Cue “Blame Canada”: It looks like things are escalating in a rock and roll border skirmish. First there was this story about Canadian band the Grey not being allowed to enter the States because they fudged the details on whether or not they’d be working while in the country. Now we hear that New York City death metal band Fecal Corpse were refused admission to Canada for similar reasons. Fecal Corpse (you know them, they sing that feel good hit “We Gang-Banged Your Mom … Again!”) were set to play two Toronto-area shows but never made it out of the US because Canadian immigration officials objected to the Corpse’s lack of proper work permits. Like the Grey, the band claims they were interrogated for hours and threatened with jail before finally being let go and served with all kinds of restrictions regarding their future dealings with Canada. Our fear: this could heat up into a full on trade war, with Bran Van 3000 caught in the middle.
Canada Retaliates in Rock Border War, Bans Gross-Out Metal Band
8/29/06, 11:41 am EST
Comments
a Canadian | 8/29/2006, 2:26 pm EST
Well, f**k you too …..
Personally, i would not go see the band, or buy their merchandise, but i can see where two or three people might …
Chuck | 8/29/2006, 2:53 pm EST
Death metal sucks anyways
tom wieler | 8/29/2006, 3:58 pm EST
thank you for calling it a “rock border war” when all this can be attributed to bands falling into similar circumstances due to similar laws of two countries. another reason to love the press.
Harry Balls | 8/29/2006, 7:06 pm EST
Lead singer of Fecal Corpse: “I’m Gay”.
Greg | 8/29/2006, 8:10 pm EST
Screw you chuck
zeke | 8/30/2006, 1:53 am EST
cant we all just get a long?
another canadian | 8/30/2006, 10:01 am EST
their shit is dead anyway
not a Canadian | 8/30/2006, 10:24 am EST
I cant understand why anyone wouldn’t want them to play. Fecal Corpse… That says a lot about the quality of their music. Genius.
not a Canadian | 8/30/2006, 10:25 am EST
Oh yeah, I almost forgot.
The lead singer in that pic looks like a total douche-bag.
fecalwhore | 8/31/2006, 12:34 am EST
long live ed
Zombie Fuckstick Massacre | 8/31/2006, 12:37 am EST
Fecal Corpse kick ass and their image don’t do them justice. If you like SFU or CC, you might check them out even though theyre a tad more brutal.
Bryan Adams #1 Fan | 8/31/2006, 12:46 am EST
They suck..
Axe wielder of darkness | 8/31/2006, 12:50 am EST
FUCK ALL YOU BITCHES FECAL CORPSE IS FUCKING BRUTAL AND YOU CAN NEVER AMOUNT TO THEM IN ANY WAY OR FORM AND CHUCK YOU FUCKING EMO LITTLE BITCH IT TAKES MORE TALENT TO PLAY DEATH METAL THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF MUSIC ALIVE TODAY OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DEATHMETAL IS NOT DEAD BUT YOU SHOULD BE
lady death | 8/31/2006, 12:53 am EST
you should all give up your lame argument.
who wants to play in gay canada anyway?
lady death | 8/31/2006, 1:07 am EST
I agree with Greg. Screw you upChuck!
death metal rules!and so does gorecore!
mike | 8/31/2006, 1:19 am EST
what the fuck is with you people??? Fecal Corpse is fucking amazing!!!!
Axe wielder of darkness | 8/31/2006, 1:26 am EST
F**K ALL YOU B****ES FECAL CORPSE IS F****ING BRUTAL AND YOU CAN NEVER AMOUNT TO THEM IN ANY WAY OR FORM AND CHUCK YOU F****ING EMO LITTLE B**** IT TAKES MORE TALENT TO PLAY DEATH METAL THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF MUSIC ALIVE TODAY OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT SO SHUT THE F*** UP AND DEATHMETAL IS NOT DEAD BUT YOU SHOULD BE
lady death | 8/31/2006, 1:31 am EST
i notice that whatever we have to say is being edited. if you didnt want us to speak our minds on the subject, why the hell did you bring up the subject anyway?
I am also in a gorecore band. and it takes a helluva lot of talent to even pull off being so brutal. none of you posting comments about this issue know what the hell you are talking about.
