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|name = Jeff Walker
| name = Jeff Walker
|image = Carcass by Christian Misje 03.jpg
| image = Carcass Full Rewind 2024 01 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Live at Hole in the Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2008
| caption = Walker performing with [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] in 2024
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| background = solo_singer
|background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jeffrey Walker
| alias = El Cynico, Frenzied Fornicator of Fetid Fetishes and Sickening Grisly Fetes (as listed on [[Reek of Putrefaction]])
|birth_name = Jeffrey Walker
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|03|25|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|03|25|df=yes}}
|origin = [[St Helens, England]]
| origin = [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens, England]]
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|instrument = Vocals, bass guitar, guitar
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|bass|guitar}}
|genre = [[Death metal]], [[hard rock]], [[hardcore punk]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Death metal]]|[[melodic death metal]]|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[hard rock]]|[[grindcore]] (early)}}
|occupation = Musician, songwriter
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|years_active = 1985–present
| years_active = 1985–present
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|associated_acts = [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]], [[Brujeria (band)|Brujería]], [[Blackstar (band)|Blackstar]], [[Electro Hippies]], [[Agony (band)|Agony]]
| associated_acts = [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]], [[Brujeria (band)|Brujería]], [[Blackstar (band)|Blackstar]], [[Electro Hippies]], [[Agony (band)|Agony]]
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'''Jeffrey Walker''' (born 25 March 1969) is a bass guitarist, vocalist from [[Windle, St Helens|Windle]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]], UK. He is best known for his work with [[death metal]] band [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the [[hardcore punk]] band [[Electro Hippies]]. After the demise of Carcass, he went on to form [[hard rock]] band [[Blackstar (band)|Blackstar]] with two former Carcass bandmates. In some territories the band was called Blackstar Rising.
'''Jeffrey Walker''' (born 25 March 1969) is an English musician, best known for his work with [[death metal]] band [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the [[hardcore punk]] band [[Electro Hippies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Killing Hippies is Tight: The Electro Hippies / Generic split LP |url=https://www.negativeinsight.com/niblog/genericelectro-hippies |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Negative Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> After the initial demise of Carcass, he went on to form [[hard rock]] band [[Blackstar (band)|Blackstar]] with two former Carcass bandmates,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Everley |first=Dave |date=2021-09-20 |title=Jeff Walker: "Tom Hanks used to play Carcass to his friends" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/jeff-walker-tom-hanks-used-to-play-carcass-to-his-friends |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> and joined American grindcore band, [[Brujeria (band)|Brujeria]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-10-22 |title=BRUJERIA Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/brujeria-signs-with-nuclear-blast-entertainment |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> [[Loudwire]] placed him at number 22 on their list of Top 25 Extreme Metal Vocalists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=2018-01-10 |title=Top 25 Extreme Metal Vocalists |url=https://loudwire.com/top-extreme-metal-vocalists/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref>


== Biography ==
In addition, he made cover artwork for a few albums, including ''[[Scum (Napalm Death album)|Scum]]'' by [[Napalm Death]]. He is also credited for the cover art to the cult Axegrinder album ''Rise of the Serpent Men''. He also designed Diamanthian's (a [[Liverpool]] based [[death metal]] band) logo, as well as producing their debut album.
He created the cover artwork for a few albums, including ''[[Scum (Napalm Death album)|Scum]]'' by [[Napalm Death]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-01 |title=Napalm Death's 'Scum': The Story Behind the Cover Art |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/art/napalm-deaths-scum-story-behind-cover-art |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref> He is also credited for the cover art to the cult Axegrinder album ''Rise of the Serpent Men''.<ref>https://burningshed.com/axegrinder_rise-of-the-serpent-men_vinyl</ref> He also designed Diamanthian's (a [[Liverpool]] based [[death metal]] band) logo, as well as producing their debut album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diamanthian |url=https://www.ukfestivalguides.com/artists/diamanthian/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.ukfestivalguides.com}}</ref>


Whilst in Liverpool, Walker was well known amongst radical activists, especially for his work as a [[hunt saboteur]].
Whilst in Liverpool, Walker was well known amongst radical animal rights activists, especially for his work as a [[hunt saboteur]].<ref name=":0" />


