The Cunts

The Cunts are one of the oldest and quite possibly (along with Skafish) the longest running punk/garage bands in Chicago. They've released a ton records from the late 70s well into the 21 century. Their label, Disturbing Records, might be considered the very first punk label in Chicago.

Original Lineup

 * Mike Pocius - Vocals
 * Joe Pocius
 * Al Scum - Drums
 * Mickey Crnich - Guitar
 * Jocko aka Frank Brodlo

Later Members

 * Fred Kotowske - Farfisa Organ
 * Chris Kirkendall - Bass
 * Al Lerner - Guitar
 * Rick Gallo - Keyboard
 * Fred Kotowske - Keyboard
 * Ken Goodman
 * Jel?
 * Michael Hernandez de Luna
 * Ivan Stankowicz
 * Killian Sweeney
 * Vyto B.

Singles

 * Chemicals In The Mail 7" (Disturbing, 1978)
 * 500 copies on orange label, 2500 on yellow label
 * 1) Chemicals In The Mail
 * 2) Why Do You Live On My Block


 * We're Going To Crash 7" (Disturbing, 1980) - 2000 copies
 * 1) We're Going To Crash
 * 2) Penguins Addicted To Molasses


 * A Date With Disaster 7" (Disturbing, 1982)
 * 2000 copies w/ two different sleeves and labels
 * 1) A Date With Disaster
 * 2) There Are Electrical Filaments On My Hamburger


 * Open Your Mind 7" (Disturbing, 1983) - 600 copies
 * 1) Open Your Mind
 * 2) Musician In A Bathtub


 * Apocalyptic Breakfast 7" (Disturbing, 1984) - 1500 copies
 * 1) Apocalyptic Breakfast
 * 2) Turn Of Night


 * Wrench - Joe's Poem - Golden Garden (No Label, test pressing)
 * Only four copies made

Albums

 * It Came From Out Of The Garage LP (Disturbing 1984)
 * Live, 1000 copies
 * Re-released as The Fires Of Spring, 2500 copies


 * A Decade of Fun 1978-88 LP/CD (Pravda Records, 1988) - 2500? copies
 * Side one is a re-release of singles, side two is unreleased material
 * 1) Chemicals in the Mail 2) Why Do You Live On My Block 3) Penguins Addicted to Molasses 4) We're Going to Crash
 * 5) A Date With Disaster 6) Turn of Night 7) Open Your Mind 8) Blow Your Mind 9) Perfect Fade Out
 * 10) Mystery of You 11) Golden Garden 12) Joe's Poem Part One 13) Wrench 14) President on a Platter


 * Look Out LP (Disturbing 1991)
 * 1000 copies
 * Side One - 1: My Baby's an Atomic Bomb, There's a Monster Head On My Baby, Blast, Eyes of Love, Brian's Got an Axe, Happiness, The Deepest Cut.
 * Side Two - My Brain Flew Out the Window, Don't Shoot Me I'm Your Mother, I Hate Reggae, Full Moon, 13 Books.


 * Midnight Party CD (Disturbing, 1993) - 1000 copies
 * 1) Wound Too Tight 2) Another World 3) Joined Together at the Head 4) Song of the Blind Man
 * 5) Around the Corner 6) Alone 7) Blue Rhythm 8) Jump Off a Bridge
 * 9) Shot Glass 10) Gone Away 11) Midnight Party 12) Fire Dance


 * Why Baby? CD (Disturbing, 1995?)
 * 1) Swim 2) Psycho Garage Thing 3) Why Baby? 4) Why? 5) What Cannot Be
 * 6) Big Mistake 7) All Messed Up on You 8) Dog with Human Head 9) Man Hanging Off Cliff with...
 * 10) Ivan's Cha Cha 11) Abstract Salamander Dilemma 12) Society's a Drag 13) Pop Song
 * 14) Jet Fuel Spill 15) Fun 16: Sad Thing


 * Remember We Have Fun CD (Resonance, 1988)


 * Oh No It's The Cunts CD (Disturbing, 2002)
 * LA LA LA CD (2003?)
 * Eat My Nuts CD (Disturbing, 2004)
 * 1) Girl In Plastic Nightgown	2) I'm Upset 3) Steel Foundry 4) Strong
 * 5) Youre The One 6) Stupid World, Stupid Me 7) Playin' 8) Please Go Away
 * 9) I'm Inside Your Brian 10) Soto Gets His Groove 11) I Was Born In A Crack House 12) Life is Stupid
 * 13) Here She Comes 14) Action Girls 15) Why Don't We Do It 16) Somebody


 * A Secret History of CD (Disturbing)
 * 1) Abstract Salamander Dilemma 2) Society's a Drag 3) Ivan's Cha Cha 4) Wound Too Tight
 * 5) Hey Little Girl 6) Midnight Party 7) My Baby's An Atomic Bomb 8) There's a Monster Head on My
 * 9) Brian's Got An Axe 10) Don't Shoot Me, I'm You're Mom 11) I Hate Reggae 12) Blow Your Mind
 * 13) Chemicals in the Mall 14) A Date With Disaster 15) Apocalyptic Breakfast 16) C*nts Theme
 * 17) There Are Electrical Filaments On My Hamburger 18) Fires of Spring 19) Jukebox in Heaven 20) Every Crease...
 * 21) Cracked Cat

Compilations

 * Beasts From The East (Voxx LP)
 * 12 x 12 - Chicago Compilation (Acme)
 * What Wave magazine cassette +ACM- 20
 * What Wave magazine cassette +ACM- 21
 * Hartbeat magazine EP +ACM- 17