Western addiction
| Western addiction | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | San Francisco , United States |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore punk , punk rock |
| founding | 1988 |
| Founding members | |
| Jason Hall | |
Bass , vocals |
Tyson "Chicken" Annicharico |
| Chad Williams | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Jason Hall |
Drums |
Chad Williams |
guitar |
Ken Yamazaki (from 2004) |
guitar |
Tony Texeira (from 2014) |
bass |
Mitch Paglia |
| former members | |
Bass, vocals |
Tyson "Chicken" Annicharico |
Western Addiction is a punk band from San Francisco and is mostly classified as hardcore punk . The band consists of employees of the punk rock label Fat Wreck Chords and is also under contract there. The band's name is derived from Western Addition, a district of San Francisco.
history
The band was founded in 1988 by founding members Jason Hall, Chad Williams and Chicken Annicharico. All three were working on Fat Wreck Chords at the time . In this composition they released their first 7 "EP, Remember to Disember, in 2003. In 2004, Ken Yamazaki, who had previously played with Enemy You, joined the band as lead guitarist. Now the four of them released a split EP in 2014 with the Florida hardcore band New Mexican Disaster Squad In November 2005 the band released their first LP, Cognicide , and toured the US West Coast with Propagandhi , Japan with NOFX and the US East Coast with New Mexican Disaster Squad.
After that, the band was quiet for a long time, until they got active again with new songs in 2013, but without Chicken Annicharico. In August 2013 they recorded a 7 "EP with three new songs with Pines . Tony Teixeira joined the band as guitarist in 2014. Further releases followed in 2015, on the one hand another 7 with I'm Not the Man That I Thought I'd Be "EP as well as the Euro Tour EP, available for the first time on the spring tour 2015 in Europe, with all songs from the two previously released 7" EPs. On March 10, 2017, over ten years after their first album, the band's second full-fledged album , Tremulous , finally took place Former band member Chicken Annicharico, who played bass on the studio recordings, also worked on this release - the album was produced by Lagwagon singer Joey Cape. On tour, Mitch Paglia plays bass for it, who previously played with the band Nothington .
Discography
- 2003: Remember to Dismember (7 "EP, Stout Recording Studio)
- 2004: Split EP with New Mexican Disaster Squad (12 "/ CD, Stout Recording Studio)
- 2005: Cognicide (LP / CD)
- 2013: Pines (7 "EP, Sharkbite Studios)
- 2015: I'm Not the Man That I Thought I'd Be (7 "EP)
- 2015: Euro Tour EP (EP)
- 2017: Tremulous (LP)
All of the band's releases were on Fat Wreck Chords.
Web links
- Western Addiction on Fat Wreck Chords
- Interview: Jason Hall of Western Addiction. Retrieved September 26, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Simon: WESTERN ADDICTION - album "Tremulous" in March 2017 on Fat Wreck. In: awayfromlife.com. December 22, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ punknews.org writes of the “early 2000s” as the date of foundation.
- ↑ a b Western Addiction. In: punknews.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Euro Tour EP Fat Wreck Chords , accessed on August 28, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Gunnar: WESTERN ADDICTION in an interview about their new album. In: awayfromlife.com. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .