one of the most underrated bands in music - regardless of genre. Their ability to bridge the gap between punk, metal, and southern rock while forging a sound entirely their own is nothing short of legendary. COC’s depth, versatility, and sheer power as a band have kept me a dedicated fan for nearly 40 years. I’ll always go out of my way to see them live and support anything they create. Thank you, COC, for your enduring contributions to the world of music - your impact is undeniable and deeply appreciated.
@sethputnamsghost the first 2 albums with pepper were pretty groundbreaking. Bands were grunge, glam, thrash, metal but they weren't groove rock/metal with a great singer and awesome lyrics. The only comparison is suicidal tendencies, they both followed the same path and formula
CoC is criminally underrated. The deeper you dive into their catalog the better it get. Growing up in the 90's these guys were in constant rotation for me.
After hearing Mine Are The Eyes Of God, I spent 3 weeks trying to find the album. Being a Metalhead was a challenge before The Internet,Amazon,social media and Spotify. You had to work for it!
WHO'S GONNA FEED THAT HUNGRY CHILD?????"😎😎😎😎 being from NC. too, i felt a connection kinda sorta. loved their spiked skull logo which was heavy in the mid 1980s, and heard these lyrics from Technocracy and dug it, but i really fell in love when they threw out the punk music and became southern metal. and that sabbath sound hooked me for sure! at 54 I'm still going to see and listening to these guys. AMERICAS VOLUME DEALER is my favorite album but they are all great.😎😎😎🎶🎶🎶☠☠☠🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇😎
In Seattle we were blessed. We had Fallout Records, an entire store dedicated to punk and underground music in general. They set the standard for the other record stores in immediate surrounding area. Prior to that I lived in a small town near Tacoma. The record store there had a tiny punk section that included such legendary punk bands as AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and The Split Enz.
drove a couple of them around in the 90's in seattle as part of my duties as an assistant to colombia records promotion manager. nice guys. great show. i think they were doing a show for kisw.
I'm from New Orleans and I've known Pepper since he was 17 and I was 14. I remember being at two different C.O.C. shows that Pepper also attended many years before he joined the band. C.O.C. was touring with D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) when they came to New Orleans twice in 1985. We were very fortunate that NOLA had a busy Hardcore/Punk scene back in the day, so we got to see all of the best bands.
I saw the C.O.C. / D.R.I. show in the mid-eighties. One of the most hardcore shows of my life, a full on chaotic brawl. Some punks jumped a long haired metal dude and started ripping out his hair by the handful. I heard there was some stabbings too. I thought I was hardcore punk, but also a long haired metal head. It left me conflicted in my sensibilities. Nobody in those days thought the two would come together it seemed. Eventually it did. Peace.
Boston had a great scene too, I got to see some legendary shows in venues so intimate it was impossible to not catch strays of either fist, elbow or entire body projectiles. Thank God I was young enough that it was all pure fun and excitement 4 me
oh, duh, I got to see both C.O.C & DRI at least a couple times each, I could've even seen them on that same tour but my memory ain't the greatest for details that far back
I don’t throw around the term underrated like it gets thrown around today. But COC is legit one of the most criminally underrated bands out there. I love all the Pepper fronted albums following, but Blind was something special. Karl Agell was killer on it. Killer band. Killer albums. I wish they came up more in conversation.
Funny little story: I was reading the comments in the video for Clean My Wounds and this dude said his daughter use to say "Help me Jesus, help me clean my room." I swear it freaking tickled me! 😂
@@rnrtruestories You are truly a breath of fresh air on youtube! ( I'm not just saying that). Music has been a deep passion of mine ever since I was a child ( I came from a family of musicians,so I learned that every genre has diamonds). Thank you again my friend!
Yeah Raleigh! We love COC here ❤ *I actually know John Custer very well! My dad's an old NC native musician. His band Nantucket was signed to Epic in the 70s, so he was buds with John (and everyone else you could imagine!) Pretty cool. He's 74 and still jams like hell
So happy to see this episode. I grew up down the road from Raleigh, and I've had some dealings with the COC guys. They're super nice, and as authentic as they come.
