Wayne Maestri died in January 2026.
Barile went on to form Gage, Sciarappa joined Slapshot , and Springa went on to join Razorcaine and Die Blitzkinder. On February 5, 2025, SSD were inducted into the New England Music Hall of Fame. Barile died of rectal cancer on April 6, 2025, at the age of 63.
The FUs performed a reunion show in the Boston area on August 29, 2010, along with fellow Boston pioneer hardcore punk bands DYS , Jerry’s Kids , and Gang Green as well as New York City’s Antidote. The show was in support of xxx ALL AGES xxx , a documentary…
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In 2010, they were nominated by the Boston Phoenix for Best New Act and Best Punk Act. The Boston Herald described the band as “the new vanguards of … Boston hardcore” and one reviewer described one of their performances as “true in your face, shaved head, Doc wearing Boston music…
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They first performed in February 2009. Since then, they have shared stages with bands including The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Rancid , The Business , Evil Conduct, Patriot, Blood for Blood , Resistance 77, Reagan Youth , The Unseen , and The Casualties . Their first international release, Carry On!…
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John Sox reintroduced the music of FUs and Straw Dogs by forming the band Payload! in 2006 with Richie Rich, Bobby Frankenheim (who later joined the reunited DYS), Jack Snyder currently of Wrought Iron Hex, and Mick Stunt, currently of the West Coast band, The Stuntmen. When approached by Katie…
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The FUs material was re-released on Classy Records and then on Taang! Records . In 2002 Reflex/Wolfpack Records re-released both Kill For Christ and My America on one LP.
Like many hardcore bands in the mid-1980s, particularly in the Boston area, SSD began heading in a heavy metal direction. In 1984 they signed to the Boston label Modern Method and released the How We Rock EP, which was rooted in the hardcore sound but exhibited overt heavy metal characteristics,…
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In 1983 they added second guitarist Francois Levesque and released the EP Get It Away , widely regarded as their best record, and one that helped define Boston’s straight-edge scene. The X-Claim pressings of it and The Kids Will Have Their Say are both highly collectable.
The original lineup was Al Barile on guitar, Springa (David Spring) on vocals, Jaime Sciarappa on bass and Chris Foley on drums. They released their debut LP The Kids Will Have Their Say on their own X-Claim label in 1982. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat was a friend and supporter…
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