The PRP has reported that former Anal Cunt guitarist Josh Martin has passed away from injuries sustained in an escalator accident at the Providence Place Mall in Providence, RI yesterday, May 28th. According to the report, Martin was clowning around and riding the rail of the escalator at a mall when he fell off backward, hitting a table on his way down before landing in the food court. The police have reported that no foul play is suspected and that this was just a tragic accident. Martin was known as a bit of a hellraiser and goofball, as just last year he was thrown out of a Gene Simmons concert for heckling him so hard that he actually came into the crowd to confront him.

This is another sad turn of events for the notorious grindcore band as frontman Seth Putnam sadly passed away from a heart attack back in 2011. As the creative force behind the group, Putnam became well known for his disgusting and politically incorrect lyrical approach. Martin was invited to join Anal Cunt in 1996 and continued to record and perform on and off with the band throughout the next fifteen years. While the group was never huge, they developed a cult following in the underground grindcore and metal community.

Anal Cunt or AC as they were often called, was one of the most offensive and obscene bands in the entire hardcore/metal underground. With razor-sharp blasts of screaming grindcore and extremely offensive lyrics, the band became one of the most beloved and controversial groups in metal.