I would love to hear more. This is one of my favorite bands of all time. I have been supporting them since “Deliverance” was released. I feel like that COC is way underrated.
Corrosion is one of the best heavy bands I’ve ever heard. Great musicians and lyricists, they have a badass sound that is instantly recognizable. I hope they continue to pound us into submission for many years to come!
I'm from Raleigh. I've run into all these dudes countless times. Great band. Nice vid you made on them. Hell ye I want you to cover some more of their history.
It's so crazy looking back now. I used to go see COC around Raleigh anytime I freaking could! Reid was young and fun and beautiful and vibrant. It sucked hearing of his loss. Such incredible memories of my younger years ❤
Glad you covered this band. I remember owning Technocracy and, in the years that followed, seeing t-shirts. I now know that I knew absolutely nothing about what happed after 1990 or so.
COC are definitely one of my all-tine favorite bands. Saw them in a little club during the Blind tour, and it's still one of my favorite shows. Please tell the rest of their story, as I ended up finding out about Reed's passing over a year after it happened - when KNAC changed formats, metal news in L.A. died. I'd love to hear more about what they've been going through while I was out of the loop.
I saw them in Philly. After the show, I'm hanging out, they are packing up, when one of them asked "You all know some place we can stay " I was house-sitting that weekend, so I invited the band to stay at my place. One of the guys slept in the van with the gear, the rest in the house. I remembered they liked Bustelo coffee. I was told by them that their sound was going to change and I probably wouldn't like it. My COC story
I remember in 1990 my neighbor showing me a COC ad in a skate magazine. He was like I gotta hear this band their logo is awesome. I remember when they blew up in 1994. Deliverance is an awesome album.
I had the same experience in the mid 80s (skater kid in S. Cal) - the introduction was a game changer for me!! True pioneers that made it acceptable to listen punk and metal.
When me and buddy were young we listened to those punk albums but as we got older we got into grunge and rock and metal and when C.o.C. and suicidal tendencies crossed over, they were phenomenal. Blind is really good and deliverance is fantastic, still have all their albums to this day, thank God.
Great piece. C.O.C is and will forever be one of my favorite bands. Being a teenager in the mid to late 90’s in Raleigh, I would go and see them play every time they were in town. Seeing them play with System of a Down, Incubus, Nothingface, Machine Head and Buzzoven was awesome. Please expand on this from Wiseblood to today. Thank you for posting.
I was a fan when they were hardcore, and I became an even bigger fan as they progressed. I used to see them regularly when I was in the Marine Corps. They played a place In Wilmington, NC called The Mad Monk. It burned down in the early 90’s. But I got to watch the transition first hand shooting pool with Phil Swisher and drinking beer with them after many shows. I think what Pepper Keenan brought to the table with his guitar work was really a game changer. Woody is a phenomenal player, but there was something about the tone Pepper got out of his guitars that just made things different in a great way.
I saw the C.O.C. / D.R.I. show in the mid-eighties. One of the most hardcore shows of my life, a full on chaotic brawl. Some punks jumped a long haired metal dude and started ripping out his hair by the handful. I heard there was some stabbings too. I thought I was hardcore punk, but also a long haired metal head. It left me conflicted in my sensibilities. Nobody in those days thought the two would come together it seemed. Eventually it did. Peace.
I bought animosity when it first came out. I was just a young lad back then. I'm 58 years old now, and I'm still rocking corrosion. Almost everyday love Wise blood love America's volume dealer, love, blind love, animosity, love deliverance. One of the most underrated bands ever Even the crossover between pantera and corrosion to ban down all of it, I love all of it
I've been a fan since the mid 80s and was surprised and delighted with Blind and there following work. Seen them at Milwaukee Fest back about 25 years ago. They were great!
COC is such a good band, I think I first heard them on a snowboard video in the early nineties along with white zombie. Both of them are still some of my favorite bands. More COC , thanks
I have that cassette, bought after reading the review in MRR and maybe even heard it on their radio show. Much like DRI, they were great then they went metal.
That was awesome. I grew up in Raleigh and saw COC at the battle of the bands with their first singer I think in 84-85. They where the best band. I spent many years seeing them after always a good time.
