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Leftover Crack



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Hometown: New York City, NY (USA)

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Leftover Crack has proven to be one of the most consistently controversial acts to spring from the 3rd wave ska-revival scene. The band plays a mixture of ska, punk, crust and metal and currently sports a lineup of lead vocalist Scott "Stza" Sturgeon-Ercin, Ezra Kire, F-Minus principle Brad Logan and Alec Baille. The band has been host to a revolving door of drummers.

Leftover Crack carries on many of the thematic and musical threads began with 90s ska/punk act Choking Victim (in which many of the same personnel played). Like Chocking Victim and the other host of "Crack Rock Steady" bands Leftover Crack reflects staunchly leftist politics and a street level, often antagonistic, view of authority. Members of the band have at time occupied, and often play shows at, an abandoned New York City tenement dubbed "C-Squat" that has become a reoccurring theme in the band's lyrics.

Bankshot, Alternative Tentacles and Hellcat have all released albums from the band, but not without controversy. Infamously the act intended to title their 2001 full length Shoot the Kids at School, a decision that lead to conflicts with the label and pressing plant, particularly due to the then-recent Columbine school shootings. However for all the attention the band garners they have attacked many relevant issues that others often avoid, particularly homophobia in the punk scene.

Related Bands

INDK, Choking Victim, F-Minus, Morning Glory, Star Fucking Hipsters, The Slackers

Reviews

Morning Glory / Leftover Crack / F-Minus / Bent Outta Shape The Kids Are Gonna Pay... [7 inch]

Morning Glory / Leftover Crack / F-Minus / Bent Outta Shape

The Kids Are Gonna Pay... [7 inch] (2006)

Blacknoise

Leftover Crack Fuck World Trade

Leftover Crack

Fuck World Trade (2004)

Alternative Tentacles

Leftover Crack Mediocre Generica

Leftover Crack

Mediocre Generica (2001)

HellCat

Leftover Crack Mediocre Generica

Leftover Crack

Mediocre Generica (2001)

Hellcat

Citizen Fish / Leftover Crack Deadline

Citizen Fish / Leftover Crack

Deadline (2007)

Fat Wreck Chords

Interviews

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Leftover Crack

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 6:30 PM (EST)

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Scott Sturgeon (Leftover Crack/Star F*cking Hipsters)

Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM (EDT)

Interviews: Ezra Kire (Morning Glory)
Ezra Kire is back on top, baby! For a while it seemed as though the Leftover Crack guitarist/ Morning Glory front man was on permanent sabbatical, popping up a few times a year for L.O.C. shows and then fading away again. But then, last year, he dropped the first Morning Glory release in nine-…
June 13, 2013
Interviews: Morning Glory to begin recording new album with Brian Viglione in July
Morning Glory, the band featuring Ezra Kire, formerly of Choking Victim and Leftover Crack, is set to begin tracking their new album in July. Brian Viglione…
June 03, 2013
Tours: Leftover Crack (Southeast, Texas)
Leftover Crack have announced some dates for the end of this year and beginning of next. You can click Read More for the…
December 11, 2012
Media: Morning Glory: "Life's a Long Revenge"
Morning Glory has released a new song from their Fat Wreck Chords debut, Poets Were My Heroes, which is due out August 28, 2012. It's the…
August 21, 2012
Media: Franz Nicolay: 'Do the Struggle'
Franz Nicolay has launched a stream of his latest release, Do the Struggle. The record is being released via the international wing of Xtra Mile and the formerly UK-only label will be releasing the album on…
August 08, 2012
Tours: Choking Victim / Chewing on Tinfoil
Scott "Stza" Sturgeon, the mastermind of Leftover Crack and Star Fucking Hipsters has announced a UK and France tour focused on his previous band, Choking Victim.…
July 24, 2012
Tours: Morning Glory announce new album
Morning Glory will be releasing their Fat Wreck Chords debut, Poets Were My Heroes, on August 28, 2012. The band was formed in 2001 by Ezra Kire, also notably of…
June 08, 2012
Tours: Bullet Treatment EP to include A Wilhem Scream, Comeback Kid, Cancer Bats
Think Fast! Records have released the details for their upcoming compilation from the revolving vocalist hardcore outfit Bullet Treatment. The record is titled Designated, Vol.2 and is due out…
March 15, 2012
Tours: Morning Glory signs to Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords has signed New York's Morning Glory. The band will be releasing their debut for the label, titled Poets Were My Heroes in the summer. The band was formed in 2001 by Ezra Kire, also notably of…
February 28, 2012
Interviews: Ezra Kire (Morning Glory)
When a guy that calls himself "Stza Crack" tells you that you've got a drug problem, you KNOW you've got a drug problem. Although Ezra Kire was an essential part of both Choking Victim and Leftover Crack, writing some of their most memorable hooks, more…
January 20, 2012

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