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THE INVENTORS OF CRABCORE?

 Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 12:30pm by

MS reader Ajax sent us a link to a video filmed in 2007 of the band In Truth Be Valor, showcasing what might be the first recorded instance of the crab-crouch.

This video is hysterical for a million reasons, BUT…

  1. It’s hilarious when the camera zooms out around the 0:50 mark and there’s all of 6 kids (I counted) standing there watching, motionless!
  2. “Everybody get your hands up!”
  3. Crab-crouch around 1:10.
  4. The “singing.”
  5. Everything.
  6. etc.

So there you have it. The unsung heroes of a generation. Blame them for Attack Attack!.

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Menard/502061034 Jesse Menard

    goof troop

    • Ralph Gre Nader

      Thanks for ruining the rest of my day you fucking idiots. I watched 1:15 and that was about 1:20 too long.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Byron-Ward/797615124 Byron Ward

    Is this seriously not an early version OF Attack! Attack!?…. they do the exact same shit…

  • http://www.myspace.com/beneaththesoil1 rg-bts

    i don’t think the ‘audience’ could’ve stood more still – and it’s never good when the number of people in the ‘audience’ is outnumbered by the people in the band playing. very sad.

    • http://www.erocksworld.com ERock

      Thats exactly what I was thinking. I mean come on, someone could bang a head in sympathy.

    • rawr

      this was a fucking battle of the bands you retards. The “lifeless crowd” you are all complaining about is a panel of fucking judges!!!!! Nic sings fine, and ITBV is much heavier than attack attack. So hold your serpent tongue.

  • Brytallica

    This singer is the exact reason why we have auto-tuning.

    But Yes, this is exactly the same shit in the Attack Attack video……………………………………………………

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Wolfson/557092638 Dan Wolfson

    They got crabs from the crab crouch they did on eachother’s faces with their crabby pouches.

  • noobpotato

    Why at 1:08 does he say, i’m stupid

    • TonyT

      Because he’s fucking stupid, only stating the obvious

    • http://www.myspace.com/finalriot BigEvilMetalhead

      Because he said “Everybody get your hands up!” and nobody did… haha…

  • Brytallica

    Not knowing when this band started, Attack Attack official formed in 2005 so it’s possible In Truth Be Valor copied Attack Attack.

  • Ajax

    This video was from 07. The infamous crab video came out this year.

  • ceth carter

    The singer guy has to be the one that has the P.A. and practice space and the band cant afford to kick him out and lose that stuff. He is not good and there is no other reason he is in that band.

    • elliott

      fuck u and die.

  • Ajax

    In Crabbing Be Failure

  • Nick

    Just about every single thing in life that is made popular by one person/band was done many times many years before by other people. The band that becomes popular doing something is very very rarely the one that invented something. The underground and local music scene is where you find everything that becomes popular first, and a few years later when it catches the mainstream it comes out.

  • SP420

    Robert Trujillo has claim on the ur-crab crouching.

    • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake

      Dammit, I was going to post that exact thing. Good call, good sir.

  • Kazz

    They even do the “guitar behind my head” move. Wow, apparently Attack Attack! have been around before 07, so I can’t be sure if they completely ripped off this shitty band or if this shitty band completely ripped off AA. In any case, why would someone want to emulate something so stupid?

  • Beard

    They’re from Knoxville? God damnit. I hope I never cross their paths.

    • Ajax

      Sadly, I know one of the kids from the band. He thought it would be a good idea to show me this video. He went to Seymour, if you know where that is.

      • iceman

        good to know, seymour is far enough away from knoxville i should never have to worry about hearin this stuff

        • Ajax

          Well he’s from Seymour. I think the other kids are all from around the Knox are. Regardless, they still blow. But I’m pretty sure they don’t do anything anymore so no one should have to worry.

  • Ryan

    for some reason I almost watched this entire video before it hit me . “why the hell am I watching and listening to this crappy band?”

    I felt like I was at a high school battle of the bands all over again

  • Brad

    Does it look like they are playing at some family reunion to anyone else but me?

  • timmah

    I love a good one note breakdown….oh the creativity!

  • SYL Townsend

    If he can do vocals WITHOUT cuffing the mic, i’d say he can do decent grunts. And there were 7 people. Not 6, 7 people to see this shit band play at what it seems to be a parking lot for a catholic festival

  • Gaia

    1 minute 16 seconds just gone… gone… And I will never get them back….

  • wata

    The crowd was comprised of their moms and grandmas.

  • cosk!

    i believe the “crowd” were judges…… considering it was a battle of the bands. and they were at a table. with papers and shit…. just saying…. yeah the music is horrible. who didnt see that coming

  • Jizzmaster3000

    Fuck this generation.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Acerra/508945856 Michael Acerra

    I’m almost positive when the sound cuts out during that epic breakdown, it’s because they all knocked out their cables during that sick synchronized guitar flip.

  • http://www.myspace.com/antaresmusicny Andrew

    Can I ask another question about all these bands – what is it w/ the singers not wearing shoes? The bottoms of their feet must have more warts than a fuckin toad. Also – @ around 1:19 – does he say something about his “vagina”?

  • Loomeytunes

    More like “CrapCore” . I think my life is forever changed, this is the only time I have been thankful Slayer killed my ear drums this summer.

  • smokey666

    this is so funny! Ive had the displeasure of seeing these guys play at a through the eyes of the dead show