Adolescents

Adolescents
Adolescents (2007)
General information
origin	Fullerton , United States
Genre (s)	Melodic hardcore , punk rock
founding	1980, 1986, 2001
resolution	1981, 1991
Founding members
singing	Tony Cadena
bass	Steve Soto († 2018)
guitar	Frank Agnew
guitar	John O'Donovan
Drums	"Peter Pan" (until 1981)
Current occupation
singing	Tony Cadena
guitar	Dan Root (since 2011)
guitar	Joe Harrison (since 2014)
bass	Brad Logan (since 2018)
Drums	Mike Cambra (since 2013)
former members
guitar	Rikk Agnew (1980-2001)
Drums	Casey Royer (1980-1987)
guitar	Steve Roberts (1981-1982)
guitar	Pat Smear (1981)
bass	Jeff Beans (1982)
guitar	Rick Herschbeth (1982)
Drums	Sandy Hansen (1986)
guitar	Alfie Agnew (1987)
guitar	Dan Colburn (1987-1989)
guitar	Paul? (1988-1989)
guitar	Frank Agnew Jr. (2001)
guitar	Matt Beld (2006-2013)
Drums	Derek O'Brien (2001-2008)

The Adolescents are an 1980 founded American Melodic Hardcore - band from California .

Band history

The Adolescents were founded in Fullerton in 1980 and come from the same scene as Bad Religion , the Circle Jerks and TSOL, among others . The first line-up included bassist Steve Soto, who had previously been active with Agent Orange , singer Tony Cadena, guitarists Frank Agnew (previously with Social Distortion ) and John O'Donovan, and drummer "Peter Pan". After O'Donovan and Pan left the band, the rest of the formation played together with Agnew's brother Rikk (guitar) and Casey Royer (drums) the self-titled debut album, released in 1981. This was produced by Thom Wilson , who later also worked for bands like TSOL, DOA and The Offspring .

Although the album was successful, it also caused tension among the band members. Constant changes have been made throughout the history of adolescents. First Rikk Agnew left the group and was replaced first by Pat Smear of the Germs and shortly thereafter by Steve Roberts. Shortly before the start of a planned US tour, the adolescents broke up for the first time after the release of Welcome to Reality .

In 1986 the Adolescents formed anew with Tony Cadena, Rikk Agnew and Steve Soto and recorded the album Brats In Battalions with Sandy Hansen and Alfie Agnew (the younger brother of Frank and Rikk) . After the departure of Cadena they played the album Balboa Fun Zone in 1988 , took Frank Agnew back into the band and toured the United States for three years until the band split up again.

2001 there was a new reunion of the band in the line-up of the first album. Rikk Agnew and Casey Royer have since dropped out and have been replaced by Derek O'Brien and Frank Agnew's son Frank Jr. In 2005 the band celebrated their 25th birthday with a series of concerts and releases. After Frank Agnew Jr. resumed his school career after a tour in 2005/2006, Matt Beld ( Los Infernos , Cadillac Tramps ) stood up for him. In 2007 they started recording a new album. In 2008 they went on an extensive European tour. In early 2010 they won the OC Music Award in the Best Punk Band category. In mid-2010, the album The Fastest Kid Alive was finally released. In 2012 the EP American Dogs in Europe followed and in 2013 the next full album Presumed Insolent , all on the German label Concrete Jungle.

Steve Soto passed away on June 27, 2018 at the age of 54. Brad Logan became the new bass player (formerly with Leftöver Crack ).

Rikk Agnew has also appeared as a founding member of Christian Death and through a solo album ( All by myself ). Pat Smear later played with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters .

style

With melodic hardcore and partly polyphonic singing, her first LP became a classic of the so-called West Coast hard core . According to Allmusic , the band, together with Agent Orange and Social Distortion, established the typical Orange County hardcore sound and, through their "plump energy and perfect teenage snottiness", inspired numerous imitators who would have used the attitude and song material of the adolescents.

Discography

• 1980: Amoeba (EP, Posh Boy Records)
• 1981: Adolescents (Frontier Records)
• 1981: Welcome to Reality (EP, Frontier Records)
• 1986: Brats in Battalions (SOS Records)
• 1988: Balboa Fun Zone
• 1997: Return to the Black Hole
• 2003: Live at the House of Blues 10/3/03 (The Show Must Go Off!)
• 2004: Unwrap and Blow Me (EP)
• 2005: Live in 1981 & 1986
• 2005: OC Confidential
• 2005: The Complete Demos 1980-1986
• 2009: Shut Up and Listen (EP with the Burning Heads )
• 2010: The Fastest Kid Alive
• 2012: American Dogs in Europe (EP)
• 2013: Presumed Insolent
• 2014: La Vendetta
• 2016: Manifest Density
• 2018: Cropduster (Concrete Jungle Records)

Web links

• Adolescents on Facebook
• Adolescents in Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Jay Bentley from Bad Religion in an interview in the Live Music Hall in Cologne (August 18, 2005)", getaddicted.org ( memento from April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ): "[...] there were the same 300 at every show People. Only sometimes they and sometimes others were on stage [...] Back then it was the Circle Jerks, Adolescents, TSOL, and we were all kind of friends. "(Accessed February 4, 2008)
2. ↑ The confusing changes in the line-up and fluctuations with other groups are documented on their website in a diagram entitled Family Tree ( Memento from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , which shows ten different line-ups until 1988 alone.
3. ↑ Kroq Radio on the winners of the 2010 awards. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011 ; Retrieved March 5, 2011 . 
4. ↑ AwayFromLife.com: Steve Soto - Founder and bassist of Adolescents dead. June 28, 2018, accessed June 28, 2018 . 
5. ^ Allmusic.com: The Adolescents. Retrieved December 11, 2016 .