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image courtesy nytimes.com Website: LCD Soundsystem.com Myspace: LCD Soundsystem Official Myspace For someone who hails from the very epitome of small-town America, James Murphy is extremely partial to a very English insult. Particularly when it's a self-deprecating one. Despite being labeled as a tragically hip super-producer - 'the Pharrell Williams of punk-funk' - the wiseass sarcasm that comes out of his own songs is generally aimed, first and foremost, at himself. The 'tit' reference is provoked by a conversation about Losing My Edge, the 2002 single that launched LCD Soundsystem's recording career, skewered the vanity, insecurity and one-upmanship of the ageing hipster with hilarious accuracy, and remains, thus far, his signature tune. 'It still ...

Official: FNM.com Label: In 1981, Bay Area California musicians Mike "Puffy" Bordin, Billy Gould, Mike Morris, and Wade Worthington formed a band called Faith No Man. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike "The Man" Morris was ousted, the group began calling themselves Faith No More. After going through a series of singers which included Courtney Love, the band was joined by Chuck Mosely in 1983. The same year, Jim Martin was recruited to replace guitarist Mark Bowen. A four-song demo tape recorded in 1984 led to the band's first real album, "We Care A Lot," released on Mordam Records in 1985. Chuck Mosely Within a year the band signed up with Slash Records, ...

Website: Wolfbrigade Official Myspace Labels: Farewell, La Famila, Agipunk(Eu),Deranged(America) Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack) are a Swedish D-beat crust punk band, formed in 1995. Their lineup has included members of Asta Kask, To What End?, Today's Overdose, Cosa Nostra, Anti Cimex, Obscure Infinity and Harlequin. Their music was a groundbreaking mix of Swedish hardcore punk and death metal that paved the way for bands such as Tragedy.[citation needed] Singer Jonsson was forced to leave the band in 1998, and they recruited singer Micke. At around the same time, they changed their name from Wolfpack to Wolfbrigade, to avoid association with a Swedish neo-Nazi prison gang who shared that name. In 2002, drummer Frank left and was replaced by ...

Photo Courtesy TIRCK Website: Violent Society Official Myspace Bio Courtesy of Wiki Violent Society is a punk rock band that formed in 1990. The band was based out of Philadelphia, PA. Known for playing a style of punk that appealed to a variety of audiences, including fans of pop punk, hardcore punk, and late-70s style U.K. punk. The band was formed in high school by two friends, Michael Kinney (Mick) and Patrick Leck (Pat Society). Bill Donahue (Dirty Rotten Bill) and Pat Kelly filled out the lineup in 1990/91. The band's original sound was a hybrid of '80s metal and '70s punk rock. As the '90s progressed, so did the band's style. The original metal influence was all ...

Website: Venomous Concept Official Myspace Label: Century Media Over 20 years of hardcore, punk & grindcore history amalgamate in VENOMOUS CONCEPT’s viciously aggressive new effort “Poisoned Apple”, profiting from the well-deserved laurels and integrity of its illustrious members Shane Embury (guitar, Napalm Death), Kevin Sharp (vocals, Brutal Truth), Danny Lilker (bass, Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth) and Danny Herrera (drums, Napalm Death). The history of VENOMOUS CONCEPT can be dated back to 1989 when Shane Embury and Kevin Sharp first met in New York City when Napalm Death were asked to play a show as part of the city’s annual music/arts festival week at legendary club CBGB’s. Their friendship started at St.Marks pizza parlour around the corner. Needless to say ...

Website: Official Toxic Holocaust Myspace Youtube: Official Toxic Holocaust Youtube Label: Relapse TOXIC HOLOCAUST mutated into existence in 1999, when Joel Grind merged his love for classic punk and metal and the flash of L.A. hard rock into his ideal band. Like his influences - Bathory, Venom, English Dogs, Possessed, Broken Bones - TOXIC HOLOCAUST featured blazing riffs, gravel-throated vocals, and a deadly fixation on the evil in man and a post-apocalyptic world. Grind wrapped all of these elements up with a DIY attitude and begin writing and recording material almost instantly. As the band’s driving force, Grind wrote and recorded all of the material. After several well-received demos, Grind was ready to take the band to the next level ...

Websites: Touche Amore Myspace, Touche Amore.com Labels: 6131 Records, No Sleep Records Hailing from Los Angeles, Touche Amore set themselves against the glamour and greed of their hometown culture with “…To the Beat of a Dead Horse”, the passionate debut LP/CD set for release in July through 6131/Collect Records. In the last year, Touche Amore have become of vibrant part of the flourishing West Coast hardcore punk scene, successfully bridging gaps between subgenres. By playing their explosive and sincere music in every basement, VFW hall, club and space up and down the West coast, along side hardcore torchbearers Killing the Dream, Trash Talk and This is Hell as well as like-minded, discordant bands Ampere, Comadre ...

Website: Thursday.net Label: Epitaph Thursday have always been difficult to categorize. Although they famously rose out of New Brunswick, New Jersey’s basement culture they’ve always been far too cerebral to be considered a traditional hardcore band. Over their eleven-year career they’ve toured with everyone from the Cure to Cursive, but have retained an inherent aggressiveness that can only come from being weaned on similarly independent nineties acts like Ink And Dagger and Lifetime. All of these references to other bands only serve as guidelines-and with Common Existence Thursday have finally reconciled all of their seemingly disparate literary and musical influences into a collection of songs that span the spectrum of human emotions from frustration to hope and, above all, ...

