Doc Corbin Dart

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Doc Corbin Dart (1953 - ) was lead singer, founder, and lyricist of Lansing, Michigan, USA's seminal 80's punk rock act the The Crucifucks. He is the son of Rollin Dart, former chairman of Dart National Bank, and more distantly related to the Dart Container family.

Doc's excruciating vocal stylings have been described as harsh, whiny, and "like paint-stripper." His lyrics are rants against the government, the police, and Christianity. While on stage, Doc would regularly cut his face and arms with a pink Lady Bic razor, covering the mic and stage with blood.

The Crucifucks formed in 1982 and signed to Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles Records. They released the self-titled The Crucifucks a year later followed up with Wisconsin. In 1992, these records were re-released as a CD titled 'Our Will Be Done'.

The back cover of Our Will Be Done featured a photo of what Dart believed was a slain policeman, the photo was actually from a Philadelphia Police Department drill. Doc is perhaps best known for the 1996 lawsuit filed over the use of this photo. The Philadelphia chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police sued Doc, Alternative Tentacles Records, and Jello Biafra, alleging libel and slander. The trial court awarded a $2.2 million default judgement which was vacated on appeal the following year. (Initially, Borders Books, which operated a Philadelphia record store that carried the album, was also a defendant in the suit.)

In 1998, The Crucifucks reformed and did a brief national tour, including a performance at Alternative Tentacles' 20th Anniversary Party. They also released their first CD in nearly a decade, called L.D. Eye.

Doc Dart has recorded several solo projects: Patricia (1990, Alternative Tentacles, LP/cassette only) and 'Black Tuesday' (1991, self released, cassette only). Patricia is named after Doc's therapist, who treats him for borderline personality disorder. In 2004 Doc changed his name to 26 and released a solo CD, The Messiah on Madison, Wisconsin's Crustacean Records. Doc Dart opened up for Jello Biafra on his 'I Blow Minds For A Living' Spoken Word Tour.

In 1989, Doc Dart was a candidate for mayor of Lansing; he finished third of three in the August 8, 1989 city primary election.

Doc continues to be a mainstay of alternative culture in Lansing, Michigan, regularly showing up in local papers. Doc once ran a baseball card store in a small collection of shops on Michigan Avenue near Sparrow Hospital. Currently residing in Okemos, Michigan, he created a stir with alleged anti-American sentiment following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Signs attached to the front of his home read, in part, "U.S. Troops terrorize as cowards from the skies. They should be in body bags". The house now stands vacant. He also claims to be a supporter of the controversial group, Animal Liberation Front^[1]. Doc is a divorced father of two adult children.