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Corporate Avenger is a band from Southern California. The style of their music has varied over time, ranging from techno to rap to metal. With each change, the subject matter has always remained the same: political matter, knowledge, and spirituality. The idea for the band Corporate Avenger was born some time between 1995 and 1996 when Spike and Brad Xavier were on tour in the band Humble Gods.

Years later, Spike met with Marco of 1605 Studio in Hunington Beach, California and recorded some songs. In 1999 these songs were released on Suburban Noize records as the 'Taxes are Stealing' EP. This EP featured the first song ever recorded by the group, 'Evolve', a song questioning the origins of the native peoples of the Americas. Judging by the cover of the 'Taxes are Stealing' EP, at this time the band consisted of eight members, including Pakelika of The Kottonmouth Kings. During this phase of the bands' history, the group had an ever-changing line up and no two shows would be alike. Some times the band would show up to a location unannounced, play a few songs, and then leave.

In 2000 the group released another CD titled 'The New Testament'. This CD featured new songs as well as three songs from the previous EP.

It also featured a new line up including the first appearance of vocalist Adawee the Wind. The sound on 'The New Testament', while still electronic in nature, is much more aggressive and not only pushes the band's views further but also pushes the envelope with songs such as 'The Bible is Bullshit', 'Jesus Christ Homosexual', and 'Enemy of the Gospel'. The CD was seen as a way to bridge the gap between the previous EP and the full length album they were working on at the time. In July of 2001, the band finally released its first full length album, 'Freedom is a State of Mind', released on Suburban Noize Records via Koch Entertainment. The new album had songs from both previous releases, including a few remixes of some of the oldest songs, and several new songs that again evolved the bands sound and message.

Songs like 'Christians Murdered Indians', 'FBI File', and 'Voting Doesn't Work' had a hard, aggressive rap sound with Adawee providing sung vocals (a stark change of pace from Spike's angry spoken word vocals). 2005 saw the release of 'Born Again', Corporate Avenger's newest CD and newest line up. Spike and Adawee were still the core of the band, but this time around the music had taken on a more metal sound with songs like 'Jihad Schmihad' and 'Gay Muslims for Christ'. This album was not put out through Suburban Noize Records but rather through Massive Sound Records and sold via Merch.com, a first for the group. 'Born Again' also saw the departure of The Taxman, who claimed to leave the band to work on a solo record. Freedom Is A State Of Mind (2001) 1. Fault The Police (I Don't) 3.

Christians Murdered Indians 4. Taxes Are Stealing 6. The Bible Is Bullshit 7. Voting Doesn't Work 8. Web Of Lies 9.

Jesus Christ Homosexual 11. Pig Is A Pig 12. Drug Dealing God 13. Heaven's Joke Link.

Freedom Is a State of Mind Label: Suburban Noize US Release Date: 2001-07-10 Middle ground. A unified understanding. Societies getting along. Are these merely the pipe dreams of a utopian dream, or can they somehow be achieved through a variety of actions or words? Toyota scanner techstream. Only time will tell us these things that we have pondered for so long.

Of course, there are the doom junkies and the naysayers who will tell you otherwise. The End Is Near. Where Will You Be On Judgment Day? Having grown up in the South, I see a lot of instances of religious fundamentalism each and every day. I was always happy that my parents had come from different backgrounds, moving to my home state of Tennessee in the early Sixties and settling down in a basic liberal-minded Presbyterian church. I was taught to respect others, not hate them for their race, sexual orientation, or other common human circumstances that are not a matter of one's choosing.

I was also taught that religion is something to rejoice in, not be afraid of. So it was with much confusion while growing up that some of my peers were coming up to me now and then, asking if I was 'saved'.. And if I wasn't, then I would surely be going to hell. Nice shit to scare a kid with, no? But as I grew older, I learned that this is just a way that people decide to worship, even if I thought it was rather odd that they would so seek God's love yet turn around and condemn not only their neighbors, but entire societal groups who weren't necessarily following along their chosen paths. According to some of these people, you're going to hell if you're a homosexual, if you don't accept the Christian doctrine (again, as interpreted for YOU by these fundamentalist factions) as stated word for word in the Bible, and a myriad of other things.