Gang Green

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Gang Green
General information
origin Boston (United States)
Genre (s) Hardcore , punk rock , skate punk
founding 1982
Founding members
Vocals, guitar
 Chris Doherty
bass
 Bill Manley
Drums
 Mike Dean
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Chris Doherty
guitar
 Chris Donnelly (since 2013)
bass
 Sean Boyle (since 2013)
Drums
 Matt Hemingway (since 2014)
former members
guitar
 Chuck Stilphen (1984–1986)
guitar
 Tony Nichols (1986-1987)
guitar
 Fritz Erickson (1987–1990)
guitar
 Mike Lucantonio (1990-1992)
guitar
 Mike Earls (1996-1998, 2007-2011)
guitar
 Bryan Hinkley (1999)
guitar
 Bob Cenci (2005-2007)
bass
 Josh Pappe († 2020)
bass
 Glen Stilphs
bass
 Joe Gittleman
bass
 Matt Sandonato
Drums
 Brian Betzger
Drums
 Walter Gustafson

Gang Green is a hardcore band from Boston , which was founded in 1982 and also has skatepunk influences . A defining feature of the band's history are frequent line-up changes and lengthy periods of inactivity.

history

Gang Green was founded in 1982. Singer Chris Doherty, the only remaining founding member, was only 15 years old at the time. With their skate and alcohol attitude, the band did not fit into the (sometimes militant) straight-edge climate that was mainly dominated by bands like SS Decontrol in Boston . Just a few months after the founding and some live performances, the band received an offer to record demos for the sampler This Is Boston, Not LA . In spite of her limited experience with instruments, seven songs were recorded in a short time. These songs are considered prime examples of early Boston hardcore . In 1983 the trio broke up for the first time. Singer Chris Doherty joined the Jerry's Kids . He later moved to Stranglehold and then to the ska band The Cheapskates (a forerunner of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ).

In 1984, Gang Green got together again with Jerry's Kids drummer Brian Betzger and stilphen brothers Chuck (guitar) and Glen (bass) and recorded the album Sold Out , which was the first release on one of the most important HC punk labels, namely Taang! Records , was. The Stilphen brothers left the company to form the band Mallet-Head. Guitarist Tony Nichols also played in the band for a short time. The second reunion took place in 1987 with a new line-up (Fritz Erickson on guitar, Joe Gittleman on bass), the comeback album "You Got It" was a great success.

Gittlemen left the band after the "Older ... Budweiser" LP (he went to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and was replaced by DRI bassist Josh Pappe. After a last farewell tour in November / December 1991, Gang Green broke up again. Doherty and Betzger formed the band Klover, which released an album with Mercury in 1995.

Soon after, Gang Green was reformed again, this time with drummer Walter Gustafson (ex-Outlets), guitarist Bob Cenci (ex-Jerry's Kids), bassist Matt Sandonato (The Chubs). This formation took "Another Case of Brewtality" for Taang! Records in 1997. An EP , "Back and Gacked", followed in 1998.

Even though no album with new material has been released since then, the band is still active. Gang Green was instrumental in the success of the so-called crossover wave at the end of the 1980s, together with bands such as DRI, Corrosion of Conformity and the Suicidal Tendencies . According to the band's website and a conversation with Chris, there should be a new album in the summer of 2007, but it didn't happen.

Discography

  • 1985: King of Bands (no label)
  • 1985: PMRC Sucks ( EP , Taang! Records )
  • 1986: Another Wasted Night (Taang! Records)
  • 1986: Drunk and Disorderly (EP, Deluxe)
  • 1987: You Got It ( Roadrunner Records )
  • 1988: I81B4U (Roadrunner Records)
  • 1989: Older ... Budweiser ( Emergo )
  • 1990: Can't Live Without It (Emergo)
  • 1997: Back & Gacked (EP, Taang! Records)
  • 1997: Another Case of Brewtality (Taang! Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steven Blush: American Hardcore. A tribal history . 2nd Edition. Feral House, Port Townsend 2010, ISBN 978-0-922915-71-2 , pp. 185 .