Alex Story (singer)
Alex "Wolfman" Story is an American singer best known for being the lead vocalist of punk/[Heavy Heavy metal music|metal music|metal] bands Cancerslug and Doyle. He also performs as a solo artist under his own name, as well as in multiple side projects. Story sports large sideburns and often disguises himself as a werewolf inspired by the 1940s movie The Wolf Man when performing live''.''
Life and career
Story was born in Decatur, Alabama. He is the founding member of rock/punk group Cancerslug, formed in 1999. He has recorded a dozen albums with this band that encountered various lineup changes before being a long-standing trio with members Mike Horgan on drums and Cassie Baher on bass. Mike Horgan died in March 2019. In early 2020, Jade Jones became the new drummer.Among the bands that influenced his songwriting, Story mentions the Misfits, The Cramps, Dwarves, The Germs, and Fear.
Story has also played guitar in other bands such as Bela's Electric Freakshow and Used Skin. While remaining with Cancerslug, he has been working with side bands Clitrot where he plays guitar and does backup vocals. Around 2008, he joined Gorgeous Frankenstein featuring Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, ex-Misfits lead guitarist.
In 2011, he formed the group The Ultra Creeps with Cassie Baher and Helen Faulkner. The band recorded a demo available through Reverbnation.
Since 2013, Story also fronts the horror metal band Doyle with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. Story and Doyle co-wrote together the album Abominator, released in 2013.
In 2014–2015, Story also released solo albums under his own name and some under his side project named "Born In Angel Blood".
Discography
with Cancerslug
Albums
Whore, not on label, 1999; 2012; Slugcult Records, 2014; Remastered, Alex Story, 2015Alabama Bloodbath, 2000; Reissue, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014Soulless, not on label, 2002; Remaster Edition, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014The Beast with Two Backs, 2002; Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014Book of Rats, Slugcult Records, 2003; Reissue, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014The Ancient Enemy, 2007; Reissue, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014Tales of a Butcher, Drink Blood Records, 2009Seasons of Sickness..., Slugcult Records, 2013; 2014Rootwork, Cancerslug, self-release, 2014Sassy for Satan, Slugcult Records, 2016Symphony of Savagery, Slugcult Records, 2016Fuck the Bullshit This Is: Cancerslug, Slugcult Records, 2017Beating a Dead Whore, Slugcult Records, 2018The Courtesy Flush, Slugcult Records, 2020Moonlight Martyrs, Slugcult Records, 2020In the Halls of the Hopeless, Slugcult Records, 2021Full Term Abortions, Slugcult Records, 2022FUCKER, Slugcult Records, 2023Puttana Inamorata, Slugcult Records, 2024Demos
Curse Arcanum, Demo, 2003; Reissue, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2014The Decade of Decay, Demo, 2009 ; Reissue, Slugcult Records, "The Cancerslug Essentials Collection", 2015Most Vile – The Rare Demos, Vol. 1, Cancerslug, self-release, 2014Crudest – The Rare Demos, Vol. 2, Cancerslug, self-release, 2014Rudest – The Rare Demos, Vol. 3, Cancerslug, self-release, 2014- Human Traffic Jams: Demos and Acoustic Versions, self-release, 2018
Singles & EPs
The Unnameable, Cancerslug, self-released, 2006; 2007; Reissue, Slugcult Records, 2012Compilations
Battle Hymns I, 2004; Cancerslug, self-released, 2012; Reissue, Slugcult Records, 2015Battle Hymns II, 2004; Cancerslug, self-released, 2012The Unkindest Cut 2000–2013, Slugcult Records, Alex Story Music, 2013Videos
- "Do Demons Sing?", Slugcult Records, 2014
with The Ultra Creeps
Demo, on Reverbnation, 2011with Doyle
Abominator, Monster Man Records, 2013Doyle II: As We Die, EMP Label Group, Monster Man Records, 2017Solo albums
Alex Story II, Slugcult Records, 2014Alex Story III. The Final Ptp, Slugcult Records, 2014Pulling the Plug, Slugcult Records, 2014The Junkie Chronicles, self-released, 2015The Saint of Death, Slugcult Records, 2015Blood Meridian, Slugcult Records, 2025Serpent Revival, Slugcult Records, 2025;Singles and EPs
- Tracks, Slugcult Records, 2015
- A Special Place, Slugcult Records, 2015
;Born in Angel BloodThe Lost Requiem, Born in Angel Blood, self-released, 2014
- Alex Story Presents Born in Angel Blood, Sister Lucifer , Slugcult Records, 2015