Jeff along with Bill Steer ran the short-lived record label Necrosis, which was an imprint of Carcass' label [[Earache Records]] and that signed bands such as Norwegian group [[Cadaver (band)|Cadaver]] and [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]] from the USA. Jeff Walker also reputedly painted the cover of one of the editions of Repulsion's ''[[Horrified]]''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
Jeff along with [[Bill Steer]] ran the short-lived record label Necrosis, which was an imprint of Carcass' label [[Earache Records]] and that signed bands such as Norwegian group [[Cadaver (band)|Cadaver]] and [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]] from the USA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Digby |author-link=Digby Pearson |date=2010-03-24 |title=ASK EARACHE: NECROSIS records label- A&R'd by CARCASS in early 90s |url=http://askearache.blogspot.com/2010/03/necrosis-records-label-by-carcass-in.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=ASK EARACHE}}</ref>-this is a blog by Digby Pearson of Earache Records and is reliable- Jeff Walker also reputedly painted the cover of one of the editions of Repulsion's ''[[Horrified]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2019 |title=30 Years Ago: REPULSION release Horrified |url=https://todestrieb.co.uk/blogs/daily-noise/30-years-ago-repulsion-release-horrified |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=todestrieb}}</ref>


Walker also appeared in an episode of the science fiction comedy ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. He performed as 'Gazza', a 'neo-Marxist nihilist anarchist', the bassist of the band 'Smeg and the Heads' in the 1989 episode "[[Timeslides]]" along with [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] bandmate [[Bill Steer]] as the "whacked-out crazy hippy drummer" 'Dobbin'.
Walker also appeared in an episode of the science fiction comedy ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. He performed as 'Gazza', a 'neo-Marxist nihilist anarchist', the bassist of the band 'Smeg and the Heads' in the 1989 episode "[[Timeslides]]" along with [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] bandmate [[Bill Steer]] as the "whacked-out crazy hippy drummer" 'Dobbin'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Digby |author-link=Digby Pearson |date=2006-09-01 |title=ASK EARACHE: Carcass on Red Dwarf/Earache on the BBC |url=http://askearache.blogspot.com/2006/09/carcass-on-red-dwarfearache-on-bbc.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=ASK EARACHE}}</ref>


