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Fake Problems

Originally planned like a solo project for vocalist/guitarist Chris Farren, Fake Problems certainly are a four-piece band hailing from your Southern coastal vacation town of Naples, FL. Occupying the area between alt-country, folk, and indie pop with an extra dosage of punk D.We.Con. appeal, Farren eventually met up with some …

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Grabass Charlestons

To paraphrase the outdated jelly manufacturer’s slogan, using a name just like the Grabass Charlestons, it must be great…or, at the minimum, entertainingly silly. This goofy pop-punk trio from Gainesville, FL, is certainly just as cheerfully vulgar and unapologetically giggly as their name, supported with a good line in the …

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Davey Havok

Multifaceted vocalist Davey Havok spans genres because the singer of punk strap AFI, electronic duo Blaqk Sound, hardcore outfit XTRMST, and fresh wave-inspired supergroup Dreamcar. Balancing specific extremes, he discovered as much motivation within the Treatment and Depeche Setting as he do within the Misfits and Small Threat, two edges …

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Tom Gabel

Politically and socially charged singer/songwriter Tom Gabel made a name for himself because the lead singer and guitarist for genre-bending Florida punk outfit Against Me!, a music group he began after dropping from senior high school at age 17 after many years of pursuing his military family members all over …

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The Menzingers

Though they might afterwards relocate to nearby Philadelphia, punk rock and roll unit the Menzingers came jointly in Scranton, Pa and included former associates of local ska-punk bands Bob & the Sagets and Kos Mos. Tom Might (vocals, electric guitar), Joe Godino (drums), Eric Eager (bass), and Greg Barnett (vocals, …

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The Gaslight Anthem

The Gaslight Anthem rose from the fertile punk scene of New Brunswick, NJ, flaunting a distinctive style that melded the influence of Bruce Springsteen, Wilson Pickett, and different Motown groups using the rough, emotional grit of WARM WATER Music and Jawbreaker. The music group — made up of vocalist/guitarist Brian …

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Against Me!

Before learning to be a full-fledged punk band, Against Me personally! was an acoustic single task spearheaded by Laura Jane Elegance, who began taking part in shows like a 17-year-old in Gainesville, Florida. Beginning in 1997, Elegance performed like a single take action wherever anyone could have her, sketching much …

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Off with Their Heads

Minneapolis punk music group Off making use of their Mind began in 2003, taking their regular membership from area punk and hardcore organizations like Dillinger 4, Dear Landlord, Banner Pilot, as well as the Fake Males, among others. Centered round the depraved and hard-living styles of vocalist Ryan Young’s tunes, …

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Cobra Skulls

The hard-edged and rapid-fire punk rock of Reno, Nevada’s Cobra Skulls was created in January 2004. Drummer Chad Cleveland, vocalist and bassist Devin Peralta, and guitarist Charlie Parker acquired met a couple of years prior while these were students on the School of Nevada, and with time, they banded jointly …

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This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb

Acoustic punk band This Bike Is really a Tube Bomb shaped in Pensacola, FL, within the middle-’90s, fusing influences in the 1960s folk protest movement (especially the unflinching politics themes of artists like Phil Ochs and Joan Baez) as well as the D.We.Y. visual of punk. The primary of the …

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