User:Jrice25/Immoral Corruptor



Immoral Corruptor is an american band, formed in Long Beach in 2008. Formed by Current Members James Rice and Jacob Fray, the band has changed names and members since its inception. Immoral Corruptor plays a wide variety of music ranging from Punk, Metal, Reggae, New Wave, and Ska, among others. Influenced by bands such as Metallica, Joy Division, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and Iron Maiden.

Formation As Nostalgia
Immortal Corruptor started as Nostalgia in 2009; Friends and Attendants of Cypress High School: Guitarist James Rice, Drummer Jacob Fray, and Bassist Corey Arredondo started playing together. The 3 practiced a song, written by james, preparing for a school talent show, only to change their song to Jealous Again by Black Flag at the last minute, only practicing that song an accumulated 30 minutes total. After Their | Performance they split up and stopped playing for a short period.

Reformation As The Minorities, Subsequent Name Changes, Hiatus
After their departure as Nostalgia, James Rice and Jacob Fray reunited but were missing a bassist. Jacob Fray's Friend and previous bassist, Jerome Thrash, was interested in joining. They had their first practice, as a still unnamed band, in a studio space in garden grove. James and Jerome hit it off very quick and soon became good friends. The Three settled on a name, The minorities, although James did not like it very much. After quite some time James insisted they change the name, the band chose "Am I Evil" as their name, still james was not completely set on the name. As Am I Evil they made popular underground songs such as "Murder" and "Kill Carpenter". At the idea that, with the name "Am I Evil", they would be considered a Metallica cover band, James once again requested a change of names. Jerome and Jacob came up with the name "Corrosive" and James Reluctantly agreed. After releasing several singles they began work on their first full length album titled "Vermin". April 1, 2009; A year after their first show as Nostalgia, the newly reformed Corrosive played at Cypress High School, playing "Demon King", becoming a fan favorite. Around the summer of 2009 the band took a short hiatus due to personal endeavors.

Side Projects During Hiatus
Although corrosive was in hiatus, the member continued to create music under different names. James Rice and Jacob Fray started Cambodian Genocide with friend Tyler Walent Putting out a Album entitled Starving the Masses featuring the song "I Hate". Jacob Fray and Jerome Thrash teamed together to create The Fuck-ups, a humor-rock band parodying songs such as Monster Mash (Monster Hash), and Woman by Wolfmother. James Rice started Interpersonal Robot Corporation, his solo music. IRC consisted of electronic, new wave, industrial, and techno music. His hit songs like "Victims of the Modern Age", "Step into the Night" and "Kill" won him much underground acclaim. Also during that time James Rice teamed up with his friend Christian "Rara" Adams in Fruit of the Twisted Vine. Christian would soon be a frequent guest in many of Immoral Corruptors future recordings.

=Post Hiatus Name Change to Immoral Corruptor=