The Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) rose in 1985, joining the sea of textfile groups that dominated the BBS scene. The majority of files they came out with in the beginning centered around anarchy, heavy metal, and odd stories. By sheer tenacity of will, they continue as a group to present time, and therefore have lasted well over a decade. This makes them the oldest surviving textfile group in existence.
With well over three hundred files in their library, cDc has left almost no textfile subject untouched. Besides the ubiquitous phreaking, hacking, and anarchy files, members have written poetry, fiction, music lyrics, erotica, and Scene news stories. By constantly reviewing their membership rolls and taking on new members when older ones retire, the group has stayed fresh and active as an entity.
Through the general slowdown of the early 1990's, cDc repositioned itself as a brand name by dint of the addition of Skeeve/Deth Vegetable, whose own media awareness (interviews on Dateline NBC and other outlets) ensured that Cult of the Dead Cow would recieve press and recieve much of it. cDc got into the business of clothing and stickers, and did a remarkable job of preserving its own heritage even as the majority of users moved from BBSs to the internet. Members of cDc are now routinely contacted by media when the opinion of the "underground" is sought or at least pursued.
In recent years the cDc has gained nationwide notoriety for its work with security-checking programs (a further expansion of the brand name) such as Back Orifice, which provides remote administration of Windows 95 and NT machines.
The Cult of the Dead Cow have a web site at www.cultdeadcow.com.
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aomt4.asc | 830 | AD: Ahead of My Time BBS
| arcusnet.faq | 7137 | The ArcusNET Faq by Mephistopholes (November 2nd, 1994)
| bear.trap.love | 12800 | The Bear Trap of Love by krass Katt (1989)
| bert.the.poem | 6528 | Bert: The Poem, from Racer X of Cult of the Dead Cow (1990)
| book.of.cow | 7296 | The Book of Cow by the Cult of the Dead Cow (1987)
| boredom.innocen | 5504 | Boredom and Innocence by Obscure Images of the Cult of the Dead Cow (1991)
| bovine.death | 4736 | Bovine Death, by The Raver of Cult of the Dead Cow (1988)
| bovine.epic | 2688 | The Bovine Epic of Creation, by High Priest and Franken Gibe
| bovinomicon | 7168 | History of the Bovinomicon by The Raver (1988)
| bunny.lust | 5632 | Ted and Dave's Animal Fun: Session I: Bunny Lust, by Tippy Turtle (1987)
| burntheflag | 6272 | Burn the Flag! by Bloody Afterbirth (Toxic File #66)
| bus.driver | 7424 | The Bus Driver by Scum of Cult of the Dead Cow (1989)
| cDc-0001.txt | 3356 | Gerbil Feed Bomb by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0002.txt | 14946 | Wizardry Docs by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0003.txt | 9236 | Wizardry Spells by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0004.txt | 18689 | Rescue Raiders Docs by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0005.txt | 2460 | Renegade Cows by HAL 9000
| cDc-0006.txt | 4758 | Assembly Fun by Sid Vicious
| cDc-0007.txt | 2965 | Slow Death by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0008.txt | 7209 | Book of Cow by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0009.txt | 4735 | Society Sucks by Psychotic Opposition
| cDc-0010.txt | 9173 | P.E.A.C.E. by Psychotic Opposition
| cDc-0011.txt | 15364 | Suicidal Tendencies-Join the Army (lyrics) by Wasted Pandemonium
| cDc-0012.txt | 8600 | Metallica-Master of Puppets (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0013.txt | 7009 | NPA List by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0014.txt | 17971 | UNIX Bible by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0015.txt | 19389 | Yellow Pages Vol.I by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0016.txt | 4435 | A Fucked Life by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0017.txt | 3856 | Gnu Christmas Story by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0018.txt | 5525 | Bunny Lust by Tippy Turtle
| cDc-0019.txt | 15818 | Thompson and Ackeret: Trashing by The Daredevil
| cDc-0020.txt | 7345 | B00G and the art of ZEN by Anarchy Inc.
