Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was the lead singer for the

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Link 80 Link 80 was an American punk rock/ska punk band from San Francisco's East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), East Bay, United States. Band history Link 80 started in the summer 1993 in the East Bay (California), East Bay of California. In the beginn ...

Life

Traina was the son of

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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

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 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 ...

. 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 ''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 f ...

'' (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 recorded with Steve Fontano at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California between 18–20 April 1997. The al ...

'' (1997) With Knowledge: * ''A Gift Before I Go'' (1998)

References

External links

Link 80
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Traina, Nick 1978 births 1997 suicides Youth suicides American punk rock musicians Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century American singers 20th-century American male singers 1997 deaths Drug-related suicides in the United States