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Frontier Records
Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Sun Valley, Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher, a former employee of BOMP! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways. History Frontier Records first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album ''Group Sex''. The label went on to put out records by such bands as Suicidal Tendencies, American Music Club, Heatmiser, Redd Kross, Thin White Rope, T.S.O.L., Christian Death, and the Young Fresh Fellows, among others. On November 7, 2010, Frontier Records hosted a party for their 30th anniversary at the Echoplex in Los Angeles which featured a reunion by seminal punk band Middle Class, their first performance in nearly 30 years. The Adolescents, Rikk Agnew, T.S.O.L., the Avengers, and the Flyboys also performed. Discography See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down instrumentation. Punk rock lyrics often explore anti-establishment and Anti-authoritarianism, anti-authoritarian themes. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record label, independent labels. The term "punk rock" was previously used by American Music criticism, rock critics in the early 1970s to describe the mid-1960s garage bands. Certain late 1960s and early 1970s Detroit acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, and other bands from elsewhere created out-of-the-mainstream music that became highly influential on what was to come. Glam rock in the UK and the New York Dolls from New York ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Death
Christian Death is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles County, California, in 1979 by Rozz Williams. With major line-up changes over the years, Christian Death has retained "a relentlessly confrontational stand against organized religion and conventional morality". Williams was eventually joined by guitarist Rikk Agnew of the band Adolescents, James McGearty on bass guitar and George Belanger on drums. This line-up was responsible for producing the band's best known work, their 1982 debut studio album '' Only Theatre of Pain'', which was highly influential in the development of the style of music known as deathrock, as well as on the American gothic scene which also produced bands such as Kommunity FK and 45 Grave. Following the release of ''Only Theatre of Pain'', Christian Death's line-up fell apart, and by the time of the band's second studio album, '' Catastrophe Ballet'' (1984), Rozz had been joined by Valor Kand of tour mates Pompeii 99 on vocals and guitar. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choir Invisible
The Choir Invisible was a rock band from Pasadena, California, formed c. 1981 and comprising John Curry (vocals, keyboards), Scott Lasken (bass guitar), Thames Sinclair (guitar) and Danny Benair/Don Romine (drums). History Curry and Lasken were founding members of The Flyboys, a punk rock group that received comparisons with early U2,Robbins, IraChoir Invisible/Flyboys, ''Trouser Press''. Retrieved 2 October 2010. and recorded the first album ever released by Frontier Records, a small independent label started by Lisa Fancher in 1979. ", ''strangereaction.com''. Retrieved 2 October 2010. Thames Sinclair joined the Flyboys after the death of David Wilson in a car crash in 1978, and Denny Walsh joined on drums. Curry, Lasken and Sinclair then we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Zone (EP)
''Danger Zone'' is the debut EP by the American hardcore punk band China White. A longer early version of the title track, "Dangerzone", recorded in June 1980,Various artists (1983), ''Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods?''. New Underground Records. #NU-44. Insert sheet. would be later released as "Danger Zone" on the 1983 New Underground Records compilation album ''Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods?''Various artists, ''Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods?'', cover art . ''Record Collectors of the World Unite''. Retrieved October 26, 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China White (band)
China White was an influential hardcore punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for their EP ''Danger Zone''. They were, along with The Crowd, Adolescents, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L. and Shattered Faith, the prominent figures of the early Orange County punk scene.Sheklian, Brian (April 2007)"Sun, Sand, and Safety Pins: The Sensationalistic Saga of Punk Rock in Surf City" ''TrakMarx''. Retrieved October 17, 2015. In 1982, photographer Glen E. Friedman wrote: "Full doses of China White will send staggering chills through your veins as you experience this nitro-punk injection." History In the late 1970s, Huntington Beach was seeing a surge in punk rock, with nine bands creating a specific 'beach punk' sound: The Outsiders, The Slashers, The Crowd, The Voyeurs, The Klan, The Screwz, The Idols, the Non-Fascists and Fourth Reich. These bands had an aggressive or violent approach; they and their growing fan base were facing push-back from the Hippie movement and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance With Me (T
Dance with Me may refer to: Film and theatre * ''Dance with Me'' (musical), a 1975 Broadway musical * ''Dance with Me'' (1998 film), an American film directed by Randa Haines * ''Dance with Me'' (2019 Iranian film), a film directed by Soroush Sehhat * ''Dance with Me'' (2019 Japanese film), a film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi Music Albums * ''Dance with Me'' (Debelah Morgan album) or the title song (see below), 2000 * ''Dance with Me'' (Friends album) or the title song, 2002 * ''Dance with Me'' (Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra album), 1998 * ''Dance with Me'' (Johnny Reid album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Dance with Me'' (T.S.O.L. album) or the title song, 1981 * '' Dance with Me: Music from the Motion Picture'', from the 1998 film * ''Dance with Me'' (EP), by Short Stack, 2015 * ''Dance with Me'', by DJ BoBo, 1993 * ''Dance with Me'', by José Alberto "El Canario", 1991 * ''Dance with Me'', by Rosie Gaines, 2015 Songs * "Dance with Me" (112 song), 2001 * "Dance with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adolescents (album)