So much more to this story... the fabulous 3 piece lineup raging again and releasing 2 albums while Pepper was busy with Down (apparently until Phil's unfortunate on stage moment that I won't mention here), the legend Reed Mullin dying, the inimitable Mike Dean quitting again
What other topics do you want to see me cover?
The band rhapsody
Fields of the Nephilim !
Clutch or black label society.
How bout 'Brother Cane'?
Rival Sons
Corrosion of conformity has always been in my top 10 favorite bands. They are so fucking under rated in my opinion.
I''ve listened most to Blind.
Saw them open for Metallica in 97. 👍
one of THE TIGHTEST BANDS IVE EVER SEEN HANDS DOWN LIVE.
They’re extremely good, love this band and they don’t get the credit they deserve
My buddies band Weedeater has toured with them several times. Said they are really cool
One of the most underrated bands ever.
💯
That's good though,when bands get to big they sell out and it's never as good.
So true see them live dead nuts there guitar tone, is one of kind sick awesome
COC is easily one of the most underrated bands in music - regardless of genre. Their ability to bridge the gap between punk, metal, and southern rock while forging a sound entirely their own is nothing short of legendary. COC’s depth, versatility, and sheer power as a band have kept me a dedicated fan for nearly 40 years. I’ll always go out of my way to see them live and support anything they create. Thank you, COC, for your enduring contributions to the world of music - your impact is undeniable and deeply appreciated.
Needs a part 2, Their connection with Pantera and the Down albums
100%!
Absolutely!🤘
Agreed 🤙🏼
Down was just Pepper.
Phil n Pepper are friends.
Maybe not after Phil’s racist rants but they were.
I’ve seen DOWN 3 times pantera twice n COC 25 or so
Huge fan of Corrosion Of Conformity especially with the BLIND album. This is a great episode
Thanks!
High school days. Blind was a very underrated album. Voting With A Bullet is very relevant these days.
Great band !! Thanks 🙏
Reed's drumming on that album is unmatched!!!
Karl Agell!!..top 10 album for me...at 56yo!!
"I see the world through bloodshot eyes" will forever be the best opening lyrics to any song in the 90s 🤘
Clean my wounds 🤘
My favorite CORROSION song, the vocals are sick
@@kasabianrage7487 the drumming on Mine are the eyes of God is GodLevel musicianship.🤘
Bleeding soul leads to a bitter mind. He said it happens every time.🤘
@sethputnamsghost the first 2 albums with pepper were pretty groundbreaking. Bands were grunge, glam, thrash, metal but they weren't groove rock/metal with a great singer and awesome lyrics. The only comparison is suicidal tendencies, they both followed the same path and formula
CoC is criminally underrated. The deeper you dive into their catalog the better it get. Growing up in the 90's these guys were in constant rotation for me.
After hearing Mine Are The Eyes Of God, I spent 3 weeks trying to find the album. Being a Metalhead was a challenge before The Internet,Amazon,social media and Spotify. You had to work for it!
Underground stores were the best. If you didn't have them around you, sorry. My sympathy.
BMG and Columbia House gave me a good outlet for music back then
@joshmajinvegetawix9462 Oh wow, I forgot about that! 12 tapes for a penny or something and it was always in the back of magazines.
WHO'S GONNA FEED THAT HUNGRY CHILD?????"😎😎😎😎 being from NC. too, i felt a connection kinda sorta. loved their spiked skull logo which was heavy in the mid 1980s, and heard these lyrics from Technocracy and dug it, but i really fell in love when they threw out the punk music and became southern metal. and that sabbath sound hooked me for sure! at 54 I'm still going to see and listening to these guys. AMERICAS VOLUME DEALER is my favorite album but they are all great.😎😎😎🎶🎶🎶☠☠☠🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇😎
In Seattle we were blessed. We had Fallout Records, an entire store dedicated to punk and underground music in general. They set the standard for the other record stores in immediate surrounding area. Prior to that I lived in a small town near Tacoma. The record store there had a tiny punk section that included such legendary punk bands as AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and The Split Enz.
