Agent Orange (band)
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 Agent Orange in 2011. Left to right: Palm, Klein, and Giordano. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Orange County, California, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Posh Boy |
| Website | agentorange.net |
| Members | |
| Mike Palm Perry Giordano Dave Klein |
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| Past members | |
| Scott Miller James Levesque Brent Liles Derek O'Brien Sam Bolle Charlie Quintana Steve Soto Steve Latanation Bruce Taylor Dusty Watson |
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Agent Orange is an American punk rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1979. The band is one of the first to mix punk rock with surf music. They first gained attention with their song "Bloodstains" which they released on their own 7" E.P.
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[edit] History
An early demo of the song Bloodstains was presented to Pasadena radio station KROQ-FM's D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer, which soon became one of his show's biggest hits.
Besides having Mike Palm and Scott Miller as original members, Steve Soto was the power trio’s first bass player, the one who played on the first "Bloodstains". The Living in Darkness Version of this song later appeared on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Soto later left the band to form The Adolescents. With new member James Levesque on bass, the group found their way to the famous Living In Darkness sessions at Brian Elliot recording studio (Elliot is best known for having composed Madonna’s hit "Papa Don’t Preach"). The result of these sessions was their first long player, Living In Darkness (originally released by Posh Boy Records in November 1981). In 1988, Brent Liles replaced James Levesque on bass and later that year, Agent Orange recorded Living In Total Darkness, which was a re-recording of the original Living in Darkness album with a few new songs mixed in. This album did not go national and very few copies exist. In 1989, Derek O'Brien replaced Scott Miller on drums and in 1990, Agent Orange recorded Real Live Sound. This is the only Agent Orange recording to feature the Palm/Liles/O'Brien lineup. Sam Bolle replaced Brent Liles in January 1992, and remained with the band until May 2003, when he left to join Surf Guitar Legend Dick Dale's band.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Perry Giordano
- Dave Klein
- Mike Palm
[edit] Former members
- James Levesque 1979-1988 (CD Living In Darkness, This Is The Voice)
- Scott Miller (CD Living In Darkness, This Is The Voice)
- Brent Liles (CD "Real Live Sound, "Living in Total Darkness"
- Derek O'Brien (CD "Real Live Sound")
- Tim Riley
- Sam Bolle 1991-2003 (CD Virtually Indestructible)
- Charlie Quintana (CD Virtually Indestructible)
- Steve Soto (first "Bloodstains" single)
- Steve Latanation
- Bruce Taylor
- Dusty Watson
- Scotty Lund
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Living in Darkness (1981)
- This Is The Voice (1986) [1]
- Virtually Indestructible (1996)
[edit] Live album
- Real Live Sound (1990)
[edit] EP
- Bloodstains 7" E.P. (1979)
- Bitchin' Summer (1982)
- When You Least Expect It (1984)
[edit] Singles
- Everything Turns Grey (1982)
- Secret Agent Man (1986)
- El Dorado (1990)
- Halloween Single (2010)
[edit] Compilations
- Blood Stained Hitz
What Surf II - "surf Beat '85" What Records W12-2409 1985
- Surfing to Some Fucked Up Shit
- Surf Punks (2011)
[edit] DVDs
- Live In Hamburg Germany
[edit] External links
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