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''False Alarm'' is an American
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 sh ...
band founded in
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. A notable and historic suburb of Los Angeles, it is located just southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Beverly Hills ...
, in 1982.


History

False Alarm started in 1982. Brent Alden, bass player for the band, recalled, "We started calling it False Alarm because we pulled alarms by the Fairfax District". In the early days, the band was not well organized. Membership varied, including
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, later of
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. They were influenced by the
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,
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, Black Flag,
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, and
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. In 1983 the band broke up. In 1996 the guys started a new version of the band and released some new and old recordings.
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friends Paul Aragon (lead vocals), Brent Alden (bass), Dylan Maunder (guitar), Punk Floyd all original members and new cast member Art Chianello (drummer) joined the band and they started playing shows mainly at Al's Bar, the Anti-Club, and other venues between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1998 they released a 7-song CD entitled '' Learning Is Impossible''. It had six new songs and one from 1983 featuring
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on lead vocals. The newly formed band broke up in 1999. In 2001 False Alarm got back together with guitarist Dylan Maunder replacing Paul Aragon on vocals. Brent Alden, Art Chianello, and Dylan Maunder began recording a new CD. They were joined by
Paul Kostabi Paul Indrek Kostabi (also known as Ena; born October 1, 1962 in Whittier, California, United States) is an American visual artist, musician, record producer and audio engineer. He is the brother of the visual artist and musician Mark Kostabi. ...
of
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after Alden had an opportunity to meet
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. Kostabi and Ramone painted the album cover for the new False Alarm CD, '' Fuck 'Em All We've All Ready (Now) Won!'', which includes a song called "Youth Gone Mad", about the band. In 2002, Brent sent a demo tape to Cheetah Chrome of the
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and
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, who agreed to participate. He highly rates False Alarm in his interviews: "I really think they are a great band in the
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vein, with intelligent lyrics written by guys who have lived the hell they sing about… They have more heart and talent than anybody I've heard in a long, long, time." The band also recruited two veterans of the LA underground punk scene for a record: De De Troit of U.X.A. and Rick Wilder from the Mau-Mau's and the Berlin Brats. In 2002 after Dee Dee Ramones death a song he wrote and recorded with Paul Kostabi entitled False Alarm for the guys was released on CD. Quite an honor for the band. For various reasons the Fuck Em All We've All Ready (Now) Won! CD was not released until 2006, when a reviewer at ''Maximum RocknRoll'' judged them to be "channeling the sound and feel of '70s NYC junkie punk". Maunder died in 2005. In 2009 False Alarm put out a CD together with Youth Gone Mad, and signed with Italian record label Nicotine Records, who released ''Fuck 'Em All We've All Ready (Now) Won!'' in Europe. In 2011 they released ''Buspar for Bedbug'', a compilation of songs recorded as early as 1983 and others recorded in the 2000s, including "Vietnamese Baby" and "High Tension Wire", and rehearsal recordings.


Discography

;Albums * 1998-83 — '' Learning Is Impossible'' * 2006 — '' Fuck 'Em All We've All Ready (Now) Won!'' * 2009 — ''False Alarm'' / ''Youth Gone Mad with
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'' * 2011 — ''Buspar for Bedbug'' ;7" * 2002 — "Meatball Sandwich" (b/w "Youth Gone Mad with
Joey Ramone Jeffrey Ross Hyman (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American singer, songwriter, and the lead vocalist and founding member of the punk rock band Ramones, with Johnny Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone. His ...
") * 2007 — "Tell Me Who I Am" (b/w "Frogman From Mars") ;Various artists * 1998 — Orange County's Punk vs. Ska: Round TwoSelf-Destruct (feat. Fat Mike) * 2011 Chaotic reasoning Comp. Kaos Records. * 2013 Chaotic Reasoning Vol 2 Comp. Kaos Records


References

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External links


Official MySpace

False Alarm at Nicotine Records
Musical groups established in 1982 Punk rock groups from California Musical groups from Los Angeles 1982 establishments in California