The story on the blog was better than any official biography. Pepper hadn’t just posted links. He had chronicled . He wrote a 2,000-word essay about seeing COC open for Megadeth in ’85 when they were still a hardcore band. He included a blurry photo of his ticket stub. For each album, he posted not just the tracklist, but the story behind the recording:
Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C.) evolved over four decades from a raw hardcore punk act into architects of Southern-fried stoner metal, marked by the pivotal transition to the Pepper Keenan era in the early 1990s. Their discography, including landmark albums Animosity and Deliverance , showcases a distinct shift from fast crossover thrash to a heavy, blues-influenced sound. corrosion of conformity discography blogspot
Blogspot is mostly abandoned now. Pepper’s last post was in 2014: “Moving to Bandcamp. Keep it slow, keep it low. – P.” The links are all dead. The RapidShare files have long since evaporated into the digital ether. The story on the blog was better than any official biography
But the real treasure was the “Deep Cuts & Bootlegs” folder. Pepper had uploaded a 1996 soundboard recording from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas where they played “Seven Days” with Jimmy Bower on second guitar. He had the original, unmastered demo of “Clean My Wounds” where Pepper shouts the wrong lyrics and laughs. He wrote a 2,000-word essay about seeing COC