Youth Brigade (DC)

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Youth Brigade
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General information
origin Washington, DC (USA)
Genre (s) Hardcore
founding March 1981
resolution December 1981
Last occupation
singing
 Nathan Strejcek
guitar
 Tom Clinton
bass
 Bert Queiroz
Drums
 Danny Ingram

Youth Brigade was a short-term hardcore band from Washington, DC

history

The band was founded in the spring of 1981 by Danny Ingram (ex- Untouchables ) and Nathan Strejek (ex- Teen Idles ) after their respective bands broke up and were among the bands of the first wave of Washington DC hardcore . Bert Queiroz, also from the Untouchables, started playing bass a little later. A guitarist was quickly found in Tom Clinton.

After their appearance in a restaurant called Food for Thought , the group played other shows and opened, among other things, together with Minor Threat the concert for Black Flag, who are on tour in Washington .

At the end of 1981 the band finally broke up after their only release with an EP on Dischord Records . The record, which actually doesn't have a name, is later called Possible due to an announcement flyer from the label .

In 2012, Strejcek, Queiroz and Ingram reformed together with former minor threat guitarist Steven Hansgen Youth Brigade for two concerts.

style

The band played typical fast, hard - in parts a little simple and gruff - Washington DC hardcore. Comparisons are made with the bands in the environment, such as Minor Threat or SOA

In a text the band is described as follows:

[…] Faster and wilder HC of the first straight edge wave. The music is sometimes reminiscent of early minor threats [...]

Discography

  • 1981: Possible EP ( EP , Dischord Records )
  • 2015: First Demo Summer '81 (EP, Dischord Records)

Sampler contributions

  • 1982: Flex Your Head (Dischord Records)
  • 1984: The Year in 7 ″ (Dischord Records)
  • 2002: 20 Years of Dischord Records (Dischord Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quote: http://www.dischord.com/band/youth-brigade ; Accessed September 7, 2008; "They played their first show in Washington, DC in March of 1981 at a restaurant called Food for Thought"
  2. ↑ http://www.fuzzlogic.com/flex/y/5523.php ; Accessed September 7, 2008; Quote: “An early Dischord flyer announced a 'possible EP by Youth Brigade'; that's why the 7 ″ was named 'possible'. "
  3. ↑ BigTakeover.com: Scream, Government Issue and Youth Brigade - Black Cat (Washington, DC) - Saturday, December 29, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ http://www.fuzzlogic.com/flex/y/5523.php ; Accessed September 7, 2008