A fan ov true musick! | 8/31/2006, 2:20 am EST
Canadians are not poeple anyways.
It’s very sad that poeple this days don’t know what real musick is…. FUKK ROLLING STONE!
HAILS FECAL CORPSE!!!!
josh | 8/31/2006, 2:41 pm EST
fecal corpse is the shit, and ill fight any of you bitch ass canadians who think otherwise!
axe wielder | 8/31/2006, 7:44 pm EST
i’m with josh any of you canadians wanna die?
Barry Manilow | 9/1/2006, 12:21 pm EST
Music is Music, Man…..But PLEASE bring back Box Car Willie
ChaChi | 9/1/2006, 12:28 pm EST
Canada blows anyway.
ChaChi | 9/1/2006, 12:29 pm EST
Canada blows anyway!
Canada rocks! | 9/1/2006, 12:35 pm EST
Are death metal fans idiots, or do their posts only suggest this? Can any of you type out a sentence that doesn’t include the “F” word?
Toronto is in Ontario (look at the map, if you know what that is. It’s in something called an Atlas) not in Quebec, which is the lone French speaking province in the country.
Do us all a favor and stay out of Canada. They’ve got some of the greatest beer going and they invented the incredible game of hockey as well as bringing us great bands like Rush and the Guess Who, groups that will be around for more than two years.
I don’t see Canada wasting billions of dollars on pointless wars and I don’t see people in numerous countries burning Canadian flags.
I’m not from Canada, but I’m fortunate enough to live near there.
Hail Canada | 9/1/2006, 12:39 pm EST
Canada just made it to the top of my favorite countries list. Any country that would deny a shit band like this work is A-OK in my book. It’s amazing what crap gets called music these days.
Lame Canuck Slayer | 9/1/2006, 12:44 pm EST
Rush blows and the Guess Who are long gone.
right in the nuts | 9/1/2006, 1:13 pm EST
If gives A F**K about some Shitass death metal band no one gives a F**k about anyway
Death Metal give a me
F**KING BREAK
Can’t Play and Can’t sing
Pavle | 9/1/2006, 1:21 pm EST
After waiting at the border to cross into the USA, I don’t think it is inappropriate to deny access to Canada for a “band” that doesn’t have a work permit. Canada constantly gets blamed as a access point for terrorists entering the US. If you, or any other Americans want easier access to Canada, you should try and stop trying to suck and blow at the same time!
RealRockFan | 9/1/2006, 3:39 pm EST
This article isn’t about a “crappy death metal band” its about a real issue going on, so lets comment like its a real issue.
Just to rant:
IF any of you were really fans of rock music you’d like death metal too, not just say it “sucks” and “they cant play” without backing it up. You try to play the drums at over 200bpm, rip your guitars apart (melodically that is), scream your lungs out everynight on stage and then tell me these guys can’t play. I’m a huge fan of all music (except maybe country and r+b) and I just find it saddening when people disrespect music they haven’t even given a second thought about. Does the music suck because you listened to a 10 second clip and couldn’t stand the double bass drumming and vocals? ITS ALL MUSIC PEOPLE. Come on, I don’t say I hate every band coming out today because all the drum beats are the same and the recording industry tells them what to put out. I’m not going to lie and say I don’t like some pop-punk, some mainstream rock, but I also love metal and I just hate to see people rip it apart without giving it a chance.
Canada rocks! | 9/1/2006, 11:07 pm EST
Gee that’s funny, the Guess Who played here a year ago, and to say that Rush sucks is to show one’s own ignorance. What are they celebrating, something like 35 years in the business?
And if you want to talk drummers and you cannot admit that Neil Peart is among the best, then you have absolutely no musical credibility with this longtime listener.
Throw in the Tragically Hip as another great Canadian band. Anyone who would name their band Fecal Corpse doesn’t deserve to be allowed into another country to play.
Give me Opeth any day. They weren’t denied access into Canada when they came through with Porcupine Tree a few summers back.
chris hansen | 9/2/2006, 1:48 am EST
Canadians are beautiful people.
