Body Count
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United StatesUnited States

1989

Body Count

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Body Count is a crossover thrash band from the United States, best known for being fronted by Ice-T and causing a furor with the release of "Cop Killer" from their debut album, Body Count.

Besides Ice-T, Body Count included Ernie-C (lead guitar), Mooseman (bass), Beatmaster V (drums) and D-Roc (rhythm guitar). Their album attacked, in graphic terms, various aspects of racism and criminality in South Central Los Angeles (now South Los Angeles), including corrupt police officers. A few months after Body Count was released, parent groups and other advocates began protesting "Cop Killer". After months of intense pressure, Warner Brothers took the song off the album (replacing it with a bland version of Ice-T's - 'Freedom of Speech'). Ice T would leave the company soon after.

Members

Ice‐Tlead vocals, original
Ernie Cguitar, original
Vince Dennisbass guitar
Will Dorsey, Jr.drums (drum set)
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D-Rocguitar, original
OTmembranophone
Moosemanbass guitar, original
Beatmaster Vmembranophone, original
Grizbass guitar

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