Brand New War are an American
punk rock
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street punk
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band from
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, United States, who began their career as The God Awfuls. As the God Awfuls, their music was described as "pedestrian political punk rock." The song, "Watch It Fall", from The God Awfuls album, ''
Next Stop Armageddon'' was featured on the 2005 skateboarding video game, ''
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
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''. It was produced by
The Greedy Bros. (a.k.a.
Blag Dahlia
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of
The Dwarves
The Dwarves are an American punk rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois and based in San Francisco, California as of 2009.Gentile, John (2009)Interview: Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves", ''The A.V. Club'', April 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010
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). The God Awfuls appeared in the 2007 documentary ''
Punk's Not Dead''. In July 2008, The God Awfuls released three new songs on a demo. On October 28, 2008, The God Awfuls announced on their
MySpace
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page they had changed their name to Brand New War.
References
External links
The God Awfulson Myspace
Brand New Waron Myspace
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Street punk groups
Punk rock groups from California