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They were frequently classified as and Swing as much as clanging rock, emphasizing the group's stand-apart attitude." {Link without Title} The group had little mainstream success (scoring a few hits on College Radio ), despite tours with Iggy Pop and Music Video s on MTV 's Headbanger's Ball and 120 Minutes (notably $10 Bill, featuring a number of little people). They retain a Cult Following , however, and their out-of-print releases sometimes sell for large amounts among fans. HISTORY Initially, the group was a trio of Tod A. (vocals, Bass Guitar ), David Ouimet ( Keyboards , Sampler ) and Phil Puleo on Drums . (Tod and Puleo had earlier played in a short-lived Providence, Rhode Island group, Dig Dat Hole , with non-CSCer Jon Rose.) The A./Puleo/Ouimet lineup was captured on the "Headkick Facsimile" 12" EP, which was released in a small pressing by the Japanese record label Supernatural Organization in 1989 (later reissued by the group's own Subvert Entertainment in 1994 with the addition of the song Roberty Tilton Handjob from the Pieceman 7"). Wharton Tiers engineered the EP. Puleo reports their name was inspired by both the band members' shared dislike of Police officers, and a newspaper Headline about a botched police raid, reading "'Cop Shot Cop' or maybe it was 'Cop Shoots Cop.'" {Link without Title} The trio placed a number of posters stating only "CopShootCop" around New York, which helped generate discussion and interest; some observers reportedly thought the posters were a political protest against Police Brutality . Their first performance was with Half Japanese . The trio added Jack Natz on Bass Guitar , and Tod briefly sang without playing bass. They missed Tod's distinctive "high end" bass playing, however, and they realized only popular convention required a single bass guitarist in a rock band, and both Tod and Natz decided to play the instrument with the group. The relative novelty of a dual-bass, no-guitar rock group certainly helped gather attention. Natz sang occasionally, and various members wrote songs, but Tod remained the group's primary singer and songwriter. Ouimet rejoined and left the group several times; Jim Coleman was recruited to replace him on sampler, and both men were in the group for their debut recording, the "Piece Man" 7" in 1989. The single's cover was spattered with real pig's blood, gaining them some notoriety in record collecting circles. ''Consumer Revolt'', their first full length, is probably the only dual-bass, dual-sampler, no-guitar album in rock music's history. The band quickly earned a reputation as one of the best live bands in NYC, as well as for prolific band graffiti. After the first album and tour, Ouimet left for good: he founded the intriguing, short-lived Motherhead Bug and would later guest with Cop Shoot Cop, playing Trombone or leading the Motherhead Horns Horn Section . Cop Shoot Cop continued recording and touring; they surprised some fans by recruiting ." The band dissolved a year or so after ''Release''. Tod claimed the group had been treated poorly by Interscope, and refused to allow the company to issue their final album. The other band members disagreed, noting the album was very nearly complete, and that they had all worked on the $150,000 recording sessions. The remaining members of Cop Shoot Cop attempted to complete the album, but Interscope declined to release the material. It eventually found an outlet in the Red Expendables album. Tod A formed Firewater , who have released four albums. Coleman has recorded as Phylr and '''Here''' (with M. Teho Teardo ), Puleo played with both Congo Norvell and Swans as well as his solo project The Wog, and Jack Natz most recently teamed up with Stu Spasm to handle bass duties for a reformed Lubricated Goat . Coleman and Puleo have worked together on a project called Audio Dyslexia. DISCOGRAPHY
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