Tag Archives: Dave Smalley

Pursuing his departure from All following the group’s first two albums under that name, vocalist/guitarist Dave Smalley (also formerly of Dag Nasty) come up with Down FOR LEGAL REASONS in 1991 with ex-Clawhammer guitarist Chris Bagarozzi as well as the former Chemical People rhythm portion of Ed Urlik (bass) and …

Dag Nasty kept roaring D.C.-styled hardcore alive through the mid-’80s. Even though group was even more available and melodic than Small Threat, it by no means dropped its bracing, blistering advantage. Formed by previous Small Threat and Meatmen guitarist Brian Baker and ex-DYS vocalist Dave Smalley, Dag Nasty documented their …

Stars within their Cleveland hometown, unknown elsewhere (aside from the minor country wide hit “It’s Cool Outdoors”), the Choir played an accomplished, in case a little bit anachronistic, Uk Invasion-influenced pop/rock and roll in the late ’60s. The Mersey-mod cross types “It’s Cold Outdoors” visited number 1 in Cleveland in …

When renowned (and frequently copied) LA punk rockers the Descendents were forced to be on hiatus in the later ’80s when vocalist Milo Aukerman still left the group to wait college full-time, the rest of the members made a decision to keep on under a different name: ALL (lifted in …