Definitely need part 2! Would love to see what you can dig up on the Wiseblood era. And maybe a little of the Down 1 early days 🤘
drove a couple of them around in the 90's in seattle as part of my duties as an assistant to colombia records promotion manager. nice guys. great show. i think they were doing a show for kisw.
I've been listening to them for decades and never knew all this history. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Part 2! Part 2! Rock on, my friends!
More of the story, please
Absolutely criminally underrated band. Coc needs to be a household name.
100%
I'm from New Orleans and I've known Pepper since he was 17 and I was 14. I remember being at two different C.O.C. shows that Pepper also attended many years before he joined the band. C.O.C. was touring with D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) when they came to New Orleans twice in 1985. We were very fortunate that NOLA had a busy Hardcore/Punk scene back in the day, so we got to see all of the best bands.
I saw the C.O.C. / D.R.I. show in the mid-eighties. One of the most hardcore shows of my life, a full on chaotic brawl. Some punks jumped a long haired metal dude and started ripping out his hair by the handful. I heard there was some stabbings too. I thought I was hardcore punk, but also a long haired metal head. It left me conflicted in my sensibilities. Nobody in those days thought the two would come together it seemed. Eventually it did. Peace.
Boston had a great scene too, I got to see some legendary shows in venues so intimate it was impossible to not catch strays of either fist, elbow or entire body projectiles. Thank God I was young enough that it was all pure fun and excitement 4 me
oh, duh, I got to see both C.O.C & DRI at least a couple times each, I could've even seen them on that same tour but my memory ain't the greatest for details that far back
Seen them here in Helsinki twice, fantastic band.
Pepper is such a cool guy. Being in Phils band DOWN was so amazing. I saw them so many times live
I don’t throw around the term underrated like it gets thrown around today. But COC is legit one of the most criminally underrated bands out there.
I love all the Pepper fronted albums following, but Blind was something special. Karl Agell was killer on it. Killer band. Killer albums. I wish they came up more in conversation.
Yes! Corrosion is my of the most underrated bands of all time. 🤘🏻
Would love ❤ to hear the rest of "COC" story. Great band. Have seen them a couple of times, they've always put on a great show. 🤘😎
1:19 their name was awesome, but their logo was even better!!! I rocked my COC T all through highschool, (88-1992)!!!
I still do🤘
Same still got mine
One of my favorites since I was a kid. Please do the rest of their story.
Funny little story: I was reading the comments in the video for Clean My Wounds and this dude said his daughter use to say "Help me Jesus, help me clean my room." I swear it freaking tickled me! 😂
Blind, Deliverance and Wiseblood, all sound as great today as they did on their initial releases.
For a few years now, I have always enjoyed your videos. THANK YOU for having such great content!!
Wow, thank you!
@@rnrtruestories You are truly a breath of fresh air on youtube! ( I'm not just saying that). Music has been a deep passion of mine ever since I was a child ( I came from a family of musicians,so I learned that every genre has diamonds). Thank you again my friend!
Got their skull logo tattooed on my forearm 🤘🤘🤘
Saw the video for Vote With a Bullet and my mind was blown. Figuratively.
Blind is one of those albums that I don't listen to for a long time but when I do, its a no skip near perfect that I listen to for a few weeks
Definitely cover the rest of their history including what the various members are doing now.
More COC! Less one-hit wonders! Thanks for all your hard work, regardless!!
COVER THE REST! Pepper's tone is one of the sickest in the history of metal. 'Broken Man' is a great song too
You get it @rcknrllfreak! Amazing one
Yeah Raleigh! We love COC here ❤
*I actually know John Custer very well! My dad's an old NC native musician. His band Nantucket was signed to Epic in the 70s, so he was buds with John (and everyone else you could imagine!) Pretty cool. He's 74 and still jams like hell
Shout out to John Custer... Love your production work with COC and Cry Of Love!!!
@WilliamClark-uj1uo Cry of Love! Shit, I haven't thought of them in ages!
Pepper Keenan singing "Lord of This World" is legendary!
So happy to see this episode. I grew up down the road from Raleigh, and I've had some dealings with the COC guys. They're super nice, and as authentic as they come.
