Choking Victim was an influential ska-core band (the band calls itself "Crack Rocksteady", a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which Choking Victim's style was influenced by) band from New York City in the 1990s.

Choking Victim was an influential ska punk / hardcore punk (what they call “ crack rock steady ,” a slight satire on rocksteady ) band from New York City in the 1990s. The band became hometown (C-squat in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where they squatted and frequently continue to inhabit and organize shows) legends for their innovative music and highly political, often Anarcho-Communistic lyrics. At the same time they also became infamous for their Satanic imagery and numerous references