A solo album, ''[[Welcome to Carcass Cuntry]]'', was released on 9 May 2006 on [[Fractured Transmitter]] Records under the moniker Jeff Walker Und Die Fluffers. The album consists of covers of country/blues songs with a metallic twist. Various guest appearances on the album including former bandmates [[Ken Owen]] and Bill Steer, as well as members of the band [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]].
A solo album, ''[[Welcome to Carcass Cuntry]]'', was released on 9 May 2006 on [[Fractured Transmitter]] Records under the moniker Jeff Walker Und Die Fluffers. The album consists of covers of country/blues songs with a metallic twist. Various guest appearances on the album including former bandmates [[Ken Owen]] and Bill Steer, as well as members of the band [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2006 |title=JEFF WALKER DIE UND FLUFFERS - Welcome to Carcass Cuntry |url=https://www.apeshit.orghttps//www.apeshit.org/reviews/jeff-walker-die-und-fluffers-welcome-to-carcass-cuntry/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.apeshit.orghttps}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dusted Reviews: Jeff Walker und die Fluffers - Welcome to Carcass Cuntry |url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3044 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=dustedmagazine.com}}</ref>
[[File:El Cynico "Brujeria" (17615624771).jpg|thumb|Walker as "El Cynico" with [[Brujeria (band)|Brujeria]] in 2015]]
In 2006, he joined American/Mexican death metal and grindcore band, [[Brujeria (band)|Brujeria]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrashov |first=Roman “Maniac” |last2=Yakovlev |first2=Felix |date=May 15, 2006 |title=Interview с Jeff Walker |url=https://www.darkside.ru/interviews/interview.phtml?id=297&dlang=en |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=DARKSIDE.ru}}</ref> under the pseudonym El Cynico.<ref>{{Cite news |last=deathbringer |date=October 7, 2008 |title=Brujeria Announces Fall Tour Dates, Rumored To Be Working On New Album |url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=39515 |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=metalunderground}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2007-01-12 |title=BRUJERIA: Tour Dates Announced |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/brujeria-tour-dates-announced |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> He has played on their albums ''[[Pocho Aztlan]]'' (2016) and ''Esto Es Brujeria'' (2023) and playing live with them until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Richard |date=2016-11-08 |title=REVIEW - BRUJERIA |url=https://rushonrock.com/2016/11/08/review-brujeria/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=RUSHONROCK |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-25 |title=BRUJERIA ANNOUNCE US HEADLINING TOUR DATES {{!}} Zero Tolerance Magazine |url=https://www.ztmag.com/news/brujeria-announce-us-headlining-tour-dates/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Walker appeared as a guest singer on [[Napalm Death]]'s ''[[The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code]]'' album, on the track "Pledge Yourself to You". He has also worked with [[This Is Menace]], singing on the tracks "[[Onward Christian Soldiers]]" and "Pretty Girls" while also supplying vocals to [[Mnemic]]'s "[[Psykorgasm]]". He has appeared live with the Finnish [[grindcore]] band [[To Separate The Flesh From The Bones]].
Walker appeared as a guest singer on [[Napalm Death]]'s ''[[The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code]]'' album, on the track "Pledge Yourself to You".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2005-03-27 |title=The Code is Red…Long Live the Code |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/the-code-is-red-long-live-the-code/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|id=BOBV598LPLTD|title=[[The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code]]|year=2019|type=liner notes|publisher=Back On Black}}</ref> He has also worked with [[This Is Menace]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Joe |date=2024-02-06 |title=18 all-star singers, two cult albums and one personalised gravestone: The story of This Is Menace, the most underrated metal supergroup of the 2000s |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/story-of-this-is-menace |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> singing on the tracks "[[Onward Christian Soldiers]]" and "Pretty Girls", while also supplying vocals to [[Mnemic]]'s "[[Psykorgasm]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=July 24, 2006 |title=MNEMIC - New Album To Feature Guest Spots From CARCASS' Jeff Walker, NAPALM DEATH's Shane Embury; Photos Available |url=https://bravewords.com/news/mnemic-new-album-to-feature-guest-spots-from-carcass-jeff-walker-napalm-deaths-shane-embury-photos-available |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref> He has appeared live with the Finnish [[grindcore]] band [[To Separate the Flesh from the Bones]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2005-02-24 |title=Ex-CARCASS Frontman Performs With TO SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES: Video Available |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ex-carcass-frontman-performs-with-to-separate-the-flesh-from-the-bones-video-available/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>


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Jeff Walker
Walker performing with Carcass in 2024
Walker performing with Carcass in 2024
Background information
Birth nameJeffrey Walker
Also known asEl Cynico, Frenzied Fornicator of Fetid Fetishes and Sickening Grisly Fetes (as listed on Reek of Putrefaction)
Born (1969-03-25) 25 March 1969 (age 55)
OriginSt Helens, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass
  • guitar
Years active1985–present

Jeffrey Walker (born 25 March 1969) is an English musician, best known for his work with death metal band Carcass for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the hardcore punk band Electro Hippies.[1] After the initial demise of Carcass, he went on to form hard rock band Blackstar with two former Carcass bandmates,[2] and joined American grindcore band, Brujeria.[3] Loudwire placed him at number 22 on their list of Top 25 Extreme Metal Vocalists.[4]

Biography

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He created the cover artwork for a few albums, including Scum by Napalm Death.[5] He is also credited for the cover art to the cult Axegrinder album Rise of the Serpent Men.[6] He also designed Diamanthian's (a Liverpool based death metal band) logo, as well as producing their debut album.[7]

Whilst in Liverpool, Walker was well known amongst radical animal rights activists, especially for his work as a hunt saboteur.[2]