Our government is so full of shit and so is anybody from nu yawk who thinks that their shit don’t smell. So fuck new york every which way.
changeling | 9/2/2006, 2:26 pm EST
Interesting that the fans of this lame named band can’t stay on the subject, nor form coherent sentences. Canada was right in detaing the band. The US does this regularly to musicians entering the country and no one whines and cries about it so much. Take what you dish. Oh, and I do live in the USA, but that does not mean I agree with it’s policies. (For the fans of this particular death metal band I’ll simplify: fecal corpse shud knot bee aloud 2 plai anywere exept in space.) Good move Canada, now get to work on stopping you asinine Seal slaughters.
RushSucks | 9/2/2006, 5:05 pm EST
35 years in the businuess because their record label writes all their meteral? Come on man, anything popular today is all produced and put out so that EVERYONE loves it (old people, 13 year old girls, ect… my little sister listens to rush for chirsts sake), thats why underground music is the only way to go, whether it be underground rock, metal, hip hop, ect. Underground acts write all their own meterial and then maybe hire a producer to make it sound “good” (clean up the music a bit, ect.), but not totally write all their music and force them to put certain songs on their albums. Any popular artist today and yesterday are all money hungry whores that don’t do it for the music, but do it for the fame and money.
GENGHI | 9/3/2006, 11:23 pm EST
This planet would be heaven without the presence of any stupid warmonger American Fucks. So please, Yankees, blow yourself out!
MIKE.BEERS. | 9/23/2006, 9:50 pm EST
It’s funny how many people feel the need to rant about how shitty death metal is..
If you have no interest in it then don’t read or post about it..
Go put on some Coldplay.. I’ll be kicking back drinking a PBR and listening to some GUT
AxCx | 10/22/2006, 4:10 pm EST
yeah, i love Fecal Corpse, but they didn’t have the work permits so tyey kind of should be sent back, but it is bull that they were held for hours.
and also saying that a death metal singer cant sing is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. professional singer try to sing with both vocal chords, death metal is singing with both sets. much more talented than many singers out there.
and a lot of people are making half assed comments that dont even support their side, so shut up
and neil peart has nothing on Buddy Rich (a jazz drummer who developed a lot of death metal techniques) or Derek Roddy from Hate eternal that guy is fucking insane. you dont like it because along the lines of your bullshit mainstream shit. fuck you
DebbieDivine@DivineInkTattoos | 10/30/2006, 1:47 am EST
Ed is a good friend of mine and it really sucks that Ed & Fecal Corpse acn spread their filth to the Canadians. they need a little feces in their bowls. Ed & his boyz fucking rule.
A fan of Fecal Corpse. | 1/7/2007, 9:52 pm EST
As much as I love NYDM, (Mortician being my favorite band) I think Fecal Corpse should not have been let into Canada if they did not fill out the paper work correctly. Should they have been detained and banned from the country all together? No. There is no “good party” here, but it’s sad that musicians can’t go to countrys and play for their fans because they messed up some paper work. Same goes for any Canadian bands.
Wow... | 2/24/2007, 11:37 pm EST
90% of the people who have commented are retarded and just pussies who need to fight behind keyboards. Stop digressing from the issue and bashing each other, everyone has their own opinions. If you dont like Fecal Corpse, ok, the situation is affecting music as a whole, not just one band. Ok, Canada did their job. However, personally, I think it was taken too far. To be banned from the country for a year because of this…thats just dumb. But theres probably more to the story. I happen to know these guys, my band has played a few shows with them. Theyre really not bad people. They can be wiseasses at times, but who isnt, honestly?
Points:
-dont bash others’ opinions
-theres 3 sides to every story; a, b, and the truth.
-Where the hell does Rush come into this?
-DONT STEREOTYPE
tommy kieffer | 8/17/2007, 2:26 pm EST
my take in the subject goes like this, WORK VISA? WORKING PAPERS? not to shit on fecal corpse, i am a fan, but ive played in the death metal scene since 1999 and i cant believe that they would be making more than 250$ a show and thats being generous, which would all be in cash! the government is going to use the reason of working papers? the canadian government as well as the us government is way out of line to use that reason. if the reason was that they looked like a terrorist or something that would be different but for lousy working papers thats stupid. so rather than bicker with each other lets blame big government for wanting to much control. by the way i am for government and registered republican and definatly not an anrchist or anything like that just tryin to look at thr facts.

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