''Adolescents'', also known as ''The Blue Album'' due to its cover design, is the debut studio album by American punk rock band the Adolescents, released in April 1981 on Frontier Records. Recorded after guitarist Rikk Agnew and drummer Casey Royer joined the band, it features several songs written for their prior group, the Detours, including "Kids of the Black Hole" and "Amoeba", which became two of the Adolescents' most well-known songs. ''Adolescents'' was one of the first hardcore punk albums to be widely distributed throughout the United States, and became one of the best-selling California hardcore albums of its time. The band never toured in support of it, and broke up four months after its release. The ''Blue Album'' lineup of Agnew, Royer, guitarist Frank Agnew, bassist Steve Soto and singer Tony Brandenburg reunited several times in subsequent years, but only for brief periods. Background and recording The Adolescents formed in Fullerton, California, in January 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adolescents
The Adolescents are an American punk rock band formed in Fullerton, California in 1979. Part of the hardcore punk movement in southern California in the early 1980s, they were one of the main punk acts to emerge from Orange County, along with their peers in Agent Orange and Social Distortion. Founding bassist Steve Soto was the sole constant member of the band since its inception until his 2018 death, with singer Tony Reflex being in the group for all but one album. During the 1980s the band went through several lineup changes, breakups, and reunions, most involving drummer Casey Royer and guitarist brothers Rikk, Frank, and Alfie Agnew. During that decade, they released three albums: ''Adolescents'' (1981), '' Brats in Battalions'' (1987), and '' Balboa Fun*Zone'' (1988, without Reflex), then broke up in April 1989. Most of the members remained active in other musical projects, and a reunion of most of the early members in 2001 resulted in the comeback album '' OC Confi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyboys (band)
The Flyboys were an American pioneering Californian punk rock band, founded in 1975 before the first wave of American punk. The act was prominent in the Los Angeles punk rock scene around 1976 and 1977. Their second release was the debut output for Frontier Records. The band broke up in 1980. History Formation The Flyboys were formed in Arcadia, California, United States, in 1975 by guitarist and vocalist John "Jon Boy" Curry, bassist and vocalist David Wilson ( aka David Way), and drummer Dennis Walsh (aka Dennis Racket). Scott Lasken (aka Scott Towels) joined on bass soon thereafter, with Wilson moving to keyboards. This was the lineup that started to play Hollywood clubs in 1976. This lineup was derailed by Wilson's death in an auto accident in early 1978, shortly following a show at which the band opened for the Go-Go's and the Avengers. Tim Sincavage (aka Timmy Sinner) was later added to the lineup on guitar, and Curry began splitting his duties between guitar and keyboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avengers (band)
The Avengers are an American punk rock band formed in 1977 in San Francisco. The band recorded an EP, '' We Are the One'' (1977) and, after opening for the Sex Pistols, worked with Steve Jones, but had not released an album before breaking up in 1979. After the breakup an EP with the Steve Jones-produced songs was released (''The Avengers''), and later an album, ''Avengers'', in 1983. Their lead singer, Penelope Houston, is also a folk singer who has a solo career. Since 1999 a number of other albums were released with studio and live tracks, and the band has come together for various occasions. History Early history Drummer Danny Furious (Danny O'Brien) and guitarist Greg Ingraham decided to start a band, and Furious approached Penelope Houston to be their singer, who agreed. They finished their lineup with Jonathon Postal on bass, although he was replaced shortly after by Jimmy Wilsey. Their first release (and only release while the band was originally together) was '' We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikk Agnew
Richard Francis "Rikk" Agnew Jr. (born December 9, 1958) is an American musician with a career spanning more than 40 years. A multi-instrumentalist, he has previously been a member of some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk genre, as well as the influential deathrock band Christian Death. During his years with the Adolescents, Agnew became known as one of the best guitarists in the Southern California hardcore punk scene. Agnew has also pursued a solo career and released his debut studio album, ''All by Myself'', in 1982. He has since released two more solo albums, ''Emotional Vomit'' in 1990 and ''Turtle'' in 1992. Early life and education Richard Francis Agnew, Jr. was born on December 9, 1958, in Newport Beach, California. He is half Irish and half Mexican-American and was raised in a blue-collar neighborhood in Fullerton, California. He attended Fullerton High School. Despite graduating with a 4.2 GPA, he loathed high school, saying it "de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolescents (band)
The Adolescents are an American punk rock band formed in Fullerton, California in 1979. Part of the hardcore punk movement in southern California in the early 1980s, they were one of the main punk acts to emerge from Orange County, along with their peers in Agent Orange and Social Distortion. Founding bassist Steve Soto was the sole constant member of the band since its inception until his 2018 death, with singer Tony Reflex being in the group for all but one album. During the 1980s the band went through several lineup changes, breakups, and reunions, most involving drummer Casey Royer and guitarist brothers Rikk, Frank, and Alfie Agnew. During that decade, they released three albums: ''Adolescents'' (1981), '' Brats in Battalions'' (1987), and '' Balboa Fun*Zone'' (1988, without Reflex), then broke up in April 1989. Most of the members remained active in other musical projects, and a reunion of most of the early members in 2001 resulted in the comeback album '' OC Confid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
