Edward Theodore Gein (pronounced /giːn/) (August 27 1906 - July 26 1984) was a notorious American killer. Though only two murders on his part were proven, he gained great infamy due to necrophiliac behavior (which involved the skinning of his murder victims and exhumed corpses, the decoration of his home with parts of corpses, and the creation of articles of clothing and furniture from the skin of corpses). Although he is considered to have engaged in necrophiliac behavior, there is no significant evidence to prove that he engaged in sex with the corpses. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under mysterious circumstances, six people disappeared from the Wisconsin towns of La Crosse and Plainfield between 1947 and 1957.

Ed Gein is a political, thrash and hardcore-influenced grindcore band from Syracuse, NY, named after American serial killer, Ed Gein.

Each of the members perform vocals equally; there is no lead vocalist. They are currently on Black Market Activities / Metal Blade Records.

Musically, the band takes influence from such bands as Coalesce, Fall Silent, Turmoil, Backstabbers Incorporated, and Pig Destroyer.

Ed Gein is a three piece grind-influenced mathcore band from Syracuse, NY. Each of the three members (guitar, drums, and bass)share singing duties equally. The band has been pounding the pavement hard since their formation in 2001, touring furiously and earning themselves a cult-like following across the US and Canada. Playing a hybrid style of thrash, metal, sludge, grind and punk, Ed Gein, who call Syracuse, NY home, use their self-described “angry-noise punk” style as a means to deliver t