Tag: Virginia

Ganja and Gore: The Legacy of Cannabis Corpse

Welcome to FYB’s Latest Music Post where We Answer the Question “What Do You Get when You Mix Legendary Death Metal Band Cannibal Corpse,  Cheech & Chong, Love of Horror Movies, and Low Brow Humor? The Answer is CANNABIS CORPSE!!! The Band’s Name is a Parody of the Aforementioned Death Metal Pioneers Cannibal Corpse, But Don’t be Mistaken  Cannabis Corpse plays 100% Original Songs. Along with Band’s Name Cannabis Corpse’s Album/Song Titles are also Parodies of Many Other Assorted Death Metal Band’s Album/Song Titles. The Band has Featured or Currently Features Members of the Bands GWAR, Six Feet Under, Municipal Waste, Antietam 1862, and The Black Dalia Murders.

The Name Cannabis Corpse was Coined in 1999 by Brothers Phillip “Landphil” and Josh “Hallhammer” Hall. It Wasn’t Until 2006 when the Hall Brothers Recorded a Demo along with Any “Weedgrinder” Horn that Cannabis Corpse became a Reality. Cannabis Corpse’s Demo would go on to Eventually become Their Debut Album Blunted at Birth. Soon after Their Demo Release Cannabis Corpse was signed as the First Band to Forcefield Records. It Helped that The Founders of Forcefield where Personal Friends of the Band, and are also Based in Richmond, Virginia.

                    

Cannabis Corpse on Cannabis Corpse:

“Cannabis corpse is a band that was born in the summer of 2006 as a way to express our love of smoking weed and listening to Cannibal Corpse. The tunes were recorded in Weedgrinders kitchen on a boss br 900 digital 8-track while slowly smoking away huge chunks of memory with the finest bud in oregon hill.We did it in the hopes of creating a band that got you stoned with a sick oldschool death metal sound alone! We can promise you that every growl, every guitar riff, and every drum beat was done when we were completely obliterated on sweet sweet chiba. We want people to spark up a doober and follow along with the lyrics so you can be transported into a horrific world where you are not safe from getting your weed stolen by bloodthirsty zombies or getting captured by an ancient cult that cultivates demonic weed with the blood and body parts of sacred ritual sacrifice!Your brain will be melted by this non stop audio assault!Enter into the chambers of bud!” -Cannabis Corpse-

                   

CANNABIS CORPSE CURRENT LINE UP:
  • Philip “Landphil” Hall – Bass (2006–Present), Vocals (2012–Present), Lead Guitar (2006–2008, 2012–2015), Keyboards (2011–2012)
  • Josh “HallHammer” Hall – Drums (2006–Present)
  • Adam Guilliams – Lead Guitar (2015-Present)
  • Ray Suhy – Rythme Guitar (2015–Present)

                   

PREVIOUS MEMBERS:
  • Nick “Nikropolis” Poulos – Guitars (2008–2012)
  • Andy “Weedgrinder” Horn – Vocals (2006–2012)
  • Brent Purgason – Lead Guitar (2012–2014)
  • Brandon Ellis – Lead Guitar (2014–2015)
TOURING MEMBERS:
  • Vic “Con-Vic” Anti – Guitars (2009)
  • Adam Jinch – Lead Guitar (2017)
  • Adam Guilliams – Lead Guitar (2018–Present)

                   

GUEST APPEARANCES:
  • Jeff “Wartom” Bush : 2006, Guest Vocals on “Force Fed Shitty Grass”
  • Will “Power” Towles : 2006, Guest Vocals on “When Weed Replaces Life”
  • Randy Blythe : Jan. 7, 2012, Guest Appearance at the ‘Cory Smoot Benefit Show’ and at the ‘Welcome Home Randy Blythe show’
  • Chris Barnes : 2014, Guest Vocals on “Individual Pot Patterns”
  • Trevor Strnad : 2014, Guest Vocals on “With Their Hash He Will Create”

                   

ALBUMS:

  • Blunted at Birth (2006)
  • Tube of the Resinated (2008)
  • Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise (2011)
  • From Wisdom to Baked (2014)
  • Left Hand Pass (2017)
  • Nug So Vile (2019)
  • Violence Unimagined (2021)

                   

EPs:

  • The Weeding (2009)
  • Splatterhash (2013) : A Split EP with the Death Metal Band Ghoul

Singles:

Blame it on the Bud (2011)

                    

LIST OF VIDEOS BELOW:

  • “Dawn of weed Possession” (Official Video Shot in a B Horror Slasher Movies meets Comic Book Style Format)
  • “Cylinders of Madness” (Animated Official Video)
  • “Gateways to Inhalation” (Concert Footage Focusing on the Fans/Audience)
  • “From Enslavement to Hydrobliteration” (Animated Official Video)
  • “Skull Full of Bong Hits” (Montage of Various Concert Footage)
  • Cannabis Corpse Live at Saint Vitus Bar, December 19th, 2014 (Full Set)

Thanks For Reading/Watching,

   Presented By Les Sober  

Virginia’s Most Notorious Urban Legend: The Bunnyman

The Following Newspaper Article was Published in The Washington Post on October 22, 1970.

MAN IN BUNNY SUIT SOUGHT IN FAIRFAX

“Fairfax County Police said yesterday they are looking for a Man who likes to wear a “White Bunny Rabbit Costume” and Throws Hatchets through Car Windows. Honest.

Air Force Academy Cadet Robert Bennett told the Police shortly after Midnight last Sunday He and His Fiancée were sitting in a Car in the 5400 block of Guinea Road when a Man “Dressed in a white suit with long Bunny Ears” ran from the nearby bushes and shouted: “You’re on Private Property and I have Your Tag Number.”

The “Rabbit” threw a Wooden-Handled Hatchet through the right front car window, the first-year Cadet told the Police. As soon as he threw the Hatchet, the “Rabbit” skipped off into the Night, Police said. Bennett and His Fiancee were not injured.

Police say they have the Hatchet, but no other clues in the case. They say Bennett was visiting an Uncle, who lives across the street from the spot where the car was Parked. The Cadet was in the area to attend last weekend’s Air Force-Navy Football Game.”

       

The Bunnyman is MOST often seen in Secluded Locations in Fairfax County Virginia though He has been Spotted Through Out the Entire State of Virginia. It is Believed The BUnnyman’s Primary Territory is the Area surrounding the Bridge (Known as The Bunnyman Bridge) along the W&OD Railroad Tracks. Some Say in the 1800’s 2 Mental Patients Escaped from a Near By Mental Asylum. One Patient was found a few Days Later Hanging from a Tree, the Other Patient was NEVER seen Again. Was this the Origin of the Legendary Bunnyman and if so What accounts for the Modern Day sightings in the 1970’s and 1980’s? Is it a Copy Cat or Possibly the Cursed Spirit of Bunnyman doomed to Roam the Earth wreaking Havoc on Virginia for all Eternity?! No One knows and probably NEVER will.

       

Reports of the Infamous Bunnyman first began in the 1970’s where Usually a Person in a White Bunny Costume carrying an Hatchet/Ax Scarring or Threatening Children or in some Cases Vandalizing Property.

By the 1980’s though the Bunnyman had Evolved into an Evil Entity Hell Bent on Murder who according to Most had committed SEVERAL BRUTALLY GRUESOME MURDERS Already. In one Story Bunnyman Allegedly Butchered His Entire Family before Fleeing into the Deepest, Darkest Parts of the Surrounding Forrest.

       

Brian A. Conly a Historian-Archivist working at the Fairfax County Library wrote a Summery of University of Maryland Patricia Johnson’s Paper on the Folklore of The Bunnymansimply titled “The Bunnyman” were She had interviewed 33 Locals to get Their accounts of The Bunnyman Phenomenon. Cony’s Summation is as Follows:

  • . 14 Different Geographic Locations for Bunnyman Encounters (Mostly in Virginia) are Mentioned.
  • 18 Encounters Involve The Bunnyman Chasing or Frightening People, Usually Children, with a Hatchet or Ax.
  • 14 Encounters report an Attack on a Cars.
  • 9 Witnesses/Victims claim Bunyman Attacked a Couple in a Parked Car.
  • 5 Witnesses/Victim’s accuse The Bunnyman of Vandalism on Homes or Buildings.
  • Only 3 instances Mention Murder/Murders allegedly committed by The Bunnyman.

       

So is The Bunnyman just a Eccentric Prankster? Is The Bunnyman just an ongoing Virginian Hoax? Is the Bunnyman a Blood Thirsty Murderer? Is Bunnyman an Evil  Supernatural Spirit still Roaming around in Virginia? Could Bunnyman possibly a yet Undiscovered Cryptid or could it be Bunnyman is just the Star of another Urban Legend We will mostly likely NEVER Know the Truth behind Virginia’s Illusive Bunnyman.

Thanks for Reading,

  By Les Sober