| cDc-0021.txt | 3983 | The Cold Truth by 2600
| cDc-0022.txt | 6211 | How to Card Shit, When You Live With Your 'rents by L.E. Pirate
| cDc-0023.txt | 8487 | The Story of a Mercenary by Lord Omega
| cDc-0024.txt | 4891 | EZ Destruction by Dial Tone
| cDc-0025.txt | 13322 | Method of Destruction-USA for MOD (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0026.txt | 6310 | The Phone Sex Scandal by L.E. Pirate
| cDc-0027.txt | 7724 | Frankie's Fireside Phreak Primer by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0028.txt | 23835 | Yellow Pages Vol.II by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0029.txt | 7347 | Cow Chronicles #1 by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0030.txt | 2566 | The Bovine Epic of Creation by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0031.txt | 3752 | A Feature on MONEY - Today's Monster by Psychedelic Warlord
| cDc-0032.txt | 8178 | Dirty Rotten Imbeciles-Crossover (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0033.txt | 3649 | Fun With Traffic Lights by Dial Tone
| cDc-0034.txt | 19295 | Dead Kennedys-Give Me Convenience...(lyrics) by Suicidal Amoeba
| cDc-0035.txt | 6958 | Scarfing by Suicidal Amoeba
| cDc-0036.txt | 18551 | On BLACK FLAG... by Suicidal Amoeba
| cDc-0037.txt | 3540 | A Few Good Songs off of Eat Your Paisley by Psychedelic Warlord
| cDc-0038.txt | 5002 | Area Code and Time Zone List by Dial Tone
| cDc-0039.txt | 3928 | Fuck The World by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0040.txt | 8687 | Sex With Satan (dist.) by Psycoe
| cDc-0041.txt | 18917 | The Mentors-Up the Dose (lyrics) by Mr. Drunkfux
| cDc-0042.txt | 3650 | Apple Shape Tables by The Dark Static
| cDc-0043.txt | 10649 | Metallica-Kill 'Em All (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0044.txt | 4758 | Mail Fraud by L.E. Pirate
| cDc-0045.txt | 3664 | Beaming Dream: a poem by Tequila Willy
| cDc-0046.txt | 6495 | Fun With Small Animals and Other Household Pets by Sunspot
| cDc-0047.txt | 11830 | Hacking Into Hell by The Raver
| cDc-0048.txt | 7674 | Evil Poetry: Vol. I by The Raver
| cDc-0049.txt | 3815 | The Queen is Dead: a poem by Sunspot
| cDc-0050.txt | 1794 | The Song of the Cow: a poem by Psychedelic Warlord
| cDc-0051.txt | 8769 | The Day My Kid Turned Punk by The Dark Static
| cDc-0052.txt | 45404 | Cross Of Iron 1.1 by The Raver/editor
| cDc-0053.txt | 45363 | Cross Of Iron 1.2 by The Raver/editor
| cDc-0054.txt | 46221 | Cross Of Iron 1.3 by The Raver/editor
| cDc-0055.txt | 2006 | About Cross Of Iron #1 by The Raver
| cDc-0056.txt | 3651 | The Prophecy of Cow by Franken Gibe
| cDc-0057.txt | 7109 | History of the Bovinomicon by The Raver
| cDc-0058.txt | 11407 | The Nameless Pasture by The Raver
| cDc-0059.txt | 8842 | Interview With Neo-Nazi 'Ausderau' by Psychedelic Warlord
| cDc-0060.txt | 10910 | Megadeth-so far, so good...so what! (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0061.txt | 4720 | Bovine Death by The Raver
| cDc-0062.txt | 4524 | Scotty's Tale of Sex and Death by Racer X
| cDc-0063.txt | 3981 | Sesame St. Possession by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0064.txt | 8639 | Death Angel-Frolic through the park (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0065.txt | 7927 | Agnostic Front-Liberty & Justice For...(lyrics) by Racer X
| cDc-0066.txt | 10779 | Dayglo Abortions-here today guano tomorrow(lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0067.txt | 26124 | Thrasher's Metallica Interview Part 1 by Racer X
| cDc-0068.txt | 20886 | Thrasher's Metallica Interview Part 2 by Racer X
| cDc-0069.txt | 8374 | Testament-The New Order (lyrics) by Swamp Rat
| cDc-0070.txt | 1379 | The cDc compilation: volume one (Apple II/2 sides) by Swamp Rat/editor
| cDc-0071.txt | 17667 | The *ONLY* Way To Get Telenet Thingies by Tequila Willy
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