Sodom’s Biography. Destruction. Kreator. Assassin. Adolescents’s Biography. Battalion of Saints. Up till April 2012, the band was still playing shows in southern California with the line up consisting of Mike Shock, Mike Monster and Gearbox. It was after that, that original founding member George Anthony decided to reform the group bringing in John Hatfield on lead guitar, Thrashley Register on rhythm guitar, Matthew Vicknair on bass and Mike Vega on drums. With this lineup songs that haven't previously been played in years were added to the set. After doing a number of local shows, the band did a short tour in the summer of 2012 up the west coast with support act 13 Scars.
As of now, the band has played a steady run of shows sharing the stage with bands such as D.I, Naked Aggression, Fang and Poison Idea. Discography[edit] Releases[edit] Fighting Boys 12" (Nutron, 1982)Second Coming 7" (Mystic, 1983)Second Coming LP (Nutron, 1984)Rock in Peace LP (Mystic, 1988)Battalion of Saints A.D. 7" (Taang! Reissues[edit] Death-R-Us CD (Taang! Compilations[edit] External links[edit] Sources[edit] JFA (band) JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) is a hardcore punk band formed in 1981, with roots in Arizona and in Southern California skateboard culture.
The original members include Brian Brannon (vocals), Don Redondo (guitar), Michael Cornelius (bass), and Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold (drums). Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls also played bass for a while. The band was pivotal in the development of the skate punk and Skate Rock scenes. Over the years, the lineup has included many bass players and drummers but the core of Brannon and Redondo has remained constant. Placebo Records released their debut EP "Blatant Localism" in late 1981. The original bassist, Michael Cornelius, left the band in the summer of 1984 prior to the nine-week summer '84 tour.
Brian Brannon also currently serves as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy Reserve. Brian Brannon – vocals, keyboardDon Redondo – guitarCorey Stretz – bassCarter Blitch – drums Untitled 12", Fundamental UKValley of the Yakes 12", Fundamental UK Mt. Reagan Youth. Reagan Youth is an American punk rock band formed by singer Dave Rubinstein (Dave Insurgent) and guitarist Paul Bakija (Paul Cripple) in Queens, New York in early 1980. They are known for introducing the style of hardcore punk to the East Coast punk scene[citation needed], but were also a part of the anarcho-punk movement. As committed political anarchists,[1] their name is a play on Hitler Youth. Their initial career lasted until 1990, and singer Rubinstein committed suicide three years later following a series of tragic events.
In 2006, Bakija reformed the band with bassist Al Pike, drummer Javier Madriaga, and several new members. History[edit] Initial career (1980–1990)[edit] Post-breakup (1990–2006)[edit] A cover of their song "Degenerated" was used as a song performed by The Lone Rangers, the fictional rock band portrayed in the 1994 comedy Airheads. In 2002, plans for a reunion set at CBGB featuring Bakija and Bryan were shattered by Bryan's sudden, fatal heart attack. Music[edit] Coroner’s Biography. Verbal Abuse (band) Verbal Abuse is a hardcore punk band, originally from Houston, but which became successful after moving to San Francisco. Verbal Abuse was started in Houston in 1981 after singer and songwriter Roy Hansen, alias Nicki Sicki, quit the band Sick Pleasure and moved to Virginia, then back to Texas when he decided he wanted to start another band. At the time, not many bands were playing fast hardcore in Texas and, like D.R.I. and M.D.C. before them, Verbal Abuse relocated to San Francisco in the end of 1981.
In San Francisco, Verbal Abuse lived at the infamous "Vats" along with members of The Dicks and M.D.C. as well as Harley Flanagan from the Cro-Mags. By the end of the year, they had signed with Fowl Records and recorded their first LP, Just an American Band, which was released in the beginning of 1983. 1985 Was the recording and release of San Francisco's theme album V.A. LPs Compilations Vocalists Scotty Wilkins (1984–1995, 2000) Guitarists Bassists Drummers. Dr. Know (band) Dr. Know is a punk band which began as a Nardcore band from Oxnard, Ca.. They are one of the founding figures of the "Nardcore" punk movement from Oxnard, CA.
The band was started by Kyle Toucher, Ismael Hernandez, and Robin Cartwright in early 1981, and after auditioning a few singers, local Silverstrand Beach surfer/skater and punker Brandon Cruz was chosen. Silverstrand Beach in Oxnard, California was the birthplace of Nardcore. The band recorded studio versions of several early songs with Cruz, which led to television appearances and gigs on the Los Angeles circuit.
