Pennywise

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Pennywise
Band logo

Band logo
Jim Lindberg (right) and Randy Bradbury on September 3, 2006
Jim Lindberg (right) and Randy Bradbury on September 3, 2006
General information
origin Hermosa Beach , California , United States
Genre (s) Punk rock , melodic hardcore , skate punk
founding 1988
Website www.pennywisdom.com
Founding members
Jim Lindberg (1988–1991, 1992–2009, since 2012)
Fletcher Dragge
Bass , vocals
 Jason Thirsk († 1996)
Byron McMackin
Current occupation
singing
 Jim Lindberg
guitar
 Fletcher Dragge
bass
 Randy Bradbury
Drums
 Byron McMackin
former members
singing
 Dave Quackenbush (1992)
singing
 Zoltán Téglás (2009–2012)

Pennywise is a punk band from Hermosa Beach , California , founded in 1988 , which is assigned to Melodic Hardcore . With over three million albums sold (as of 2007), they are one of the most successful independent punk bands and one of the pioneers of melodic hardcore.

The name

The namesake of the band is the clown Pennywise from Stephen King's novel Es ( It ) (see lyrics "Pennywise" on the album of the same name from 1991). In English, the word “pennywise” only exists in the fixed expression “to be penny-wise and pound-foolish”. He describes the misconduct of being frugal with penny amounts, but at the same time throwing large sums of money out of the window, ie "saving at the wrong end". As a reference to this saying, the publishers of some Pennywise albums call themselves “Pound Foolish”.

history

The band was founded in 1988 by Jim Lindberg (vocals), Fletcher Dragge (guitar), Jason Thirsk (bass) and Byron McMackin (drums). Since 1991 they have released their albums on Epitaph Records , where other well-known skatepunk / melodycore bands such as NOFX or Bad Religion are or were under contract.

Since the album About Time was released in 1995, the formation has also been successful in the charts around the world and is still very popular in the scene today.

The band released their ninth album Reason to Believe on March 25, 2008 in the USA for free on Myspace . The free download was available for two weeks, after which it appeared conventionally in stores. In Europe this album was also released by Epitaph.

In August 2009 singer Jim Lindberg separated from the band after 19 years. On September 3, 2009 it was announced that Pennywise would be supported by Ignite singer Zoltán Téglás at the shows at the Smokeout Festival . This interim solution became permanent in February 2010. The first album in the new line-up with the title All or Nothing was released on May 1, 2012 again via Epitaph Records.

In 2011 they were on tour in Germany and in 2012 again gave several concerts in German-speaking countries as part of their European tour. After Zoli Téglás collapsed several times due to back problems while performing at the With Full Force Festival, the band canceled all further appearances in 2012. In October 2012, the band announced that Jim Lindberg would be back and permanently replace the injured Zoli Téglás.

On July 15, 2014, the eleventh studio album Yesterdays was released on Epitaph Records.

style

Pennywise usually uses sophisticated, socially critical, often also political texts. The music style is comparatively “hard”, more aggressive Melodic Hardcore.

Discography

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH US US
1995 About time DE76 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT-AT CH-CH US96 (6 weeks)
US
1997 Full circle DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH US79 (4 weeks)
US
1999 Straight ahead DE93 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT-AT CH-CH US62 (7 weeks)
US
2000 Live @ the Key Club DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH US198 (1 week)
US
2001 Land of the Free? DE-DE AT-AT CH89 (2 weeks)
CH 		US67 (9 weeks)
US
2003 From the Ashes DE77 (1 week)
DE 		AT-AT CH47 (3 weeks)
CH 		US54 (2 weeks)
US
2005 The fuse DE100 (1 week)
DE 		AT-AT CH60 (2 weeks)
CH 		US78 (2 weeks)
US
2008 Reason to believe DE-DE AT-AT CH97 (1 week)
CH 		US98 (1 week)
US
2012 All or nothing DE49 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT69 (1 week)
AT 		CH34 (2 weeks)
CH 		US76 (1 week)
US
2014 Yesterdays DE41 (1 week)
DE 		AT-AT CH52 (1 week)
CH 		US62 (1 week)
US
2018 Never gonna die DE24 (1 week)
DE 		AT27 (1 week)
AT 		CH23 (1 week)
CH 		US119 (1 week)
US

More publishments:

  • 1989: A Word from the Wise ( 7 "-EP , Theologian Records)
  • 1991: Pennywise (Epitaph Records; 2005 Remastered )
  • 1992: Wildcard (7 "-EP, Theologian Records)
  • 1992: Wildcard / A Word from the Wise (Theologian Records)
  • 1993: Unknown Road (Epitaph Records; 2005 Remastered)

Bro Hymn Tribute

Main article: Bro hymn

“Bro Hymn Tribute” is played at the end of every concert. It died in 1996 bassist Jason Thirsk dedicated that either accidentally shot or when cleaning a gun suicide committed, the latter as a likely true. Randy Bradbury later joined him as the new bass player.

The song appeared on the albums Full Circle , Live @ The Key Club, and originally on Pennywise . The text was slightly changed (the full name of the bassist was added instead of the names of three friends of the band). In addition, the Bro Hymn is also played as goal music for VfB Stuttgart , the Philadelphia Flyers , the Anaheim Ducks , the Blue Devils Weiden , FC Wacker Innsbruck , KRC Genk and EHC Biel , as well as running-in music for the Recklinghausen Chargers . On the guitars and basses of the band members, the initials of Jason Matthew Thirsk - JMT - are represented by a sticker or a metal plate.

Others

The band and especially their former front man Zoli Téglás support the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society .

Web links

Commons : Pennywise  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pennywise Vocalist JIM LINDBERG Releases First Book: Punk Rock Dad . epitaph.com, May 31, 2007; Retrieved June 30, 2012
  2. ↑ a b Pennywise Portrait. ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , musik-base.de; Retrieved June 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musik-base.de
  3. ↑ Interview with Fletcher Dragge at the Warped Tour 2007 ( memento of the original from November 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.epitaph.com
  4. ↑ Interview with Fletcher Dragge at Skipmag ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skipmag.de
  5. ^ Announcement about free album at laut.de.
  6. ↑ Pennywise To Release New Album: All Or Nothing Out May 1st on Epitaph Records . ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pennywisdom.com, March 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pennywisdom.com
  7. ↑ Pennywise Reunite With Singer Jim Lindberg , KROQ, October 29, 2012
  8. ↑ Pennywise to release new album 'Yesterdays' on july 15 ( memento of the original from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , pennywisdom.com, June 3, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pennywisdom.com
  9. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH US