LEFTÖVER CRACK

Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998 following the breakup of its predecessor Choking Victim, sharing band members Stza & Alec Baillie until Alec’s tragic death during the COVID 19 pandemic & crisis in November of 2021. The band is currently releasing new & previously unreleased music & will be reissuing all of their previous albums, with the exception of their debut LP “Medicore Generica” (which remains on Hellcat/Epitaph Records for the time being). Manufactured & distributed by MVD in North America, Leftöver Crack’s own Recidivist Bible Camp record label has just recently released its first song & video for the track “Shooticide” from the upcoming Leftöver Crack EP: “Abandon the Precincts” to be released “this winter” on RBC records & psalms.

(Song: https://leftover-crack.bandcamp.com/track/shootacide   Video: https://youtu.be/_ri8Gvx9ypU) 

Here’s a link to “the meaning” of the song “Shooticide” https://www.tumblr.com/crackdaddycaine The EP also features two songs recorded during the “Constructs of the State” LP sessions: “The Dead” co-written by Stu Daly of Dublin, Ireland’s legendary “Chewing on Tinfoil” aka “Chewy” & Stza, it features vocals by the late Erik Peterson of Philadelphia’s beloved Mischief Brew & a song called “Manger Danger” co-written by Stza with the Huntington Beach based team of Brad Logan & Donny Morris, who also played together in the hard-core band “Rats in the Wall”.  Leftöver Crack’s current touring line-up consists of Scott Sturgeon aka Stza Crack (vocals, guitar, synth), Tibbie X (vocals, synth), Marc Cody (bass, vocals) Talon Demeneo (guitar, vocals), Jon Yi (guitar, vocals) & Ethan Nickles (drums). Leftöver Crack has both defied genre pigeon-holing while creating the “Crack Rock Steady” musical genre (along with LöC predecessors Choking Victim & No Commercial Value) which mixes anarcho-punk with ska, hardcore, garage, crust-punk & the gloriously unholy metal trifecta of thrash, doom & death. All of this & many other styles are combined with grating crust-punk vocals delivered with a snotty snarling attitude by a multitude of genders & an endless list of vocal & musical inspirations including vastly contrasting musics from top 40 pop from the last 50 Years, to 90’s hip hop, early 80’s goth, late 80’s “alternative”, indie rock & most styles in between & outside of every box. The lyrical content is mostly political & of a radical leftist nature, opposing religion, capitalism, authority & prejudice. Members of Leftöver Crack’s band & crew reside at C-Squat near Tompkins square park in the Lower East Side of New York City. Band members have had a well-known history of back-and-forth conflict with the NYPD which precedes the band’s formation. The name “Leftöver Crack” is explained by Stza as being “an oxymoron”, based on the idea that crack cocaine addicts are known for vigorous use, and are unlikely to have any “leftover”(s).