No Gods, No Managers
Album by Choking Victim
Released	March 30, 1999
Recorded	March - April 1998
Genre	Ska punk
Length	41 min 40 s
Record label	Hellcat
Producer	Mike Trujillo
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	1.5 stars out of 5	link

No Gods, No Managers is a music album by ska punk band Choking Victim. The album was released in 1999 through Hellcat / Epitaph Records and re-released on LP format by Epitaph in 2004. Being the sole full-length album of Choking Victim, it became hugely popular in the punk scene. It inspired many nascent bands, and the band members of Choking Victim went on to form other bands, most notably Leftover Crack. An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Choking Victim was an influential ska/punk/hardcore (what they call Crack Rock Steady, a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which Choking Victims style often included) band from New York City in the 1990s. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Ska punk is a fusion of Jamaican ska and British and American punk rock. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music prodcuer) is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia Science of Music... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Ska punk is a fusion of Jamaican ska and British and American punk rock. ... Choking Victim was an influential ska/punk/hardcore (what they call Crack Rock Steady, a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which Choking Victims style often included) band from New York City in the 1990s. ... See also: 1998 in music, 1999 in British music, other events of 1999, 2000 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Leftover Crack is a band that rose from the remains of the seminal ska/punk band Choking Victim, which released a small number of very-low budget albums in the mid-90s. ...

The tone of the album is largely dark and pessimistic, with lyrics and artwork containing Satanic imagery. The album cover is decorated with various "dark" symbols. This is commonly regarded as a ploy to obtain shock value. Satanism is a religious or philosophical movement centered around Satan or another entity identified with Satan, or centered around the forces of nature, particularly human nature, represented by Satan as an archetype. ... Shock value is the potential of an image, text or other form of communication to provoke a reaction of disgust, shock, anger, or similar negative emotion. ...

Track listing

1. 500 Channels - 2:40
2. In Hell - 2:05
3. Crack Rock Steady - 3:04
4. Suicide (A Better Way) - 2:53
5. In My Grave - 2:48
6. Fucked Reality - 2:28
7. Money - 3:32
8. Hate Yer State - 2:50
9. Fuck America - 2:19
10. War Story - 2:53
11. Five-Finger Discount - 2:32
12. Praise to the Sinners - 2:11
13. Living the Laws - 9:19

Personnel

• Band members:
  • Stza - guitar and vocals
  • Ezra - guitar and vocals
  • Shayne - bass and vocals
  • Skwert - drums and vocals
  • Tommy Trujillo - flamenco guitar
• Mike Trujillo (Producer, Mixing)
• Choking Victim (Producer, Mixing)
• Geoff Sykes (Mastering)
• Mike Dy (Mixing Assistant)
• Phil Kaffel (Engineer)
• John Srebalus (Assistant Engineer)
• Eric Drooker (Artwork)