Crippled Black Phoenix

Crippled Black Phoenix
Origin	United Kingdom, Sweden
Genres	Progressive rock, post-rock, ambient, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Invada, Domino, Mascot Label Group
Associated acts	Electric Wizard, Hearts of Black Science, Gonga, Iron Monkey, Mogwai, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Scarlatti Tilt
Website	www.crippledblackphoenix.co.uk
Members	Justin Greaves Daniel Änghede Jonas Stålhammar Mark Furnevall Daisy Chapman Ben Wilsker Tom Greenway

Crippled Black Phoenix is a rock group from the United Kingdom centred around the multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves.^[1] Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix's albums and played with them during their live shows.^[2] The band have released nine studio albums, one mini album, two EPs and a number of singles.^[3]

History

Members of the band used to play in other bands (including Iron Monkey, Gonga, Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Hearts of Black Science and others).^[4][5] In 2004, Justin Greaves began recording primitive sounds he had had in mind for years. He was encouraged by Dominic Aitchison, and their ideas would lay the backbone for Crippled Black Phoenix. The name of the band was initially an idea of Jim Rushby, guitarist of Greaves' previous band, Iron Monkey and taken from the lyrics (by Johnny Morrow of Iron Monkey), of "Big Loader," a song on the debut album Iron Monkey.^[6]

Although originally having an unorthodox start, since all the band members were part of and busy with other projects at the time of the band's founding, Crippled Black Phoenix remained committed to staying together and forged their sound. The band writes what they call "endtime ballads,"^[7] signifying both the slightly macabre nature of their songs and their unusual blend of styles as the final evolution in music. This blend has led to them being called everything from stoner-prog to freak-folk to doom.^[8]

Crippled Black Phoenix have made live shows a focus and have performed in unusual venues, using Victorian-era instruments in tandem with more modern instruments.^[9] From December 2014, Justin Greaves and former guitarist Karl Demata were engaged in a legal dispute over the registered trademark of the band's name.^[10] In the second half of 2015 the issue was resolved and Greaves announced a new line-up of the band that included Daniel Änghede (vocals, guitars), Mark Furnevall (keyboards), Ben Wilsker (drums), Daisy Chapman (piano/vocals) Jonas Stålhammar (lead guitar), Tom Greenway (bass) and Belinda Kordic (vocals).^[11] This sextet recorded the Oh' Ech-oes EP that included covers of the Pink Floyd songs "Echoes" and "Childhood's End".^[12]

Kordic and Greaves formed the duo Se Delan and released the album The Fall on Kscope in April 2014.^[13]

Band members

Current members Justin Greaves – electric guitar, drums, saw, keyboard, acoustic guitar, banjo, effects, samples Daniel Änghede - Vocals, electric guitar Tom Greenway - Bass Mark Furnevall – synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals Ben Wilsker – drums Daisy Chapman - Piano, Vocals Jonas Stålhammar - electric guitar

Collaborators Kostas Panagiotou Dominic Aitchison Nial McGaughey Andy Semmens Thomas Elgie George Elgie Dave Greaves Guy Metcalfe Geoff Barrow Michael L.B. West Danny Ashberry Baz Barrett Merijn Royaards Joe Volk Charlotte Nicholls Matt Simpkin John E. Vistic Miriam Wolf Chrissie Caulfield Mark Ophidian Karl Demata Christian Heilmann Charlie Romijn Matt Williams

Discography

A Love of Shared Disasters (2006 Invada records)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Lament of the Nithered Mercenary"	2:36
2.	"Really, How'd It Get This Way?"	4:49
3.	"The Whistler"	9:45
4.	"Suppose I Told the Truth"	5:03
5.	"When You're Gone"	5:35
6.	"Long Cold Summer"	10:34
7.	"Goodnight, Europe"	6:08
8.	"You Take the Devil Out of Me"	4:23
9.	"The Northern Cobbler"	7:32
10.	"My Enemies I Fear Not, But Protect Me from My Friends"	6:34
11.	"I'm Almost Home"	5:32
12.	"Sharks & Storms" / "Blizzard of Horned Cats"	8:19

200 Tons of Bad Luck (2009)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burnt Reynolds"	8:41
2.	"Rise Up and Fight"	5:42
3.	"Time of Yer Life" / "Born for Nothing" / "Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire"	18:36
4.	"Wendigo"	3:49
5.	"Littlestep"	5:55
6.	"Crossing the Bar"	7:11
7.	"Whissendine"	4:57
8.	"A Real Bronx Cheer"	0:34
9.	"444"	5:48
10.	"A Hymn for a Lost Soul"	2:24
11.	"A Lack of Common Sense"	7:23
12.	"I Am Free, Today I Perished"	6:02

