Aaron Nagel is an American
painter
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and the original
trumpet
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player for punk rock/ska core act
Link 80, born and raised in
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, Cali ...
.
He later played
guitar
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in the band
DESA with other former Link 80 members
Ryan Noble,
Adam Davis, and
Barry Krippine.
He currently runs Two Twenty Two Design Studio and is an artist whose work has adorned two
Rx Bandits albums (his paintings "''Predictable''" and "''Look Left ...And The Battle Begun''" are the covers of
The Resignation and
...And the Battle Begun respectively) as well as
DESA's split
EP with
Howards Alias and their latest album "''
Arriving Alive''".
His paintings have been shown solo and in group shows across the country since 2005.
In 2016, Nagel participated in a
Link 80 reunion for the
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 ...
20th Anniversary. On June 17 and 18, the band played two sold-out shows at the San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill. The lineup included singer Ryan Noble, guitarists
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (born February 19, 1978) is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is a founding member of the punk band Link 80 and co-creator of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence Productions, Rad ...
and Adam Davis, drummer
Joey Bustos, bassists Adam Pereria and Barry Krippene, and horn players Steve Borth and Jason Lechner. Prior to the shows, a video tribute to
Nick Traina was shown that the band released the video online on June 20, 2016.
Nagel is
vegan straight edge
Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated as sXe or signified by XXX or simply X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs in reaction to the punk subculture's excesses. Some ...
.
Discography
* ''
The Link 80 & Wet Nap Split'' (1995)
* ''
Remember How It Used To Be EP'' (1995)
* ''
Rumble At The Tracks EP'' (1996)
* ''
17 Reasons'' (1996)
* ''
Killing Katie'' (1997)
References
External links
Aaron Nagel / Two Twenty Two Design StudioInterview with Sunrise ArtistsStudio Visit/Interview with WarholianInterview with Curbs and StoopsLink 80
Living people
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
American male painters
Guitarists from California
Painters from California
21st-century American trumpeters
21st-century American guitarists
21st-century American male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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