Deliverance is a killer album!
Yeah, I'd love to see a second video covering the remaining albums. Being from Raleigh, I was always curious about their change from punk to metal.
Thank you for sharing this story with us! ❄️☃️🎄✌🏼
You are so welcome!
Animosity - still one of the top albums ever
I would love to hear more. This is one of my favorite bands of all time. I have been supporting them since “Deliverance” was released. I feel like that COC is way underrated.
Corrosion is one of the best heavy bands I’ve ever heard. Great musicians and lyricists, they have a badass sound that is instantly recognizable. I hope they continue to pound us into submission for many years to come!
Another banger bro!! Haven't thought about COC in years but they're back in my playlist rotation after this video! Thank you sir!
You are welcome!
I'm from Raleigh. I've run into all these dudes countless times. Great band. Nice vid you made on them. Hell ye I want you to cover some more of their history.
Yep, definitely need a part 2! Seen these guys 3x, spanning early 90s - now, and earthshaking every time!
It's so crazy looking back now. I used to go see COC around Raleigh anytime I freaking could! Reid was young and fun and beautiful and vibrant. It sucked hearing of his loss. Such incredible memories of my younger years ❤
Glad you covered this band. I remember owning Technocracy and, in the years that followed, seeing t-shirts. I now know that I knew absolutely nothing about what happed after 1990 or so.
ntinue the COC storyline please and thank you for your research and presentations here. Happy Holidaze y’all 🎄
You are very welcome! More heavy music coming Wednesday!
These guys "ROCKED" in the 90's...!!! Breath of stale air.
One of my favorite bands.
I live in Raleigh and I'm a COC fan. Thanks so much for making this!
I have always been and always be a COC fan! RIP Reed Mullins! A very underrated drummer IMO!
Yes cover the rest of c.o.c.
Man! Great job! Definitely going to need a Part 2.
Deliverance and Wiseblood were an amazing stretch in the 90’s!
Dude I’ve been waiting for someone to do this 🤙🏾
Thanks for this! A part 2 would be great!
Yes tell more of their story please! Best band from NC all year! 🤘
For me , Eye for an Eye, Technocracy and Animosity will always have a place in my collection. After that I feel they went a different path....
Yeah Man!! Keep going on COC! GREAT video so far!!
COC are definitely one of my all-tine favorite bands. Saw them in a little club during the Blind tour, and it's still one of my favorite shows.
Please tell the rest of their story, as I ended up finding out about Reed's passing over a year after it happened - when KNAC changed formats, metal news in L.A. died. I'd love to hear more about what they've been going through while I was out of the loop.
Yes!! Please cover more C.O.C. love this band. Been listening to them for 30+ years
I saw them in Philly. After the show, I'm hanging out, they are packing up, when one of them asked "You all know some place we can stay " I was house-sitting that weekend, so I invited the band to stay at my place. One of the guys slept in the van with the gear, the rest in the house. I remembered they liked Bustelo coffee. I was told by them that their sound was going to change and I probably wouldn't like it. My COC story
One of my favorite bands. Heard them on a dirt bike video tape when I was a kid, listened to them ever since
Rest in Paradise Reed🕯️.Blind is one of my all time favorite albums.🤘
I remember in 1990 my neighbor showing me a COC ad in a skate magazine. He was like I gotta hear this band their logo is awesome. I remember when they blew up in 1994. Deliverance is an awesome album.
I had the same experience in the mid 80s (skater kid in S. Cal) - the introduction was a game changer for me!! True pioneers that made it acceptable to listen punk and metal.
Definitely need to hear the rest of the story!
Yes definitely cover more. These guys are so interesting, tons of material to cover
When me and buddy were young we listened to those punk albums but as we got older we got into grunge and rock and metal and when C.o.C. and suicidal tendencies crossed over, they were phenomenal. Blind is really good and deliverance is fantastic, still have all their albums to this day, thank God.
Great piece. C.O.C is and will forever be one of my favorite bands. Being a teenager in the mid to late 90’s in Raleigh, I would go and see them play every time they were in town. Seeing them play with System of a Down, Incubus, Nothingface, Machine Head and Buzzoven was awesome. Please expand on this from Wiseblood to today. Thank you for posting.
