Signing to Enigma Records , the band covered The Jefferson Airplane ’s ” Somebody to Love ” for 1983’s When You Least Expect It… 12-inch EP and eventually a second full lengthalbum, This Is the Voice , released in 1986.
Their first hit was the song Represión (“Repression”), included on their first LP Los Violadores (1983), issued by the small label Umbral, and produced by Riff drummer Michel Peyronel. In 1985 the band released a second album entitled Y ahora qué pasa, eh? , including the song ” Uno, dos,…
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With the lineup of Nicki Sicki, Joie Mastrokalos, Brett Dodwell and Gregg James, Verbal Abuse was signed by Fowl Records and in 1983 they recorded their first LP, Just An American Band, which was released early in 1984. Next, Brett Dodwell left the band to join the army, and Nicki…
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The Asexuals formed in 1983 when Sean Friesen, T.J. Collins and Paul Remington, all Beaconsfield High students, decided to start a punk rock band. Another Beaconsfield native, future actor Al Goulem, was in the band as second guitarist for a few months with Collins singing. Their friend John Kastner quickly…
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Abbo, Harle and Branch would regroup with new guitarist Albie de Luca (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel ) as Furyo in mid-1983, releasing two mini-albums through the following year and recording an unreleased album before splitting again in early 1985.
The next album, Over the Edge , issued in 1983 by Trap via Brain Eater Records, was the first Wipers record to gain significant modern rock airplay. It was led by the song, “Romeo”, which had already been released the previous year as a 7″ single by Trap. The band…
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During this interim period, the band released the single ” This Is Not a Love Song ” in 1983, the song’s lyric lampooning the anger of some fans and music press over the band’s movement towards a more commercial style. The song’s title was inspired by a line in the…
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The foundations for the Offspring began with guitarist/vocalist Bryan “Dexter” Holland (who was a drummer at the time) and bassist Greg “K.” Kriesel playing music together in a garage in Cypress, California , in 1983. After hearing the T.S.O.L. album Change Today? at a party, and following a riot at…
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Also in 1983, Steve Ignorant , who was at the time a member of the band Crass , guested on the band’s pro- animal rights single “To A Nation of Animal Lovers”. After the dissolution of Crass, Ignorant later became second vocalist for Conflict on a semi-permanent basis until the…
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With Aukerman in college and Stevenson in Black Flag, the Descendents went on hiatus from 1983 to 1985. During this time Navetta burned all of his equipment and moved to Oregon , while Cooper and Lombardo performed as the Ascendents.