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Hewhocorrupts

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Hewhocorrupts is a Chicago-based grindcore band that mixes hardcore punk with satirical corporate visuals. They mock corporate culture and even parody Metallica songs, renaming Ride the Lightning to Ride the Limo and Master of Puppets to Master of Profits. The band calls themselves “Hewhocorrupts Megacorp.” and performs in business suits and aviator sunglasses, a look they call “hardcorporate.”

Current members:
- Tommy Camaro (Ryan Durkin)
- Cory Lockheart
- Rory Lockheart
- Caz U.L. Friday
- Maxwell Brotherhood Shredmoore
- Ross Boneyard

Past members:
- Mike Costello (vocals – Optimus Prime)
- Theo Katsaounis (bass – Optimus Prime)

Some members previously played in Kungfu Rick and Authority Abuse.

Tommy Camaro and Andy Slania run a record label, Hewhocorrupts, Inc., which has released records by 7000 Dying Rats, Holy Roman Empire, Russian Circles, Tower of Rome, and Tusk.


This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 12:47 (CET).