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08-07 Strung Out stream new album
07-10 Strung Out drop new single/vid
06-04 New Strung Out LP, single
09-29 New Strung Out Track
03-23 Strung Out stream their new LP
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Southern California punkers Strung Out were formed in 1992, with a lineup featuring vocalist Jason Cruz, guitarists Jake Kiley
and Rob Ramos,bassist Jim Cherry, and drummer Jordan Burns. The quintet signed with NOFX bassist Fat Mike's Fat Wreck
Chords label in 1993, and issued theirdebut album, Another Day in Paradise, the following year. The band took an artistic leap
forward with the 1996 follow-up Suburban TeenageWasteland Blues, which began to build their following among fans of new-
school punk-pop. 1998 saw the release of the Crossroads and Illusions EPand the full-length Twisted ...read more
Southern California punkers Strung Out were formed in 1992, with a lineup featuring vocalist Jason Cruz, guitarists Jake Kiley
and Rob Ramos,bassist Jim Cherry, and drummer Jordan Burns. The quintet signed with NOFX bassist Fat Mike's Fat Wreck
Chords label in 1993, and issued theirdebut album, Another Day in Paradise, the following year. The band took an artistic leap
forward with the 1996 follow-up Suburban TeenageWasteland Blues, which began to build their following among fans of new-
school punk-pop. 1998 saw the release of the Crossroads and Illusions EPand the full-length Twisted by Design, a more
progressive work which found Strung Out beginning to mix elements of technique-oriented heavymetal into their instrumental
attack. Sadly, after the release of Twisted By Design, bassist and main lyrist Jim Cherry left the band. Shortly after, FatWreck
Chords also issued a set of early Strung Out material titled The Skinny Years...Before We Got Fat. The band returned in 2000
with the EP TheElement of Sonic Defiance, a showcase for their new bassist Chris Aiken, and their new, somewhat more
experimental style, incorporating a lot moremetal influences than their earlier works. In 2002, the band released the full-length
LP An American Paradox, showing yet more of their metalinfluences, whilst still retaining their own unique sound. After
recording an acoustic version of the song Velvet Alley for the Punk Goes acoustic comp,the band made their contribution to the
Fat Wreck Chords "Live in a Dive" series, with an incredible live album highlighting both their punk roots andcurrent sound.
Their current release, Exile In Oblivion is a far darker experience than any previous work, with most songswritten around minor
keys, and lyrics leaning towards the darker side of life, without fully embracing it. They remain as one of the greatest and
mostunder-rated punk bands of the 90's, and are perhaps all the better for it. « hide |
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