Dag Nasty is an American

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band from

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, formed in 1985 by guitarist Brian Baker of

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, drummer

Colin Sears Colin Sears is an American drummer who has performed in Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Dag Nasty, The Marshes, Rumblepuppy, Grave Goods, Bloodbats, Los Vampiros, Thundering Asteroids! and currently Handgun Bravado and The Valley Floor. He ...

and bassist Roger Marbury, both of

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, and vocalist Shawn Brown (later of

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and Jesuseater). Their style of less aggressive,

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was influential to

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. Their influences include U2, particularly their debut album ''

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'' (1980) the Damned,

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, and

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History

Shawn Brown was the first vocalist with whom the band recorded unreleased versions of most of the material that later made up their first release '' Can I Say'', which featured former roadie and new singer

Dave Smalley Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS and Dag Nasty, and skate punk band All as well as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music an ...

of DYS. Dave left the band to attend grad school at New York University before a summer tour with

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. A new singer, Peter Cortner, was found after the band placed an ad in a local paper and the tour was kept. After touring half the US opening for

, the band went home and recorded new material that wasn't released until years later. After a few more local shows, the band broke up in the fall of 1986. Brian went to L.A. to start a new band with Doug Carrion and half of Doggy Style called Doggie Rock. After releasing one album under the Doggie Style name, Doggie Rock broke up and Brian reformed Dag Nasty in early 1987 with Peter, Colin and Doug replacing Roger Marbury, who declined to rejoin. Months later, the band recorded and released '' Wig Out at Denko's'', including rerecorded versions of the late 1986 tape and new material. In 1988, the band released their album ''

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'' on Giant Records, which was distributed by Dutch East India Trading. It was an ambitious album, often generating sharply polarised appraisals from fans: many hated it and many loved it. ''Field Day'' attempted to blend pop melodies with

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and

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riffs even further than previously attempted on ''Wig Out''. The result was, at times, uneven but helped to usher in a new style of

with more controlled playing, guitar effects, acoustic elements and slower tempos. The band split up shortly after touring for ''Field Day'' ended. In 1992, Dag Nasty reformed with Smalley on vocals and released the album ''

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''. In 1991,

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had released ''85-86'', a collection of early, pre-'' Can I Say'' recordings. In 2002, the band got back together, again with Smalley on the mic, returning the band to a hardcore sound. The result of this reunion was the album ''

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''. To this day they still release records, though Dag Nasty remains more of a side project for its members than a full-time active band. Cortner, who has not been involved with the band directly for years, completed his education as a lawyer, practiced law and recently became a schoolteacher. While strictly as a personal hobby now, Cortner has continued to make music under the names GPFA and, more recently, in a collaboration with Philadelphia area musicians entitled The Gerunds. He and Doug Carrion also have a project called Field Day where they perform songs from Cortner's era of Dag Nasty records. Sears went on to play in

The Marshes The Marshes are an American punk band, from Northampton, Massachusetts, that originally included Colin Sears (drums), Emil Busi (bass, vocals) and Steven Wardlaw (guitar). Career Drummer Colin Sears, who was best known for playing with Dag Nasty ...

and later after moving to Portland, Oregon fo
Handgun Bravado
an
The Valley Floor
He also works as a city planner for the

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. The other members of the band have remained involved in music. Baker joined

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after

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left to focus on his own record label (

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) and continued to play in the band when Gurewitz rejoined. In 2009, Brian Baker said he wanted to make a new Dag Nasty record with Peter Cortner. "We want to do another record with Peter singing at some point and that will be the next one we do. I've spoken with Colin and Roger and they want to do it with Peter next time. Maybe a year from now, who knows? Whenever people are available. The one thing about Peter is that he's a really good lyricist. That's always been his strong point" In October 2012, Dag Nasty announced a reunion show in Washington DC with their original singer, Shawn Brown. On December 28, 2012, the original Dag Nasty line up played the

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in support of the upcoming documentary "Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution". The bill also featured

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, another Washington DC punk reunion. The group was reformed again in 2015. It was announced that year on May 30, 2016, Dag Nasty will tour Europe in the spring of 2016 and play the

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in Las Vegas, and on June 11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A new 7 inch single will be released on Dischord Records in May 2016.

Members

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* Shawn Brown (August 1985 – February 1986/December 2012/2015) *

(February 1986 – June 1986/1991/2002) * Peter Cortner (July 1986 – July 1988)

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* Brian Baker

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* Roger Marbury (August 1985 – March 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) *

Doug Carrion Doug Carrion (born November 9, 1964) is an American musician, audio engineer, record producer, and music editor. He played bass guitar in the punk rock bands the Descendents and Dag Nasty during the 1980s, and in the hard rock band For Love Not ...

(March 1987 – July 1988)

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(August 1985 – June 1987/1991/2002/December 2012) *

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(August 1987 – July 1988) *

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(" Wig Out at Denko's" tour, summer 1987)

Discography

Albums

* '' Can I Say'' LP (

Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release '' Minor Disturbance'' by their band the Teen Id ...

, 1986) * '' Wig Out at Denko's'' LP (

, 1987) * ''

'' LP ( Giant Records, 1988) * ''

'' LP/CD (

, 1992) * ''

'' LP/CD (

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, 2002) *''Dag with Shawn'' LP/CD (

, 2010) – recorded in 1985, features songs from first album with Brown on vocals

Reissues and compilations

*''Can I Say/Wig Out at Denko's'' CD (

, 1991) *''85-86'' LP/7" Box Set/CD (

, 1991) *'' Can I Say'' and '' Wig Out at Denko's'' were remastered and separately re-released by

Dischord Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson (musician), Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by th ...

in 2002.

Singles and EPs

*''All Ages Show'' 7" ( Giant Records, 1987) *''Trouble Is'' 12" ( Giant Records, 1988) *''Cold Heart'' 7" (

, 2016)

References

External links

The Official Dag Nasty Website

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