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Justin Mauriello made a tag for the pop-punk community in the mid- to later ’90s as vocalist and guitarist for Orange State rap-punk group Zebrahead, where his distinctive performing complemented the rapping of co-frontman Ali Tabatabaee. The boisterous quintet released its third full-length recording, MFZB, in 2003, and the next …

The exuberant Oakland pop-punk outfit the Fits initially formed because the Local people in 1997 when vocalist/guitarist Shawn Harris, drummer Matt Whalen, and bassist Justin San Souci were still in the first days of senior high school together. Frustrated with having less under-21 venues within the Bay Region at that …

Punk-pop combo Military of Freshmen shaped in Ventura, CA, in past due 1997 — vocalist Chris Jay, a recently available NJ transplant with some 500 finished tunes to his credit, assembled the music group after conference guitarist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Kai Dodson, keyboardists Owen Bucey and Dan Clark, and drummer …

Often billed simply because Canada’s response to the Ramones, Teenage Head were in reality as much a fresh wave band because they were a punk rock outfit. That they had a similar passion for pre-Beatles rock and roll & roll, specifically rockabilly, and a feeling of trashy fun that produced …