However the early momentum was somewhat derailed by escalating inner turmoil which culminated in Cruz leaving the group in 1983, leaving Toucher to take over vocals just as the band was starting recording of Plug In Jesus for Mystic Records. Dr. The Dr. In 1998, Cruz called Hernandez and together they approached Toucher to get the band back together. Dr. May 2010, Dr. As of late 2011, the Toucher-led Dr. Necros. Necros were an early American hardcore punk band from Maumee, Ohio, although they are usually identified with the Detroit music scene.[1] They are the first band to record for Touch and Go Records.
History[edit] The Necros were formed in 1980 by then-teenagers Barry Henssler (vocals), Andy Wendler (guitar), and Todd Swalla (drums). After going through a handful of bassists (including Donny Brook, Jeff Allsop, David Cooke, Brian Hyland, Jeff Lake, and Brian Pollack), Corey Rusk joined the band. Barry Henssler had struck up a friendship with Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson of Touch and Go magazine after sending them a copy of his own 'zine, Smegma Journal.[1] Vee and Stimson became fans of the Necros and put the Necros' first record, a self-titled 4-song 7" EP (recorded prior to Rusk's entry into the band) most commonly known as "Sex Drive". Andy Wendler left the band in 1981 (although he continued to write for them) and Brian Pollack joined on guitar.
Post break up[edit] Discography[edit] Aus-Rotten. Aus-Rotten was an American anarcho-punk band active from 1991 to 2001 formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of the DIY underground, its members practiced and promoted a philosophy of anarchism and far-left sociopolitics. The band included lead vocalist Dave Trenga, vocalist/guitarist Eric Good, bassist Corey Lyons, and drummer Matt Garabedian. Spitboy singer Adrienne Droogas would often join the band in their later material. The band's name comes from the German word ausrotten, which translates to "extermination" or "eradication". Music[edit] Musical style[edit] Aus-Rotten went through roughly two stylistic periods during its existence; they originated as a bass-heavy sound hardcore punk band with low-fidelity production, before taking a hiatus and returning with a thicker sound.
Lyrical themes[edit] Dave Trenga penned most of the band's lyrics. The band is perhaps most famous for its radical, quotable lyrics (e.g. Post-breakup[edit] Discography[edit] Demos[edit] EPs[edit] Compilation[edit] Joe Strummer. John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was a British musician, singer and songwriter who was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the punk rock band The Clash, a band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, and rockabilly.
The Clash were one of the most prominent of the emerging bands in the UK punk rock scene, their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978) reaching number 2 on the UK charts. Soon after, they began achieving success in the US, starting with London Calling (1979), and peaking with 1982's Combat Rock, reaching number 7 on the US charts and being certified 2x platinum there.
The Clash's politicised lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock, alternative rock in particular.[1] Biography and career[edit] I bought a ukulele. Blanks 77. Blanks 77 is an American street punk band active from 1990–2001, and again from 2004 onward. Originally based in Hillside, New Jersey, they have since relocated to Denville. History[edit] Formation, early years, first record (1990–1996)[edit] The band formed in 1990[2] when high school friends Mike (vocals) and Chad (drums) were joined by guitarist Renee, whom they had met through a musician wanted ad.[3] Their first bassist was a friend of Renee's named Brendan. The new group named themselves The Blanks after finding their minds blank as to what to name the band. Shortly thereafter, another band informed them that the Blanks name was already taken; to avoid conflict, they added '77 to their name in reference to punk rock's canonically accepted year of origin.[4] Further releases, lineup changes and breakup (1997–2001)[edit] Reformation (2004–present)[edit] In 2004, Blanks 77 reunited around the "classic lineup" of Mike, Renee, Tim, and Chad.
Members[edit] Current members[edit] Profane Existence. The Profane Existence Collective (referred to occasionally as 'P.E.') is a Minneapolis-based[1] anarcho-punk collective. Established in 1989,[2] the collective publishes a nationally-known[3] zine (also called Profane Existence), as well as releasing and distributing anarcho-punk, crust, and grindcore music,[4] and printing and publishing pamphlets and literature.[5][6] Stacy Thompson describes the collective as “the largest, longest-lasting, and most influential collective in Anarcho-Punk so far.”[7] The collective folded in 1998,[8][9] although its distribution arm, then called Blackened Distribution, continued operating.[10] It restarted in 2000.[2] "Making punk a threat again" is the group's slogan.
