Culture Abuse
Culture Abuse photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Ritz PDB
Background information
OriginSan 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
Websitecultureabuse.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

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 (5 April 2016). "Dead Friends, Cerebral Palsy, and Culture Abuse". Vice. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ Sacher, Andrew (3 April 2018). "Culture Abuse announce new album for Epitaph, 'Bay Dream,' share 'Calm E'". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ Ozzi, Dan (4 April 2018). "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.


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