Jordan Buckley (Born 15 November 1981 - Jordan is a guitarist for band Every Time I Die as well as a graphic illustrator and artist. He grew up in West Seneca, New York.) Jordan Buckley Biography on Wikipedia Websites: Jordan Buckley Made This! Jordan Buckley Worldwide Jordan Buckley Myspace

Image Courtesy StephenTompkins.com Stephen Tompkins (born October 4, 1971, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American artist, animator, and composer. BIOS: Stephen Tompkins Bio on Wikipedia Stephen Tompkins Official Bio Official Website: StephenTompkins.com

Website: Official Terror Myspace: Official Terror Myspace Label: Century Media Photo Courtesy of Terror & Evan Dell Photography The tireless and tour-hungry hardcore loyalists in LA’s TERROR, spearheaded by the endless enthusiasm of frontman Scott Vogel, have earned quite a reputation since forming at the turn of the millennium. Their melding of no-frills breakneck hardcore and the fervor of new generation metal bridges the gap between young and old, and it makes for one hell of a pit no matter what city or stage the band leaves in ruin. Vogel has been a key figure in the scene’s survival, having given up a normal home life to slug it out on the road despite broken limbs, slipped discs and ...

Image Courtesy PunkWorldViews.com Website: Star Fucking Hipsters Official Website Myspace:Star Fucking Hipsters Official Myspace Label: Fat Wreck Chords, Alternative Tentacles Bio Courtesy Star Fucking Hipsters.com So we're not actually trying to take your under-age children across state-lines to live the decadent Star Fucking Hipster lifestyle. We are a new band featuring members of mostly current, with a couple of non-active, but not broken-up bands like Choking Victim, The Degenerics, Leftover Crack, the Slackers, Nanuchka and Casa de Chihuahua with honorary members from bands like the Bouncing Souls, World/Inferno Friendship Society ...

Myspace: Rise and Fall Official Myspace Label: Deathwish Inc Rise And Fall Hometown: Belgium Bjorn: Vocals Vince: Bass Daan: Drums Cedric: Guitars Possessed with an earth shaking heaviness and alarming "no frills" punk urgency, Belgium's Rise And Fall are the next chapter of true hardcore/punk greatness. Rise And Fall sharpened their teeth with their debut album, "Hellmouth" in 2004 (SA Mob/JTTP). "Hellmouth" showed a raw ferocity that few bands hold. Capturing the attention of many, Rise And Fall soon after found themselves on tour with Converge, The Great Deceiver, and others in Europe. After that landmark tour, Rise And Fall shed members only to evolve into a revamped, recharged musical monster. After months of grueling work with the new lineup, Rise And Fall released their "Into ...

Myspace: No Friends Official Myspace Label: No Idea, Kiss Of Death No Friends features Tony Foresta (Municipal Waste), Sam Johnson (New Mexican Disaster Squad, VRGNS), Richard "Horsebites" Minino (NMDS, Gatorface, None More Black), and Alex Goldfarb (NMDS, Gatorface, VRGNS).

Myspace: Municipal Waste Official Myspace Website: FaceTheWaste.com Label: Earache Born in the sewers of Richmond, Virginia during 2000, with the aim of spreading the shred, Municipal Waste played their first gig at a Richmond New Year's Eve Keg party in 2000/2001. Blamed for inciting a small riot, Brendan Trache, Andy Harris, Tony Foresta and Ryan Waste went down a storm. As a result, the four swiftly started touring in small clubs; their blazing fast, raw thrash drew from the tradition of DRI, Suicidal Tendencies, 'Animosity'-era Corrosion Of Conformity, Nuclear Assault and Attitude Adjustment. Graduating to the road from the dirty bunker type garage behind Ryan's house (a place where he used to put on punk and metal shows), Municipal Waste ...

Lewd Acts Myspace: Lewd Acts Myspace Label:Deathwish inc Hometown: San Diego, CA USA Tyler: Vocals Alex: Guitar Cory: Drums Jake: Bass Lewd Acts are one of San Diego California's best kept hardcore secrets, but not for long... Lewd Acts' brand of raw noise reeks of true soul and stunning originality. Opting to embrace their pre-1988 punk and hardcore influences, they shun metal tendencies of today's hardcore scene. Vocally crooning and sonically winding their way through each song in ways that are continuously moving and exciting. A release history: Lewd Acts released their demo in 2005, a recording that garnered enough interest to come out as a 7"EP just a few months later. In mid 2006, they released their "...On Lonely Nights" 7"EP on the Eating Rats ...

Website: Official Kylesa Myspace: Kylesa Official Myspace Label: Season of Mist Band Members corey barhorst - bass, vocals phillip cope - guitar, vocals laura pleasants - guitar, vocals Jeff Porter - drums Carl McGinley - drums, noise Since this Savannah, Georgia quintet first formed in early 2001, worrying about genre limitations has never been a priority. Taking musical chances, however, always has been. While KYLESA are as heavy as any band out there, they are beholden to no one scene and no preconceived notions of what heavy music should be. "Lots of people like to stick to one kind of music," guitarist/vocalist Philip Cope elaborates, "and even with the underground, lots of people segregate themselves into small little categories and place lots of imaginary rules ...

Website: Kvelertak Official Myspace Kvelertak is a Norwegian band from Stavanger. Catchy and immediate, pretentious and fun, yet brutal and totally super-necro, black metal- and thrash-inspired punk rock, with a pop-oriented approach. That is one of many ways to describe the unique and totally unheard of, irresistible brand of hard-hitting, metal flavoured rock’n’roll that is Kvelertak – one of few bands that dare tread the untouched waters of Black Metal, the (un)holy grail of Norwegian pop-culture. This five-piece from Stavanger off the west coast of Norway has been stirring things up in their hometown the last year, thus gaining a substantial reputation as Stavanger’s most ridiculous liveband, with their mighty entertaining shows and the groovy blend of rawk, tailor-made for stage-performance. But ...