Legal Weapon
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| Legal Weapon | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Labels | Arsenal Records |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | |
| Kat Arthur Brian Hansen Charlie Vartanian Steve Reed |
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| Past members | |
| Patricia Morrison Mike R. Livingston Steve Soto Frank Agnew Adam Maples Eddie Wayne Derek O'Brien Tom Slick Danny Halperin Jerry Jones Haskin "Mad Dog" Karla |
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Legal Weapon are a Southern California punk band, initially composed of singer Kat Arthur, guitarist Brian Hansen, drummer Charlie Vartanian, bassist Patricia Morrison (formerly of The Bags and later of The Gun Club, The Sisters of Mercy and The Damned) and guitarist Mike R. Livingston.
The band's early full-length albums Death of Innocence (for which their lineup included Steve Soto and Frank Agnew of The Adolescents) and Your Weapon were well-received; its later efforts less so. With her powerful voice, Kat Arthur is often called "the Janis Joplin of punk".
[edit] Discography
- No Sorrow (12" EP, 1981, Arsenal Records) (reissue 1991, Triple X Records)
- Death of Innocence (1982, Arsenal Records) (reissue 1991, Triple X Records)
- Your Weapon (1982, Arsenal Records) (reissue 1991, Triple X Records)
- Interior Hearts (12" EP, 1985)
- Interior Hearts (1986, Arsenal Records) (reissue 1991, Triple X Records)
- Life Sentence to Love (1988, MCA)
- Take Out the Trash (1991, Triple X Records)
- The World Is Flat (7" EP 1993, Last Resort Records)
- Squeeze Me Like an Anaconda (1994, Last Resort Records)
- Legal Weapon (2002)
[edit] Compilation appearances
- Hell Comes to Your House (1981, Bemisbrain Records)
- Includes "Daddy's Gone Mad"
- American Youth Report (1982, Bomp Records)
- Includes "Pow Pow"
- Dudes - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album (1987, MCA)
- Includes "Time Forgot You"
- Spinning the Chamber (1995, Last Resort Records)
- Includes "Warsaw Tuinal"
