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Crimpshrine
Origin	Berkeley, California, USA
Genres	Punk
Years active	1982- 1989
Associated acts	Tilt, Pinhead Gunpowder, Fifteen, The Thorns Of Life
Members
Aaron Cometbus Pete Rypins Idon Bryant Jeff Ott Paul Curran

Crimpshrine was a punk rock band from Berkeley, California. It was formed by Aaron Cometbus, founder of the seminal punk rock zine Cometbus, and a friend, Jeff Ott. The band's origins go back to 1982. Within D.I.Y. communities, the band is often considered one of the most important punk bands, especially in the Bay Area scene.

Contents 1 Members 2 Biography 3 Discography 4 External links

[edit] Members

• Aaron Cometbus - Drums (later of Pinhead Gunpowder among many, many others)
• Jeff Ott - Vocals/Guitar (later of Fifteen)
• Pete Rypins - Bass (1986-1988) (later of Tilt and The Tantrums)
• Idon Bryant - Second Guitar (1987-1988)
• Paul Curran - Bass (1988-1989) (later of Go Sailor and Onion Flavored Rings, as well as a one-time editor of Maximum Rocknroll)

[edit] Biography

Crimpshrine originally formed in 1982 with Aaron Elliot (a.k.a. Aaron Cometbus) playing drums and Jeff Ott on guitar. Crimpshrine switched to a more traditional lineup in 1984, with Jeff switching to guitar and vocals and adding Pete Rypins on bass. The band grew out of the East Bay scene, centered around 924 Gilman Street, and had an important influence on later East Bay bands such as Operation Ivy, Green Day and punk rock in general. Crimpshrine toured the U.S. once in 1988. In Gainesville, Florida, after ongoing tensions, Pete and Idon and their roadie left the tour and the band leaving Jeff and Aaron stranded with a guitar, drumsticks, and drum kit. Paul Curran was courted to join the stranded band on bass. He and his brother Jack drove out in a Ford Pinto and finished the tour with Jeff and Aaron, also playing on a few recordings. Aaron played drums for Screeching Weasel and Ben Weasel played bass for Crimpshrine for two shows around Chicago.

A tribute album was released to both Crimpshrine and Fifteen in 1996 by Microcosm Records.

[edit] Discography

Title	Label	FMT	Date
Studio albums
Sleep, What's That?	Lookout Records	7"	1988
Quit Talkin' Claude	Lookout! Records	7"	1989
Lame Gig Contest	Musical Tragedies	12"	1988 or 9
Duct Tape Soup	Lookout! Records	CD/12"	1992
The Sound of a New World Being Born	Lookout! Records	CD/12"	1998
Compilations and splits
Turn It Around	Very Small Records	Double 7"/12"	1987
Caution	Skene Records	7"	1988
The World's in Shreds, Vol. 1	Shredder Records	7"	1988
The World's in Shreds, Vol. 2	Shredder Records	7"	1989
Make The Collector Nerd Sweat	Very Small Records	10"	1989
Crimpshrine / Mutley Chix	No Idea Records	7"	1989
Crimpshrine / G-Whiz	No Reality	7"	1990
Jawbreaker / Crimpshrine	Skene Records	7"	1993
Forward Till Death	Lookout! Records	CD	1999
The Thing That Ate Floyd	Lookout! Records	CD/12"	2002

[edit] External links

• Crimpshrine page on Lookout! Records website
• Crimpshrine fan site