No Use for a Name (often abbreviated NUFAN) is a punk rock band from San Jose, California. They were formed in 1987 by Tony Sly and Rory Koff. The band is highly praised in the skate punk and hardcore scenes, though their sound has evolved considerably through the years, taking on a much lighter and poppier brand of melodic punk. NUFAN's debut album, Incognito, was released in 1990 through New Red Archives.
Formed in the winter of 09, The Never Ever have been spending the past months creating glowing synth pop, that captures audiences with it's undeniably catchy synth lines and sing-a-long lyrics.
As copied and pasted from www.myspace.com/thecutelepers The Cute Lepers are a six/seven piece band from Seattle, WA equally influenced by first wave punk, mod-revival, power pop, and a soft spot in our hearts for Johnny Thunders... oh yeah, with occasional hints of doo-wop, early 60's rock'n'roll and a load of female back-up vocals. After a couple sold out singles and lengthy tours of the United States and Europe, in the summer of 2008 our debut album "Can't Stand Modern Music" was released on Damaged Goods in the U.
Menswe@r were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig, appearing on the cover of Melody Maker (in an article about Camden club night Blow Up) before they had recorded a note. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.
Jonzip – Lead Vox/Rhythm Gtr Jimbo MacKellar – Loud Gtr
Phil Volume – Bass Gtr/Shouting Joe Drummer – Drums/Vox Pacing the floor at Punk’s birth in the Seventies, splitting up as it was overtaken by Ska and New Romantics in the Eighties, and re-forming due to European bootleg interest in their back catalogue in the Noughties, Glasgow’s socio-politico-proto punk band The Zips, are keen to make up for lost time. With 2 tracks on Binliner Records, Bored Teenagers Vol2 (see last.
At The Skylines was formed in 2009 and play a melodic not your usual post-hardcore. They're all based in Southern California around Huntington Beach. They produced a self titled EP in 2009 with producer Kris Comeaux. They're a six-piece band who write from their souls. They recently got signed to Roadrunner Records and their debut album will be named "The Secrets To Life" and its set to release May 8.
The Mudders is a simple band with a large sound. The Garage Pop-trio plays cocky, loud and dynamic pop with a punk energy heart. The Mudders consists of Erik Solfeldt (vocals & guitar), Anton Ljungh (bass & vocals) and Magnus Lundgren (drums). The music style is influenced by bands from the 90's indie-scene like Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Honey Is Cool, but also by new bands like Blood Red Shoes and Fight Like Apes.