Culture Abuse

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Culture Abuse
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Culture Abuse photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Ritz PDB
Background information
Origin San Francisco, California
Genres
Years active2013–2020
Labels6131, Epitaph
Past members
  • David Kelling
  • Ross Traver
  • Nick Bruder
  • John McCarthy
  • Shane Plitt
  • Anthony LaSalle
  • Matt Walker
  • Anaiah Lei
Website cultureabuse.bandcamp.com

Culture Abuse was an American rock band, originally hailing from San Francisco. The band released two full-length albums. The first album, titled Peach, was released in 2016 on 6131 Records. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, Culture Abuse signed to Epitaph Records and released their second full-length album titled Bay Dream. [4] [5] Besides their music, the band is notable for their lead singer, David Kelling, having cerebral palsy. Kelling sought to fight the media narrative of "a normal human, then you have a disabled person" and show parents that "their kid can be a hero too". [6] Culture Abuse disbanded as of July 2020 due to sexual misconduct allegations against Dave Kelling. [7]

In 2021, the song "So Busted" was featured at the end credits for The Suicide Squad .

Discography

Studio albums

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References

  1. Mandel, Leah. "Culture Abuse Premiere Unruly New Single 'Dream On'". The Fader . Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. Ranjanathan, Branan. "Culture Abuse: Peach". Exclaim! . Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. Hodge, Lukas. "Dead Friends, Cerebral Palsy, and Culture Abuse". Vice . Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. Sacher, Andrew. "Culture Abuse announce new album for Epitaph, 'Bay Dream,' share 'Calm E'". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. Ozzi, Dan. "Culture Abuse's David Kelling Wrote an Album to Let His Mom Know He's Sorry". Vice. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. Shearlaw, Maeve (Aug 25, 2017). "'I'm getting over hating myself': how to front a punk band with cerebral palsy". The Guardian. Retrieved Dec 29, 2019 via www.theguardian.com.
  7. "Culture Abuse split up following sexual misconduct allegations against frontman David Kelling". Kerrang! . 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.