Suffering Luna is an American

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier pu ...

band based in

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, United States. They are notable for their early contributions to the punk subgenre known as

powerviolence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is an extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical ...

and their split releases with

Dystopia A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

and

Gasp Paralanguage, also known as vocalics, is a component of meta-communication that may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning, or convey emotion, by using techniques such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relati ...

. The band has existed since the early 1990s. Their music is a blend of crust and

with

neo-psychedelia Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era. Originating in the 1970s, it has occasionally seen mainstream pop suc ...

and

noise Noise is unwanted sound considered unpleasant, loud or disruptive to hearing. From a physics standpoint, there is no distinction between noise and desired sound, as both are vibrations through a medium, such as air or water. The difference aris ...

. The inclusion of noise in their sound has led to comparisons with fellow pioneering powerviolence band

Man is the Bastard Man Is the Bastard was an American hardcore punk band based in Claremont, California. The band existed from 1990 to 1997, releasing mostly vinyl splits, extended plays, and albums on obscure labels from around the world. By 1997, the group ended a ...

/ Bastard Noise.

Personnel

Current lineup

*"Messee" –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

*Sean Socco (Scalplock, Our Scars are Gifts) –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

, vocals,

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

*Patrick Palma (Magnolia Thunderpussy, Melic Sub Rosa, Pipsqueak) –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

*Mathias Alderaan Derecha (Spirit of Hate, Cave State, Fractured) –

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*Dustin Johnston (Actuary, To the Point, Fractured) -

Former members

*Mitch Brown (Gasp) – drums, electronics *Joe Lara – guitar *"Taz" – bass, vocals *Fivel Perez (Runamuck) - bass, vocals *"Junior" – drums *Sean Cole (

F.Y.P. F.Y.P, the Five Year Plan, was a punk rock band founded in 1989 by Todd Congelliere, a predecessor to his more recent bands Toys That Kill and Underground Railroad to Candyland. During its history (from 1989 to 1999), it had a total of 20 differen ...

Toys That Kill Toys That Kill is a San Pedro-based punk rock band, formed from a previous incarnation known as F.Y.P. (1989–1999). Just after the release of the last F.Y.P. album, also titled ''Toys That Kill'', Todd Congelliere and Sean Cole (vocalists/gu ...

) – drums

Discography

Albums

*''Self Titled'' CD/LP (2011 To Live a Lie Records)

EPs

*''Blood Filled Bong Cassette'' (2012 To Live a Lie Records)

Splits

*Suffering Luna/Dystopia 7" (1995 Pessimiser Records, reissued on Life Is Abuse/Misanthropic Records) *Suffering Luna/Gasp LP (1996 Deep Six Records) *Suffering Luna/Suffer the Storm LP (2014 King of the Monsters Records) *Suffering Luna/Column of Heaven LP (2016 Nerve Altar Records)

References

External links

Suffering Luna Homepage
Hardcore punk groups from California American experimental musical groups Powerviolence groups American crust and d-beat groups American sludge metal musical groups Noise musical groups {{US-punk-band-stub