Yes, please continue their history! COC has standing that spans different mediums
Yes please cover the rest of the story , a big thank you from North Carolina
Deliverance is a monster album. Probably one of my favorite albums ever.
I was a fan when they were hardcore, and I became an even bigger fan as they progressed. I used to see them regularly when I was in the Marine Corps. They played a place In Wilmington, NC called The Mad Monk. It burned down in the early 90’s. But I got to watch the transition first hand shooting pool with Phil Swisher and drinking beer with them after many shows. I think what Pepper Keenan brought to the table with his guitar work was really a game changer. Woody is a phenomenal player, but there was something about the tone Pepper got out of his guitars that just made things different in a great way.
Technocracy is an amazing album
I saw the C.O.C. / D.R.I. show in the mid-eighties. One of the most hardcore shows of my life, a full on chaotic brawl. Some punks jumped a long haired metal dude and started ripping out his hair by the handful. I heard there was some stabbings too. I thought I was hardcore punk, but also a long haired metal head. It left me conflicted in my sensibilities. Nobody in those days thought the two would come together it seemed. Eventually it did. Peace.
I saw the same thing happen at a DRI show in the early 2000 in Vegas!
Definitely do the rest of the story
"Blind" is still one of my all-time faves.
Just a monster riff factory.
I bought animosity when it first came out. I was just a young lad back then. I'm 58 years old now, and I'm still rocking corrosion. Almost everyday love Wise blood love America's volume dealer, love, blind love, animosity, love deliverance. One of the most underrated bands ever
Even the crossover between pantera and corrosion to ban down all of it, I love all of it
One of my favorites. I would love to hear more about their later sounds and albums. That would also touch on Down. Another band whose sound I loved.
I've been a fan since the mid 80s and was surprised and delighted with Blind and there following work. Seen them at Milwaukee Fest back about 25 years ago. They were great!
Yeah man cover the rest of it. COC have been one of my favorite bands since they were punks
"Blind' is such a great album, my fav from them. Used to buy music gear where they bought guitars. Good guys.
Yes, please make more COC videos
More COC is always welcome, what a great band with great songs.
I enjoy all the iterations / style they play. 🤘🏼
Been waiting for this one!!! Another of COC please!
COC is such a good band, I think I first heard them on a snowboard video in the early nineties along with white zombie. Both of them are still some of my favorite bands.
More COC , thanks
80s COC is my jam, but I've learned to appreciate the Southern stoner metal stuff of the 90s on.
COC with Pepper on vocals is one of the most underrated bands to ever exist.
Yes please for part 2 - what a great band 🤘🏼
I've lived here in Central North Carolina for almost 50 years so, hell yeah I'm a COC fan. I've always liked that Woody and I have the same birthday.😊
Their first release was a cassette compilation called N.o C.ore that also had No Labels, Colcor, and one other band.
That other band was called No Rock Stars.
I have that cassette, bought after reading the review in MRR and maybe even heard it on their radio show. Much like DRI, they were great then they went metal.
That was awesome. I grew up in Raleigh and saw COC at the battle of the bands with their first singer I think in 84-85. They where the best band. I spent many years seeing them after always a good time.
Yes part 2 eye for an eye one of my all time favorites. Also changing back to a 3 piece for 2 albums.
YES a part 2 please.
Well done.
Thanks
Corrosion kicks ass period!
I grew up in Eastern Ky and the closest hard rock / metal station was in WV. I heard COC way too much in my teens.
So much more to this story... the fabulous 3 piece lineup raging again and releasing 2 albums while Pepper was busy with Down (apparently until Phil's unfortunate on stage moment that I won't mention here), the legend Reed Mullin dying, the inimitable
Mike Dean quitting again
I love those two "interim" albums with the classic 3 piece lineup.
Yes, part two please.
I wish C.O.C. got the recognition they deserve. One of the all time greats
Part 2 required. Excellent job on one of my all time favourites. Thanks
IDGAF about what 'style' or 'label' is attached to it, but Deliverance is one of my favorite albums and one of the best of the 90s.