WE ARE CHUM OUT! YOU ARE NOT CHUM OUT!

When Tommy Meehan (THE MANX, DEAF CLUB, etc.) and Jimmy Turner met in 2007, they immediately started spewing chum-chunks and crotch-grime onto the LA noise/punk scene in the form of unruly chaotic noise and short bursts of blasty punk songs about exploding priests and decapitated brats. Playing shows mostly in their speedos at the countless underground venues that seem to bubble up and then disappear in and around Los Angeles, the two have been gay-bashed from hick-bars and embraced by weirdos over the years. Hiatus’s are common but the duo always seems to come back around for new releases and fresh strings of live sets.

Their discography includes some nasty beaters:

In 2009 they released the very first SWEATBAND release as a SPLIT with DJ EMBRYONIC PETIT SAC. It wasn’t until 2016 that the next release came out in the form of “AMERICAN FAGGOTS”. 2018 brought on the 4” Lathe Cut record entitled, “PRISON SHIT”. 2019 marked the completion of their “DEATH ORB” cassette. 2020 brought forth the aptly titled single, “NOW DUST SURROUNDS YOU”.

FFO: The Locust, Street Sects, Author and Punisher, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantômas, Mr. Bungle, Daughters, Genghis Tron, Mike Patton, etc.

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