Stranglehold were a Punk band from Boston. They started in 1982 and broke up in 1984,in between they released one 12 inch and one 45 rpm for Taang! Records, they toured the country with The F.U.'S who they shared a practice space with and also played with the likes of the Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Dr Know,Iron Cross, Marginal Man, 45 Grave and TSOL.. Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomstranglehold
There are two bands named ´The Detours´; one from Australia, and one from Scotland, living in harmony on opposite sides of the globe. ´THE DETOURS´ BAND FROM AUSTRALIA: The Detours are from the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney, Australia. In 2005, Inspired by the saddening lack of 'roll' in the contemporary world of rock'n'roll, Josh Lynch and Robby Dalitz saw no morally justifiable option other than to create a band, a band that would inject the 'roll' back into forefront of our rock'n'roll imaginations.
There are, at least, four bands known as The Deadbeats: 1) An early punk band 2) A UK downtempo group. 3) A Swedish rock group. 4) A funky, jazzy hip-hop band currently residing in Honolulu Hawaii. 1) An early LA art punk band on the legendary Dangerhouse Records label. In 1978 they released their first and only EP titled Kill The Hippies. Members: Scott Guerin (vocals), Geza X (of Geza X and the Mommymen - guitar), Pat Delaney (of BPeople & The Romans - sax), Pasquale Amadeo (bass) & Shaun Guerin (drums).
The Defex were put together in 1977 as The Mutilators in Boulder, CO and were notoriously known as a high impact punk band. Their classic 7 inch featuring "Psycho Surfer" and "Machine Gun Love" was pressed in 1979 and has become highly collectible. They're also featured on the Killed By Death series and a full album, "Beyond Machine Gun Love", pressed in Italy.
There is more than one artist with this name: 1. An early 80s Boston hardcore punk band
2. A brutal death metal band from California
3. A death metal band from Indonesia 1) Vile are probably known only to the most diehard record collectors and other degenerate scumbags. A mysterious and controversial band, they befouled the punk scene with their 1982 Solution LP, then disappeared off the face of the earth.
USA punk band from Long Beach, California.
Formed in 1978 as The Absentee Concept, they would later shorten their name to The Absentees.
In 1981 the band released a 7" single "Tryin' To Mess With Me" / "F.U.M." which would become, in the 1990's, the most sought after Californian punk single.
The band originally split in 1983 but reformed in the late 1990's.
There are 2 bands with the name Square wave:
1) Started in 2007 in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, Square Wave is an electronic band consisting of Evan Magoni and Charles Affel. The basis of the project is creating live, improvised music using as much unnecessary equipment as possible. Music at http://myspace.com/sqwave. 2)Square Wave was a punk / new wave / mod revival band from Kristiansand, Norway. They were Halvor Kr
1. Norways Shipwrecked (NOT to be confused with the American band called Shipwreck) is a hardcore punk band including members from Onward, Enforcer, Common Cause, Insurance Risk and Award. They put out a demo in 2004, a 7" EP in 2005 and after several years' hiatus an LP entitled "The Last Pagans" in early 2012. 2. Shipwrecked is a hardcore/metal band from Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, pushing the limits between genres such as sludge, hardcore and progressive.
The Simpletones, a California group whose releases first appeared on Posh Boy Records beginning in 1978 and with recordings contained in compilations released on other labels in multiple countries. They are, perhaps, best known as one of the 3 groups contained on the 1979 seminal compilation album Beach Blvd., the other 2 groups being Rik L Rik (Negative Trend, and F-Word) and The Crowd. In the book "We Got The Neutron Bomb "The Untold Story of L.A. Punk", Robbie Fields outlines his journey "scouring for younger, fresher talent" in the suburbs of Los Angeles.