Undertow was a

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band from

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, active during the early and mid-1990s. They released material on Indecision Records, Bloodlink Records, Excursion Records and Overkill Records. Indecision Records released a comprehensive discography entitled ''Everything'', which has 28 tracks spanning Undertow's entire active period with John Pettibone on vocals. RevHQ described them as 'founding fathers of Seattle straight edge'.

Members

* John Pettibone-

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s *Mark Holcomb-

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*Demian Johnston-

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*Ryan Murphy-

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Former *Joel DeGraff - vocals *Seth Linstrum - guitar *James Stern - bass guitar

Discography

*''Undertow'' 1990 Demo (Cassette) - Self-Released *''The Extinction of All That Is Holy'' (7" Vinyl) - Overkill Records *''Conditioned - Undertow/Resolution split'' (7" Vinyl) - Overkill Records *''Edge of Quarrel'' (7" Vinyl) - 1991, Overkill Records *''Undertow'' 1992 Demo (Cassette) - Self-Released *''Undertow/Struggle Split'' (7" Vinyl) - 1993, Bloodlink Records *''Stalemate'' (CDEP/7" Vinyl) - 1993, Excursion Records *''At Both Ends'' (CD/LP) - 1994, Excursion Records *''Control'' (CDEP/7" Vinyl) - 1994, Overkill Records *''Undertow'' (7" Vinyl) - 2004, Indecision Records *''Everything'' Discography (CD/2xLP) - 2004, Indecision Records *''WSPC'' 1993 Live Performance (Cassette) - 2012, Dead Accents

References

External links

Undertow on Indecision Records website

Undertow on Allmusic
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