Fear

[Biscuit_box]

Fear was a nihilistic punk rock from Los Angeles. It was elad by singer Lee Ving (also guitar). Other original member were: Philo Cramer (guitar) and Spit Stix (drums). There were several bassist (about 5 until 1993). 1977 - 1982 they played various Los Angels Clubs including the Troubador. 1980 appear in the film Decline of Western Civilization.
Fear made the headline when their friend John Belushi convinced Saturday Night Live to have Fear as the musical guest for their Halloween show. Several dozen skinheads, avid and sometimes violent punk fans, were invited to slam dance on stage during the songs. Things got way out of hand, and a small camera was knocked over. Though the microphones on the dance floor had been shut off, one skinhead yelled, '**** you, New York!' It didn't go out over the air, but the incident hurt Fear's chance of other TV appearances. Some of the skinheads were bleeding as they walked off the stage. After this episode band did take a long brake and Ving did start an acting career.
In 1985 Fear released More Beer, but that was all. After ten years' absence, Fear made it's comeback and recorded Have Another Beer With Fear CD which was a raw, aggressive punk album.
After the end of that '93 tour Philo quit and Spit followed.


Discography:
I Love Livin' in the City (NON-LP VERSION) / Now You're Dead (Musta Been >Something You Said) (Criminal) -78
** LP ** Slash (Slash SR-111; later also as CD Slash 2-23933) 02/82
**** Christmas / same (Slash) -82
** LP ** More Beer (Enigma 72039-1; later as CD Restless Records 72039) -85
** CD ** Live... For The Record (Restless Records 72391) -91
** CD ** Have Another Beer With Fear (Sector 2 Records 10020) -95

Fear might be seen as many on this forum as punks who just drank beer but they are just stupid. (Just because NN2S made a comic about it doesn't amke it so!). anyway, discuss how brilliant this band is and how cool the live video of them on SNL is.

[DaveToopes]

Awesome, awesome band. I've seen a couple really cool live videos.

[Biscuit_box]

Awesome, awesome band. I've seen a couple really cool live videos.

I'll bring my laptop into college tomorrow and YSI the live video on SNL and everyone can see it

[_JR]

I'll bring my laptop into college tomorrow and YSI the live video on SNL and everyone can see it
definately do that. i did a report on SNL a while back and ive been wanting to see it so much.

[sketchyjoe]

FEAR are just about the most obnoxious punk band around.

That's what makes them brilliant.

[Brain Toad]

One of my favorite bands, they are amazing.

[Feel The Darkness]

One of my favorite bands, they are amazing.
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[holy_roller99]

awesome band. really, really awesome band.

" well i am so clean cut, i just wanna f'ck some sl'ut"

[RetiredAt21]

Pretty good, one of the few punk bands I still listen to.

[Bukowski]

American Beer is very good, Hoochie Coochie Man is my favorite song. I also have Have Another Beer with Fear but havn't listened to it yet.

What's their best album?

[dropkickstreetpunk2]

I heard a rumor that they are getting back together.

I love them.

[blackflagfiend]

wasnt flea with them for awhile?

[AIRIC]

They are good.

[DaveToopes]

American Beer is very good, Hoochie Coochie Man is my favorite song. I also have Have Another Beer with Fear but havn't listened to it yet.

What's their best album?

FEAR - The Record is their best.

[Bukowski]

I'll look into it,thanks.

[Brain Toad]

wasnt flea with them for awhile?

Yeah he was in between the first and second album I think, never recorded with them though.

[Excursions]

wasnt flea with them for awhile?

That is correct. Great band, I have a really good live bootleg and it is really worthy of listening to.

[Mild_child]

YER! I love FEAR! I love you!

I just watched the SNL thing last night on Youtube too! It's so awesome!
What's that about a comic?

/generic post

Here it is if you wanted to see it
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=OP8k4PsvHTM
They play Beef Baloney, then New York's alright (which explains Lee Ving's status as Vocals/Bass/Guitar) then a small bit of Let's have a War ( cuts to commercial)
See if you can spot MaKaye or Belushi!

I watch it everyday now as part of morning routine

[Nerdcore753]

Awesome stuff. One of my goals is to buy "The Record" on vinyl. Their SNL performance is hilarious.

[AIRIC]

Wow I watched the video and Fear pwn in my butt now.

[Chap Stick]

Fear are awesome.

The Record is one of the best albums I've ever heard.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Spent my whole life in the city
where junk is king and the air smells shi'tty

Fear are killer, got a few things off "The Record". "I Love Livin' In The City" is on the soundtrack to the Rockstar game "The Warriors".

[pedro durruti]

We destroy the family (homosexual)

[Brain Toad]

That is correct. Great band, I have a really good live bootleg and it is really worthy of listening to.

The bootleg is amazing. Especially the "guess the lyrics of the song"

[DaveToopes]

That video was cool, I think I saw Ian, but not John Belushi.

[i_am_zombie_jesus]

I love this band and that SNL video is sweet.

[Permanent Solution]

Let's have a war!

Sorry, it's the only song I know :(

But it's probably worth getting more.

[Faith No Doubt]

I played "F'uck Christmas" to my folks on Christmas Day.

They didn't like it.

[AIRIC]

gud idea.

[Brain Toad]

Let's have a war!

Sorry, it's the only song I know :(

But it's probably worth getting more.

Too many crappy bands cover that song and ruin it.

[Mild_child]

Autum to Fall to Ashes to Sunday's version sucked. What other bands covered FEAR?

[Nerdcore753]

A Perfect Circle

[Sebek]

I just bought one of their albums a week or so ago. I've been trying to send stuff for the weekly upload, but no success.

[Brain Toad]

Autum to Fall to Ashes to Sunday's version sucked. What other bands covered FEAR?
A Perfect Circle
And it was even more awful than From Autmn to Ashes' version

[Permanent Solution]

Too many crappy bands cover that song and ruin it.
I heard the covers before the original, and while they were worse than it, they were good enough to get me to find the original..

:-\

[Mild_child]

Let's have a war does seem like a song most Nu-Metalers would want to cover. Those bastards.

[Times Ten]

This band is great. Even my dad loves them. They just play awesome punk rock tunes. I have seen some live videos of them, also. They were such dicks. They would call the crowd "faggots" and the crowd would spit on them. I heard that some members of the band were hospitalized because the crowd beat the hell out of them. Nonetheless, awesome, awesome, awesome band.

[Mild_child]

This band is great. Even my dad loves them. They just play awesome punk rock tunes. I have seen some live videos of them, also. They were such dicks. They would call the crowd "faggots" and the crowd would spit on them. I heard that some members of the band were hospitalized because the crowd beat the hell out of them. Nonetheless, awesome, awesome, awesome band.
:lol: "I'll give you dollar if you be my friend"

[KRASH]

did Fear not also include Flea from RHCP on bass?

i was reading Scar Tissue the other day and it mentions that around the same time RHCP were made, flea was supposed to be more with the band Fear and practising his down-stroke bass picking, Hillel Slovak then fell out with Flea because he had left another of Hillel's bands to join Fear who were a bigger punk band in LA at the time.

[D & V]

yes.

[Brain Toad]

did Fear not also include Flea from RHCP on bass?

i was reading Scar Tissue the other day and it mentions that around the same time RHCP were made, flea was supposed to be more with the band Fear and practising his down-stroke bass picking, Hillel Slovak then fell out with Flea because he had left another of Hillel's bands to join Fear who were a bigger punk band in LA at the time.
wasnt flea with them for awhile?
Yeah he was in between the first and second album I think, never recorded with them though.

^^^