Jeff along with Bill Steer ran the short-lived record label Necrosis, which was an imprint of Carcass' label Earache Records and that signed bands such as Norwegian group Cadaver and Repulsion from the USA.[8]-this is a blog by Digby Pearson of Earache Records and is reliable- Jeff Walker also reputedly painted the cover of one of the editions of Repulsion's Horrified.[9]

Walker also appeared in an episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf. He performed as 'Gazza', a 'neo-Marxist nihilist anarchist', the bassist of the band 'Smeg and the Heads' in the 1989 episode "Timeslides" along with Carcass bandmate Bill Steer as the "whacked-out crazy hippy drummer" 'Dobbin'.[10]

A solo album, Welcome to Carcass Cuntry, was released on 9 May 2006 on Fractured Transmitter Records under the moniker Jeff Walker Und Die Fluffers. The album consists of covers of country/blues songs with a metallic twist. Various guest appearances on the album including former bandmates Ken Owen and Bill Steer, as well as members of the band HIM.[11][12]

Walker as "El Cynico" with Brujeria in 2015

In 2006, he joined American/Mexican death metal and grindcore band, Brujeria,[13] under the pseudonym El Cynico.[14][15] He has played on their albums Pocho Aztlan (2016) and Esto Es Brujeria (2023) and playing live with them until 2017.[16][17]

Walker appeared as a guest singer on Napalm Death's The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code album, on the track "Pledge Yourself to You".[18][19] He has also worked with This Is Menace,[20] singing on the tracks "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "Pretty Girls", while also supplying vocals to Mnemic's "Psykorgasm".[21] He has appeared live with the Finnish grindcore band To Separate the Flesh from the Bones.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Killing Hippies is Tight: The Electro Hippies / Generic split LP". Negative Insight. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Everley, Dave (20 September 2021). "Jeff Walker: "Tom Hanks used to play Carcass to his friends"". louder. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  3. ^ "BRUJERIA Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ DiVita, Joe (10 January 2018). "Top 25 Extreme Metal Vocalists". Loudwire. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Napalm Death's 'Scum': The Story Behind the Cover Art". Revolver. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ https://burningshed.com/axegrinder_rise-of-the-serpent-men_vinyl
  7. ^ "Diamanthian". www.ukfestivalguides.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ Pearson, Digby (24 March 2010). "ASK EARACHE: NECROSIS records label- A&R'd by CARCASS in early 90s". ASK EARACHE. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  9. ^ "30 Years Ago: REPULSION release Horrified". todestrieb. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  10. ^ Pearson, Digby (1 September 2006). "ASK EARACHE: Carcass on Red Dwarf/Earache on the BBC". ASK EARACHE. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  11. ^ "JEFF WALKER DIE UND FLUFFERS - Welcome to Carcass Cuntry". www.apeshit.orghttps. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Dusted Reviews: Jeff Walker und die Fluffers - Welcome to Carcass Cuntry". dustedmagazine.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  13. ^ Patrashov, Roman “Maniac”; Yakovlev, Felix (15 May 2006). "Interview с Jeff Walker". DARKSIDE.ru. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ^ deathbringer (7 October 2008). "Brujeria Announces Fall Tour Dates, Rumored To Be Working On New Album". metalunderground. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  15. ^ "BRUJERIA: Tour Dates Announced". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  16. ^ Holmes, Richard (8 November 2016). "REVIEW - BRUJERIA". RUSHONROCK. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  17. ^ "BRUJERIA ANNOUNCE US HEADLINING TOUR DATES | Zero Tolerance Magazine". 25 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  18. ^ "The Code is Red…Long Live the Code". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 27 March 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  19. ^ The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code (liner notes). Back On Black. 2019. BOBV598LPLTD.
  20. ^ Daly, Joe (6 February 2024). "18 all-star singers, two cult albums and one personalised gravestone: The story of This Is Menace, the most underrated metal supergroup of the 2000s". louder. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  21. ^ "MNEMIC - New Album To Feature Guest Spots From CARCASS' Jeff Walker, NAPALM DEATH's Shane Embury; Photos Available". bravewords.com. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Ex-CARCASS Frontman Performs With TO SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES: Video Available". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 24 February 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2024.