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Knowledge (punk Band)
Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was the lead singer for the punk band Link 80. Life Traina was the son of Danielle Steel and William George Toth. Traina died by suicide by overdosing on morphine at the age of 19. Career Traina started his first band, Shanker, at age 13 with Max Leavitt. He joined Link 80 at age 16 and played with them for three years, touring extensively. After leaving Link 80 in August 1997, Traina formed a new band called Knowledge and recorded a demo with them that has since been released on Asian Man Records. A song titled "Gnat" was included on the release; the song was recorded years earlier with Leavitt. Discography With Link 80: * '' Remember How It Used To Be EP'' (1995) * '' Rumble At The Tracks EP'' (1996) * ''17 Reasons'' (1996) * ''Killing Katie ''Killing Katie'' is the second album by the punk band Link 80. It was released on CD and 10" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997. It was recorde ... [...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] |
1997 Suicides
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy S-300 missile system, Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot S-300 crisis, Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place Of Death Missing
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American Punk Rock Musicians
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Youth Suicides
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood (Maturity (psychological), maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one, who is young". Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined Chronology, chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities, such as taking unpaid work, or having Human sexual activity, sexual relations. Youth is an experience that may shape an individual's level of Dependency theory, dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different Culture, cultural perspectives. Personal experience is marked by an individual's cultural norms or traditions, while a youth's level of dependency means the extent to which they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established in May 1996. History Asian Man Records were distributed by Mordam Records. Sublabels In 2011, Park established the Fun Fun Records sublabel, which released children's music. As of 2015, artists on the Fun Fun label included Mike Park, Dan Potthast, Play Date (band), Play Date, Kepi Ghoulie, Happy Wags, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo. Artists The label specializes in mostly ska and Punk rock, punk. The first proper release by the label was Link 80's 17 Reasons and the label has since gone on to release recordings by punk heavyweights such as Alkaline Trio and Less Than Jake. Other artists released include: Current * Agung Gede * The Abruptors * Akiakane * The Apers * The Atom Age * Bagheera (band), Bagheera * Buck-O-Nine * Chotto Ghetto * Classics Of Love * Coquettish (ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Katie
''Killing Katie'' is the second album by the punk band Link 80. It was released on CD and 10" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997. It was recorded with Steve Fontano at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California between 18–20 April 1997. The album was the last Link 80 recording to feature lead singer Nick Traina and guitarist Matt Bettinelli-Olpin. It was released less than a month before Nick Traina's suicide. Track listing # "Better Than Shit" # "Packing Up" # "No Such Thing" # "Kind Of..." # "The Truth Of It" # "El Stupido (No Quiero Vomitar)" # "Nothing Left" # "For What It's Worth" (originally recorded by Buffalo Springfield) # "Termination (Live at 924 Gilman Street)" # "Blank Mind (Live at 924 Gilman Street)" # "Teenage Fuck Up (Live at 924 Gilman Street)" Sampled material * "Better Than Shit" samples the opening line from N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton". * "El Stupido" samples dialogue from '' American Me''. * "For What It's Worth" uses a quote from Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17 Reasons
''17 Reasons'' is the first full-length album by the ska punk band Link 80. It was recorded in 1996 and released on CD and 12" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997. The record was the first original release for Asian Man Records (the previous four releases had initially been released on Dill Records). It was recorded during two sessions: one at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA with Steve Fontano and one at Art of Ears with Andy Ernst. The album title and a song title ("Turn It Around") come from two of the band's favorite local Bay Area punk rock compilations: ''Turn It Around!'' and ''17 Reasons: The Mission District''. The cover photo was taken March 17, 1996 at Ann Kong's Bleach Bottle Pig Farm in Berkeley, California, located at 2072 San Pablo Ave. On October 17, 2023, Mike Park announced that Asian Man Records would reissue ''17 Reasons'' and '' The Struggle Continues'' on vinyl, as well as reprinting the band's first official shirt. The reissue includes new vinyl mastering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