History[edit] In 1992 the group co-published (with Maximum Rock n Roll) the first edition of Book Your Own Fuckin' Life, a directory (organized by region) of bands, distributors, venues, houses where "touring bands or traveling punks could sleep and sometimes eat for free," etc. [edit] Doom (UK band)
Doom are an English crust punk band from Birmingham, England, whose first, influential lineup were together from 1987 to 1990. Despite its short existence, the band is considered pivotal in the rise of crust punk, a style within the punk rock subgenre that fuses extreme metal with anarcho-punk. They recorded for Peaceville Records and are cited as an early precursor to the grindcore style of heavy metal music. Doom were also a favorite of BBC Radio DJ John Peel. Doom began as The Subverters with Jon Pickering (bass/vocals), Bri Doom (guitar) and Jason Hodges (drums).
On the strength of this first recording Peaceville asked Doom if they would record a full LP for them, which they agreed to do. This line up recorded the split 7" EP Doomed to Extinction with Extinction of Mankind, the Fuck Peaceville double LP, and the Hail to Sweden 7" EP. Bri would go on to join Khang, this band then evolving into Lazarus Blackstar.Denis moved to Sweden and formed Murdered Cop and then Gloomy Sunday.
Dropdead. Dropdead is a hardcore punk[2] band based in Providence, Rhode Island.[3] They have been active in the punk scene since 1991.[4] The band's songs are generally short and very fast-paced, with few lasting longer than one minute. Other famous hardcore and crust bands like Nasum[5] have covered some of their songs. Members[edit] Former members Devon Cahill – bass. Previously in Monster X, Exploding Corpse Action, Conniption, and Hail MaryLee Mastrobuono – bass. Influences[edit] Discography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Doom (UK band) Pink Flag. It has been widely acclaimed, and is considered influential by critics. Reception[edit] Critical[edit] Upon its release, Robert Christgau called it a "punk suite" and praised its "simultaneous rawness and detachment" and detected a rock-and-roll irony similar to but "much grimmer and more frightening" than the Ramones.[4] Trouser Press called it "a brilliant 21-song suite" in which the band "manipulated classic rock song structure by condensing them into brief, intense explosions of attitude and energy, coming up with a collection of unforgettable tunes".[10] In its retrospective review, Allmusic awarded the album five stars out of five, opining that it was "perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk" and also "recognizable, yet simultaneously quite unlike anything that preceded it.
Influence[edit] Although the album was released to critical acclaim,[11][12][13][14] it was not a big seller. Cover versions[edit] Track listing[edit] Personnel[edit] Crass. Crass were an English punk rock band formed in 1977[2] which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a way of life and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, advocating direct action, animal rights and environmentalism. The band used and advocated a DIY punk ethic approach to its sound collages, leaflets, albums and films. Crass spray-painted stencilled graffiti messages in the London Underground system and on advertising billboards, coordinated squats and organised political action.
The band expressed its ideals by dressing in black, military-surplus-style clothing and using a stage backdrop amalgamating icons of perceived authority such as the Christian cross, the swastika, the Union Jack and the Ouroboros. The band were critical of punk subculture[3] and youth culture in general. History[edit] 1977: Origins[edit] Steve Ignorant onstage, June 1981 They introduced their stage backdrop, a logo designed by Rimbaud's friend Dave King. Dropdead. Disclose. Members and Former Members[edit] Tsukasa (vocals)Kawakami (vocals, lead guitar)Fukugawa (bass guitar)Yasuoka (bass guitar)Yuusei (bass guitar)Gori (bass guitar)Abe (bass guitar, US tour)Masa (bass guitar)Hiro the Aggression (drums)Fujiwara (drums)Uo-Katsu (drums)Aki (drums)Naoto (?)
Discography[edit] CDs[edit] Raw Brutal Assault Vol. 1 (2003, has tracks from 1992–1994)Raw Brutal Assault Vol. 2 (2003, has tracks from 1994–1998) LPs[edit] Tragedy (1994)Yesterday’s fairytale, tomorrow’s nightmare (1/6/03)The Demos Album (1995)No More Pain 12"[edit] Nightmare or Reality (May/June 1999) Split 12"[edit] Split 12" with Totalitär (2000) 10"es[edit] Great Swedish Feast (1995)The Aspects of War (1997)Nuclear Hell (with G.A.T.E.S., 2005) 7"es[edit] Once the War Started (1993)Visions of War (1996)4 track EP (1997)The Nuclear Victims (1998)A Mass of Raw Sound Assault (2001)Apocalypse of Death (March 2002)Neverending War (2003)The Sound of Disaster (2003)Apocalypse Continues (2004) Overthrow Records Demos[edit]
Distorted Magazine. MDC (band) Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. Adhesive (band) Pulp magazine. Out of the Womb. Cannibal film. Religious Wars (Subhumans album) Exploitation film. Disclose. This Is Boston, Not L.A. Damned Damned Damned. SNFU.