The Resurrectionists / Night Raider (2008/2009 Invada Records)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burnt Reynolds"	8:41
2.	"Rise Up and Fight"	5:45
3.	"Whissendine"	4:57
4.	"Crossing the Bar"	7:05
5.	"200 Tons of Bad Luck"	5:53
6.	"Please Do Not Stay Here"	3:17
7.	"Song for the Loved"	13:38
8.	"A Hymn for a Lost Soul"	2:24
9.	"444"	5:49
10.	"Littlestep"	5:52
11.	"Human Nature Dictates the Downfall of Humans"	7:40
12.	"Time of Ye Life" / "Born for Nothing" / "Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire"	18:42
13.	"Wendigo"	3:52
14.	"Bat Stack"	3:46
15.	"Along Where the Wind Blows"	2:19
16.	"Onward Ever Downwards"	3:44
17.	"A Lack of Common Sense"	7:15
18.	"Trust No One"	3:29
19.	"I Am Free, Today I Perished"	6:05
20.	"The vinyl-only extra tracks:"	0:01
21.	"Physical (You ar so), Originally Adam & the Ants, This CBP version was never "Officially" released"	3:21
22.	"Like a Mexican love, Unfinished demo by Jeffery Lee Pierce, CBP recorded it for "We are only riders" JLP Project"	2:52
23.	"Let me put my love into you, Originally by AC/DC, CBP version part of the "Back in Black-Reduxe" for Classic Rock"	5:37
24.	"Run Like Hell, Originally by Pink Floyd, CBP version was released on "The Wall Rebuilt" for MOJO Magazine"	5:41

I, Vigilante (2010 Invada Records)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Troublemaker"	8:33
2.	"We Forgotten Who We Are"	10:47
3.	"Fantastic Justice"	7:54
4.	"Bastogne Blues"	12:01
5.	"Of a Lifetime"	6:45
6.	"Burning Bridges"	2:30

(Mankind) The Crafty Ape (2011 Mascot Music Production)[14]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nothing (We Are...)" (Chapter I: A Thread)	1:25
2.	"The Heart of Every Country" (Chapter I: A Thread)	10:04
3.	"Get Down and Live With It" (Chapter I: A Thread)	7:11
4.	"(In the Yonder Marsh)" (Chapter I: A Thread)	4:11
5.	"A Letter Concerning Dogheads" (Chapter I: A Thread)	6:24
6.	"The Brain / Poznan" (Chapter I: A Thread)	7:37
7.	"Laying Traps" (Chapter II: The Trap)	4:45
8.	"Born in a Hurricane" (Chapter II: The Trap)	3:31
9.	"Release the Clowns" (Chapter II: The Trap)	5:23
10.	"(What?)" (Chapter II: The Trap)	1:35
11.	"A Suggestion (Not a Very Nice One)" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	5:54
12.	"(Dig, Bury, Deny)" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	2:08
13.	"Operation Mincemeat" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	6:58
14.	"We Will Never Get Out This World Alive" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	4:12
15.	"Faced With Complete Failure, Utter Defiance Is the Only Response" (Chapter III: The Blues of Man)	14:50

No Sadness or Farewell (2012) CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"How We Rock"	12:24
2.	"Hold On (so goodbye to all of that)"	6:54
3.	"What have we got to lose?"	10:33
4.	"One armed boxer"	3:21
5.	"Jonestown Martin"	6:30
6.	"Long live independence"	5:24

No Sadness or Farewell (2012 Mascot Music Production) LP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"How We Rock"	12:24
2.	"Hold On (so goodbye to all of that)"	6:54
3.	"One Armed Boxer"	3:21
4.	"Jonestown Martin"	6:30
5.	"Long Live Independence"
6.	"Maniac Beast"	5:24

White Light Generator (2014) CD + LP[15]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweeter Than You"
2.	"NO! (pt1 & pt2)"
3.	"Let’s Have An Apocalypse Now!"
4.	"Black Light Generator"
5.	"Parasites"
6.	"Northern Comfort"
7.	"Wake Me Up When It’s Time To Sleep"
8.	"Caring Breeds The Horror"
9.	"You’ll Be Murdered"
10.	"We Remember You"
11.	"A Brighter Tomorrow"

References

1. "2012 interview" Tom McKibbin, 'Justin Greaves: Interview With The Infamous Musician', The Sleeping Shaman, 11 October 2012
2. "Crippled Black Phoenix". Myspace. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
3. "Crippled Black Phoenix". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
4. "Crippled Black Phoenix: A Love of Shared Disasters Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
5. "A Love of Shared Disasters - Crippled Black Phoenix". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
6. Sutton, Dave (12 October 2011). "Interview with Justin Greaves (Crippled Black Phoenix)". Love It Loud.com. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
7. Sheffield, Hazel (11 May 2009). "Crippled Black Phoenix: Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching As Unto War". The Quietus. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
8. Artist listing: Crippled Black Phoenix from Drowned in Sound
9. Crippled Black Phoenix Biography
10. Lach, Stef (2014-12-19). "Supergroup members take swipes at each other in row over band's name". TeamRock. Team Rock Limited. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
11. "Crippled Black Phoenix launch Childhoods End". TeamRock. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
12. "Crippled Black Phoenix / Se Delan - Oh'Ech-oes". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
13. "Introducing SE DELAN: New Duo Featuring Justin Greaves Of Crippled Black Phoenix Announce Debut Album". The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
14. . Retrieved May 25, 2014.
15. "White Light Generator – Track listing". Retrieved February 17, 2014.

External links

• Crippled Black Phoenix on Facebook
• BalconyTV Poznan performance in June 2011
• Crippled Black Phoenix Live 1/2, 2012.03.26 in Warsaw
• Crippled Black Phoenix Live 2/2, 2012.03.26 in Warsaw
• Crippled Black Phoenix Live at Crossroads Festival, 2012-10-26 in Bonn