Crotch Rots are a local hardcore/punk band from the Torrington area. Formed in 1997, the original line-up included:
Chris Crotch-Vocals
J. Rot-Drums
Rich White-Guitar
Chris Ham-Bass
They debuted opening for now-defunct local band Myopia at now-defunct KJ's Coffeehouse. Their three song set (which they played twice) was made up of "No," "King Suburbia," and a cover of the Minor Threat song "Guilty of Being White." The crowd appeared pleased, and Crotch Rots knew that their meaningful music "with more ideas than solos-JB" would stand out in a world dominated by catchy pop hooks and songs about girlfriends.

Influenced by Misfits, Disrupt, Destroy, Alcohol, Nausea, The Pist, Mob 47, Crude SS, and Toxic Narcotic (to name a few...), Crotch Rots have a distinctive sound for a Connecticut band...too metal to be punk, too punk to be metal, too foul to be commercial.

During the course of several more performances, including a cancer-benefit show at The Club in Torrington, Crotch Rots had picked up second vocalist Elliot Gagnon, who knew Chris Ham from a past band. With Elliot, Crotch Rots recorded their first demo, Violence is the Only Solution.

During the recording, Crotch Rots went through a line-up change. Guitarist Rich White left the group for personal reasons, leaving the group in bad shape. Luckily, Eric (By Any Means Necessary, Civil Death) and Mickey (By Any Means Necessary, Federal Failure, Projectile Vomit), both friends of the band, agreed to come in and help out on guitar. Eventually, Micky became the official guitarist of Crotch Rots and Eric went back to his other project. Around that time, Elliot and Chris Ham left the band, in order to pursue other intrests. Another friend, Kev, came on as the bassist, and Steve from Those Poor Bastards officially joined as a second vocalist. But now he's gone.  (I know, that didn't last long...)  And now Kev has been replaced too, by Matt Strong (ex. By Any Means Necessary).  That makes the current lineup:
Chris Crotch-Vocals
J. Rot-Drums
Micky-Guitar
Matt-Bass
 

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E-mail Crotch Rots at  ctcake@ct2.nai.net (Chris)
                                   MrAssuck@aol.com (Micky)
                                   rsavoy@snet.net (J.)
                                   DISRUPT101@aol.com (Matt)