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Among Montreal’s most iconic punk rock and roll rings, the Nils played ragged-but-right music that featured hard-edged, melodic music and lyrics that revealed a hardcore kid’s thoughtful part. As the Nils acquired a sizable pursuing within their hometown and had been an influential action in both Canada and america, they …

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 …

Purveying a music squarely located on the more brutal end from the hardcore punk rock and roll spectrum, Clawhammer had been formed in LA, California, USA, in the mid-80s, acquiring their name from a Captain Beefheart lyric. Amongst their first produces was a track-by-track cover record cassette of Devo’s Q: …

The wickedly original Japan punk revival band Hi-Standard were formed in 1991 by guitarist/vocalist Ken Yokoyama, bassist/vocalist Akihiro Nanba, and drummer Akira Tsuneoka. The bandmembers produced a name for themselves within their indigenous Japan early in 1992 if they released Developing Through to Toy’s Factory Information. They were quickly brought …

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 …

A healthy, fun-loving punk music group, One Hit Question uses Long Seaside, CA, as their center point for performing. Dan Main, who provides business lead electric guitar and vocals, previously performed electric guitar for the Vandals within the film Dudes. Chris Internet, drummer formerly without Doubt, also has for Polish …

Ex-Circle Jerks vocalist Keith Morris assembled a assortment of L.A. indie vets beneath the name Midget Handjob to try out cacophonous punk-jazz behind his spoken term musings. The rest from the lineup presented Clawhammer people Chris Bagarozzi (acoustic guitar/bass) and Jon Wahl (sax/keyboards/bass), De Tox’s Tony Malone (acoustic guitar/bass), the …

Best known because the maker for most from the rings about Washington D.C.’s legendary Dischord Information, Don Zientara was also a musician — once an associate of Under Heaven, in the first eighties — who released his first single album, 16 Ssongs, on very long time collaborator and friend Ian …

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 …