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Straight Faced (band)
Straight Faced was an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, United States, in 1992. Origin Straight Faced began as a Huntington Beach, California hardcore band named "Above All" in 1991. The founding members were Eric Glenn Stewart (1973–2007), Ron Moeller, Matthew Polentz, and Samuel Marrs. All members were friends who grew up together in Huntington Beach, California in the late 1980s. Stewart set them up in a warehouse in Santa Ana that his father used to run a construction business out of, and taught the other members how to play. With a handful of originals and cover songs, they played one backyard party. Shortly after the addition of Kevin Grossman as second guitar, Above All broke up due to a rift that split the band in two. At the request of Ron Moeller for his birthday, he and Grossman rented a rehearsal studio and recruited their new friend Johnny Miller to sing. The bass player for that night never showed up so they asked Jack C. Louis to fill in ...
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Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, it is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster, California, Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley, California, Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast. Huntington Beach has a long stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, conditions considered ideal for surfing, and a strong beach ...
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Guilty (Straight Faced Album)
''Guilty'' is the first full-length studio album from hardcore punk band, Straight Faced. It was released in September, 1995 on Fearless Records Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the ''Fearless Flush Sampler'' and ''Punk Bites'' releas .... Track listing Personnel ;Straight Faced * Johnny Miller – vocals * Kevin Grossman – guitar * Damon Beard – guitar * Sam Marrs – bass * Ron Moeller – drums ;Production * Recorded & Produced by Jim Goodwin * Cover Art by Tim Martin * Layout by Craig Olivas Design * Photos by Phil White & Alexis Longo References External linksFearless Records album page Fearless Records albums 1995 albums Straight Faced albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub ...
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Hardcore Punk Groups From California
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Musical Groups From Orange County, California
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MySpace
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Hostage Records
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ...
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Pulling Teeth (album)
''Pulling Teeth'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the hardcore punk band Straight Faced. It was released in 2000 on Epitaph Records. The album was produced by Blag Dahlia of Dwarves. The track "Happy" appeared on Epitaph Records' '' Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5''. Critical reception ''Exclaim!'' wrote: "Their sound has a heaviness that sticks out among their sunny-sided SoCal brethren. This is the sort of thing that would come out of New York, sounding like Helmet meets Sick Of It All." ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' called the album "nothing more than a lame attempt to rip off Rage Against the Machine." Track listing Personnel ;Straight Faced * Johnny Miller – vocals * David Tonic – guitar * Jeff Hibben – bass * Ron Moeller – drums ;Production * Recorded at Grandmaster Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA * Produced by Blag Dahlia & Bradley Cook * Recorded by Bradley Cook * Mixed by Blag Dahlia & Bradley Cook at Bay7, North Hollywood, California * Ma ...
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Long Play
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Conditioned (album)
''Conditioned'' is the third full-length studio album from hardcore punk bandd Straight Faced. It was released in July 1998 on Epitaph Records and follows '' Broken'', released in 1996. The album was produced by Ryan Greene, and the track "Let's Do This" appeared on Epitaph Records' Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4 compilation. An alternative version of the track "Regret" appeared on Fearless Records' ''Flush Sampler'', and "Against" was featured in the Electronic Arts' PlayStation game '' Street Sk8er''. Track listing Personnel ;Straight Faced * Johnny Miller – vocals * David Tonic – guitar * Damon Beard – guitar * Kevin Norton – bass * Ron Moeller – drums ;Production * Recorded at Motor Studios, San Francisco, California, USA * Produced by Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. He has worked wit ...
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Ignite (band)
Ignite is an American melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1993, their commercial breakthrough album, '' A Place Called Home'', was released in 2000 on TVT Records. Prior to this release, they were well regarded among hardcore fans, thanks in part to constant touring and having visited over 40 countries. Much of the band's music is socially and politically aware. Ignite actively supports, and has given proceeds to, organizations such as Earth First, Doctors Without Borders, Sea Shepherd, and Pacific Wildlife. Former lead singer Zoltán "Zoli" Téglás has taken account of such issues as environmental concerns and vegetarianism—common topics found on ''A Place Called Home''. The legacy of Soviet Communism in Eastern Europe is another recurring theme, in part because of Teglas' Hungarian background. History On May 9, 2005, they filmed a live DVD at The Troubadour with A Dying Dream and Eightyonedays in West Hollywood, California. The DV ...
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Broken (Straight Faced Album)
''Broken'' is the second full-length studio album from hardcore punk band, Straight Faced. It was released in July, 1996 on Fearless Records and follows '' Guilty'' released in 1995. The album was produced by Strung Out bassist Jim Cherry. Track listing Personnel ;Straight Faced * Johnny Miller – vocals * Kevin Grossman – guitar * Damon Beard – guitar * Sam Marrs – bass * Ron Moeller – drums ;Production * Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, USA * Produced by Jim Cherry * Mixed by Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with many artists including Jay-Z, Lita For ... at Fat Planet * Mastered by Eddie Schreyer References External linksFearless Records album page {{Authority control Fearless Records albums 1996 albums Straight Faced albums ...
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