CAPER

CAPER is a true legend. One of the greatest hardcore singers of all time. He is one of the very first Death/Thrash/Hardcore singers. He has influenced all in this type of music. CAPER emerged on the scene in Chicago in 1984, forming his first band, THE BARBITUATE PUNKS. This led him into an onslaught of 22 years of devastating hardcore music. THE BARBITUATE PUNKS gave CAPER a taste of what was in store for him in his future. By 1986 CAPER moved out of Chicago and arrived in Las Vegas with anger in his head and music in his blood. CAPER decided to form another band. In October of 1986, a tornado of hardcore devastation burst onto the scene like a barbituate rush and the tired out Las Vegas area was blessed with an improper noise called THE RIGHTEOUS PIGS. Containing then unknown musicians Mitch Harris and an in-your-face shouter by the name of CAPER. THE RIGHTEOUS PIGS bashed in the face of conformity exposing a harsh mix of punk rock and death metal and leaving the weak to fend for them selfs. Mitch Harris left the band in 1989 after two LP's to join NAPALM DEATH with the agreement that THE RIGHTEOUS PIGS would continue when he found the time. The fact was that without MItch Harris or CAPER the band would have to call it quit's. Well, time went by and CAPER sick of waiting said "scew ya" and began the search for fresh freaks to step up and help explode boundaries once again. In 1993 CAPER decided to move to south Florida to start a new band called THE HENCHMEN. CAPER's idea's fueled by determination, would take shape after putting puzzle pieces in place. One such piece was Frank Watkins from OBITUARY. Frank helped CAPER to record a four-song demo tape that for the time (1993-1994) delivered the goods. But by CAPER's standards today, did not cut it. At the end of 1994, CAPER decided to leave Florida and return home to Chicago, where he was to reform THE HENCHMEN with all new members. One such member was none other then ex M.O.D/MINDFUNK/MINISTRY lead guitarist Louis Svitek. CAPER then pulled in other great musicians from the Chicago area. In the period of 1995-1996 the Chicago area HENCHMEN recorded a six-song demo and performed numerous live shows through out the midwest. CAPER's determination and self-promotion took him on a two year self-promotional tour with such bands as MACHINE HEAD/NAPALM DEATH/OBITUARY/and GODFLESH. After months of being on the road doing his own self-promotion, CAPER decided he needed a break and needed to concentrate on getting a record deal. CAPER returned to Chicago and started contacting record companies. A few showed interest, but in early 1998 CAPER received bad news; Louis Svitek was going on the road with MINISTRY. So, once again, it was time to move on. In July of 1998 CAPER decided to move back to Las Vegas where once again he was looking for new prospects to form a band. For two years CAPER bounced from musician to musician trying to find the right people to form a band with. In May of 2000 Philip Anselmo (PANTERA/DOWN/SUPER JOINT RITUAL) suggested to CAPER to form a band and just call it CAPER. So in September of 2000 CAPER decided to take Phill's advice and start his own band called CAPER. CAPER thought about whom to get into the band, he decided on local musicians, because he did not want to go through the politics of other signed musicians, no headaches, no strings attached. So in January of 2001 the CAPER band was formed. CAPER found some local musicians and recorded an 8-song demo, which was released in June 2001. It was entitled CAPER VOLUME 1. After all was said and done, CAPER felt that it just was not good enough. So he decided to get rid of all the musicians and pulled in the best the Las Vegas area had to offer. In the beginning of 2002 there was a sense of relief for CAPER. It seemed to him that he found the right guy's. It took a while but finally things felt right. After month's of rehersal, CAPER VOLUME 2 was released. The music consist's of six fast and slow paced songs. A good way to describe the music would be a heavy,hardcore, thrash-style, with hardcore vocals. But you can call it what you want. In the beginning of 2003 the CAPER band started recording CAPER VOLUME 3. And then once again in the middle of recording ego's, drugs, and attitudes flared up and once again CAPER got rid of everyone. So CAPER VOLUME 3 only has two songs. CAPER then moved to a band called MADMAN. But that was short lived and I believe there was no recordings. I hear now CAPER still lives in Las Vegas, and travel's back and fourth to Chicago and Hollywood. For his music it is unknown right now. But knowing CAPER he will emerge somewhere. With CAPER's style, reputation, determanation, and self-promotion, something's got to break. The world is waiting for an in-your-face, hardcore wild night of intense rock-n-roll. A night that people won't forget. Long Live CAPER...