Whipping boy

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For the book by Sid Fleischman, see The Whipping Boy.

Whipping Boy was a hardcore punk band from Palo Alto, California. The band was created in 1982, made up of students from Stanford University. Their sound featured lightning-fast melodies, tight, chunky rhythms, and violently incoherent vocals. They espoused a radically anti-government view that caught the attention of The Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra and led to his support. They were featured on a punk compilation "Not So Quiet on the Western Front." Their first LP, "The Sound of No Hands Clapping" was produced by DK's Bassist, Klaus Fluoride. The band enjoyed moderate success, and a national tour in 1983 was capped by the release of the psychedelic "MuruMuru" in 1983. This abrupt change in style was not welcomed by Whipping Boy's fanbase, and after several personnel changes and the release of another record, "The Third Secret of Fatima," the band broke up in 1986. Incendiary front man Eugene Robinson is now in the avant-garde noise-rock band OXBOW. Another band by the same name (Whipping Boy) came out in 1995 with its record Heartworm and was sued for the use of the name Whipping Boy.

A whipping boy was also the boy that was used to punish princes or young kings for bad behaviour. Since the prince or king couldn't be punished they'd punish the whipping boy in his place.

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