Background

The Crack Rock Steady 7 refers to seven musicians of the New York City crack rocksteady scene, most of which are the current members of Leftöver Crack. They get the name from the pre-reggae genre rocksteady, and their obsession with crack cocaine. Although the CRS7 was a band in its own right for a short time, it is more accurately an association of seven musicians. The Crack Rock Steady Seven played as the original 7 member band once. These 7 musicians also formed the bands Leftöver Crack, The Infested, Niño Zombi, Star Fucking Hipsterz, Choking Victim, Morning Glory, No Commercial Value, INDK, and probably many other side projects. Leftöver Crack sometime plays under the guise of the CRS7 at venues where Leftöver Crack has been banned. Today, the CRS7 generally refers to two different entities: the first being The Infested with Sturgeon on vocals and the second being a collaboration between Sturgeon and Mexican ska/punk band Niño Zombi, aptly titled the Crack Rock Steady 7 Mexico. These bands 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. These bands prides themselves on their Atheism, often making sarcastic references to Satan, for the sole purpose of being offensive, rather than any sort of actual worship of the deity. New York, NY redirects here. ... Crack Rocksteady is a musical genre coined by the band Choking Victim who started off in 1993 playing local shows in the famous C-Squat scene. ... Leftöver Crack is a band that emerged following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim around the year 2000. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rocksteady is the name given to a style of music popular in Jamaica between 1966 and 1968. ... A pile of crack cocaine ‘rocks’. Crack cocaine is a form of cocaine. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Leftöver Crack is a band that emerged following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim around the year 2000. ... Choking Victim was an influential ska/punk/hardcore (what they call Crack Rocksteady, a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which Choking Victims style was often included by) band from New York City in the 1990s. ... Morning Glory is one of the many bands to spawn from Choking Victim, led by Ezra Crack. ... No Commercial Value was a Punk/Ska band that existed on the Lower East Side from 1990 to 1993. ... From the ashes of the political ska punk band Choking Victim, came two bands. ... Leftöver Crack is a band that emerged following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim around the year 2000. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Chien Rouge in Lausanne, a squat held in the old hospital. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1975 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and The Clash. ... The 18th-century French author Baron dHolbach was one of the first self-described atheists. ... For other uses, see Satan (disambiguation). ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Lineup

The original lineup of the Crack Rock Steady Seven is:
Scott Sturgeon - Vocals
Ezra Kire - Lead Guitar
Alec Bin Ballie - Bass
Ara Babajian - Drums
Brad Logan - 2nd Guitar
Josh Guara - Samples
Marina Crack - Backing Vocals

External links

• Crack Rock Steady Infö
• Unofficial Leftöver Crack Website With Message Board