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. Band members John Hulett (vocals and guitar), Nic Nifoussi (bass guitar and vocals) and Ray Mehlbaum (drums) toured North America and Europe with

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, Bad Religion, Face to Face,

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, D.O.A., Youth Brigade,

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in addition to various shows with Love and Rockets,

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and

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of X. In 1996 Automatic 7 contributed a cover version of the

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" to the

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V/A release ''

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and Face to Face. In 1997 Automatic 7 signed with

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; the band recorded their second album at

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with producer

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. However, as A&M prepared for the release of the second album, PolyGram (A&M Parent label) was bought by Seagram and merged with its MCA Records family to create Universal Music. A&M was subsequently merged into Universal Music Group's then newly formed Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. All these changes left the band disenchanted with A&M and Automatic 7 split with the label, and the album was never released. However, Automatic 7 signed with

, which was owned and operated by the band's manager

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and released ''Beggar's Life'' on July 25, 2000. Between 2001 and 2006, Automatic 7 went on a hiatus. The band reformed in 2006, and released the album ''At Funeral Speed'' in 2007, on the independent label Mental Records. The album was well received and included a rendition of

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's " Atlantic City". In 2008 Nifoussi and Ray Mehlbaum formed the Noise/Rock duo Killing Bees and subsequently released their self-titled debut on Guano loco/Loose Fang records.

Releases

Automatic 7

All songs written by John Hulett and Phil Jaurigui, except for where noted.

Beggar's Life

All songs written by John Hulett, Nic Nifoussi and Ray Mehlbaum

At Funeral Speed

All songs written by John Hulett, Nic Nifoussi and Ray Mehlbaum except "Atlantic City" written by Bruce Springsteen.

Musical style

Automatic 7's style has been compared to

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and Face to Face. John Hulett cites Jawbreaker as Automatic 7's greatest influence, and says that the band are Jawbreaker fans. Automatic 7 has one guitarist, but over the years considered adding another guitarist to the band. In 1997 Face To Face guitarist/songwriter

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tour. The band also played with guitarist Marco Moir, who toured with them in support of Bad Religion and also did various recordings with the band, but Automatic 7 ultimately decided to remain a trio with only Hulett on guitar.

References

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